Merged: Did We Deserve This Win?

[reed20]

Im happy with this win, obviously. 5-2 going into the bye with this schedule is nice.

but WOW, just wow..

fitzpatrick embarassed us up and down the field all day long, Our offense played good and we had some good luck on our side to win this one.

Did we deserve it? I say no, not at all.. ugliest win i've ever seen us get but i'll take it


Like they say, sometimes good teams have to win ugly and this one was fiona-like.

Hope our defense bounces back against Miami next week, they're a tough team and they're very good on the road.

[MagicianCamille]

We deserved it, and we'll deserve the criticism we get for playing so poorly.

[GTRavens]

Sure we deserved it. It may have looked ugly but that's only because it was Buffalo. We still earned the W. Nothing that happened tells me we shouldn't have won.

[VA_Fan]

No. I don't feel confident at all in our team after today. If it's not the Offense playing badly then it's the Defense and visa-versa. If we can't put it all together, we will be watching the playoffs from the outside.

[jimmypowder]

We deserved to Lose this game . What did the Bills have about 800 yards of offense against us ?

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='MagicianCamille' timestamp='1287953102' post='519075']
We deserved it, and we'll deserve the criticism we get for playing so poorly.
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Quoted for truth.

The Ravens made more plays than the Bills did. I don't see how that doesn't constitute a "deserved" win.

[Bltravens]

Good god no we didnt. 500 total yards given up on defense.

But I think MagicianCamille will enjoy this

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it"

[Ravens Beast]

No we didn't. Nor did the Steelers this week.

[reed20]

[quote name='VA_Fan' timestamp='1287953189' post='519081']
No. I don't feel confident at all in our team after today. If it's not the Offense playing badly then it's the Defense and visa-versa. If we can't put it all together, we will be watching the playoffs from the outside.
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Well we'll be in the playoffs, be real here regardless of how we have looked u gotta win games to make the playoffs and we're still winning games so we'll be there.

[RavensPunkXVX]

Someone reported that before the game Harbaugh told his defense to play dumb so everyone would underestimate us and so we wouldn't be on the radar. Great job Harbaugh, the D did great.

[JohnJohnson]

We fumbled the snap on the 10 yard line, that was lucky for them. We earned our turnovers, even though the C.J. Spiller fumble at the end of the first half was fortunate.

[jaege]

Foolish question. Of course we deserved it since we got it. Did we play like we wanted it? H#!! no! It was a very exciting game but we played like 5th graders. This was arguably one of the worst teams in the league today and they walked all over us. To the good, we got lots of turnovers, and we got very few penalties. I guess they will have something to work on over the bye now.

[Dukefool]

Ravens deserved it. The defense was down today but they did make those crucial moments. The offense was able to catch up with Fitz and score. In the end, the field goal got the Ravens the W. The Bill defintely showed the Ravens that they can do some amazing things.

[Romo Ravens]

[quote name='Ravens Beast' timestamp='1287953271' post='519093']
No we didn't. Nor did the Steelers this week.
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Oh God I know, give me a break. The Steelers were handed that damn game. Two Dolphins fell on the ball as soon as it hit the turf, and it couldn't be determined who came up with possession? Ha, what a joke man. My blind grandmother could have made that call.

[RavensPunkXVX]

We just have trouble with win-less teams. We did lose to the Dolphins when they hadn't won a game. I'm just glad history didn't repeat itself.

[flynismo]

Some of you guys are ridiculous. Ask our offense if they feel like they earned the win.

[CorvusCorax]

We deserve everything that's coming to us, media criticism included.

[BALTIMOREFLACCO]

[quote name='Heaaap86' timestamp='1287953304' post='519095']
Someone reported that before the game Harbaugh told his defense to play dumb so everyone would underestimate us and so we wouldn't be on the radar. Great job Harbaugh, the D did great.
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I'm gonna go on a limb and say that probably never happened.

[theFRANCHISE]

If the Bills deserved to win, they would've put the game away in the first half when they had a substantial lead.

No matter what you pin the outcome on, whether it's the turnovers or the penalties or the referees, the Ravens won because they made the right plays when they needed to and they stuck it out until the very end. The Bills lost because they didn't finish the job. Simple as that. If the Bills deserved to win that badly, they would've never left any doubt and never would've let the game get that close.

[SnOoPy]

Of course we deserved it. We came back and won the game.

[Ravens Beast]

[quote name='Romo Ravens' timestamp='1287953479' post='519113']
Oh God I know, give me a break. The Steelers were handed that damn game. Two Dolphins fell on the ball as soon as it hit the turf, and it couldn't be determined who came up with possession? Ha, what a joke man. My blind grandmother could have made that call.
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Now ESPN is just gunna keep blabbing on and on about them.

[ravensdfan]

We won. We made the play in the end that gave us the win therefore we deserved to win.

As already stated, we also deserve the most likely topple in the power rankings that is coming and all the talk about our defense being old etc etc that had already started before we snapped a single ball this season.

I am not confident in this team after today's performance. We have to face Miami, Texans, Atlanta and the Saints. That is now four very toss up games. That leaves us at 10-6. Not sure that is going to get us into the playoffs and we won't deserve to be there if we play like we did today.

[JohnJohnson]

Let this be a lesson to Ravens fans. We deserved this win, and the Patriots deserved their win at home. In both games we gave up a 10 point lead in the fourth quarter, and won the toss for OT. The games were pretty similar, we didn't move the ball well in the fourth quarter and OT, and we had to punt. I'm satisfied going 1-1 in those games.

The Bills put up 31 on the Patriots...

[Thepurplehaze]

Thank god for Ed Reed. We would certainly have lost this game if he weren't in the game.

[Radinho84]

like i said on another thread: when you play against a team that has no win count for them and that plays his best ball of the season and you still win it- that should tell you something: we didn´t play our best ball today and got away with a win!!!! you should think about facts like that and not if we deserved it or not!!!!

[reed20]

[quote name='JohnJohnson' timestamp='1287954045' post='519157']
Let this be a lesson to Ravens fans. We deserved this win, and the Patriots deserved their win at home. In both games we gave up a 10 point lead in the fourth quarter, and won the toss for OT. The games were pretty similar, we didn't move the ball well in the fourth quarter and OT, and we had to punt. I'm satisfied going 1-1 in those games.

The Bills put up 31 on the Patriots...
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The Patriots defense is young, ours is supposed to be elite and experienced.



To those saying we made the play in the end, we didnt do a damn thing. Billy was great today on kickoffs and made the game winning field goal so theres your play but the refs screwed the bills over just as they screwed the dolphins over today on fumbles.

The play should have been blown dead, even I was wanting the whistle to blow already until the ball was stripped away of course. I'll take any win, gift wrapped, ugly, ref-given. I'm also a realist though, that play should've been blown dead and with how our defense played all game the Bills very well could've continued marching down field, their kicker Lindell is money you know.


Just being a realist, we got seriously outplayed but we won so screw it and screw the steelers.

[RavensAllTheWay]

We deserved it because we earned it. Idk where some people are coming from with this ref stuff.

[PuRock]

We played like crap. But in the end it doesn't matter who "deserves" a win, it just matters who gets the W. I'll take the W and stash it into my pocket going into the bye.

[hammer]

Of course NOT. This team is so fundamentally unsound that it frightens me. I mean like "pop warner" tackling, terrible coverage technique, no pass rush, Qb contantly over/under throwing recievers in the endzone, missing fumble recoveries, dropping int's.

Thank God for parity politics in the NFL because a winning record CERTAINLY doesn't correlate to GREAT FOOTBALL play anymore. Todays game was a perfect example. The play was so bad on both sides, it was almost unfair to credit either team with a win. They should have just said "aw-shoot" and just went home after a certain point of ineptitude.

Between #31, #21 and #37, I actually thought I was watching a re-run of the "three-stooges. Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!

[MsMarvel73]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1287955760' post='519212']
We played like crap. But in the end it doesn't matter who "deserves" a win, it just matters who gets the W. I'll take the W and stash it into my pocket going into the bye.
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Right on.