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I watched the game and saw that Joe limped at the end of the play. Didn't think anymore about it since he came out a finished the game.I saw the last part of a ticker at the bottom of the screen. Came to this site and found out he's out for the year? Shocked is putting it mildly.

The NFL admits the Ravens should have won the game--easy to fix nullify the last play and declare the Ravens as winners. Short of that, don't say anything and move on. Ridiculous to admit your wrong with no consequences.

Jackson has the skills but not the football smarts to play in the NFL

"It takes hard work, everyday to make it in the NFL. Some young guys don't make that commitment right away (or never). It's easy for a young player to get drafted, have a pocketful of money, hang with your boys and not put in that hard work everyday. Word is he showed up not in shape in Cleveland, didn't put the work in to get into shape and didn't take learning the playbook seriously. Tennessee gave him a chance but if you play 2 games and have 2 fumbles in 16 carries, that's not going to endear you with the coaches.

Also, looking back, having Bernard Pierce as your mentor may not have been the wisest choice.Hopefully it's just a maturity issue and he will get his head right or he ends up as just another tale of wasted talent."

Thanks for the info. Makes sense to me. Perhaps a word or two to the wise is sufficient in this case.

Why would two teams in two years let him go? Coaching changes, deep bench at RB? Has to be more to the story. I read on this site today about "immature behavior". What's that about?

What is West's " immature behavior"?

Smart decision. Great player. Walk away when you can still walk.

Givens has looked pretty good. Wonder what happened to Tom Nelson and Dan Brown -- thought that they looked good in pre -season.

Personally, I am tired of reading about Perriman. Out for 3 months because of a " nagging knee injury". No real explanation. I don't have an answer about what to do with him but perhaps IR would be an option and get the roster spot to someone else. Three months reflects a serious injury to me.

I would swap the Ravens for the Patriots. Just joking--The Ravens are not a bad team. They have always been in games, they are tough and they are pros. I am not sure what they need player wise but perhaps better communication among defensive backs ( will come the more that they play together) and a pass rusher. Go back to the pre-season games which everyone says are meaningless and you will see the same problems on defense. Looking forward to the Cards. The Ravens at a minus 8 or 10 are you kidding me? The Ravens are not he Jags.

A big mistake for him to return.

After reading this article, I get the feeling that the Ravens should just stay home and forfeit the game. What a downer.

The good news is that I will watch the Ravens play now with the knowledge that they may win five games this year.

Bout time they get fired up

McCown will probably look like an all pro QB on Sunday -- given the Ravens history.

SSS is reported to have 4 micro-fractures. Not sure what these are.

The game kind of confirms what I have observed about the Ravens.They play to the level of their competition and make mediocre QB's look like HOFers. I rarely bet on football games but after watching this game, its clear that , whoever plays the Raiders, will beat them by a lot this Sunday. Also, with Perriman--he's been out for 8 weeks. In pro-football that a long time. My guess is that he has a serious injury. However, you are drinking the cool-aid if you believe that he will make a huge impact this year. We shall see.

My observation is that the Ravens seem to play at the level of their opponent. Just seems that way to me. I have not made a study of it.

Ever notice when we hear that a team has to sign a guy like Taylor Mays and the "secondary is in shambles" that these guys play like HOF'ers against the Ravens. Think back to the supposed laughers that became criers.

I wondered about Babin's release. I found this info interesting. "Obviously, it was a surprise," Babin said after his first practice with the Ravens on Wednesday. "I think the coach said they want to win. But then in hindsight ... the general manager talked about building. Who knows what is exactly going on?"

"Babin, 35, produced two sacks and 27 quarterback hurries in 2014, which was his first season of a three-year, $8.275 million contract with the Jets. New York saved $1.5 million against the cap by releasing him." They must have thought highly of him to sign him last year for 3 years.

Seems like players who thrive in the Ravens system, many times, don't do well when they leave for greened pastures. On the other hand, the Ravens seem to bring in players , for special roles and those players generally do well. Not sure why but I hope that the trend continues with Babin.

Wonder why the Jets released him?

The Ravens are a play-off team. Very good defense with a good offence even though they lost the game. Time to move on.

Who is the back up QB to Manning?

Who is Perriman? I remember that name but can't quite place it.