[News] Game Recap: Bears 23, Ravens 20 OT

[Vitalvicious]

This loss stings badly! Just when I thought we were back on track, we take two steps back. I'm sorry but the offensive playcalling when the game was on the line SUCKED! Predictable and crappy. Please for the sanity of us true fans...bring in an offensive coordinator next season PLEASE

[TrooRavenFan]

Wish all the finger pointing would cease. Look, everyone on the "team" could've played better and each opposing team BIG play was a result of someones inability to play their position; however, the difference maker this game was clearly our failure to score a TD at the end of regulation to seal the deal!! You can say bad snap....bad play call (run play, limited timeouts)......bad challenge which burned a T.O.....high throw etc, but at the end of day we Failed as a team to take advantage during a time of urgency.

[partmachine]

Gradkowski was high snapping a lot, I think he over compensated on 3rd down there. Either way there were lots of other plays that could have been better. Jimmie Smith was BALLING today! Can't downplay the delay either. Besides killing momentum, if it happened at home our guys would have been comfortable in their own surroundings waiting around for 2 hours. This may have been our most complete game yet this season.

[54th man kj]

This was so sad man.

[Bandwagon]

Welp, see you guys next year. Hopping on the chiefs huehuehue.

[Stephenjr]

Anyone else wondering, why, when we had a 4 point lead in the late 3rd quarter,does HarBooooo decide to go for it on 4th and 8 from there 30. Tucker had the wind in his favor, instead HarBoooo decides not to stack points but allows Flacco to get hit from behind fumbling the ball. HarBooooo is this Organizations biggest problem!!

[Black n Purple Express]

Y'all realize after every game players and coaches say the same thing, "we gotta do better". Look I'm tired of that lame talk stop saying that y'all need to play better and coach better. There's no reason this game should have went into OT end this in regulation. If we hurt after losses how do they feel. They the ones getting paid we not. I said this before I'm gonna say it again. I'm not asking for my Ravens to repeat as champions of anything I just want them to win a  game. They won last week and I expected a win this week but we lost sad thing is I'm expecting a L next week too. Neg me if you please. I don't care.

[ravens4life86]

A lot of it is coaching, you dont lose 5-6 games by 3-6 points because its not coaching. If we were terrible we would get pummeled by 15-20 most games like the Jags, but we dont every game its 3-6 points. So that means its 1 of 2 things depending on how you believe. Either LEADERSHIP is REAL and the mental knowledge of knowing a play before it accurs and film study and putting players in the right places that a RAY LEWIS and ED REED did for a decade, when the Ravens finished games on defensive stands and won by 3-6 every week. That means something and we dont have those guys anymore and HARBS as much as he says and "EARNED" it to be his team cause of SB win, he is not the LEADER cause hesnot on the field playing. So you believe that like I do, or you believe HARBS is the LEADER and what he says is gospel, and the players just need to execute

[GangofRavens]

The positives<br />-run blocking was better<br />-run game was better<br />-secondary looking better each game<br />- defense was pretty solid<br /><br />The negatives<br />-pass blocking still poor<br />-flacco continues to make poor decisions<br />-pierce still running east/west

[Ravens559]

WE ARE STILL GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!!! NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS SOMEHOW SOMEWAY WE WILL BE THERE THIS YEAR...C'MON RAVENS NATION LETS SUPPORT OUR GUYS!!!! RAVENS 9-7 6TH SEED LETS GOO UUUURRRRAAAHHH!!!!!

[reed20fence]

Ofcourse we can make the playoffs. It's just that we need to rely on the suckiness of others to get out of our way. We no longer control our destiny.

[flufflepuff]

Yep. Season is officially over now. Sad because we have a defense that is good enough to be 9-1. If the O could get more than two TDs a game, we're 9-1. If the O could just get another FG a game we'd probably be 8-2. Very sad.

If the defense could get a stop at the end of the last 4 out of 5 games, we'd be 7-3. its a team effort and the defense has had a tendency to disappear in big moments. It's not all on the offense

[Ravensfansince03]

Flacco threw two game changing INT's. One went back for a TD, but the other was just uncalled for when he threw it into deep coverage.

Sometimes I don't understand what goes through his head.

Then on that crucial 2nd & goal play to take the lead in the 4th quarter with 17 seconds left, Flacco called an audible and changed the pass play to a run play, when the Bears D was playing obvious heavy run.


Our D did the best they could for the time being, and gave our $120,000,000 dollar quarterback more than enough opportunities to put the game away.

 

Even that pass when Clark made the one handed catch was overthrown. Clark kept that drive alive.

[TheRavengers]

Good news: the O-line played great and the run game was even better.

Bad news: Flacco's turnovers hurt a lot and they still lost.

[flufflepuff]

Anyone else wondering, why, when we had a 4 point lead in the late 3rd quarter,does HarBooooo decide to go for it on 4th and 8 from there 30. Tucker had the wind in his favor, instead HarBoooo decides not to stack points but allows Flacco to get hit from behind fumbling the ball. HarBooooo is this Organizations biggest problem!!

The wind was not in tuckers nor kochs favor. Call harbaugh stupid if you wish but he's not THAT dumb

[Hendonomics]

Oh look, I think the defense is still on the field.

[The Beak]

Season gone, another blown play by G Gradkowskiis , Doss 2droped critical balls, not enough pressure applied by pees vanilla play calling, why do us fans have to suffer this season just because we won last season, can't watch these ravens anymore this season, they are not showing any killer instinct , no will to win. I know I will get blasted for this post but it's OK it's how I feel, Oz please trade RRice and get us a dominant receiver to compliment T Smith, draft us a LT who has a mean streak, Monroe played like a wuss, Flacco can only do so much he can't throw it and then get open down field and catch itChicago had no business even being in the game the second half, if Rice does his job blocking on the pick 6 the DE never gets a hand on it, let's go Oz time to cut loose the vets and get some young guys in here <br />Z

[stixfix69]

Just not our year, just hope and watch for continued growth on D, and the O-Line, and WR's develop....no surprise when our O-line block down hill instead of that stupid zone stretch schemes RR has his best running game...but, playing spoiler can be fun to watch...

[docwis28]

This is just insane now. I agree with the comments on Joe Flacco. Enough is enough we have been trying to cut him some slack but today he cost us the game. He missed key throws that would have put the game away. He threw two picks including a pick six that put them back in the game. He has 13 TD's and 13 INT's on the season. The blocking and run game were great today. We put the ball in his hands and he can't throw a TD on the goal line in the fourth quarter. There are backup QB's playing better then our franchise QB. But Joe won't lose any sleep tonight, he is gonna make 100 mil from our franchise.

[ravens4life86]

FIRE CASTILLO!!! Ray Rice had what 120 total yards. Every single positive Yard was behind a MANTO MAN and COMBO blocking Scheme. Every time the Used a Zone Strectch Rice got Pummeled for like a 4-5 Yard Loss!! And Pierce got Pummeled for Losses too

[Ravensfansince03]

Bad snap my A**, FLacco had a perfect opportunity to pass on the play before when the Bears d was playing heavy run, but he audibled to a RUN!!

[Bruce_Almty]

Post-game pressers are such bull...both the questions and the answers (getting better, working hard).

[ravens4life86]

Rice should have had 200 total Yards today, if not for the dang CASTILLO ZONE SCHEME

[TheTruth]

Sad state of affairs

[Jfravens]

Gino is the Worst C!!

[FitzaFlaccoFan]

Too many big plays by Chicago on third down. Missed assignments by D in the middle lost the game. Plus no pressure on Chicago QB. Should have been a win. Ravens should be 8-2, Coaching average at best. Too many Flacco turnovers and lucky it wasn't two more.

Be real, the playoffs are out of reach.

[BallsoHard622]

We gave them the game. Bottom line is flacco hasent been playing well at all. The running game still isn't that good but our qb is just not making plays. It's either he's over throwing our under throwing our recievers or he just doesn't see them at all or he's throwing picks. Our coaching has sucked all year long also. The games are getting hard to watch. Smh!

[Joe Flacco is #1]

Lol season isnt over yet look at the wild card ----> jets and dolphins will have 1 more win then we do and have that spot and we go against the jets and the next 3 games at home. I know it stinks we lost but still have a shot. and btw on that fumble why did two guys block only one?? it wasnt even a blitz come on man. they get into Joes head because he can get hit any second on every down.

[chappers11]

Looking at the positive of us being very close to 9-1 and with a good offensive draft next year and a good free agency I can easily see us being back their next year, if the price of a Super Bowl is a dodgy next year I'll still take that!

[r7o2d6]

Can't blame the defense for not showing up. Can't blame a specific player on the offense. Can't blame a single coach.

It's a team sport. And this team simply isn't preforming.

End of story, cya on draft day and week 1 next year when we have a line that can work together and a WR that'll catch the ball.