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7 points in the 2nd quarter in todays NFL is really good defense...

When Forsett is actually able to take a couple steps he can do some real damage against Arizona its all about whether the O-Line can hold them off a little more consistently.

The Ravens do not actually have playmakers though other then Steve Smith who is being covered properly.

When the RB is getting absolutely nothing that is usually on the O-Line.

Even the announcer is surprised when someone who is not Steve Smith makes a tough catch.

Hill was supposed to be on Fitz but the pick split them up leaving Fitz open which was the design of the play.

The one place he could not catch it..his hands.

Hey look Cleveland can commit stupid penalties as well.

How about the players who cant avoiding lining up on the wrong side of the ball and keep missing tackles? At some point players have to actually play the game and if you give the defenders a chance and the mess up thats on them not on the coaches not on the refs but on them.

Someone needs to call them over and explain that you have to line up behind the football.

Is this a competition to see who can commit the most stupid penalties because none of these make sense for NFL teams to commit?

In all 3 of the losses they had the ball with a chance to win the game and in 2 of them they had the ball with a pass that wins the game to there best player that should have connected both times. If the defense can give the Ravens those opportunities every week then they have done there job and the rest is on the 120M dollar man.

I was going to complain about the amount of flags today but honestly most of them are either procedural or late hit penalties which I cant even blame on the refs its just on teams not playing disciplined.

Peyton Manning week1. After that game everyone was basically talking about how Peyton was not the QB he used to. For the stat line btw 24/40 200 yds and 1 INT is certainly struggling.

You have the ball with a chance to win every single week. I dont think you can ask for more then that in the NFL.

Im not saying Trestman is wrong but going empty backfield on 3rd and 2 just seems weird to me.

If that ball did not touch the ground then that is the flukiest play I have seen in all my years watching football. Maybe the overtime Green Bay play from like 10 years ago tops it but not by much.

Only a fool expects the team to dominate on every drive. The offense is doing a pretty good job moving the ball and the defense has had a few stops wiped out by penalties but penalties aside has held them fine. People are just pancking over nothing though that McCown throw just now was beautiful.

The pessimism in this thread is amazing. People seem to forget that the Ravens are still winning and looking fine while doing it.

Yes I have but I dont care about the yards you gain between the 30s as long as you dont let them into the endzone you will be fine in todays NFL.

Except they are not getting gashed deep like they were all last year. The pass rush is drastically worse but the coverage is drastically better so it ends up being about the same result as last year just with less big plays being given up.

They still have yet to score a TD. Why does everyone act like the Browns are scoring at will?

What personnel...they keep getting hurt every other play.

He was always weak in pass coverage, other teams were just not bothering to exploit it because they could just throw for 40 yard pass plays against the Ravens easily enough but with a much better secondary his weakness in pass coverage becomes much more noteworthy.

Wait how did the Ravens player get the ball at the end of that? I mean it probably doesnt count but how did that happen?