The Raven

I've always felt like the two most important statistics for a QB -- especially in a west coast type offense -- are completion percentage and yards per attempt. Those two numbers are the best indicators of passing efficiency, which to me, matters significantly more than the total production. If these two numbers are good, it usually means you're completing passes, converting third downs, and sustaining drives. Anyone can throw for 4000 yards if you throw 700 times, you know? And the only way an offense can move efficiently is if you complete passes. Although his season average is 6.6 yards per attempt (last among starters), he has surpassed that number in four of his last five games. His season completion percentage is 64.6 (which is actually pretty good) and he's surpassed that number in four of his last five. In fact, in his last five games, he has two games with 70+ completion percentage and one game with a 69 percent. And seriously, how the hell does ANYONE complete 76 percent of their passes when you throw 47 times in a game? 76 percent, 8 yards per attempt, and 4 touchdowns. You can't beat that. That's just ballin'. Those numbers are elite. Yeah that was sarcasm. I must be getting good at it if you couldn't tell

Excuses! For $120 million no knee injury should affect him this much! I ain't buyin it!

As much as i love pounding the rock, I've always been a proponent of doing what works and taking what the defense gives you. There's no sense in running the ball just because you want to be tougher or whatever cliche crap the smashmouth fans believe these days.

I'm not worried that bad about the lack of rushes last game. Sometimes, you just take what the defense gives you. We did that and it worked. And still, 16 rushes isn't horrible. What I am concerned about is the continuing trend of giving up on the run when it works, or giving up before you find success (you always crank out a good one eventually). In general, you need to have balance. You can't get away with a 47 pass game every game. 47-16 isn't a good ratio in most games. It worked this week cause the Dolphins backers are lost in coverage.

It's because they're incapable of complex, rational thought and lack an understanding of how important it is to have players that execute.

I like Joe Cullen, but I'm going to reserve any further praise until we see Pierce, Carl Davis, Willie Henry, Kaufusi, et all develop into something... I'd especially like to see Henry turn into something. Lets see how he does next year. And with the edge guys, too. Zadarius, Correa, and Judon. I think Cullen does do some work with them. One year isn't a big enough sample size for a position coach.

I'm only mad because I'd have to get up early to catch the game. Sundays are for sleeping.

Kamalei Correa has both the lowest floor and the highest ceiling on the team. He might be the rawest OLB Ozzie has ever drafted. I don't mean to sound like a certain wizard, but all of my concerns about him have proven true. He's not strong enough for the NFL. He bounced off Zeke. He gets pancaked on the regular when he gets in. His technique is mediocre. Sure, he's fast, but he's just running into a brick wall and falling backwards. It's like a freshmen linebacker on JV getting steamrolled by the All-District senior linebacker. Correa doesn't look like he stands a chance at playing OLB/DE in this league. If he puts it together, which I honestly doubt at this point, it'll be at ILB, where you need better tackling skills than what he's demonstrated. I didn't hate the pick but I can count on one hand how many times Correa has looked like a legit NFL player. Also, I love that Judon has been great. He's everything that Correa isn't. I just have concerns that he'll be 28 when his rookie contract runs out. He's 24. That's an old rookie.

Don't get me wrong, I get that. But the offense is lacking something. It's lacking something. We don't have enough big plays, and we don't convert enough third downs. Perriman could have a hand in fixing both problems, I think, if we used him more. But you're right. It makes sense that they'd get fed more.

Idk if its Perriman, Joe, or Marty/Trestman but Perriman seems so underused. I feel like it's unfair to put all the blame on any one person but I don't know why he doesn't have more production. He makes huge, jaw dropping plays and disappears.

You're precious. No, I named you because you complain every week about three man rushes, even when we rarely call three man rushes. Nobody complains about them more than you.

In detail, I'm inclined to give Marty a full season next year, unless we want to start all over. I think Marty has done, well, not bad. I'd love to give him a year where he gets to be "the guy" from day 1 of OTAs. I want him to have say over what offensive personnel he wants in FA and the draft. I want him to install his system the way he wants to. I kinda like Marty. He's not a bad coordinator.

I have long been an unyielding supporter of Harbaugh but I would have him fired yesterday if it meant having Sean Payton.

Just FYI, according to RSR's Filmstudy, Ravens only had three of 37 defensive snaps with a three man rush. Any Pees haters complaining about too many three man rushes want to comment on that? I thought @ravensdfan was going on and on about all those three man rushes??? And no, six man rushes aren't the solution, no matter how much you rant about it.

Never post again.

The running game that has been completely inadequate and unreliable for nearly two seasons now? This is getting too easy...

I absolutely think that's it. Perriman's made some sick catches but he's had a lot of stupid drops. I also wonder if he's on the same page as Joe, route-wise. There's clear chemistry between Joe and Smitty. You see something growing with Joe and Wallace. With Perriman, I thought I saw chemistry but Idk anymore.

You might think it's ridiculous, but it's what good offenses do. I mean, Dallas did it to us repeatedly.

He's 37 and coming off an achilles injury and has twice the production despite playing in two fewer games. Regardless of how good Steve is, it's a bad look for Breshad. He's been a disappointment. Perriman was completely absent in a game where we desperately needed somebody to show up. You can say it's a faulty comparison and that's fair, but it's kind of embarrassing for Perriman to be so absent. Why isn't he getting more targets? Steve is getting force fed the ball. It's a bad look.

Still not calling him a bust, but definitely calling him a disappointment. He's getting showed up by a 37 year old dude coming off an Achilles injury. I know he's young and he's been through it, and I know Smitty is an all time great, but seriously. Smitty got damn near 100 yards today at 37 off a bad injury, and Perriman was invisible. He needs to show up soon.

I think it says a lot that Steve had a good day with Joe throwing the ball to him, but hardly anybody else showed up. Seriously. Week after week, Joe looks good throwing to Steve but struggles throwing to anyone else. What the hell's up with that?

Great veteran leadership by Smitty

Did you notice that every time we tried it this game it failed miserably? Probably not since you still suggested it, but yeah. It failed miserably.

There's that tight man coverage again, working wonders for us

Dude, someone throw a flag.