Thanks, Ravens! We're Proud of You!

[jimmypowder]

Joe damn near willed this team to the AFC Championship. With a better secondary we go to the Super Bowl.

[jimmypowder]

I think its plenty fair to say this team overachieved considering the decimated secondary

and no elite receiving group.

 

I am quite proud of what we accomplished this season and have to say ,while i was disappointed we lost,

I really was more proud of the team.

[757RavensFan]

If I lived in Bmore, I would be at the airport welcoming this Ravens team home and thanking them for a great season. Kudos to the coaching staff for keeping the team focused and over coming adversity! Proud of my city and my team. #Ravens4Life

[PoeDinkum]

Definitely appreciative of the overall effort by this team this year considering we:

1) installed a new offense

2) led the league in offseason arrests

3) endured the Ray Rice saga and the fallout that accompanied it

4) played in a highly competitve division that yielded 3 playoff teams

5) carried on during the Ngatta suspension

6) AND FINALLY overcame injury after injury to make it to the divisional round of the playoffs

 

Very thankful that we got the "in Pitt playoff" monkey off our back this year, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by the loss today after having 2 14pt leads against the Pats in Foxborough.

 

Here's to solid FA siginings and a kick tail draft in 2015!

[katscan]

So close. But still very proud. Will be rooting against the Pats the rest of the way.

[RavensFanMania]

The Ravens besides 19 players on IR and many of them starters battled back through the thick and thin. Knocked the Squeelers out of the the Playoffs. They played with a lot of fight and a lot of heart.

Go Ravens! It's great to be a fan of one of the most consistent teams over the past 15 yrs it so.

In Ozzie I trust and so should you!

[bmorpizzy20]

Like most have said, great season we competed to the end and have a lot to look forward to next year.

 

Really pumped about Campenro, Kapron Lewis Moore, John Urschle, James Hurst, Terrance Brooks, Lorenzo Taliefro and Timmy Jernigan. Wow just notice all of guys are rookies with the exception of Leiws Moore (practically a rookie as he hasn't played a regular season game as yet). But what a great draft class for us, no need to mention number 57 because we all know he is a beast. None the less lets go Ravens, great year on to the next one

[4everraven]

Thank you Ravens organization for a good season. Love watching the Ravens every week. Love reading about the team all week. FO make the required changes during the offseason and let's do this again come September.

[FoxRox75]

I think we can all agree handing Pittsburgh a loss in the playoffs was the best part of the year but seriously again I want to say I am extremely proud of what we were able to accomplish with several injuries, a weak secondary, and several off-the-field problems. None of us should hang our heads in shame; we fought hard, and we will be back next year.

[K-Dog]

I give the team and the staff all the praise.

With injuries and drama and distractions out the wazoo, I am super impressed and super proud.  I am surprised we made it this far.

 

Great job RAVENS.

[Bravens292]

I'm not as mad about this loss as i should be but we gave a great effort. Huge props to John Urschel today though. What a game. 

[JohnnyBoy8102]

Considering all the team went through this year I was very happy with how the season turned out. That being said, I really wanted this game after being up 28-14!!

[AsianRice]

Thank you Ravens; our players were playing their hearts out and that is important for a team.

 

We'll get them next year!

[The Raven]

Hell of a year for what many considered a rebuilding year. So proud of this team, and I can't wait for next year.

 

When's the draft? Eager to see our next Mosley.

[DomMcRaven]

Despite losing on MY BIRTHDAY, thank you Ravens for showing the world that we don't care about what the media or the doubters think about this awesome team. I've been saying that this season was a success the moment we clinched a playoff spot. The fact that we won a playoff game, in Pittsburgh mind you, can shut up those who say we can't win playoff games without Ray Lewis or Ed Reed. 

 

Don't care what anyone says: John Harbaugh is an elite coach in the game right now. I've also gained even more respect for Flacco after his performance (despite the 2 INTS). A few pieces here and there for next season and IT IS ON!

[DomMcRaven]

Great finish to the season guys, played us extremely tough and joe flacco and the o line are playoff studs. Plus you gave pittsburgh an awful night in their own house

Not sure why you were negged, but it's nice to see some Pats fans show class. Flacco is indeed a stud.

 

I don't see the Colts or Broncos putting a bigger fight than we did. 

[Pats]

Not sure why you were negged, but it's nice to see some Pats fans show class. Flacco is indeed a stud.

 

I don't see the Colts or Broncos putting a bigger fight than we did. 

No certainly not, if you guys had won I say you would have easily beat indy or denver as well. Playoff flacco is a real thing, 2012 certainly taught me that.

[DomMcRaven]

No certainly not, if you guys had won I say you would have easily beat indy or denver as well. Playoff flacco is a real thing, 2012 certainly taught me that.

I honestly wouldn't have been worried against either of them if we won, but whatever. I'd like to see the Pats against either the Packers or Seahawks. 

 

And by the way the 2011 AFCCG was the birth of Playoff Flacco and the rest followed suit. 

[ratedr]

Ray Rice debacle, 19 players on IR including basically all of our CBs, losing our most reliable pass catcher, losing our best defensive player with a month left in the season, first year in a new offense...and we were a whisker away from the AFCCG. How can I be disappointed, honestly? With this secondary, it was a matter of when, not if, we fell short of the Super Bowl. This team greatly overachieved, and I'm proud of how far they made it.

 

And how about the rookie class? Mosley, Jernigan, Gillmore, Urschel, and Campanaro have all contributed. Taliaferro and Brooks were on the field too before they went down with injury. Best Ravens rookie class ever? Looks like it.

[Pats]

I honestly wouldn't have been worried against either of them if we won, but whatever. I'd like to see the Pats against either the Packers or Seahawks. 

 

And by the way the 2011 AFCCG was the birth of Playoff Flacco and the rest followed suit. 

He has always been really good in the playoffs but 2012 showed he can go into any house and a brutal gauntlet to win it all. As far as i'm concerned the AFC championship was already played.

[Pats]

Ray Rice debacle, 19 players on IR including basically all of our CBs, losing our most reliable pass catcher, losing our best defensive player with a month left in the season, first year in a new offense...and we were a whisker away from the AFCCG. How can I be disappointed, honestly? With this secondary, it was a matter of when, not if, we fell short of the Super Bowl. This team greatly overachieved, and I'm proud of how far they made it.

 

And how about the rookie class? Mosley, Jernigan, Gillmore, Urschel, and Campanaro have all contributed. Taliaferro and Brooks were on the field too before they went down with injury. Best Ravens rookie class ever? Looks like it.

Best draft for a while full stop, so many good receivers and players in the draft I wish we stockpiled more picks. Our first rounder we barely got to use this year due to injury and our 2nd rounder is a backup QB.

[DomMcRaven]

He has always been really good in the playoffs but 2012 showed he can go into any house and a brutal gauntlet to win it all. As far as i'm concerned the AFC championship was already played.

EASILY. I would never dismiss home field advantage because how significant it is. It's been awhile since we've got to host more than one playoff game. But I wanted to say is that constantly playing on the road during the playoffs has its advantages too. 

[flynismo]

These guys put it all out there and gave it their all. Proud to be a fan of this team.

[Pats]

EASILY. I would never dismiss home field advantage because how significant it is. It's been awhile since we've got to host more than one playoff game. But I wanted to say is that constantly playing on the road during the playoffs has its advantages too. 

If you get hot on the road I think it's better than being hot at home, those pesky giants teams and the ravens have showed that a few times over, the cardinals in 09 as well.

[DomMcRaven]

If you get hot on the road I think it's better than being hot at home, those pesky giants teams and the ravens have showed that a few times over, the cardinals in 09 as well.

Agreed! Helps in the long run because the Super Bowl is the quintessential road game for both teams (barring the home team of the host of the Super Bowl makes it).

[Purple_ICE 81]

We are just a few tweaks away from being a serious threat. We just HAVE to improve our secondary putting a major emphasis on drafting/signing a few CBs. Hopefully we can get Jimmy Smith resigned at a good price too. We wont survive next year with the guys we got, Webb might have to go too dude can't cover.

[scrock]

I know we are all upset, we all wanted to win and go on and continue playing but I feel good about this team...putting it in perspective helps. Its not about making excuses to make things seem better its just the TRUTH!

 

Listen up guys, we lost 20+ players to IR? We lost Pitta again, we had both Tackles go down and had rookies step in. Our secondary was rotating in practice squad players we picked up from other teams...and that's just some of the challenges we faced this year.

 

Knowing all of that, I expected us to be one and done in the playoffs, I thought the Steelers would blow us out. We beat them, finally beat Pittsburgh in the playoffs!!! Knocked them out...it was amazing and last night we gave the mighty Patriots all they could handle, yeah we could have won if, should have won if that...but it didnt happen, we lost. The Pats could barely beat us when we were dealing with all those challenges I listed earlier....so I'm feeling proud as hell of this team. We dont quit for nothing.

 

I know some of you are already freaking out about losing players like McPhee and what are we going to do...I'll say the same thing I did when we lost Art Jones...the guy is already on the team who will step up or he's some we'll take in the draft..but we got some nice pieces that were part of the IR squad. Anyway biggest concern for me is the secondary, they need to get some depth at CB, and acquire through free agency or most likely the draft some NFL caliber Safetys..Matt Elam is not it...Will Hill is decent but everyone else back there....confidence is not inspired

 

Oh and Joe Flacco is certainly not the reason we lost, I don't care if he threw a INT at the end. He was the reason we almost won

[Purple Punishment]

I couldn't be more proud of our team. We were completely depleted and we still were on the cusp of another deep playoff run. Joe Flacco showed us all why he is worth his money. He might be shaky in the regular season, but damn if he isn't thee BEST playoff QB in the NFL today. We faced adversity all year long, and still we made it very far. My expectations of this team were greatly exceeded this season. I expected us to be in a retooling year and to have to deal with growing pains of learning a new offense. I expected, realistically anywhere from 7-9 to 9-7 with no playoff game.

I will say one thing. Even though our secondary was Swiss cheese last night, our coordinator did absolutely nothing to take Brady out of his comfort zone. Not a single zone blitz, or dropping ends into coverage. There were plenty of missed tackles, so the onus cannot all be on Dean, but he didn't change the game plan. To me that's the only failure I saw last night. Great job Ravens. Next year is the year we take it all!!!

[TSizzle00]

Im extremely proud of the Ravens and of Joe Flacco, he stood tall in NE!

[arnie_uk]

I know we are all upset, we all wanted to win and go on and continue playing but I feel good about this team...putting it in perspective helps. Its not about making excuses to make things seem better its just the TRUTH!

Listen up guys, we lost 20+ players to IR? We lost Pitta again, we had both Tackles go down and had rookies step in. Our secondary was rotating in practice squad players we picked up from other teams...and that's just some of the challenges we faced this year.

Knowing all of that, I expected us to be one and done in the playoffs, I thought the Steelers would blow us out. We beat them, finally beat Pittsburgh in the playoffs!!! Knocked them out...it was amazing and last night we gave the mighty Patriots all they could handle, yeah we could have won if, should have won if that...but it didnt happen, we lost. The Pats could barely beat us when we were dealing with all those challenges I listed earlier....so I'm feeling proud as hell of this team. We dont quit for nothing.

I know some of you are already freaking out about losing players like McPhee and what are we going to do...I'll say the same thing I did when we lost Art Jones...the guy is already on the team who will step up or he's some we'll take in the draft..but we got some nice pieces that were part of the IR squad. Anyway biggest concern for me is the secondary, they need to get some depth at CB, and acquire through free agency or most likely the draft some NFL caliber Safetys..Matt Elam is not it...Will Hill is decent but everyone else back there....confidence is not inspired

Oh and Joe Flacco is certainly not the reason we lost, I don't care if he threw a INT at the end. He was the reason we almost won

I thought that left?