Next up: Miami

[Moderator 2]

Warm weather and sunshine and football.

Battling for the wildcard

[Static]

No chance with this defense.

[Inqui]

Gotta win this for a shot at the playoffs. The secondary needs to step up in a big way, but I still think the offence is good enough.

How's the Dolphin OL been playing?

[BMORE_96]

please dont make the playoffs. we will do nothing with these corners. nothing. making the playoffs will only hurt us. there is no legitimate chance for a superbowl. we are a team with all the right pieces but with no man cover corners. absolutely 0. all we can do is play zone and have good qbs dink and dunk us down the field. I want good draft position so we can get more young talent on both sides of the ball. This team is at best 10-6 material but a very weak 10-6. I said it after the steelers game and im gonna say it again, i dont mind tanking if we are going to lose to average teams. 

[FoxRox75]

I'd be shocked if we won this one with our defense. I don't think we go anywhere this year (again). 

[Static]

^Agreed. Season is a wash

[443hurricane]

I don't want to make the playoffs either.. Not with our sorry secondary Let another team get it's hopes up. So looks like we will be picking anywhere from 12-22.

 

Our secondary is trash #37 I refuse to type of speak his name needs to be cut tomorrow. He's trash and #41 is trash material too. ozzie runs the draft how come he gets a pass for our lack of secondary depth.

[cnyravens]

Play for the Draft Pick.

 

This team has too many stiffs playing and I'd get rid of the entire secondary and start from scratch!

[Gordo52]

Not confident in this game but if we win, great. If we lose, whatever.

Those who want us to tank, lol and smh.

[Bryden88]

Play for the playoffs.

 

I expect - if not an overhaul again - a motivational week in which our D plays inspired, Elam gets benched, and Flacco outduels the Fins. I don't see us dropping two in a row.

[RavensFan34950]

I just don't see us winning this game. Lost all confidence in this team, mainly the defense. Normally i would say we're the better team, but after watching the game I just can't say it anymore. I knew there was a dark cloud hanging over the Ravens since the whole Ray Rice drama.

[D_UP]

With this secondary, who are we fooling the Ravens are not contenders. Thanks Oz for addressing depth in the secondary.

[ratedr]

Offense scores 31. But it doesn't matter because the defense will give up 35.

[Static]

With this secondary, who are we fooling the Ravens are not contenders. Thanks Oz for addressing depth in the secondary.

 

Is it ozzie's fault that Jimmy got hurt and Webb decided to collect checks?

 

I do blame him for drafting Elam but who could've guess Elam would have forgotten how to tackle and gotten progressively worse every game.

[Dr. Kelley]

If we make the playoffs, the front office will consider the season a success and not make the necessary changes to improve the team.

[Raving_Heathen]

I don't like hyperboles, but our secondary was historically bad today. So on the bright side, they have no alternative but to play better next week.

[D_UP]

Is it ozzie's fault that Jimmy got hurt and Webb decided to collect checks?

 

I do blame him for drafting Elam but who could've guess Elam would have forgotten how to tackle and gotten progressively worse every game.

Yes. You proved my point. Jimmy got hurt and the secondary went to hell in handbasket. Which means Ozzie didn't address depth in the secondary. Players get hurt that's why you need depth.

[BMORE_96]

I don't want to make the playoffs either.. Not with our sorry secondary Let another team get it's hopes up. So looks like we will be picking anywhere from 12-22.

 

Our secondary is trash #37 I refuse to type of speak his name needs to be cut tomorrow. He's trash and #41 is trash material too. ozzie runs the draft how come he gets a pass for our lack of secondary depth.

the only corners we've drafted since jimmy smith have been in the 5th round: Asa and Chykie. This is so because we had so much depth up to this year but injuries to the top 3 corners have erased it. We are very unlucky. and the only corner we should have got last offseason was brandon flowers but he didn't want to come here. Ozzie did the best he could. Don't forget ravens are slowly rebuilding since 2012. We have had a mass veteran exodus and now we are stocking the team with youth. one more good draft and we should get immediate results. l

[BMORE_96]

I don't like hyperboles, but our secondary was historically bad today. So on the bright side, they have no alternative but to play better next week.

Or play just as bad. we are facing a defense that could stymie our offense. mike wallace will kill us.

[BMORE_96]

If we make the playoffs, the front office will consider the season a success and not make the necessary changes to improve the team.

nah, the front office is smarter than that. They've adopted a strict policy to never rebuild. Instead, they are competing and reloading and won't let playoff success interrupt the goal of another super bowl win. Though a playoff appearance serves to only hurt the quality of players we could select in the upcoming draft.

[reed20]

Tanny will carve up this secondary

[Static]

Tanny will carve up this secondary

 

Geno Smith would carve up this secondary

[Gordo52]

I'm more concerned about our offense this game. It's going to be a huge challenge against this defense on the road.

[GrimCoconut]

I think this game is definitely in reach but there are some problems that need to be fixed and I'm not sure we have enough time to do it. I'm also not sure about our secondary and whether it can manage this game. Miami has playoff hopes and is probably our last big threat and it'll be a critical game. I fear that if we lose this game, we'll certainly not control our own destiny and have a very hard time making the playoffs.

I understand that it's entirely possible to make the playoffs still even if we lose. I just believe if we lose to Miami that might likely be the nail in the coffin. We'll see if this team has grit or not and how much heart they really have.

[beanfigger]

No chance our O scores 30+ down in Miami, so our D needs to learn how to stop teams pretty quickly.

[FoxRox75]

Do we have any chance at all of winning this one? 11-5 seems pretty much impossible after today. 10-6 or 9-7 looks pretty likely.

[Static]

Unless Flacco can get hot and put up 40 and we'll be 7-6 and fighting to be 8-8 again.

[HoldingCall]

Now that the fan base is back to reality, the Ravens will likely beat the Dolphins.

[ratedr]

Is it ozzie's fault that Jimmy got hurt and Webb decided to collect checks?

I do blame him for drafting Elam but who could've guess Elam would have forgotten how to tackle and gotten progressively worse every game.

Ozzie thought Chykie Brown would step up. That's his fault. You'd think the team would've learned from Tandon Doss that you can't just expect guys who've shown nothing to "step up."

[ratedr]

We can lose here and still make the playoffs. But is it even worth it?

Btw if we lose next week, we would HAVE to sweep our last 3. Have to.