[News] Game Recap: Browns 24, Ravens 18

[Ty745]

What? Huh? 

im saying after all the changes the coaches made everyone keeps saying change the o line change the rb scheme but no one is saying how we really should run the ball i dont see any of you all calling plays or giving the coaches ideas you are just saying change this change that how does that help

[bmoreravens21784]

We had one of the best running backs in the league and Juan Castillo has single handedly made him nonexistent. Go back to what works!

[ellicottraven]

The Ravens as of now have the worst YPC in history.

And yet we continue to stay with the newly minted zone blocking schemes thanks to the granite headed John Harbaugh and that coach he hired as run game coordinator! Run game coordinator? Are you effing kidding me?

[ravensrock89]

lets just face it we are just a average team now, our defense when we need them most give up 12 play drives. Cleveland toyed with our defense even going for it on 4th and 1 with the lead when most teams would of punted holding a lead. thats what they think of our team. 2 weeks and we have this effort? maybe the talent level not there

[stixfix69]

And once again a slow start, no rhythm, Flacco was off target for a good quarter and a half...We play like this, we have zero chance of beating any decent team.....3rd and shorts we call routes that take time to develop instead of quick slants, not sure why they can't see this...exspecially after like the 10th sack on 3rd and short..

[johnmike72]

This is turning into the end of the Billick era for Harbs. Nobody is listening to him.

[Bigjon5477]

So, we get to hear again all this week about how we (the Ravens) need to run the ball better, need to make conversions, need to protect the QB better and so on. I know it's not an instant fix but something's got to be done! Ray Rice continues to just run into a pile of defenders with little or no gain. He even fell down again on one play. Maybe He should be rested a few more weeks. Receivers hardly ever get open and the OL is in dire need of a fix. At this point it might have to wait til the off season now to remedy these problems.

[rmcjacket23]

This team is absolutely done for the year, the way they are playing and that there was no change out of the bye week at all means the team will be lucky to a see 8-8 or 7-9 record for the season. They made some really bad off-season moves that negates the good ones. Boldin still tops the list and it's funny catching Joe's post game conference about not converting potential scoring drives. What did Boldin do best for this team? Convert plays when needed & get you into scoring range, and often was the Security blanket for everything. Say what you want but the stats don't quite tell everything.

Now on the final play we needed 60 yards & a TD but we check down to arguably the worst player on our offense this year Ray Rice for 10 yards. Throw the hail-mary it gives you a much better shot than you have with a worn out and injured Ray Rice. A San Diego style 4th & 29 diddle-diddle play wasn't going to be enough with only 5 seconds on the clock on top of that. The game was out of reach and basically done but still you get the point.

I love the Ravens & I think they will be back to greatness within the next couple of years. Division's change each year a great divsion this year could be the worst next year. NFC East? must I say any more.

Theres no point in attempting a hail mary there. We didn't need 60 yards, we needed about 75. Joe can't throw the ball 75 yards into the wind. If he made a really strong throw, the ball probably lands around the 10-15 yard line at best, which means its pretty much pointless to make that throw.

[coleman105]

I thought change was coming.... Harbaugh!!! smh yea we deserved the Loss

[DretheRavenFan]

Does anybody else get mad when Rice gets up (from no gain of course)and starts smiling

[outkast1]

Joe knows his line is bad,he must stop under throwing the ball!

[RavensReck27]

Just straight up Ray Lewis was exactly right when he said we lack leadership, when we are at the end of games and all of the players are out of energy, and we need to step up, we just have not been able to. That is why we have lost so many games in the last second, and that is why we are 3-5. We do not have the leadership to within the players to make those kind of stops on defense, and the comeback drives that we use to have.

[PurpleRainofPain]

We are waiting to go 3-13 before we release that Harbaugh should fire his buddy Castillo. That little bromance is costing us big. We can't protect flacco in his schemes nor can we run the ball with rice. Our offensive line don't like it but their to scared to take to the media and speak out. I would like Yanda and Rice to speak about their displeasure with the new scheme. Everyone is acting like it's ok and it's not the problem but it is. We will never be a zone team. The defense is horrible in the fourth quarter and that's on the defensive coordinator which is dan pees. We aren't getting any better we are getting worse. I don't see any changes and improvements that are suppose to be made every week.

[ozrave]

Not our year, perhaps. More personnel changes this week, you'd think.

[stixfix69]

Just goes to show McFattie was not the issue...Undersized center, and zone blocking schemes did us in....RR looked like he was running in cement....Just a terrible brand of ball we are playing...Our secondary was owned by Little, which in itself is embarrassing...

[Ravenshine]

Oh and Ravens don't suck. Sucking would look like this : Ravens 0 Browns 24, or Ravens 10 Browns 24.

Instead it was Ravens 18 Browns 24...keep it in perspective at least. Its not great but its not sucking either. The Doss fumble hurt as Browns scored TD on that. Take that one fumble away and its Ravens 18 Browns 17. I am not upset with Doss, he rarely fumbles, but it happened and it was a factor in final score because it gave Cleveland good field position and they, to their credit, converted on our mistake. But overall, keeping them to just 24 points total and a 6 point win, its not sucking.

[rmcjacket23]

Does anybody else get mad when Rice gets up (from no gain of course)and starts smiling

I'm convinced he is a lot bigger part of the run game problem than people say. I've never seen a RB look so indecisive about which direction to give the moment he gets the ball.

[ravensrock89]

4th and 3 we should of went for it, we were better on offence in the second half, we were out coached again

[RavensReck27]

Our O-line can't function as a core, Ray Rice is getting old, and Tandon Doss straight up through us under the bus with that punt return fumble.

[Ravensfansince03]

Fire Castillo, Trade for a Center. Im a real Fan, but i have to admit we're in a problem. I still believe what i said weeks ago, we're going to be 11-5. Improve, Execute, Coach , and Adjust!!

 

Even though that sounds good. You know dam well this team isn't going to be 11-5 this season. We weren't even 11-5 last season.

[casprintman]

Break downs in every phase. O-line is the big problem no run or pass blocking and I don't see any improvement week to week. Playoffs? not going to happen!!!

[PurpleRainofPain]

And that comment Joe Haden made was right we are not the ravens of old.

[RayEdBoldinSuggsNgata]

Ho dare this headline try to just throw the defense under the bus? The offense was inept for large portions of the game & basically left the defense hanging. No surprise the defense ran out of gas late. The team's not complementing each other on offense, defense or special teams but especially on offense. Coaching is staring to become a SERIOUS question mark for this team as well & to be frank my ears are getting tired of the repetitive & mundane speeches after a loss.

[ozrave]

If any opponent bottles up Rice, they've got us starting slow. Easy formula to beat the Ravens. Something's go to change.

[baltimore1975]

I think your perception of what the FO did this offseason is way off. I saw practically nothing that the FO did to give Joe a better shot to succeed offensively in 2013. They spent their entire offseason gutting and attempting to fill holes in the defense, and they let his #1 WR go and his TE gets injured in the offseason, which the FO then fills with journeyman players who have nothing left.

Explain to me how the FO put Flacco in a position to succeed in 2013? I'm not saying they aren't building a product to make sure he succeeds in future years, but I've seen nothing from them to suggest that they expected Flacco to become Rodgers in a single offseason. That's not what you pay a guy $60m guaranteed for (the phantom $120m is a farce, its not real).

The reality is... everything that was supposed to be a perceived strength of this team is pretty much its weakness. If there were two things I thought we would be able to do this season, it was run the ball and protect the QB. We can do neither with any sort of consistency, and most times we can't do either at all.

[ravensguy2013]

Absolutely discouraging, We have so much talent on offense but it is useless with a sorry O-line. Can't run, can't pass protect, can't really move the ball period. Juan has to go along with Jim Caldwell. This zone blocking does not work for our players. Didn't see and I formation's at all. You have the best blocking full back in the league and you don't even use him maybe if you were to use him more in the running game you might see some positive changes. These singleback set runs are going nowhere. the draw plays are going nowhere. All I see is our line get man handled and rice along with pierce just love running into the middle of the pile. We can forget about playoffs we need to focus on the changes to the line for next year. I don't know if I can take much more of watching these games.

[E_in_Denver]

Those that think you can be a leader and always be "joe cool" are full of shti. All leaders need to have the ability to be a "D" and call a spade a spade and tell them to their face. The team lacks heart and that comes from a leader. Brown and a few others seem willing to self motivate, but the rest of you are boring to watch because you lack heat. Time for Joe to yell and do it to their face!

[gabrielgrissom]

@ravenshine we lost to the browns a 3 and 5 team we suck admit it

[rmcjacket23]

Oh and Ravens don't suck. Sucking would look like this : Ravens 0 Browns 24, or Ravens 10 Browns 24.

Instead it was Ravens 18 Browns 24...keep it in perspective at least. Its not great but its not sucking either. The Doss fumble hurt as Browns scored TD on that. Take that one fumble away and its Ravens 18 Browns 17. I am not upset with Doss, he rarely fumbles, but it happened and it was a factor in final score because it gave Cleveland good field position and they, to their credit, converted on our mistake. But overall, keeping them to just 24 points total and a 6 point win, its not sucking.

Sucking is relative. Was it a Jaguars level performance? No, but sucking also occurs when teams that are perceived to have the talent and leadership to play better don't for weeks at a time.

 

There are teams that suck due to lack of talent, and there are teams that suck due to lack of execution. The Jags are the former, and currently, we are the latter.

[baltimore1975]

I think your perception of what the FO did this offseason is way off. I saw practically nothing that the FO did to give Joe a better shot to succeed offensively in 2013. They spent their entire offseason gutting and attempting to fill holes in the defense, and they let his #1 WR go and his TE gets injured in the offseason, which the FO then fills with journeyman players who have nothing left.

Explain to me how the FO put Flacco in a position to succeed in 2013? I'm not saying they aren't building a product to make sure he succeeds in future years, but I've seen nothing from them to suggest that they expected Flacco to become Rodgers in a single offseason. That's not what you pay a guy $60m guaranteed for (the phantom $120m is a farce, its not real).

The reality is... everything that was supposed to be a perceived strength of this team is pretty much its weakness. If there were two things I thought we would be able to do this season, it was run the ball and protect the QB. We can do neither with any sort of consistency, and most times we can't do either at all.

How can the FO help Joe with players? Joe took all of the money. Duh...