RavensDieHard21

Man the bad luck just continues to mount. Our Defensive and Offensive leaders both are out for the year. We need to keep fighting though because we have a lot of talent, but we need to minimize our blunders!

I'm impressed with Jackson on special teams, he's tearing it up! I think the 2TE set with Forsett and Buck pounding the rock and getting our speedy guys on the outside some space is a must for the rest of the year

Optimistically speaking, It has been agonizing to watch a talented unit fail to close out 6 games, but at least they have all been somewhat entertaining. Next year we need to build on this talent with high draft picks and a better cap situation with the hopes of becoming a legit contender. We simply lost too many pieces from last year and injuries lack of execution penalties have plagued this season. I pray to the football Gods that Sizzle comes back healthy, SSS decides to give it one more try, and we draft mean aggressive Ravens! I just want a top 10 pick to go to a game changing pass rusher to compliment Sizzle and Doom and a solid press corner for depth. We need to re-establish the Ravens way

I agree with everyone's comments on this story. I thought we had heart out there and that we played good against a top notch team in a hard place to win. But, refs need to start getting suspended or demoted when making those atrocious calls. His knee looked like it was down and Ross probably shouldn't have ran that one. But these make or break calls are killing us. The johnson one was by far the worst. If Smith or Hill hit him after forward progress was stalled there is no doubt an unnecessary roughness call would've came.

Happened to Pitt too, it's time to invest in some reliable technology. That is a huge setback when you're on the road in a madhouse stadium.

-I'll tell you it easily. Cap nightmare stopped us from keeping some great talent (Torrey, whom we knew how to utilize and McPhee who played great against the run and could line up anywhere). -Injuries on this team are some of the craziest I've ever seen. How could we get so unlucky? Suggs is still a top 5 OLB and we miss his leadership, knowledge and outstanding play on the field. SSS, Crock, and Perriman are supposed to be lighting it up but that has been squashed by the injury bug. Heck, look at how well the D looked first half, then we see Davis, Doom , and Webb leave and we absolutely fell apart. -Stupid undisciplined penalties have crushed a lot of great things for us. Jernigan's roughing the passer in Oakland that gave them an extra 15 yards to win the game. Guy's roughing the passer against Cleveland that negated Webb's sick pick. Cincy game was atrocious. We stalled out so many offensive drives because we would either get a nice play then have it come back or we would start from 1st and 20. We had the 4th down conversion until Ko's penalty--which was suspect--then we failed to get it again. Coaching and execution. I can't entirely blame Trestman yet because his unit has been injured, but a lot of his calls have been so predictable to even me of all people, i can imagine how players on the field are laughing pre-snap. I'm glad we finally got the run game going. Forsett and Buck are a great tandem, but then the passing game is irrelevant because we have a lack of talent, whom all love to drop open passes. I have hope that if SSS and Gilmore come back that their superior blocking and receiving will help our offense become explosive--a dream would be for a miracle to happen and to get SSS, Permian, Gilmore, Aiken, and Pitta on the field together. Defense, well Pees must go because it's blatant that he can't make adjustments to preserve leads, he can't utilize players strengths and he has taken a historic defense that still does have a lot of pieces and they cannot stop the pass to save their lives. But we fortunately are equipped for the trenches. I pray we can turn it around and Ravens for life! With a new DC and our players healthy. I think this is a legit squad that can battle it out with anybody.

CJ you're a great defensive player in Run support and a good pass rusher when called upon. Coverage is tough at times and I blame Pees for the assignments he gives you guys.

I swear Ozzie better not let KO or Yanda walk. They're both beasts that get our run game going and I'm sick of talent leaving. I get it that we can't pay everyone but with many questionable draft picks and veteran signings we need to keep our talent to build around! O-line needs to be our strength

Lack of fire, injuries, and penalties have sunk our ship. Ravens nation we have literally been in every game we've played down to the wire. The talent is there and we do have a lot to build on but we need to get our best players on the field at the same time. Our depth is rather embarrassing. I almost think we're plagued to have at least 2-3 critical injuries every year. This team has been built for the trenches( to stop the run and get our run game going) but we can't get critical catches at the buzzer and our D cannot preserve a lead. Wishlist: Get an aggressive knowledgable D coordinator. Potentially sign a young pass rusher before Suggs turns 40. Start drafting players who have a mean streak because they win games. Outside of SSS, Will Hill, and maybe Yanda. We don't have a lot of fire on this team--we're talented but no one is igniting the flame with sizzle gone.

Pees has got to go! We need a legit big trade for a pass rusher or veteran receiver. We need to get healthy and play discipline football. Those wild card spots are as good as open still. But only if we can not lose more than z2 more games until the end.

My five thoughts: 1.) we're so undiscipline with these penalties. They have cost us atleast this one and the Oakland game 2.) home field advantage is non existent. I was at the game and half of the time towards the end everyone wSvquiet because Cleveland came back in the game. 3.) injuries have ravished this team and we simply could not afford them. Flacco has limit resources and he has still put points on the board. We need SSS, Gilmore and perriman, toss in a potential return of pitta and we could be lethal. 4.) pass rushers needed. We've went from a unit with a three headed monster pass rush to one that can't get there with 5 & 6 man rushes. Suggs we miss you 5.) leadership is absent and it hurts. The Lewis, reed, Suggs, and ngata era has ended and we have no fire as a team and our game changers haven't been able to unite to close games together.

I don't even know what or who to blame. Pees gets aggressive and our blitz can never get there and every other time we're sitting in zone getting torn apart. Some games I like pees and 2/3 I can't stand his play calling. 33, 24, and 30 pt games should be enough without numerous offensive weapons. We NEED a pass rusher to dominate and. a coordinator who can call plays that can wrap up a game.

I didn't realize how many players left the game. Dumervil, Davis, and Webb. Injuries are killing us and lack of leadership. If we could only close games out we could be sitting real nice right now

I'm very happy we finally got out first win, but people are acting like we completely turned the season around already. I'm very optimistic if we can play the way we have the past 2 games while limiting our turnovers we should be fine. We need to blow out the Browns Sunday to send a message. I think if we can get wins against them and the 49ers going into the bye our season still has a chance. Our keys to success are not being predictable on offense and getting the ground game going. Receivers need to catch the freaking ball because Flacco outside of a few dumb passes has been gunning them in there any receivers are dropping them. Please do a ton of 2 TE sets with Gilmore and Maxx. And on defense we must play discipline football and get a good pass rush going to help the secondary. Go Ravens

This game will determine the rest of the season. A big win tonight will give us some confidence. We naturally are good at limiting the run game but we need to slow down AB somehow with double coverage and pressure vick into making some bad throws. Flacco and company will hopefully put up 20 plus so that we can close this game out

We have the pieces necessary to win games but there are a plethora of reasons of why we can't close out games. The first thing is health. We can't seem to get all of our good players on the field at once. I would love for Monroe to return and add stability to the blind side. I would also love to get a 2 TE formation with Gilmore and Williams out there with SSS and Perriman on the opposite side. At least then we would have a legit shot of pounding the ball up the middle and using play action to the strength of our players. The ground game needs to sustain for us to kill clock and end games, period. On defense we are built to stop the run and that's great I love that, but we are so prone to giving up huge pass plays i don't know where to point the finger. I think it has to do with schemes and communication because Webb, Smith, Hill, Arrington, and Lewis are individually pretty darn good players. I just wish we would've kept Mcphee. I know that Ozzie is a genius and most often makes the best moves,but sometimes you actually have to pay your players that you groom and stop continuing to believe that every player drafted will immediately be able to replace that production. I felt with McPhee that he didn't get overpaid and if we weren't in cap disaster we could have easily kept him. Anyways, we must get Babin involved in the pass rush because once we can get some pressure on QBs our defense should be able to rebound. All three were heart breaking losses and it's to the players and coaches to adjust quickly to revive this season.

I was at the game and it was a roller coaster ride of emotions. I mean we have just enough talent to win big games but players need to make plays and that's that. I mean come on, a 4th down possible Td dropped by eifert, jimmy smiths interception, Mosley fumble recovery to the house and two SSS Td passes! We had enough but the team lacked transition. Once one side of the ball did something great, the other would sink the ship. Penalties killed a lot of offensive rhythm too. If he have any chance of salvaging this season, something extreme must happen. Either we trade for a WR or edge rusher or we fire pees. He's god awful. Blitz with the strength of the team and leave corners in man coverage with safety help over the top. Greens Td for 80 yards was a prime example of why zone on this team doesn't work!

I hope Melvin has adopted the habit of film study because he is very physically gifted and has a knack to make plays. The playoffs were tough on him but I really like his style and physical play! let's rough those receivers up at the line! and let Will Hill lurk the secondary. I also wouldn't mind seeing Terrence Brooks get some snaps at FS. I think he has some real talent if developed. He's fast, physical and a good hitter.

Please uneasy Babin he is relentless regardless of age. These games up until the bye are critical and we don't have any more time to experiment. Him and Doom need to get to the QB. P.S.- if Pees doesn't call an aggressive game and we see him dropping 7 and 8 guys into coverage with our corners playing 10 yards off and our lineman not having their hands in the dirt, we must sign a petition to get his non-aggressive play calling off our team.

the ship is sinking. both coordinators are so predictable it's hilarious. Trestman, stop teaching joe to lob passes, if that throw was a dart to SSS, most likely it would've been a TD. The draws were so easy to predict every time they were ran. Please give the keys back to Joe and pound the ball between the guards. Pees, use press coverage! you have good corners and safeties yet you would rather let offenses get 7-10 yard passes until the red zone then pray the defense makes a play. Get Aggressive! we have a lot of talent on that side. i would rather gamble with a blitz or pressing the Wr and have them make a play then watch them get these short yardage plays, one after another. ughhhhhh

this game absolutely killed me to watch. our corners were not pressing! Defensive line was getting no pressure and a 2nd year Qb carves up a very talented unit? how does that happen? My final thoughts are that Flacco slightly led SSS in the end zone what should've been a TD. two weeks in a row we were a caught football from most likely winning our games. Settling for field goals will always cost you, just like the Chargers game last year. I pray the Defensive line and pass rushers get real motivated because they looked real ordinary against a below average O-line of the Raiders

The Ravens D is back! I know sizzle is gone and i hope he has a quick successful recovery, but our players on D looked great. Williams and Davis on the line were moving piles and dominating O-lineman, Mosley and Smith played great against the run and came in n blitzes and did well in coverage--beside a potential pick six for smith lol. Pees found a way to utilize talent to get to Peyton.Jimmy Smith is on a whole other level right now and even Webby looked pretty good too. Hill was all over the place as well disguising coverages and making plays on the ball everywhere. I hope Upshaw and Smith step up to add pressure with Sizzle gone. I wouldn't mind Pees bringing in A. Brown and McClellan on certain blitz packages too. I'm praying Timmy comes back to get inside pressure and Permian lights in up in Oakland! We got this Ravens Nation!

Despite losing the game and our Defensive Captain, the great news is Pees is finally calling great defensive plays! Great mix of blitz packages and the players executed them. Also, Jimmy Smith is a straight STUD! He shut down a top 3 receiver and made every tackle possible. I was even really pleased with Webbys aggressive play and Hill's nice deceptive coverages. running to the line and either coming in to make a play or dropping back in coverage so quickly certainly made Peyton think twice.

That bounce off the hands was hard to watch! i swore it was about to be game over!=[ get the offense going early next week. Remember, Denver is a legit top 3-5 defense at home and our young talent needs time to gel. It's hard for the o-line to hold up during heavy blitzes and their corners and linebackers playing great in coverage. We need Permian to come back and regret playing so close to the line.

That banned seriously made my days. That's freaking hilarious. I'm glad we finally heard some news on Carl Davis, I have some real high hopes for him