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I was certain that we would be the ones getting Alabama on the board in round 1, given Ozzie's Alabama lovefest. I just thought it would be one of two other prospects, Howard or Foster, not Humphrey. I am one trying to stay positive and realize that Ozzie's drafting strengths lie in day 2 and 3. I refuse to give up on Humphrey like others are already doing. He is still young, obviously, and developing: Just talking myself into trying to stay positive. It is tough seeing Howard slip through our fingers, though.

Great decision for him, obviously. As much as he loved the game, you know this was a hard decision for him to make and also critical that he makes the right decision, which he did. Fortunately, he got the warning and heeded it. What an amazing career from undrafted to All-Pro considerations in such a short time. I hope he is on staff as soon as this next season. I hope both Zach and the Ravens can turn this loss into a gain.

What is the definition of insanity?

I agree. Ozzie focuses on defense and the offense staggers. Ineffective and inconsistent offense puts the defense on the field too much. Besides, even though Ozzie focuses on defense, JH doesn't always follow up with good choices at either OC or DC positions. We are malfunctioning from the top down.

Too many "if only's" for one game and one season. We could all add our own, like, "if only" we had played better during that 4-game losing streak instead of talking so much about how we have to get better after another loss.

Our new prevent defense should amount to preventing Dean Pees from protecting a lead in the 4th quarter.

Just keep running West. He wears out defenses when given a chance. Twenty carries, at least, would be good.

Pressure on Big Ben would be a nice Christmas gift for Ravens

finally a blowout against a team over .500, too.

Tucker bailed out Smith after his PF against Burfict and then bailed out Flacco's mistake after he ran out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage instead of throwing the ball away. SMH - where would we be without Tucker?! A rhetorical question. I saw an article on Yahoo Sports that suggested him as a possible MVP candidate.

Ray just happened to say it publicly. Many have expressed similar sentiments here. Flacco is reserved and laid back. It is not his personality to be outspoken. However, leaders need, sometimes, to move outside their comfort zone to serve the greater purpose.

And the Bengals lost on Monday night, too. We are now a full 2 games in first place over the Steelers due tie-breaker. I reserve judgment on our offense break-out, as well, for the same reasons as many have expressed here. The main reason, though, as bioLarzen explained below, our O-Line is in shambles. RavensAll against Cowboys!

We must not go into Dallas cocky, just confident, defensively. We just need to minimize penalties, take care of the football and manage the clock. Well, maybe that is not all we need to do, but these three things will certainly help us get a W.

For Stanley, it was a long lay-off due to injury. It was his first game back going against Harrison, who gets extra fired up playing against the Ravens. And the part of his game that was most suspect had to do directly with the very thing he is still recovering from; his footwork. He is a smart man, a hard worker and takes responsibility. I bet he will bounce back better from his bad game than Flacco does. If you see Stanley's explanation as "excuses", then treat Flacco the same way, especially since Flacco is the veteran. Is Flacco's technique improving? Is he seeing the field better? Is he reading defensive alignments at the LOS better? Your turn. Bring on the "explanations".

We would be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league and didn't have Justin Tucker, too. Flacco cannot carry this team. It is arguable if he can even direct this team. When he doesn't change plays at the line of scrimmage when he knows that the defense has lined up in a way not conducive for running the planned play, and he still runs it anyways, it leaves you wondering what he sees and what is going on inside his head.