Week 16: Baltimore Ravens At Seattle Seahawks

[theFRANCHISE]

yea antoine cason....could shred a receiver to peices.....he looks like a play maker....draft a cb and sign one in the offseason.....corey ivy is NOT the answer yea he makes a couple of good plays but thats once every 3 games we need some1 whos going to be a consistent playmaker.....what do you think of how troy smith is playing??? 9/21 for 60 yards......four more passes and he'll break mcnairs record for least amount of yards with 13 completions

I'd still keep Corey Ivy as a rotational nickelback.

I know Corey Ivy's not the answer as a STARTER, but he's still a playmaker on special teams and in nickel situations (when he hasn't been forced to start).

As for Troy Smith's performance, for a rookie, I guess he's done as well as you can ask a rookie QB to play in his first NFL start on the road in one of the toughest stadiums to play.

Numbers aside, he's done some things well, but needs to work on calming down and stop trying to force things.

[judge]

I'd still keep Corey Ivy as a rotational nickelback.

I know Corey Ivy's not the answer as a STARTER, but he's still a playmaker on special teams and in nickel situations (when he hasn't been forced to start).

As for Troy Smith's performance, for a rookie, I guess he's done as well as you can ask a rookie QB to play in his first NFL start on the road in one of the toughest stadiums to play.

Numbers aside, he's done some things well, but needs to work on calming down and stop trying to force things.

I think its good that he's getting some plays. He is playing one of the best pass-rush defenses in the NFL, right?

[judge]

PUNT. here's another drive for us. lets break something out, yeah?

[theFRANCHISE]

PUNT. here's another drive for us. lets break something out, yeah?

Again, spoke too soon.

[Guest Birdfan]

What was Ogden doing on the right side?

[theFRANCHISE]

What was Ogden doing on the right side?

May have been something just to allow other players who can push off better to give space for Troy Smith to sneak it in.

Ogden's still dealing with his toe injury and isn't able to push off as well as he used to.

Or it might've been a fake, I dunno. Either way, we still got the first down there.

Too bad we had to punt again just now, but oh well.

Boy, 4-2 is such a distant memory, isn't it?

On pace for a ninth straight loss, but I guess that shows you parity in the NFL and how quickly a team's fortunes can fade.

[judge]

i need a drink

[Mazda]

this is embarrasing

[Cartoon_Cartooon]

its good to be conservative.....but thats when we're winning the game if we're being conservative and we're losing by 30.....then whats the point of playing....we need to be aggressive on offense the same way we are on defense. However i must say.....troy smith is better than the #1 pick of the draft....smith hasnt made as many bad mistakes as russell

[judge]

i have much better opinions when i can actually see the game :angry:

[judge]

its good to be conservative.....but thats when we're winning the game if we're being conservative and we're losing by 30.....then whats the point of playing....we need to be aggressive on offense the same way we are on defense. However i must say.....troy smith is better than the #1 pick of the draft....smith hasnt made as many bad mistakes as russell

the problem with us being conservative, with a lead, is that we end up coming up with 8 yards when we need 10!

[Cartoon_Cartooon]

is this going to be the first time we've been shut out the whole season??? idk i dont remember....too many losses

[judge]

is this going to be the first time we've been shut out the whole season??? idk i dont remember....too many losses

we were shut out most of the cinci game at home, until the very end when willis ran one in

[Cartoon_Cartooon]

the problem with us being conservative, with a lead, is that we end up coming up with 8 yards when we need 10!

usually the good passing teams.....get a first down on one pass. we need at least two.....we need to fix this problem as u see regardless of who's at qb its the same results

[theFRANCHISE]

TOUCHDOWN! Smith to Mason!!!

First NFL passing TD, 79 yards, to Derrick Mason for Mason's 5th receiving TD!

[judge]

HELLO. let the kid throw the ball and look what happens

[theFRANCHISE]

By virtue of that TD, Troy Smith's grade, in my book, goes from a D to a C+.

Another one, or at least another scoring drive of any sort, and it could get bumped up to a B-, at best.

[BAL_Hawk]

YESSS!!! NO SHUTOUT! TD! SMITH TO MASON!!!

[theFRANCHISE]

HELLO. let the kid throw the ball and look what happens

Seattle was being overly aggressive with their pass rush and the secondary just plain got BEAT by Mason, so it was nice to see Smith take advantage of the defense's miscues.

[judge]

someone help the "blind" guy. how much of that TD was YAC and how much of it was a bomb?

[theFRANCHISE]

From what I can remember, it was roughly 40 yards deep, and the rest was YAC.

Might have to check a replay on that one, to be sure.

Either way, it was equal credit to Mason and Smith for making the play.

[Cartoon_Cartooon]

man it was a bomb THEN a YAC so both but it was great.....it should be on youtube in a couple of hours lol dont worry. THATS what we need to do on offense.

[Bullrush]

Troy will be our starting QB next season.

[judge]

tory smith's first passing TD?

[Guest Birdfan]

One pass does not a career make. On the other hand, that WAS a thing of beauty.

[judge]

man it was a bomb THEN a YAC so both but it was great.....it should be on youtube in a couple of hours lol dont worry. THATS what we need to do on offense.

that or it'll be on NFL.com too, now that i've learned to navigate their site.

[Cartoon_Cartooon]

its better to throw for 1 td and all those incompletions then to throw 3 picks like jamarcus russell

[judge]

who is vickers?

[theFRANCHISE]

who is vickers?

Lee Vickers is a backup tight end/fullback signed for depth after a few games back when Quinn Sypniewski was out for a bit with an injury and there were no active tight ends whatsoever.

He was formerly a practice squad player.

[theFRANCHISE]

Well, the final score is Seattle 27, Baltimore 6, and that makes for a franchise-record ninth-straight loss.

Frankly, for those who followed along with me, it is what it is, and chalk it up to another game where things just didn't work out as they should, and the team just has to regroup and take whatever positives they may before moving onto the season finale against the newly-crowned AFC North Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

We won't be able to play spoiler next week, but at least we can try to have some fun with it against a division rival.

I had as much fun as I could with y'all today for a loss, and I'll be back with y'all next week for the Steelers game before New Year's.

Happy Holidays, and for those who celebrate it like I do, Merry Christmas!