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1 minute ago, rmw10 said:

To be fair in regards to Hester, the only reason he has had this much leeway is because of his past.  If this was pretty much anyone but Devin Hester, they'd have been cut by now.  He's skating by on his name now, and has been for several years.

Fixed it for you.

3 minutes ago, Drew P said:

Their special teams was worse than the Ravens and that's pretty bad. No way in hell they attempt to return a ball if Tucker boots it. Bad decision by a coach whose facial expression all night looked like he was lost in space.

Any smart coach would have their guy run it out to get rid of the 2 minute warning. At least I would think so lol

55 minutes ago, Drew P said:

That "on sides" kick was not only poorly executed but was an awful decision considering they had 2 TO's and the 2 MIN warning.

Talked about this earlier in the thread. Game was essentially over with a first down. Clock was at 2:03 so a return gets rid of 2 minute warning. I'd much rather lose being aggressive and trying to get the ball rather than trying to stop best QB of all time. Plus, best case you stop them and get the ball at around the 35-40 with no TO's (assuming Hester catches the punt). If you get the kick, you obviously have the all at the 45/50 with your TO's left. If they get it and go 3 and out, you get it at the 15/20 (again assuming Hester catches it lol). I think the 20 yards or so is worth the gamble, especially when factoring in the opposing QB. 

The more I think about it, the more genius their gameplan on defense was. We've seen time and time again Flacco almost creating pressure in his head when getting confused. While they only rushed 3 the majority of the time, they did it while showing blitz and rushing different guys. Flacco then panics and checks down every damn play too quickly. If I'm a DC, I'm doing this to him every single game. 

37 minutes ago, OUravensfan said:

Can someone breakdown the play where Perriman seemingly didn't see the ball or let it go through his hands? What happened there, looked like a big play opportunity.

Regardless, we will need another good WR next year, probably through FA, Steve Smith will be gone, we cannot go into the season with only  Perriman and Wallace, neither have proven to be consistent 8 catch a game players.

It looked like Perriman didn't pick up the blitz and was running a deep route. ESPN had a weird lack of replays so that's just based on the live watch, but I'm pretty sure that's what happened. 

1 hour ago, terrynjulia03 said:

Because kick it out of the end zone and no time comes off. We still had 2 time outs and and the 2min warning. So essentially 3 TOs. You're D forces a 3 and out and you're receiving a punt at theoretically you're 35 yard line with a tad under a minute and a half to drive 65 yards for a TD. What are the odds of recovering a onside kick? 1 in 10? Maybe even worse. If you don't recover it, which they didn't, and you force a 3 and out they punt and pin you inside your 10, MAYBE you get lucky with a touchback, but even still now you have to drive 80 yards or worse for a TD. Harbaugh basically gave up and said he didn't trust the defense and the game was over at that point already. 

I mean Brady did throw for 400 and is probably the best QB of all time. Getting a 3 and out there is much easier said than done. Kickoff was at 2:03 I think, so any return would have lost the 2 minute warning. I'd much rather lose trying for the onside kick than hoping to stop Brady. 

Edit: I would also say your guess of getting the ball at the 35 or so is accurate. Wouldn't the extra 15-20 yards be worth the chance to get the ball at the ~50 with the timeouts left?

7 minutes ago, terrynjulia03 said:

The Good: Dixon. He came to play. Can't say the same for anyone else. 

The Bad: Pees defense. 

The Ugly: Clock management and the dumbest onside kick call in the history of onside kicks. 

Why was the onsides kick call dumb? I'd rather take a chance to not give the ball to the best QB ever.  Game was pretty much over with a 1st down anyways.

2 minutes ago, Jonah DeVito said:

Am I the only one that thinks Orr looked like the best LB on our team tonight? 

I know Gruden agrees with you lol. Talking about him non-stop (rightfully so).

6 minutes ago, football knowledge said:

Gifted wrapped those 14 pts.. thanks to Cyrus Jones and Matthew Slater.

Then the blown coverage and safety were "gifted wrapped" too.

The Ravens had the 5th best pass defense in DVOA.  While secondary depth is an issue, the starters are very good.  Young is a budding shutdown corner and Jimmy is good in his own right.  Add a pass rusher to this team and the defense is scary good.

Add a 1st round edge rusher to this defense and no one will score.

8 minutes ago, pep_meister said:

 

What makes you think he's not? He's almost at 1,000 yards and has caught almost every single pass thrown his way... he's been way more than a 1 trick pony for us in his routes. I couldn't even imagine this team without wallace this year...

Oh yeah, I couldn't either. I think he's been a good player for the Ravens, but top 85% is pushing it I think.  I might be a bit bias right now because I think he totally wimped up on that interception tonight.

I just don't think the coaching staff can justify not playing Wallace-Perriman-Smith on most plays.

2 minutes ago, pep_meister said:

Mike Wallace in 2016 > 85% of the other WRs in the league

I wish that was true.

2 minutes ago, Cillmatic said:

Perriman is gonna be a burn out. Between limited snaps and Joe being Joe he'll have a hard time getting many catches.

He's the most talented receiver on the roster right now and it's not particularly close, in my opinion.

Edit: As in physical talent. Smith is obviously a better receiver than him now.

Bad: Elam is the worst player in the league; I like the guy, but he just is not that good.  Coaching was awful as usual. How do they not go up-tempo on that last drive? Onsides kick was trash.  PERRIMAN NEEDS TO PLAY MORE. Hester continues to not catch a punt and ends up screwing the offense by starting inside the 5.  Wallace with a Torrey Smith like effort on that deep ball INT.

Good: Everyone on the defense except Elam. Perriman continuing to make plays despite unforgivable limited reps. Dixon is a star and there is no reason West should be taking touches away from him (credit the coaching staff for finally realizing this).  Waller is a matchup nightmare; passing personnel should be Waller-Smith-Wallace-Perriman-Dixon.

PUT PERRIMAN ON THE DAMN FIELD

Throw him the ball

8 minutes ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

he did get abused pretty badly all day and then he stepped up in a big way on that last drive. 

i think thats even more impressive than him playing a strong full 4 quarters. he kept his head clear through adversity and stepped up when it mattered most. 

tavon young may have had the occasonal miss as far as successful plays go, but the kid has been pretty clutch aside from the long horseback ride he took into the dallas endzone.

I don't really think he got abused; their receivers didn't really do much.  I was at the game so maybe I am missing something from TV.

And yeah it is definitely an encouraging sign he finished the game very strongly.

Young

Pierce

Stanley

Lewis

Judon

Dixon

Moore

Damn, it's crazy how many rookies are contributing this year and 2 of the top 3 picks are not.  I think this will be the rebuilding year we'll look back at in the future.  I also think Kaufusi will be really good next year. He's a freak.

4 hours ago, hn68wb4 said:

Something unexpected from this game: Wright wasn't abused all day, but the bad news is that Tavon was, without Jimmy the past two weeks he's had a really hard time. Also Weddles dropped gimme pick still has me in shock, our dline catches better than our secondary it seems.

Why do you think this? I personally thought he played great and is going to be really good across from Jimmy when he gets back.

5 minutes ago, kiwi_raven said:

One thing that really pissed me off was the steelers roughing the kicker penalty, yeah it went our way but man the rule needs to change, it needs to be the same as roughing the passer

What do you mean?

3 minutes ago, January J said:

That was when Wallace went out the game for some weird reason. Once Wallace returned perriman dropped back down the pecking order. But yeah Joe just missed him.

Yeah that was strange when he was out. They said illness, but that seems weird since he came back in.  The comeback he ran was an awesome route. I don't get why they didn't go back to him since he was virtually the only successful part of the offense for a bit.

Why did they get away from Perriman?  He beat Burns for a TD that Flacco missed and then was very good in the last possession of the first half. Don't think he even go tin much in the 2nd half.

On 10/31/2016 at 7:25 AM, Jacquouille said:

Kupp reminds me of Jordy. He's a physical dude but when he gets the ball you realize he's crazy fast, when he turns on the jets it's goodbye. 

Yeah he's a gym rat. Sneaky fast. High football IQ. Lives in the film room. First one in, last one to leave. He's got the hard hat mentality. 

Mike Williams will probably be the only guy viable with how high a pick the Ravens will have, assuming Davis doesn't blow up the combine.

1 hour ago, jboy19 said:

How exactly are we supposed to react?

Burn his house down and demand he gets cut.