Blame Pees huh? You think Rex would do better? Pagano? Wade? We don't have the personnel to even press a sandwich together. The coach can only do so much. Ozzie is the only one who can fix that secondary.
Exactly! And we had Cam! Exact same situation.
@redrum52 we've spent plenty of picks on the secondary. From 09-14 we've had 18 draft picks first 3 rounds not including the comp for Gilmore. We've spent 2 first rounders and 2 3rd rounders on secondary players or 22 percent of all picks. If we include pass rushers, that's another 3 picks, total of over 40 percent of early draft picks on pass defense. As far as offense, from 2008 until now we ranked 11th, 9th, 16th, 12th, 10th, 25th, and are currently 6th in offense this...
This defense will not improve until we see a change in the coaching philosophy. When one scheme isn't working, change it up, disguise it, do something. Not every defense is perfect, but some are just great at masking those weaknesses. That's not Pees' strength.
It just wouldn't make any sense if Forsett isn't awarded "Comeback Player of the Year"
Look at the Broncos and/or Colts forum and you'll find that the fans are saying that their teams are gonna be "one and done" in the postseason. This just goes to show...no matter how good your team is, fans are always ready to write their team off after a loss
@Dom... in their defense, Manning was brought to win a Sb, not have a high season win total. I'd be a little mad as well, considering they're basically going all in, in the short term.
Many teams do not have a forum. In my opinion, of the few I have seen, we have the best membership
Every cloud has a silver lining... we're not alone.
If 2012 was the year of the Rookie QB, 2014 is the year of the Back Up QB
Which brings the question : Which would you rather have, a Good QB that gets hurt a lot or a Bad QB that never gets injured?
Personally I want the Good/Solid QB that I can count on game in game out, year in year out. As opposed to a QB like RG3 who shows Elite skill levels and amazing plays, but will always be injury prone.
I prefer a good back up QB
It's week 10 and the Browns are in first place in the AFC North LOL
Who Dey they scream...who Dey.... "Who Dey gonna fire" is all they're gonna be screaming now LOL
Even after our losses I still love the Ravens! (But seriously guys, stop losing)
-SIGH- This is gonna be a long week till Sunday. At least watching the Redskins lose tonight will make me feel a little better
Nah... even the Skins losing won't make me completely happy. It will only give me a smirk and a chuckle.
Well Washington didn't lose but we got to see Dallas melt down on prime time television so that isn't too bad
Your prediction is a cause for us to excell as they were under dogs playing in Cowboy world.
If we just, run the ball more... sincerely keep to the running game, then we would have won today and in Indy. Joe is awesome, but Joe and the receiving core can't be our primary motif. Let our running game do the big work. Tone down on Deep throws
We definitely didn't abandon the run. However, I feel like we relied more on the passing game when we should just try to commit more to the run game. Look at our past games. When we have a healthy balance between running the ball and passing, we win. We lose when we break that balance.
We threw it 34 times and ran it 26 times. The balance wasn't the issue.
What people are asking for isn't really balance... they are asking for run-heavy.
Calling it now, Jimmy is gonna get an INT against Dalton!
he seems to have daltons number. lets hope he shadows AJ and we dont end up seeing chykie trying to run down the sideline with him
I predict one for him and one for Hill
These next two games are gonna be HUGE!
Defense provides offense 4 turnovers, holds top scoring offense to 20 points, and yet people complain about Pees? Are you serious?!
@AZRaven I'd agree on some of the playcalling. Definitely questionable at times.
DVOA has the Ravens with the 13th best pass defense. Takes into account down and distance, score, and opponent strength. Just putting that out there.
Also, Ravens have the best passer rating allowed in the red zone at 33.3. Next closest? Giants at 73.4
If we get a convincing win against the Colts, LOOK OUT AFC!
So.... it seems we have a new trend where a blowout occurs in each TNF game
Well the Giants were the away team...
That's what I was asking
It was only a stat from a sports network. That is all. Soon to be forgotten. Baseball has the most insignificant stats.
Go to YouTube and type in "Steve Smith puts Panthers and Dave Gettleman on notice" So BAWS!
When the draft comes, we need to focus heavily on Def...AGAIN!
For the record, I never praised him.
Neither did I, lets keep drafting defense and not see an improvement....hmmm
Why? We've been hitting defense very hard for years - the top 3 picks in each of our last 2 drafts, and the top pick in each of our last 5, have been defensive players. Last time we took offensive player round 1 was Oher, last WR round 1 Clayton (10 years ago next draft). At a certain point, the guys we drafted need to play up to expectations, and we need to think about the long-term future of our offense as well.
LOL @ all of those who keep complaining that we didn't keep Rainey
Because of the fumbles? How can he concentrate when his team is getting obliterated. If we had kept him we would have the future running back especially now that Rice is gone. They really did blow it with him.
Rainey isn't very good. Vastly inconsistent play, and even on the Bucs, he requires multiple injuries to even get a start.
And no juan, there is no excuse for fumbling twice. Concentration, regardless of the score, shouldn't be an issue for a PROFESSIONAL football player.
LOL even the president of the United States felt "compelled" to make a statement against Ray. That's how you know this thing has gotten way out of hand.
So according to unnamed online article "The Baltimore Ravens are the most despicable sports franchise in America". Looks like we're back to being the 'thugs' of the NFL. Nothing we can do about that I suppose...
We were actually better when we were known as thugs. So this doesn't really hurt my feelings at all. Keep calling us thugs.
I have no issue in us being perceived by everyone that way. I just wish our D had that swagger to go with it.
All I gotta to them is what a famous Baltimore QB once said "Talk is cheap, let's go play!"
You mean to tell me... that after waiting 7 months, I get to finally see the Ravens play their first season game in a little less than 30 minutes? You mean to tell me that this god-awful wait has finally ended?
I just saw a Bills hype video for this season. I've seen one for the Broncos, Giants, and Eagles.....where's our Ravens Hype video!? I iz sad : (
It's just not the same as fan made ones : (
True but I actually thought this one on-site was pretty darn good.
Indeed in it was/is pretty good!