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Williams is staying. If I'm Ozzie and DeCosta, I mean, Williams isn't going nowhere.

Yes, he's a Raven. Too bad the coaches forgot about it for at least three games we stupidly lost... (in a row...)

Funny Courtney Upshaw is not mentioned among the players we lost. And he's not in the silly probowl, I guess he's preparing for another kind of game, eh?

Good luck, Zach Orr - we miss you already.

This team badly needs some "bad hombres" [as someone would say]

The Ravens are 4-4 this year, with every game decided by 8 or fewer points. I wonder what our record would be if we actually had an offense?

The Ravens are four and four this year, etc., but they would be seven and one - had the coaches taken the points that were there to take by Tucker.

Let's give a chance to Tyrod. Oh, he's with the Buffaloes. Josh Johnson was remarkably good in preseason, why keep him? Maybe Jah Reed and Oher, or even Shipley, could help - but... sorry... I forgot they are elsewhere. I remember a Chris Chester too, isn't he starting somewhere? And we were right to pay Flacco and not KO, most certainly. And I guess we did not sign back Daryl Smith because he wasn't missing enough games to deserve to be on the team. But then why let Monroe go? He certainly qualified as a game-misser. We don't want bad boys with modern and innovative ideas, of course. Would Myers be so much worse than ... you name it. I watch every game, and I still think we should be 6 and one [thanks coaches for not taking the points that were there], but I fear this next one will be our best week of football, we are not going to lose next Sunday. Enjoy Halloween players and fans - there won't be much to cheer about after that.

Harbaugh's psychobehavioral fallacy.
That's how this stretch [these two years, plus the next couple] will go down in history.

To think that goodnatured, square, solid guys can be taught to be champions is a myth - like thinking that any very good horse that doesn't throw you out of the saddle can be taught to win the Preakness.

This causes two things:
1. We draft less gifted/talented players
2. We ask too much of them - hence the injuries

[though I still think the trainers should try something, anything: gyrokinesis, crosscountry skiing, shamanic dances, mindfulness, MMA, scubadiving... herbal teas... it can't get much worse than this!]

"Genius and unruliness", we say in Italian, go together. Embrace that.

3 points, in the close games we play, are a lot of points: will someone let Harbaugh know? And, maybe, remind him he has the best kicker in the league? Was he in Detroit, back when we won some games, or where?

And don't stress the offense asking for 'touchdowns only' - play calm, get in field goal range, get the three points, and be content [anyone saw the Chargers last night?]

Poor Flacco. It was horrible to see the difference between the protection he got and the one Carr got, and it's getting worse and worse.

Can't be a passing team (let alone a blow-out one) with the O-line we had on the field last sunday, and just barely the weeks before. We still need to improve all five positions - three of them possibly with the players we have, two (LG, C) we still have to find.

"Talented offense"? Seriously? Who is that? I guess if you score one touchdown a game, against mediocre to bad teams, you have a "talented offense". What a joke. A truly talented offense is one like New England has, where, despite the loss of their starting quarterback, they have won all their games. You want talent, now that is talent.

I keep thinking your real name must be without the "styna" part.

  1 hour ago, Zeus said:

  1 hour ago, Rav'n Maniac said:

  2 hours ago, Zeus said:

Forsett benched for today's game....... good or bad?

I don't think that will happen. He's still our best blocker in the backfield. If you had said ( Forsett reduced carries for today's game) That I could get behind.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000712959/article/ravens-justin-forsett-benched-west-to-get-the-start

Wow! Didn't see that. Thanks for the info.

Sad to say, but Forsett has shown very little in the first three games. So much so that, if Dixon is fine and they want to keep Waller, he may be a prime candidate to be released.

I guess I forgot the center wasn't there either. And Wagner wasn't 100%? Whatever. People who complain have never been in a lockerroom.

Whoever designed the Brandon Williams move is a genius. And BWill and BUrb played it to perfection. Now, with the defense we already have, let's think what happens when the offense gets to this level of execution. [Remember: at the end of last season, this starting QB was not there; the starting RB was not there; the two starting WRs were not there; the starting TE was not there; the starting LG was not there; the starting LT was not there - - - and somebody is complaining????]

Ravens 3 Wins; Steelers 1 loss; Bengals 2 losses; Browns 3 losses.

Pretty good, all things considered. Let's see if a flock of Ravens can't tame a pack of Jaguars.

You mean "an unkindness of Ravens"! [also "a conspiracy"]: yeah, we'll be unkind.

Love Jernigan. I'd be curious to see BWilliams flanked by Jernigan and Pierce, I'd bet it would help a lot the outside passrush.

Michael Pierce is doing what he's been doing since the first preseason game. The scout who lobbied for him to be signed should get a decent payraise.

Never Easy, Never Pretty - as Dean Smith said.
Check this out:
https://www.amazon.com/Never-Easy-Pretty-Championship-Season/dp/1439911061

Our guys tomorrow will take the field with you in their hearts - we'll watch the game thinking of you. And that will keep happening and happening. Rip Good Coach Brooks.

The one thing I'll watch is the score.

40 minutes ago, stixfix69 said:

A year on the PS would do him well.....

He would never ever clear waivers.

The best indicator of a team strength [this comes from rugby, but I'm pretty sure it applies to American Football too] is the "value" of its worst player. And a player is a person - on and off the field. [Just think of the damage the Ray Rice thing did to us - the team is still recovering for it]
Calvin Johnson, Julio Jones, AJ Green - great receivers: how many post-season wins with their teams?
Stafford, Ryan, Dalton - lots and lots of yards: how many post-season wins? etc. etd.
Our FO is building a solid solid team.