Definitely better than last year. Man, i wish ravens D could tackle like seattle's. Every time i watch seattle's game, their players are just so good at shedding blocks and tackling properly.
I think if either fournette or cook falls to us, Ravens will sweep him up in a hurry. The o-line wasn't amazing but it still wasn't bad. Also, don't forget that alex lewis missed last 8 or so games due to injury so once he returns, the line should be: Stanley, Lewis, Zuttah, Yanda, Wagner (if he resigns). Zuttah should be the one we look to upgrade and the o-line will no longer be a weakness. A top rb will take off a lot of pressure on flacco which will help him a lot.
Pretty tough schedule if you ask me, at least going by this year.
The biggest knock i have on flacco is that he always seems to make boneheaded mistakes at a very critical time. Look at the eagles and jaguars games from this year as an example. This has happened every single year. Why can't he just throw the ball away if no one's open? Stop trying to force it into double or triple coverage and get intercepted. If he can cut down on these rookie mistakes, we would win many more games but it seems he never learns.
This offseason, the FO needs to look VERY CAREFULLY for an OC, whether it be marty or a new guy. We cannot screw it up because next year's OC needs to stay for at least 3 seasons, barring him taking a new job, to have consistency.
15 minutes ago, sibelius said:I'm putting this on Joe. It's clear at this point in his career that the OC still has way too much say over what he does on the field.
Joe should know the playbook. Joe should be able to read the defense and make the right call in late game situations. I almost threw up when I was watching the presser and he said "Marty is giving me another touchdown." What the heck?? You're a QB with 9 years in the league...take some freaking ownership of the playbook.
I've come to realize that Flacco simply isn't a bright guy. All the physical talent in the world (much moreso than a guy like Brady), but he just doesn't have enough going on upstairs to overcome mediocre coordinators and bad play calls.
We need a young, cerebral OC that can grow here for the rest Joe's career. I still think we can make it happen this year with a firmer hand from Harbaugh, but moving forward we need a stud at OC if we're going to be a consistently dominant team.
What you are saying is that joe isn't changing the plays. If that's the case, then doesn't it mean that marty is responsible for the lopsided pass-run ratio? I am not defending joe but i simply want to know why we are passing so much when the run game is working and the OC has a run-heavy mentality. Is harbaugh at fault here? Is he not letting marty have full control in calling plays? Or is it that marty is the problem?
I don't understand one thing. Marty is known for his run first offense yet why is our pass-run ration even worse than when trestman was with us. And it's not like our run game is bad. It's not amazing but it's definitely good, better than in the beginning of the year.
If we keep playing like this, no.
15 minutes ago, DomMcRaven said:I forget which one of the billion run plays it was, but did anyone see Michael Pierce just push his offensive line like a shopping cart? That is one beast of a man.
First eagles TD play i believe but he didn't have awareness. He kept pushing the guy but didn't turn around to look where the runner/ball was.
14 minutes ago, Hardbaugh said:I'm surprised I don't see more complaints against Flacco. Yeah , it was a bad call by Morningweigh but he has to have faith that his quarterback doesn't make a rookie mistake and lock on to a receiver which lets the backer jump the route or at the very least protect the ball. This leads me to Flacco continually demonstrates the same mistakes.
For years I've seen him do stupid things like on 3rd down slide short of the yards sticks, or the time he stupidly scrambled out the clock at the half against Cincy while in chip shot field goal range or even taking dumb sacks on third down making the field goal tougher. Keep in mind he took a stupid sack on the drive before the interception drive to take us out of field goal range. This guy is low football IQ .
As always blame everyone but the real source.
I mean honestly, what's the point? He keeps doing this season after season, and we keep criticizing him season after season but nothing's gonna change. I don't understand how he does not learn from his mistakes year after year. I have honestly given up on him elevating his play anymore. He is what he is, hot and cold very inconsistent.
1 minute ago, RayRayRaven said:they time of possessed us 36 minutes to 23 and they outscored us by 10 late. Our D was tired and they made the fatal mistake of rollin the dice on the extra point. call harball a dunce and he prolly is but their coach is worse
And do you know why the top was in their favor and the D was tired? Because the Eagles kept running all over us every single drive. D was fresh in the beginning of almost all drives and got exhausted because they couldn't stop the run for the life of them.
Marty is not the answer for the OC. He is known for having a rush-heavy offense and yet suddenly, the pass-run ration is worse than it was when trestman was here. And it's not like the run game is not working. It's not amazing, but it does work.
For some reason, i think the problem might be Harbaugh because how many OC's have gone through now? Why do they all keep failing(except kubiak)?
This team plain sucks. I don't have much hope of ravens making the playoffs if they keep playing like this.
#1 defense lol. This defense was finally exposed for everyone to see. Was #1 because we played bad teams this year..,
Joe keeps throwing boneheaded picks and people still defend him to death.
WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED????
I don't trust this defense
What a BS call
Why aren't we running the pitch plays more? They have worked very well for us this year and yet we keep running up the middle....
What even is this playcalling?
18 minutes ago, Ravens419 said:Flacco is apart of the game? It's very much about the thread or do you just not wanna argue with someone who will defeat your logic?
There is a flacco thread already...
Just now, Ravens419 said:It was one good throw but are you saying that's his only good throw this season? The bad comes with the good with every QB I'd say you're a troll
The bad completely outweighs the good this season and if you think otherwise, well i don't know what to tell you. But anyways, i will stop the discussion about flacco here because this is not the thread for it.
Flacco has been throwing bad passes all year and has been terrible. Those who condemn him over just 1 bad throw are trolls. This season, joe has been bad to say the least.
Just now, Tank 92 said:Yeah, Flacco sucks. lol
That was 1 throw. Please don't be ignorant. You are implying that that 1 throw redeems him for whole season.
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While there many other glaring needs than rb, if an amazing rb falls to us, we should grab him in a hurry. Look at dallas offense, they can run all they want and so their TOP is big which helps their D a lot. So, if our O can give the D lots of time and rest, we are good