Who You Gonna Hate?

[PuRock]

[quote name='neepo13' date='27 December 2009 - 09:54 PM' timestamp='1261968892' post='324206']
I thought Chester would come in at RG and then Yanda would move to RT. Apperantly, the coaching staff had something else in mind. In fact, I am surprised that the coaching staff didnt go that route to begin with.
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Agreed. I thought that was going to be the case too. We should have went with this set-up from the get go. After the stupid PI call, should have definitely made the swtich.

Move Yanda to RT and Chester as G.

Harbaugh in his presser said that they practiced all week with Onel in as RT, so it wouldn't make sense to make the switch.

But could have it been any worse?

[neepo13]

[quote name='Demchick' date='27 December 2009 - 09:33 PM' timestamp='1261967590' post='324140']
I really don't see how Frank Walker can be blamed. I mean, this team has endured a lot of questionable penalties--and of course, they're all questionable when you're a fan--but that illegal contact call on Frank Walker is the first I think we can say was absolutely, irrefutably, undeniably wrong. What comprises illegal contact is a judgment call, but once the quarterback is scrambling, which Roethlisberger unquestionably was, it's legal. Walker did nothing wrong there. The refs did. That's why Coach Harbaugh was so upset.

I'm frankly shocked we're not talking about this. We did plenty to shoot ourselves in the foot today, but in the end, the Steelers were handed the victory by the refs. The interception took us very close to field goal range. That it failed to stand was straight-out incorrect on the refs' part.

So if the question is who we are going to hate, that's my answer.

-Harrison
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It shouldnt have come to that. The one that really irked me was the arm bar on Heap in the endzone that wasnt called. The refs have been calling that on our db's ALL SEASON. And the one team we are on the recieving end of it, it doesnt get called. That missed call is the difference between a TD and the victory, and a field goal and a loss.

[tweety]

Ozzie deserves some blame also, we didn't pick up a cornerback to replace Webb. We picked up another sub-par nickel back. I'm not going to say who should have been signed but it sure wasn't Ivy.

[Guest I-70WestRaven]

Cousins out and out got his lunch ate! The dude just don't have game!

[MiselisM]

Would C-Mac have made much more of a difference in this game???

[BMOREHAWAII]

[quote name='PuRock' date='27 December 2009 - 04:58 PM' timestamp='1261969104' post='324212']


Move Yanda to RT and Chester as G.

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Didnt that work out pretty well for us in the past? I dont understand how it works but i guess thats why im not a coach..

[MagicianCamille]

Just seemed like every time Joe had a guy on him he crawled up into the fetal position and went down, while Ben was maneuvering around and juking out multiple defenders at times. Joe needs to stop worrying so much about protecting the football and make some plays. That's what sets apart the greats and the goods.

[Demchick]

[quote name='neepo13' date='27 December 2009 - 09:58 PM' timestamp='1261969121' post='324214']
It shouldnt have come to that. The one that really irked me was the arm bar on Heap in the endzone that wasnt called. The refs have been calling that on our db's ALL SEASON. And the one team we are on the recieving end of it, it doesnt get called. That missed call is the difference between a TD and the victory, and a field goal and a loss.
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You're right. It should never come down to a penalty call. But in the end, it did, and I do believe the Ravens would have won had the refs not screwed up during that interception. (And Zibby really is stepping up, isn't he?)

I didn't catch the arm bar, but that would be another instance, for sure.

-Harrison

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='tweety' date='27 December 2009 - 11:20 PM' timestamp='1261974055' post='324359']
Ozzie deserves some blame also, we didn't pick up a cornerback to replace Webb. We picked up another sub-par nickel back. I'm not going to say who should have been signed but it sure wasn't Ivy.
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Other than special teams, I don't think Ivy saw the field. The team's goal was always to sign someone purely for depth and shore up the special teams hole left by Webb. McAlister, Surtain, Fakhir Brown wouldn't have done that.

[RavensAllTheWay]

I said this after we lost to the Colts.

When you're team makes this many mistakes, how can you say that only one of them cost us the game? It doesn't make any sense.

Separate personnel made separate mistakes. The whole team is at fault.

[K-Dog]

walker needs his hands tied to his ankels

[BD Ravens]

Frank Walker. Don't deny it, because i know every single one of the people of this site were picturing in their minds and asking themselves which bridge he should leap off of.

[RavensAllTheWay]

[quote name='tweety' date='28 December 2009 - 12:20 AM' timestamp='1261974055' post='324359']
Ozzie deserves some blame also, we didn't pick up a cornerback to replace Webb. We picked up another sub-par nickel back. I'm not going to say who should have been signed but it sure wasn't Ivy.
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OK here's a good one. And again, I'm not calling certain people out here, but if we signed Ivy back for this game, how come we didn't use him at all?

[RavensAllTheWay]

[quote name='MiselisM' date='28 December 2009 - 12:28 AM' timestamp='1261974525' post='324373']
Would C-Mac have made much more of a difference in this game???
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No

[PuRock]

[quote name='RavensAllTheWay' date='28 December 2009 - 11:01 PM' timestamp='1262059266' post='325432']
OK here's a good one. And again, I'm not calling certain people out here, but if we signed Ivy back for this game, how come we didn't use him at all?
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We didn't sign him specifically for this game. We brought him in to provide depth and special team assistance.

Usually players do not see the field 5 days after signing with a new team.

[Ravenskid2085]

The Team as a whole. Lets just face it, we choked.

[XxSizzleXx]

This is not one person's fault, we lost as a TEAM plain and simple. The only thing that aggravates me like some people have brought up is the smiles after all the miscues. It's really disappointing seeing Suggs/Ngata/Mason all smiling after horrible plays.

[Mahatma_Sloth]

[quote name='Zhamtao' date='27 December 2009 - 05:03 PM' timestamp='1261958596' post='323717']
I'm going to hate whether you like it or not! I'm throwing someone under the bus because they failed... I hate whoever helped you pick out your avatar pic! It's creeping me out!
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haha its from a cover of one of my bands albums. i look good as a zombie huh?