GhostofGrbac

This will go down as the dumbest contract in Ravens history. No disrespect to BW, but he's only on the field 60% of the time. And we just made him the highest paid NT in the league.

Well said. If the Ravens D gave up a 25 point lead you know damn well the D is getting blamed for the loss. But the Falcons D does and it's Ryan's fault? Why is it different?

The Patriots actually called a TO after the sack. But still I agree with you about throwing it again. 3-23 chances are you're not getting that 1st down. Even if they didn't gain a yard running the ball, it's still a very manageable 51-52 yard FG attempt for Bryant. Ryan did complete the pass on 3-23 for 9 yards to Sanu, but was nullified due to Jake Matthews holding. If Matthews doesn't hold it's 4th down at the NE 26. A 42-43 yard FG attempt for Bryant is pretty automatic.

It was our 2008 1st, 2nd, 4th and 2009 3rd according to Peter King who reported on this years ago. Not exactly our entire draft like Rapoport suggested. That's not an awful trade, but I'm still glad the Rams didn't accept it. That's 2 big pieces in our Super Bowl run (Rice, Kruger) that we wouldn't have with Ryan.

To be fair the Ravens reddit is full of homers. I mean there's a thread praising Joe for passing yards and QB rating. I don't know how the people on reddit can look at the 2 Aiken plays and act like he wasn't open.

http://russellstreetreport.com/2016/12/15/tale-of-the-tape/the-joe-flacco-check-down/ This is a good breakdown of some of Joe's struggles against the Patriots. There were a number of chances for big plays Monday night. For whatever reason Joe didn't pull the trigger and checked down on most of the plays. We need to face facts. At this point in time we have a $22M game manager at QB.

Wait so now QB rating matters? Funny how it's just a "stupid stat" when anyone brings it up to show how bad Flacco has been. I will say that Joe looked a little better today. He still had issues with accuracy and reading the defense. But he did look a little more comfortable in the pocket. I'll never be a big Flacco fan, but the reality is we're stuck with him. Calling for him to be benched/traded is just a waste of time. It's not going to happen for a number of reasons.

You have Elam confused with Powers. Ealm is #33 now

It was called. He accidentally got poked in the eye on the facemask call

Fair points. I need to stop being so cheap and just sign up for PFF. Their content is great.

What's interesting is Matt Ryan's o-line has given up the 4th most QB hits. The Ravens have given up the 10th most. To me that makes what Ryan is doing even more impressive. He's a legit MVP candidate. I know QB hits aren't the end all be all. Just thought it was interesting.

Perriman is going through growing pains which is understandable. But he was straight abusing Burns yesterday. Shook him with a nice comeback route for a completion, and then burnt him deep on a 9 route that Joe overthrew. Pitta was getting open yesterday. Joe just wasn't going to him for some reason. He's not a top tier TE but he's more than capable. Joe was going to him a lot earlier in the season. Not sure what changed. The thing is the receivers need to help out Joe but Joe also needs to help out the receivers. It works both ways.

I don't think a lot of fans truly realize how bad Joe has been this season. He's arguably the worst starting QB this season. That's inexcusable for a 9 year vet making the money he does. He's messing up basic football fundamentals. The int yesterday is a perfect example: drifting back and throwing across his body. That's 2 cardinal sins. But the biggest issue with the int was that it was 3rd down in easy FG range. That's just low football IQ.

The rule is you can only bring 1 player back from IR. We brought back Elam so everyone else on IR is officially out for the season.

My initial reaction was that was one the ugliest attempts at a slide that I've ever seen.