Week 17 - Baltimore Ravens Vs. Cincinnati Bengals

[reediddy]

[quote name='BALTIMOREFLACCO' timestamp='1294002067' post='590812']
Who's offense is worse? Ours or the bengals? lol can't thank our defense enough for this game.
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Today, no question our offense was worse. Eliminate the turnovers and the Bengals could have done some serious damage against our defense. This is concerning. We BETTER figure this out for the playoffs. More Rice. Better OL play.

[bmorebaby]

that was disgusting but we got the "W". I'm sure we all expect better in the playoffs. I still believe baby...good job D let get it together O. ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS BABY!!!!!

[JohnJohnson]

Things are setting up nicely for a trip to Arrowhead. I'll take it, let someone else deal with the Colts.

[codizzle]

at the end of the day we are 12-4 and heading to the playoffs for the 3rd straight year.. congrats team and get healthy quickly

[SnOoPy]

smdh offense.

[Mount-Cody]

I am very impressed by our forced turnovers by our defense. I got a good feeling that our defense will be the factor in the playoffs

[omar586]

u guys seen harb talkn to offensive lineman of the bengels, he must be saying "hey, we gonna sign u to contract next year, our o-line sucks"

[FerrariFan87]

Dodged another bullet. What a horrid effort on offense. Our D is stout and won us the game... again. As long as the Colts win or Jags lose, we'll be going to KC

[Militant X 1]

okay....

the [b]Good[/b]....Ravens are 12-4

the [b]Bad[/b].....Ravens barely win this game

the [b]Ugly[/b]....Ravens offense does absolutely nothing (points wise) to help the Ravens defense

now they head to the playoffs to face teams with similar records. this will be interesting!

[darklight1216]

[quote name='XxSizzleXx' timestamp='1294002158' post='590826']
We are all going to be hardcore Colts fans for about 3 and a half hours.
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I'd prefer to root for Jacksonville and hope that Indy loses. Baltimore would then play a wounded Jags team... unless I am mistaken which is quite possible.

[JO_75]

We were just barely able to squeak this game win... congrats to our boys on winning but damn we are going to have to play way better against KC/Indy/Jags to advance to the divisional round.

I know we are going to have people upset at the Cam and Mattison... rightfully so but the win for us was just extra considering the Steelers beat the Browns. It wouldn't have mattered if we had even lost this game because were going to be playing as the 5th seed. Also do not throw Cam/Mattison under the bus without giving credit where credit is due, the Bengals came out and played hard even if it looks like Marvin Lewis will be fired. The Bengals looked like a completely different team without TO/Ocho in the game and that showed. Congrats to the Bengals on playing hard and better luck next season.

[Rayven]

At least a W, but the O needs to pull together to balance our awesome D. It was ugly, but you could tell that after the half, when they knew the steelers clinched the division, they weren't into it. Heads up guys, every game really counts now.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='darklight1216' timestamp='1294002390' post='590842']
I'd prefer to root for Jacksonville and hope that Indy loses. Baltimore would then play a wounded Jags team... unless I am mistaken which is quite possible.
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If Jags win and Colts lose, we play the Jags.

[MsMarvel73]

Oh thank goodness that's over...time to go get my slightly belated New Years partying in and watch the 4.15 games.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' timestamp='1294002468' post='590846']
If Jags win and Colts lose, we play the Jags.
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No Garrard or MJD, but man if they somehow win that would be excellent.

[Barry S]

Conservative play will not get them anywhere in the playoffs. Time to throttle up you lose your done.

[XxSizzleXx]

[quote name='darklight1216' timestamp='1294002390' post='590842']
I'd prefer to root for Jacksonville and hope that Indy loses. Baltimore would then play a wounded Jags team... unless I am mistaken which is quite possible.
[/quote]

Good call,I forgot the Jags hold the tie breaker over Indy if they are tied. Go Jags and Titans than.

[FerrariFan87]

[quote name='darklight1216' timestamp='1294002592' post='590852']
No Garrard or MJD, but man if they somehow win that would be excellent.
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If I'm the Colts I WANT to play us at this point, but they're not going to put anything to chance and will most likely throttle the Titans, securing the division and #3 seed, and a date with the Jets.

[stunod]

i hope michael oher plays next week,with his sprained knee,and josh wilson ed reed and laron mcclain, all injured

[Hammar88]

Wow, ....way to show up offense!... I mean defense!

[JohnnyRaven]

We finally had a productive offense in favor of Baltimore on the field. The Bengals offense. The bengals offense won this game for us, that's nice, but I like purple and black offenses better. Let's find one.

[hammerman]

I really love the Ravens, but they are the most offensively uncomfortable team I have seen. You can sense it. There was again no adjustments made by Cam throughout the game. Hat off to the defense and Cincy D, but you got to wonder who the offense is. IF the O looks that way and loses early in the playoffs, Cam needs to be FIRED.

[bmorebaby]

We got it done plain and simple. the offense will step up baby. Joe Cool is money in the playoffs

[ken_j]

Clearly the Ravens were worse. Over the past few weeks the play calling had gotten better. There were more screens, pitch plays, short to intermediate pass plays that took less time to develop. Today, we went back to highly predictable play calling beginning with the first possession in the red zone. This offense (and it's clearly the coaching more than execution failures) is a liability and I think Flacco's "big arm" under the wrong coordinator (as we appear to have here) has become a liability. One note for Cam: Your "O" line cannot hold blocks long enough to call a bunch of 30 - 50 yards pass plays. And, in the "red zone", please develop some imagination (roll the QB with a pass/run option, screen, pitch, etc.)

I would like to see the Ravens go deep in the playoffs but the current offensive methodology is not going to get the team there. John Harbaugh said they "pay no attention" to what the fans think but neither did Josh McDaniels, Mike Singletary and Brad Childress. Although I think John has done a good job overall, the Ravens need an OC that fits the talent the team has. Although now is the wrong time to make a change, the "brass" has to be concerned about the 2nd half "3 and outs" and the length of time the "O" line is being asked to block on pass plays.

P.S., move to a shorter, quicker passing game and I will bet the "False Start" penalties and "sacks" of Flacco go down.

[Guest RBates]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1294001750' post='590755']
Just stop. They're trying to WIN THE GAME. What exactly has the offense done to deserve a rest? They can't even close the game out and you want to see Bulger and the backups?

You're entitled to your opinion but I don't see this team being one and done.
[/quote]
Yes i do. I haven't seen Bulger all season due to the lack of offensive production. Of course im anxious. With that said, why are you trying to close out a game that is meaningless?

[touchdownwins]

Our offense wears down our defense more than the other teams' offense..after the Steelers went up 28-3 they should have taken out our 1st teams n put in 2nd teams,just to give them a workout..Joe Cool got nailed pretty hard today too..Bulger would have appreciated the workout..oh well..onto KC

[ken_j]

I hope you're right but I wouldn't bet on that with "house money". Joe does not call the plays and with an "All Star" receiving corp like the Ravens have, 3,600 yards is lacking. Phillip Rivers or Aaron Rogers would have well over 4,000 yards with this group.

[ravenanchors]

It seams as though the O.C. instead of creating a game plan, took some time off. It really seems like the O.C. is working against the Ravens.
At the end of this season the O.C. needs to be fired.

[Jamal]

Just watched Mason's press conference. Hes making it pretty clear that Cam's playcalling is terrible. lol

[AZravensfan]

[quote name='RBates' timestamp='1294005014' post='590962']
Yes i do. I haven't seen Bulger all season due to the lack of offensive production. Of course im anxious. With that said, why are you trying to close out a game that is meaningless?
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Momentum into the playoffs can be a great thing imo nd im sure thats why Edreed20 wanted to see us win today.