Merged: Don't Freak Out

[reediddy]

[quote name='Tighthead420' date='11 October 2009 - 03:12 PM' timestamp='1255299145' post='254549']
dont freak'huh?

a team we should beat...in our house....for first. dont' you think a so-called elite team would step up?

well....if not...let's look at remainder of season

@ minn-L
bye
vs denver-L
@ cinci-L
@ cle-W
vs Ind-L
vs Pitt-L
@ GB-L
vs det-W
@NO- L
@ pitt-L
@ oak-L

I think they may win 1 or 2 against a good team. but the way they are playing now they will miss the playoffs
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i absolutely 100% agree with your predictions...its sad

[cdog2]

Bad secondary bad play calling and to many crappy penalties = much pain to come.We finely get A good QB and everything else is falling apart I knew this would happen.Also what happened to our pass rush Palmer could bake cookies back there.I would love to say this was a fluke or the Bengals/Pats are just that good but as a loyal fan from the very first game I think we are in trouble.I don't know if it is the secondary or our lack of presure on the QB.But i hope we do something to fix it.Trade deadline is in 10 days I wish we would have some balls and make some moves.

[macbrak]

3-0 in normal accessories.

0-2 in pink. just sayin'.

[PuRock]

[quote name='reediddy' date='11 October 2009 - 06:19 PM' timestamp='1255299594' post='254562']
i absolutely 100% agree with your predictions...its sad
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Even Oakland? Teams are beating us on the Pass. How the hell is Jarmacus with his 35% completion rating going to spread the offense? And they have to travel to the East coast to do so.

Ridonkulous if you think this is true.

[neepo13]

[quote name='PuRock' date='11 October 2009 - 06:21 PM' timestamp='1255299698' post='254567']
Even Oakland? Teams are beating us on the Pass. How the hell is Jarmacus with his 35% completion rating going to spread the offense? And they have to travel to the East coast to do so.

Ridonkulous if you think this is true.
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Russell wont last until week 17.

[macbrak]

The Raiders couldn't beat an egg enough to make an omlet.

overreact much.

[PuRock]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 06:23 PM' timestamp='1255299787' post='254570']
Russell wont last until week 17.
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That's what I thought. But most teams would have already benched him.

So he probably will if Al Davis is alive. Al Davis has his hand in the pudding and he's trying to convince everybody to eat it. Disgusted Al Davis!

[MagicianCamille]

We're going to lose the next 3 games.

Looking at our schedule realistically, [b]Based on our performance so far[/b]

AT Minnesota. No way we pull this one off.

VS Denver. Denver is way better than Cincinatti is and we lost to them at home.

AT Cincinatti. Loss. We can't beat them at home, why would we beat them on the road?

AT Cleveland. We'll dominate. Yay, dominating bad teams. Go us.

VS Indy. Colts are undefeated and have ALWAYS had our number. Obvious loss.

VS Pittsburgh. Ben's gonna beat us on a game-winning drive late just like he always does and just like Carson did today.

AT Green Bay. Green Bay's way overrated, we'll win.

VS Detroit. Please. We'll win this game.

VS Chicago. Another win for us, Jay Cutler isn't a good QB. Sorry.

AT Pittsburgh. Loss.

AT Oakland. Win, Raiders are atrocious.

8-8 finish.

[Jamal]

[quote name='flynismo' date='11 October 2009 - 06:11 PM' timestamp='1255299062' post='254546']
Sure we can. You dont make it to the AFCCG by bating scrubs. And we beat SD so far this year.
What you see as "cant beat good teams" I see it as only the good teams have been able to beat us. We dont lose to teams who are vastly inferior to us.
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I don't consider SD a good team, especially in the beginning of the season. they are so over rated.

The 'fins just had an easy schedule and would have lost to any team that made it to the playoffs, and we should have lost to the Titans, but got a miracle.

[ROH522155]

I wish my fellow Ravens fans would have faith. We have a great organization and a great coaching staff and great players. We will pull through this tough time. Were gonna get right back to work tomorrow and it should be a good week of practice. We will be ready for Minnesota.

[Steelerkillers]

[quote name='VA_Fan' date='11 October 2009 - 04:08 PM' timestamp='1255291717' post='254130']
Not looking good at all and no that ist't overreacting. We looked absolutly horrible today. It's going to be a long, long season.
[/quote]
Its natural to have concern when your team performs out of character. Especially a home game with the divisional lead on the line. Im gonna keep sayin it, " its never okay or acceptable to start a losing streak just becuz its early in the season with plenty of football left"!. I see plenty of fans makin that stupid statement. With that 2ndary and horrible tackling, expect more losses if this continues. Oh by the way, that O-line sucks as well! We have too many issues man.

[PuRock]

[quote name='MagicianCamille' date='11 October 2009 - 06:26 PM' timestamp='1255300008' post='254580']
VS Denver. Denver is way better than Cincinatti is and we lost to them at home.
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Well Cincinnati should have beaten them if it wasn't for a fluke 80 yard play by Brandon Stokley. And that was in Denver. Plus that was Palmer's first regular season game back from injury.

Denver's overrated. Look what KC did to Dallas this week. They took them to OT as well. Denver's schedule has been soft so far. They are falling to NE right now.

[neepo13]

[quote name='ravensorioleshoyas522155' date='11 October 2009 - 06:29 PM' timestamp='1255300193' post='254587']
I wish my fellow Ravens fans would have faith. We have a great organization and a great coaching staff and great players. We will pull through this tough time. Were gonna get right back to work tomorrow and it should be a good week of practice. We will be ready for Minnesota.
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I'll believe it when I see it.

[AwakenTheDemon]

Wow, two losses and you people are already committing season suicide? Yes, both were terrible losses. Yes, it was a horrible performance today. But you, honestly, think we'll go 5-11? Really? It's 5 games. Last I remembered that's not even halfway through the season.

Was this loss disappointing? Yes. Is it a sign that the season is over? Far from it. Teams lose, it happens. We're going to lose a few more. The first step to improving is easy to say, but depending on the personnel, not quite as easy to do: Decrease penalties. Baltimore has had an issue with flags for years. It's disappointing to say we may enter the bye week 3-3 (it's possible, but I'm not making any predictions yet), but losing faith after two sloppy losses is too early. Take it one week at a time, what does looking ahead accomplish? It's very possible that things will take a turnaround after the bye week. We all know how Harbs can be. I'm sure he's fired up about two notches in the L column then anyone else. He'll light a fire under quite a few players to up some production.

Everyone takes losses differently. I'm pissed and disappointed, but not at the point of freaking out or calling our season over.

[MagicianCamille]

[quote name='PuRock' date='11 October 2009 - 06:30 PM' timestamp='1255300258' post='254593']
Well Cincinnati should have beaten them if it wasn't for a fluke 80 yard play by Brandon Stokley. And that was in Denver.
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Brandon Marshall has emerged since then. Denver's a lot better than they were in week 1, while Cincy is still sloppy.

[quote]Look what KC did to Dallas this week.[/quote]

Yeah and we did a lot better against KC, right?

[PuRock]

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[PuRock]

[quote name='MagicianCamille' date='11 October 2009 - 06:31 PM' timestamp='1255300312' post='254597']
Brandon Marshall has emerged since then. Denver's a lot better than they were in week 1, while Cincy is still sloppy.



Yeah and we did a lot better against KC, right?
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I thought so. They needed a block TD and an 80 yard INT to call it a game. Dallas is just pathetic.

[ROH522155]

[quote name='AwakenTheDemon' date='11 October 2009 - 06:31 PM' timestamp='1255300292' post='254596']
Wow, two losses and you people are already committing season suicide? Yes, both were terrible losses. Yes, it was a horrible performance today. But you, honestly, think we'll go 5-11? Really? It's 5 games. Last I remembered that's not even halfway through the season.

Was this loss disappointing? Yes. Is it a sign that the season is over? Far from it. Teams lose, it happens. We're going to lose a few more. The first step to improving is easy to say, but depending on the personnel, not quite as easy to do: Decrease penalties. Baltimore has had an issue with flags for years. It's disappointing to say we may enter the bye week 3-3 (it's possible, but I'm not making any predictions yet), but losing faith after two sloppy losses is too early. Take it one week at a time, what does looking ahead accomplish? It's very possible that things will take a turnaround after the bye week. We all know how Harbs can be. I'm sure he's fired up about two notches in the L column then anyone else. He'll light a fire under quite a few players to up some production.

Everyone takes losses differently. I'm pissed and disappointed, but not at the point of freaking out or calling our season over.
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I agree. But unfortunately, im probably the only one that does. Nobody else believes in our team

[MagicianCamille]

Dallas played really well in the 4th quarter, and it was enough to win. Miles Austin was a monster. They went from being down 13-3 to winning 26-20. They really got it together.

Also that game was in KANSAS CITY with their starting QB actually playing.. We played the Chiefs at home, against a backup QB and it was close.

We're more pathetic than Dallas is right now.

[quote]I thought so. They needed a block TD and an 80 yard INT to call it a game. Dallas is just pathetic. [/quote]

We needed an interception returned for a TD and a missed Bengals field goal to...lose by 3. Nice.

[mhead66]

Just FYI... Denver is on their way to beating NE.

[JoeFlax]

whatever.. it's week 5. But it sure does hurt. This is first time for me to see where Ravens lose despite having Ed Reed pick one for six.

I don't wanna know how bad the Refs will be again next week us playing against Brett Favre.. smh

[PuRock]

[quote name='MagicianCamille' date='11 October 2009 - 06:31 PM' timestamp='1255300312' post='254597']
Brandon Marshall has emerged since then. Denver's a lot better than they were in week 1, while Cincy is still sloppy.
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I concede to you on this. Denver is about to take down the Pats. That 4-0 record I thought was soft is looking like a strong 5-0 now.

[BuckWilds]

[quote name='macbrak' date='11 October 2009 - 06:21 PM' timestamp='1255299677' post='254566']
3-0 in normal accessories.

0-2 in pink. just sayin'.
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Yeah, the pink deal needs to be placed on the stadium, on the screen, but take it off the players and coaches.

[CorvusCorax]

[quote name='Zhamtao' date='11 October 2009 - 07:56 PM' timestamp='1255305387' post='254725']
Yeah, the pink deal needs to be placed on the stadium, on the screen, but take it off the players and coaches.
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Next thing you know we'll start throwing salt over our backs and being superstitious.

[macbrak]

You didn't do that today?, dude you screwed us over

[CorvusCorax]

[quote name='macbrak' date='11 October 2009 - 10:39 PM' timestamp='1255315157' post='254955']
You didn't do that today?, dude you screwed us over
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Oh noes! I'll do it twice for next time.

Wait that might counter the first one...

[Steelerkillers]

[quote name='neepo13' date='11 October 2009 - 06:31 PM' timestamp='1255300269' post='254594']
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Me too man! The more pumped up you get, the more devastated you'll be when we lose. I can admit that I had high expectations for our team. But of course those expectations dropped to an All-Time Low. We jus have too many deep pass givin, Poor defensive tacklin, O-line Pressure allowing, no #1 big tyme receiver havin, inconsistent play-callin coachin, game losing issues. Yeah, I know, thats alot huh? But its obviously killin our momentum and winning consistency.

[Tighthead420]

[quote name='AwakenTheDemon' date='11 October 2009 - 05:31 PM' timestamp='1255300292' post='254596']
Wow, two losses and you people are already committing season suicide? Yes, both were terrible losses. Yes, it was a horrible performance today. But you, honestly, think we'll go 5-11? Really? It's 5 games. Last I remembered that's not even halfway through the season.

Was this loss disappointing? Yes. Is it a sign that the season is over? Far from it. Teams lose, it happens. We're going to lose a few more. The first step to improving is easy to say, but depending on the personnel, not quite as easy to do: Decrease penalties. Baltimore has had an issue with flags for years. It's disappointing to say we may enter the bye week 3-3 (it's possible, but I'm not making any predictions yet), but losing faith after two sloppy losses is too early. Take it one week at a time, what does looking ahead accomplish? It's very possible that things will take a turnaround after the bye week. We all know how Harbs can be. I'm sure he's fired up about two notches in the L column then anyone else. He'll light a fire under quite a few players to up some production.

Everyone takes losses differently. I'm pissed and disappointed, but not at the point of freaking out or calling our season over.
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[Ed_Reed_Pick_Six]

To those who say we have no chance against Denver or Minneosta, wake up and smell the roses. [i]Why the heck not?[/i] Neither of these teams have the prolific passing offenses that have troubled us so far. Yes, they play good defense... but cmon, you're making these teams sound invincible!

I won't lie, I'm concerned by today's loss. The coverage isn't where it needs to be. Penalties, play calling etc. But predicting the season outcome on a poor level of play which will not be played at by us is just silly. This was a bad game - it happens! It doesn't make it excusable, but all the same, we still nearly won.

Cincinnati outplayed us on offense, we committed stupid penalties. Our run defense wasn't at stout as usual. We have clearly identified problem areas by week five and shown we are generally a pretty solid team. Calm down or go support another team if you can't handle adversity.

[AwakenTheDemon]

Franny hit the nail on the head, Cincinnati cannot keep winning like it is. I'd attribute luck more so than anything else to the Bengals season so far. Although it did make me laugh to see an article on NFL.com calling Marvin Lewis one of the great coaches (apparently a 3-1, since this was before the Ravens game, start to the season erases all of the losing and fifty-fifty seasons he's had) in the NFL today. Oh well, let them enjoy success while they can, because I have a feeling that their last second success isn't going to carry them far at all. I'm seeing a 4-2 divisional record for them at the end of the season, Pittsburgh and Baltimore aren't going to let them come back again.

I think we can very well beat Minnesota. Yes, Favre has been playing well. Yes, Peterson is... well, Peterson. But one guy rushing for 120 yards doesn't mean our rush defense is non-existent now. Cam needs to work out his flawed play design, get more rushing in. Let the pass compliment the rush, because with the talent Flacco has, even just using the pass to compliment the run is going to be dangerous.

After Minnesota, we have our bye week. So hopefully, we'll be heading in at 4-2, and that's still good. Cincy plays Houston, which I could see them losing in. So entering the bye week, we could, again, be tied for 1st. And I fully see Harbs lighting a fire under the whole teams' rear ends. Harbaugh is passionate about his team, and playing the best football we can. Let's face it, we haven't been doing that the past two weeks, and I'm sure it doesn't set well with him. He'll probably be working the whole team hard, even during the off week. Hopefully, come time for Denver, we'll be a more focused, disciplined team. All for the better.