Week 5 – Cincinnati Bengals At Baltimore Ravens

[Alexir]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' date='11 October 2009 - 04:09 PM' timestamp='1255291798' post='254141']
Ray's hit was clean too.... defenseless or not, he hit Chad in the shoulder and his helmet happened to pop off. It was timed perfectly. I think the NFL is going to become a touch football league soon. My gracious, let the players play.
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Ray had orange paint on his helmet after that play....

[Deep6again]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:07 PM' timestamp='1255291669' post='254122']
To true. If Joe doesnt throw that pic, this game is in overtime. But its rediculous that we have to overcome the refs every week.
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I do agree, the patriots in 2001, and pittsburgh in both of their superbowls, the fix is on.

[ravens27]

Our D just looks different with Mattison as our DC.

[FerrariFan87]

I also don't understand the offensive gameplan... we were so vanilla all game and if not for Ray Rice's brilliant run after the catch, we don't have a chance to win this game. Cam needs to work on a lot of things, especially with Minnesota coming up. Oh, and if Benson can get over 120 yards, what do we think All Day is going to do to us? I'm extremely worried...

[reediddy]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' date='11 October 2009 - 01:09 PM' timestamp='1255291798' post='254141']
Ray's hit was clean too.... defenseless or not, he hit Chad in the shoulder and his helmet happened to pop off. It was timed perfectly. I think the NFL is going to become a touch football league soon. My gracious, let the players play.
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roger goodell is turning this league in a panzy league, soon quarterbacks are gonna wear red jerseys just wait

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='reediddy' date='11 October 2009 - 04:12 PM' timestamp='1255291968' post='254164']
roger goodell is turning this league in a panzy league, soon quarterbacks are gonna wear red jerseys just wait
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Blame it on Jeff Fisher and the Competition Committee, not necessarily Goodell.

[neepo13]

[quote name='Alexir' date='11 October 2009 - 04:10 PM' timestamp='1255291834' post='254146']
What game were you watching? Chad should have been flagged for diving on Fox, flag should of been on Cinci for holding Pryce and lets not forget that Reed/Walker (announcers said reed but i think they meant walker) penalty. Walker played the bal perfectly.
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Lets not forget the extra 5 yard spot the refs gave the Bengals in the 3rd quarter. Harbaugh should have done something but still a piss poor job by the refs. How the hell do you miss a spot by 5 yards?

[reediddy]

im telling you all the ravens are just hated by the league for some reason. i guess the ravens messed up the feel-good story last year of the Titans, whoopin em at home in the playoffs, and probably by beating Miami last year too, so the NFL will hold a grudge and give us the worst refs in the history of refdom i hate the NFL

[Alexir]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:14 PM' timestamp='1255292051' post='254174']
Lets not forget the extra 5 yard spot the refs gave the Bengals in the 3rd quarter. Harbaugh should have done something but still a piss poor job by the refs. How the hell do you miss a spot by 5 yards?
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Was that on the Mark Clayton "fumble"

[neepo13]

[quote name='Alexir' date='11 October 2009 - 04:16 PM' timestamp='1255292184' post='254187']
Was that on the Mark Clayton "fumble"
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Yeah. Since it wasnt a fumble his forward progress counts but they spot the ball at the orginal LOS.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:14 PM' timestamp='1255292051' post='254174']
Lets not forget the extra 5 yard spot the refs gave the Bengals in the 3rd quarter. Harbaugh should have done something but still a piss poor job by the refs. How the hell do you miss a spot by 5 yards?
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Can refs be fined for poor officiating?

We saw plenty of yellow flags, but where were the red ones?

[neepo13]

[quote name='reediddy' date='11 October 2009 - 04:16 PM' timestamp='1255292175' post='254184']
im telling you all the ravens are just hated by the league for some reason. i guess the ravens messed up the feel-good story last year of the Titans, whoopin em at home in the playoffs, and probably by beating Miami last year too, so the NFL will hold a grudge and give us the worst refs in the history of refdom i hate the NFL
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I swear if I didnt love this team so much, I'd quite watching this b.s. every week.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:18 PM' timestamp='1255292292' post='254196']
Yeah. Since it wasnt a fumble his forward progress counts but they spot the ball at the orginal LOS.
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That plus the penalty would have given us a first down.

[FlaccoFlicker]

we got beat today on offense -defense,and in calls (i guess) i didnt see the game so i don't know what the calls looked like.but gave up over 400 yards to the bengals this team is still good and we have been in a fight every game minus cleveland we are missing some keys in our defense,maybe we will fix them still early it isn't over yet.

[reediddy]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 01:19 PM' timestamp='1255292374' post='254204']
I swear if I didnt love this team so much, I'd quite watching this b.s. every week.
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i wholeheartedly agree, i dont want to be known as a bandwagon ravens fan, hell no!! but if this keeps up...i dont know...

[raven46]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 03:19 PM' timestamp='1255292374' post='254204']
I swear if I didnt love this team so much, I'd quite watching this b.s. every week.
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I was thinking that exactly

[FlaccoFlicker]

i'll stay a ravens fan regardless of our record have been since 96 we have highs and we have lows we love them when they win hate them when they lose we missed some opportunities to Flacco int in the first(again didn't see the game so i don't know how bad it was)we'll bounce back

[ravens27]

If we keep this up we will be one of the better 8-8 teams.

[ravens27]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:19 PM' timestamp='1255292374' post='254204']
I swear if I didnt love this team so much, I'd quite watching this b.s. every week.
[/quote]

I 100% agree, I just need to vent.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 04:14 PM' timestamp='1255292051' post='254174']
Lets not forget the extra 5 yard spot the refs gave the Bengals in the 3rd quarter. Harbaugh should have done something but still a piss poor job by the refs. How the hell do you miss a spot by 5 yards?
[/quote]

Thank you, Neeps, I was just about to mention that! First of all, how does the referee miss it. Second of all, what is John doing letting that happen? Remember, they had an offsides penalty which would have made it 3 and 5 instead of 3rd and 10, which totally changes the types of plays we can call. Absolutely unacceptable.

[Bullitt_711]

The Ravens can't win with 1 1/2 player in the secondary, Reed + Landry. Let's enjoy the season cuz the guys bust their backs every week, yeah they can make the playoffs possibly, but I don't see us getting past the first game in the playoffs if at all. D Mase gets 0 catches?

Biggest mistake Oz made was not getting Leonard back, he was Ed Reed light in the secondary a second ballhawk, returned all our punts and kickoffs beatifully and added to special teams.

Sad but true.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' date='11 October 2009 - 04:13 PM' timestamp='1255292025' post='254170']
Blame it on Jeff Fisher and the Competition Committee, not necessarily Goodell.
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Why would Jeff Fisher do that? He doesn't have a quarterback; his teams existence is based on defense... or was.

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='Bullitt_711' date='11 October 2009 - 04:36 PM' timestamp='1255293364' post='254275']
Biggest mistake Oz made was not getting Leonard back, he was Ed Reed light in the secondary a second ballhawk, returned all our punts and kickoffs beatifully and added to special teams.

Sad but true.
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To be fair, Jim Leonhard followed Rex Ryan out of loyalty. Rex was the first guy to really give him a true opportunity in the NFL after the Bills sort of brushed him aside.

[FlaccoFlicker]

imma go play marvel ultimate alliance 2 for a bit get this taste out of my mouth

[darklight1216]

[quote name='Bullitt_711' date='11 October 2009 - 04:36 PM' timestamp='1255293364' post='254275']
The Ravens can't win with 1 1/2 player in the secondary, Reed + Landry. Let's enjoy the season cuz the guys bust their backs every week, yeah they can make the playoffs possibly, but I don't see us getting past the first game in the playoffs if at all. D Mase gets 0 catches?

Biggest mistake Oz made was not getting Leonard back, he was Ed Reed light in the secondary a second ballhawk, returned all our punts and kickoffs beatifully and added to special teams.

Sad but true.
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Ehh...

J. Leo has 18 tackles and 1 pd
Landry has 21 tackles 2 pd and 2 interceptions

Yeah, Carr is pathetic, but that isn't Landry's fault.

[admartian]

[quote name='GermanRavensFan' date='12 October 2009 - 08:07 AM' timestamp='1255291643' post='254118']
When a team is down at it's own 20 and then walks 80 yards into our endzone within two minutes they deserve the win... blame the team, not the refs.
[/quote]Yep, agreed.

There's two ways to think about this:

1) Our defense is mediocre and things must be tweaked/changed.

OR

2) The NFL is a dirty league that likes to pick on teams it hates.



So far, it's looking like a mixture of the two at the moment.




[quote name='FerrariFan87' date='12 October 2009 - 08:09 AM' timestamp='1255291798' post='254141']
Ray's hit was clean too.... defenseless or not, he hit Chad in the shoulder and his helmet happened to pop off. It was timed perfectly. I think the NFL is going to become a touch football league soon. My gracious, let the players play.
[/quote]

Yeah, it's really become near-unwatchable.

Seriously, watch a game of NFL, and compare it to an a Rugby Union or a Rugby League game - the disparities are there.

I love the Ravens, and Football may not be my number 1 sport, although it's top 3; but it's painful to see this game being [b]castrated[/b] by the league.

Heck, even Basketball looks a lot rougher right now.

[neepo13]

[quote name='reediddy' date='11 October 2009 - 04:21 PM' timestamp='1255292478' post='254214']
i wholeheartedly agree, i dont want to be known as a bandwagon ravens fan, hell no!! but if this keeps up...i dont know...
[/quote]

I'll be here whether the team sucks or not, bandwagoners only follow good teams. Thats not what I am talking about. I am talking about how much control the refs have over the outcome of the games. I cant stand watching it. Nothing about todays broadcast said unbiased to me. From the time the broadcast started the announcers were all over the Bengals, it continued all game, and then well we've been over the refs a million times already. I try to stray away from throwing around accusations about games being fixed but from what I saw I am not convinced it wasnt.

[Jamal]

We never beat good teams. Even last year we lost to most of the good teams. Sure we beat the Eagles, and thanks to a miracle, the Titans. Other than that, we never beat a great team.

We simply are not as good as we thought we were. The only reason the Ravens had a good start was because we played bad teams. And yes I consider SD a bad team.

[J-man]

I am not going to post on this forum again until the Ravens win, no joke.

[CorvusCorax]

[quote name='J-man' date='11 October 2009 - 06:01 PM' timestamp='1255298499' post='254528']
I am not going to post on this forum again until the Ravens win, no joke.
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I wouldn't go that far. It could end up being a few weeks depending on next week.