Edug27

I know. I know.

Ah ok. So you're hoping you can create enough anger and outrage on this board through your posts to make ownership open their eyes and start listening to our wishes of change!!! How long do you plan to attempt this before realizing it's silly and 95% of us just want to watch and talk Ravens football?

You may be 100% right... But that doesn't stop fans from rooting for this team to win and discussing ways to attack the upcoming opponent. I don't quite get what you're trying to achieve here with your posts. You're free to post whatever you'd like of course, but are you trying to convince us that this team isn't elite? I mean, we are all watching the games so that's not needed. Or are you trying to get everyone to turn against the front office as if a forum revolt can bring change in some way? Or is that how you deal with the frustration of a lackluster team? Just curious.

Right. But I think it's because the team is trending downwards, instead of up. Still a lot of football yet to be played though.

1. Get the Oline healthy and commit to the run game. I can't stress that enough. Keep running even if we start the game off slow. 2. Joe needs to get the ball out of his hands quickly. Quick reads. Dink and dunk. Quick Slants. Screens. Be creative. We can't afford to let Joe sit in the pocket waiting to get destroyed. 3. The young pass rushers need to be aggressive. We are desperate for some resemblance of a pass rush. Blitz early and often. 4. And I repeat.... Start T.Young.

Well I guess the question becomes... Which players did we let walk and have gone on to be as successful or more so with the next team?

He's had one losing season in his head coaching career. It's going to take a lot more than that to break him. I mean, Marvin Lewis is still smiling.

Haha. Well, there are actually times I agree with him and he does make a valid point. I'm not one of those "see the good in everything" type of fans. But then there are times he's completely out of whack. Joe is who he is. Surround him with the right pieces and he'll get the job done. He's not Drew Brees, where he can make something out of nothing. Sami's biggest issue is that Joe's contract is what prevents us from "putting pieces around him". But that subject has been debated to nausea.

There is a ton of blame to go around for these past 1.5 seasons. But again, we are complaining about 1.5 seasons here..... There are teams complaining about 1.5 decades. Don't overreact. There is a lot of parity in football. The Steelers, Broncos, Giants and whatever top notch franchise you prefer, have all recently been through several consecutive playoff droughts and have recovered.... We haven't experienced that in the last 10 years... Perspective man.... Perspective...

Sami in 2 years time... "We aren't going to the playoffs until Flaccos contract is off the books!!!" Sami in 4 years time... "2 more years until Joe is off the books!!! No playoffs until then!!!!" Sami in 2023... "We aren't going to win anything until we get a veteran QB in here! Ozzie can't draft!!!!... Trade for Geno Smith! At least he has experience!" Sami to his grandchildren.... "Gather around. Let me tell you about the last time the Ravens won a Super Bowl.... His name was Joe Flacco...."

Which won't happen for another 7-8 years. Which is the same amount of time you'll spend complaining about it.

1. Commit to the run. Don't panic when you lose a lead. 2. Start T.Young on the outside. 3. Rotate other safeties in to slowly phase out Webb. 4. Work with Joe on getting the ball out of his hands quicker. 5. Limit penalties. ... and the obvious.. GET EVERYONE BACK HEALTHY!

Demaryius Thomas had that dog in him his rookie season?

Well, I think lack of discipline and simple football IQ is a reoccurring theme thus far this season. The Mosley play, the Jernigan play, the foolish penalties, Hester's decision making back there, some of the offensive play calling... I think he wants to clean all of that up.

Random rant... But one thing that frustrates me is when I hear "this team lacks leaders" .... "This wouldn't happen if we had players like Ray and Ed in the locker room" ... We've had a 5-11 season before. We've had a season where we started 7-3 and lost 4 of the next 5 games to fall out of playoff contention while playing uninspired football. Stuff like this happens. The AFC North is going to be a fight. Bengals are 3-4 as well, and the Steelers are 4-3 and will be without Ben for a bit. One week at a time. The same as it's always been.

There is a lot of reasons. There is also enough blame to go around. Ozzie has made questionable decisions. Harbs and staff have put together questionable game plans. Players have not produced the way most had expected them to. Some players are regressing. Some players just can't stay healthy. Like I said, enough blame to go around.

Offense: - Flacco is not on the same page with the wideouts. At all. - Wideouts aren't making the tough catches even when Flacco puts the ball where it needs to be. - Offensive line is in shambles and it's showing with our lack of a run game. Still think Marty needs to keep handing it off regardless. Defense: - Need more speed out there... and by that, I'm referring to Webb. - No QB pressure whatsoever. Need more blitzes if the ends can't apply some type of pressure. - Any QB, good or bad, can find an open WR if you give them all day to scan the field and allow them to finish their routes. Special Teams - Tucker is the man. That is all. - Hester is starting to worry me. He needs to get his confidence back during the bye.

OK. Now that the smoke has cleared and the dust has settled, here's what needs to happen for week 9... - Yanda, Wagner, Stanley, SSS, Mosley = All need to be ready to go vs. Pitt. - Young needs to prepare as the starting CB alongside Jimmy. - Judon and ZDS need to prepare as the starters. - It's time to consider Plan B at Safety. Elam, Huff or Levine need to start seeing some more snaps at this position to slowly phase Webb out. Prepare them for this. - Flacco and Marty need to get on the same page. The passing game needs to be the emphasis. Focusing on getting the ball out quick. Quick reads. Quick decisions. Get the ball to the wideouts with space to make plays. Be creative. Look at other offenses that work and understand what is working for them. - Pees needs to figure out ways to apply pressure to the QB. Emphasis needs to be on working in different blitz packages. - Get the RB's ready for a heavy work load. The commitment to the run game has to be expressed to the entire offense. This is a run team. It's built to be a running team. Yesterday was a wake up call. No reason to rush less than 20+ times each and every Sunday... NO MATTER THE SCORE.

Tanking and playing some of the younger guys over the veterans who aren't producing..... Are 2 different things. Play Young over Wright. Consider Elam over Webb Stick with Judon/Smith over Doom

Crap team vs crap team. Someone's got to win.

3-4 fellas. It's going to be a long 2 weeks with the bye.

I'm sure Weddle wishes he had went to Oakland instead right now

Game is going to get out of control quick. The Jets have wayyyy tooo much pep in their steps right now.

We are a tough gritty proud bunch, yet we play undisciplined and lack a second gear on offense.

This is a point in the game where the offense NEEDS a touchdown.