[News] John Harbaugh: We'll Learn From This

[BR News]

The Ravens left Philadelphia after a lopsided loss, but they still have plenty time to correct mistakes.

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[ALSKAN RAVEN FAN]

It is just another step in the process of getting better. I know the guys have pride and they know all to well that last nights game was ugly but they are going to grow from it. Next week against the Redskins is going to be interesting to see what they do and how they respond as a team.

[GO_Ravens]

What's the update on Taliafaro that looked to be pretty brutal when he went down trying to make a tackle.

[Rich McG]

This entire organization has been "ROCKED". How could they possibly take a player with a life long knee problem as a 1st round pick? Then sign him to a very pricey long term contract. If he is not a complete bust; at best he can not be counted to play most games in a season. The Ravens need to be up front and handle this problem NOW. With all the injuries, penalties, and sub-par play last night this is a team with problems on their mind. The Ravens need to clear the air and move on.

[jrubin80]

Look it up Rich McG OSGODD SCHLATTER's DISEASE IS NOT A LIFELONG PROBLEM! It happens in boys ranging from age 10-15

[jrubin80]

People on the site have no idea what they are talking about its unbelievable!!

[GO_Ravens]

Perriman will be back this week calm down.

[Underdogsontop!]

Better to have a bad game in preseason rather then regular or playoffs. We can only get better from that.

[RavensFootballFan]

This entire organization has been "ROCKED". How could they possibly take a player with a life long knee problem as a 1st round pick? Then sign him to a very pricey long term contract. If he is not a complete bust; at best he can not be counted to play most games in a season. The Ravens need to be up front and handle this problem NOW. With all the injuries, penalties, and sub-par play last night this is a team with problems on their mind. The Ravens need to clear the air and move on.

 

 

Read about Osgood–Schlatter disease to understand what Perriman is dealing with, it is only temporary, not a life long situation. His father Brett had the same situation and played in the NFL for 10 years. Perriman has a special set of skills as a wide receiver, among the fastest man in the entire NFL if not the fastest with above average ability to get open as well as the ability to blow the lid off the top of defenses. Patient is the key to overcome this which will pay off in the long run. It is not a wasted pick, just wait and see, Ozzie and Perriman will prove you wrong in time. I have faith in Perriman in the long run. Relax, I did not enjoy the game either but it is only pre-season, have a Coke and a smile, it will only get better. 

Edited August 23, 2015 by RavensFootballFan

[Crusader]

We still have Waller

[ellicottraven]

It was embarrassing but we'll move on to greener pastures come September. There is always a silver lining in such losses especially in the preseason. The guys who showed up big were Waller, Arthur Brown, Rashaan Melvin, McClennan, our RB corps, our 3rd string QB, and several others I can't think of just now. However, some guys that stunk up the joint were Carter, our entire D-line and O-line and a few others.

[ellicottraven]

This entire organization has been "ROCKED". How could they possibly take a player with a life long knee problem as a 1st round pick? Then sign him to a very pricey long term contract. If he is not a complete bust; at best he can not be counted to play most games in a season. The Ravens need to be up front and handle this problem NOW. With all the injuries, penalties, and sub-par play last night this is a team with problems on their mind. The Ravens need to clear the air and move on.

You need to either come out of the shadows or find another team to root for.

[stixfix69]

I'm with Will Hill, the team needed to eat some humble pie, analyst, and beat writers were getting on the Raven bandwagon of being a SB contender, which we are, but the team has a lot to prove having lost about 6 CB's due to injury last year...The offense needs to prove it is consistent under Trestman's guidance, as it was under Kubiak's....The front 7 needs to prove they can be as good or better without Ngata and McPhee....The talent looks to be there, but the experience is what is lacking on the D-Line...So the team has a lot of work to do between now, and January....

Edited August 24, 2015 by stixfix69

[CQ1]

As I will learn...never forget where you lastly placed the Purple-Maalox !

[Zeus]

What about all the advantages of joint practices Harbs was ranting about?

[ellicottraven]

This game was a blessing in disguise where all our ills were showcased on the big stage. For one I know Harbaugh enough that he'll make sure these mistakes committed are rarely ever repeated and the penalties we received will be vastly reduced. Joe Flacco will come out of his funk soon and the O-line hopefully will get fully healthy. My big concern however is the D-line. We've been talking our D-line up throughout the preseason and they weren't very good at the point of attack. They could not come off blocks and let the RBs slice them. That can't ever happen in Baltimore but I don't know if these youngsters will learn in time, but Clarence Brooks hopefully will prepare them.

[EdTheMythicalOne]

I am not one to make excuses, but there is a simple fact to point out here. In the pre-season you run vanilla offenses and defenses because you don't want to give anything away. That's all fine and good when your base vanilla plays are in a traditional offense, but the Eagles run a read option offense as their base. We were constantly getting fooled and gashed on the option run plays. Part of that was because of simply not game planning specifically to stop that. More critically, and the important thing and probably the more worrying thing is; failure to execute. Okay, so you aren't specifically playing against this style of offense. That doesn't excuse the lack of fundamentals in tackling and just playing football. I also won't say the refs cost us that game, but they were terrible. You still have to line up and play football and tackle and cover and execute on offense.

[TheConquerorWorm]

We talkin bout practice!

[Vitalvicious]

I understand it's preseason and all buttttttt, we looked absolutely pathetic out there! I'm gonna chalk this one up to either complacency or too much partying from the night before! The penalties were horrendous, the team looked as if they were uninterested in playing football. I've seen some bad games before but this took the cake! We are nowhere near being ready for regular season play! Get this crap together ASAP!!!

[20306cab]

Games like this happen. Ravens actually got pummeled like this twice in the REGULAR season in '12 during their SB run. By Broncos and Texans I believe. Glad this was preseason. And by the way, who can get up for a game after spending a week in Philly?

[stampedehero]

Eugene Monroe had the right answer.

[GENE2407]

First mistake -- not game planning on defense because "it's preseason". You practice how you play. Period. If you gameplay during a season, no reason not to in preseason.

[KidNme]

IDK, this all sounds like excuses. No game plan? Who DOES gameplan in pre season? Did Philly game plan? Sad excuse. Did we not game plan last week with the Saints?

It looked like the players were lost and confused. Suggs mentioned that the starters only played the 1st half and alluded to, it might have been different in a whole game but the starters got nothing done either so I'm not buying it. I'm not impressed and as business owners, they have a lot of work to do over the next couple weeks. I doubt playing Washington won;t do much to elevate our game either.

I'm more mad at the Ravens Media for serving us kool-aid over the last few months so if we're ticked at the poor play we saw Saturday, all I can say is, make your words soft and sweet because, you may have to eat them.

Let's go guys! We want to see our team play like Ravens!

[Barry S]

I think John was having so much fun in Philly he for got that they were playing a game on Saturday. He spent a lot of time reminiscing about his days as a coach!!!

[robgmbud]

Hate to say it but told you so!!!! Ravens are in trouble without Ngata

[hen826957]

@robmbud Ngata didn't want to extend his 16 million cap number and retire a Raven it his fault not Ozzie. He was holding the team down of us signing quality players. If they do somehow struggle, Ozzie can signed Red Bryant (if he's still available) if they want to go that route.

[January J]

Hate to say it but told you so!!!! Ravens are in trouble without Ngata

no they're not.

The d-line will be a strong point this season.

You can't say I told you so after 2 preseason Games bud. How bout we Atleast wait until week 8 and then evaluate.