[News] Game Recap: Bengals 28, Ravens 24

[coreyadams]

Our new nickname is OWEN, 0n1, 0n2, 0n3.! Our defense blows. Without Ngata, Ray, Suggs, and Reed we cannot kill a roach. Jimmy Smith is not a shutdown corner. Flacco is way over paid. Adjust his contract to get weapons in Baltimore.

[Barry S]

Joe throwing interceptions and the defense giving up big plays this team has lost it's focus. Marc Trestman and Dean Pees are both making bad decisions, and John Harbaugh is a team manager might be time to clean house.

[Saxxin]

Penalties killed us. To many veterans out and their replacements are making crucial errors at the worst time. They played good enough to win. It was dumb mistakes that drew the flags that cost them.

[Purpleghost23]

You cant let they score 2 tds in under two minutes and expect to win...i miss the time when we actually make some end zone tds and stops

[Doomville]

can't believe sss has to retire on this crappy team. I say that if we don't have any chance of making playoffs (which seem truer and truer each game), trade him to carolina. At least that way he has some chance to go to sb. ugh this team is absolutely horrendous especially that we had a chance to win each game in the last mins and snatched defeat from victory's jaws

[bmoraven]

We have a young team, short on Talent and leadership. Outside of Steve Smith, we have No Superstars on either side of the ball. We have no deep threat on Offense, No Special Teams Threat for Kick Returns and Punts to give us decent field position. Our Defense outside of CJ Mosley is Average. Jimmy Cannot shut down True Number 1 WR's. Zero Ball Hawks in the Secondary. Our OC can't call a game. No Balance. Joe Does not win when he throws the ball this much. Why not run Buck Allen if he's producing? Joe looks very Shaky and not leading this group as a Veteran QB should. He has regressed this year, and basically forgot all the work he put in with Kubiak. If if we Fire Dean Pees, which we won't, we have so much to correct on Offense, Defense and Special Teams what good would it do? The only good takeaway from this 0-3 start, is that we had a chance to win each Game at the end, we just couldnt execute and blew it. AT least we Face the Steelers without Big Ben this week.

[Fullblack_RAVEN]

I'm in next year mode. This is what i'd like to see for the rest of this lost season.

 

- I want to see how good perriman is. If he's good, the ravens need to double down and take another good WR prospect early in the draft. I'm thinking about using a 2nd rounder since the 1st rounder will surely be a defensive selection. I also want to see waller out there more. Aiken and brown have had ample opportunity to show their worth and have failed at doing so, especially as of late. It's time to build a talented receiving core around joe because this defense will not be a quick fix at all. The offense will have to lead this team. Give flacco the big play weapons to achieve that. 

 

I also wouldn't be adverse to paying a vet WR in FA to play for the ravens, either. It's time to rebuild that whole unit. I don't think marlon brown, aiken & even campagnaro will be on this team for the long haul. The coaching staff clearly doesn't believe in campagnaro. He gets a few snaps a game while his wr competition save for steve smith play badly week in, week out. 

 

- I'd like to see pees' scheme lose the ravens 1 or 2 more games in epic fashion (on the lines of the raiders & bengals collapses). This dude CANNOT be the DC for this team next season. Another loss or 2 in that fashion and this team will be guaranteed a new DC who can help form this young defense into a really good one. I hope jim schwartz is hired. He won't be sought after for HC positions after his failed gig w/ the lions so he could be a long-term DC here. He's aggressive in his playcalling as well. The only bad thing is he runs a 4-3 base defense... maybe it's time for the ravens to make that switch. They run 4-3 packages a lot to begin with... if you think about it, the ravens' personnel is more suited for a 4-3 scheme anyways. We have speedy linebackers and fast,undersized defensive linemen... a 4-3 base would suit this personnel well.

 

- I'd like to see flacco stop throwing lob passes. Yet another week went by w/ flacco throwing lobs off of his back foot. This time, it ended up in an adam jones pick as well as a number of incompletions. Flacco has been erratic w/ his fundamentals all season. What's up w/ that? He's playing like he's hurt or his arm talent fell off. Hopefully it isn't the latter. 

 

Let's face it, guys. This team isn't good. I was one of those people saying this team had a chance at the SB in the preseason... i was wrong. This team more than likely won't make the playoffs so it's time to focus on the future. Lost seasons happen, i guess. There better be plenty of turnover, especially on the coaching side though. IMO, trestman and pees both need to be shown the door at season's end. The secondary needs a total revamp. The d-line needs more beef and depth. The OLB position needs a playmaker. This team has so many holes... obliterating the 2016 draft will be a MUST. All of this is happening because the ravens whiffed on some recent prior drafts (2013 especially) so we'll see if they can nail the 2016 draft. 

[metalraven]

This defense is pitiful. What a shame. Jimmy Smith elite? Hell no. Dude got ripped to shreds all. Freaking. Day. Dean Pees is useless and should not be a coordinator. He clearly has no clue how to coach a D, especially with regard to in-game adjustments. Fire him!!! Harbs won't do it.

[cbrook1862]

We may not want to admit it, but the season is over, we are 0-3 for the first time in team history. Secondary still sucks, young and inexperienced, no real leader, no deep threat(as of now), no run game, and only weapons we have are Smith and the TE's and This is his last year, the only life we had is if we won this game, but now the only thing we have to look forward to is a high draft pick and hopefully we can install fear in our opponents again. It's really unfortunate because everyone thought we would be serious SB contenders, but are still winless. Too much talent to be 0-3, I can't even describe just how dissapointed I am. I have no more words.

[ravens4life86]

Tell you what...some of this organizations recent moves can now be put under the microscope and highly questioned.

Taking the defense from a veteran defense to a youthful defense. Like letting Ngata go, the D Line is good but nobody in the middle demands respect and collapses the pocket like Haloti did,GAMECHANGERS! Then as I previously mentioned letting go of offensive GameChangers, Boldin,T.Smith,Jacoby Jones and not replacing them.

Then follow it up with what looks like misses in the draft like Elam, A.Brown, and Perriman is injured so he is inconclusive on his outcome

[curtis0360]

Its time to start questioning Ozzie newsome, i know im going to get negged for this, the secondary specifically, the most glaring position the free safety position. Look at how they moved the ball down field, over the top, over the middle for 20 plus yards. When ed was there that never happened, dont believe me look at how teams have beaten us. By going deep, the playoff game last year Gronk killed us over the middle, AJ green now 5 times in a row. Antonio Brown. When they went for 5 to 10 yard passes CJ mosely, daryl smith, etc covered it well. You cant make the argument for the linebacking corp or the dline, they have played well, CJ mosely makes every tackle, makes every play count, when he came our run defense improved, our blitzes worked better etc...., why do we not draft a free safety. Why do we not commit to weapons for joe flacco, why do we keep getting rid of weapons he needs, why did we draft a wide reciever with a disease in his knee. Why didnt we address the biggest weakness the secondary, why didnt we try to keep at least one key player from last years offense. Please answer those questions.

[coreyadams]

Flacco is not playing his best to win either. Sometimes I think he is just a center of the pack qb. Maybe around 10-15 of the league right now. His INTs are stacking up. To me you don't need good receivers if you can hit them in the numbers.

[Ravensfansince03]

Fire Dean Pees, and Im really thinking that Harbaugh isn't the coach for this team. He basically rode Ray Lewis's back and took the credit for that 2009-2012 year span.

[Ravensfansince03]

Remember Harbaugh cut Bernard Pollard. And he cut Daniel Brown to keep Aiken.

[Ravensfansince03]

after this season please cut Will Hill, Matt Elam, Kyle Arrington & get us a real Safety!!!

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[RavensBaltimore]

How can you say the offense bounces back? Seriously? They scored 17 points. Flacco was horrible again. We <profanity deleted> suck ... and it's bad.

You answered your own question. After scoring 0 points in the first half, they "bounced back" and scored 17 in the second. Flacco has no weapons to throw to except a 36 year old, no run game whatsoever, he was facing a great secondary, and he still was able to move the ball, score some points, and put us ahead in the 4th quarter. Flacco wasn't horrible. He's been making something out of very little to work with on offense. The defense keeps blowing it.

[cbrook1862]

I feel so bad for Steve, every week he puts the team on his back and gives us everything he has, but we can't return the favor, really unfortunate we couldn't get him a ring on his way out. No doubt one of the best we if all time.

[coreyadams]

Short week! Vic next. We got to beat [crap]sburgh.

[Ravensfansince03]

We need Safety's bad!!! Get Hill & Arrington outta here!!!!!!

[runcontrol]

It is a shame we could not get the win today with Ben Rothlisberger going down today with the knee injury. We may have been able to get to 2-2 if Ben is still out with the knee injury.

 

You want to play Pittsburgh at their strongest,  but with the Ravens struggling you can't be upset that you are going to face Vick over Ben.  Let's be honest,  the Steelers could be  2-5 about time Ben comes back  And outside of The Pats none of the AFTERNOON teams look real good

 

Flacco is not playing his best to win either. Sometimes I think he is just a center of the pack qb. Maybe around 10-15 of the league right now. His INTs are stacking up. To me you don't need good receivers if you can hit them in the numbers.

[Ravensfansince03]

Im done with hope for this season. Clearly our good players aren't enough to save this team from the holes that Coach Harbaugh put us in. No run Game!!!! because we have no worthy RB. And no secondary OMG!!!!!

[Guest ColoradoSpringsRaven]

Folks keep putting the blame completely on the defense...While the defense deserves a lot of blame, our offense deserves just as much..Its the same pattern EVERY game...Our offense struggles, gets down by two possessions, forcing our defense to stay on the field the entire first half, and then once the game is on the line, the offense lights up the field and our exhausted defense gives late td's in the waning moments of the game...If the offense could score AT LEAST 10 points in the first half, we would be in decent shape going into the second half of these games

[Ravensfansince03]

Now can we cut Aiken and resign Daniel Brown!!!

[goldenboldin]

The guy I feel most for is Steve Smith. He played his heart out for the last couple games and with no wins to show. Sad to see his final year in the NFL with a team in the loss column

[Flamengo1265]

Flacco (and the offense) had chances to win 2 of the Ravens first 3 games, and failed both times. Good QBs successfully direct game winning drives.

[stixfix69]

Glad it is a short week, won't give us a full week to complain....)

[law215]

I think you need to get rid of Pees to figure out whether or not the talent is that bad or it's the scheme. Same with Trestman. He has the same guys as Kubiak and we can run for more than 36 yards. That's not Ravens football! It's the coordination on both sides of the ball that's killing the team.

[Run Pass Pass Punt]

When you make it a point to only keep people that you're comfortable with that buy into your "philosophy" you end up with what we have. A team of high character low ability guys that have no fire in them. Steve you're my hero man. Jimmy Smith shame on you. I don't understand Flacco's accuracy either. He's only accurate on throws between 10-20 yards anything farther or shorter are just off. Left it all on the field today though. Good effort guys.

Edited September 27, 2015 by Run Pass Pass Punt

[cbrook1862]

1 fire Pees
2 stop being cheap and get Joe some weapons.

[BMoreRelentless]

Damn, looks like its time to pull out the purple paper bag with the 2 eye holes. Talk about miserable defense. I only get to see a few games each year living in OH and I had to turn it off and just wait for the predictable outcome, another loss because the defensive secondary can't get a stop or make a play. Brandon Williams was about the only player making plays consistently. Penalties on both sides of the ball either kept the bungle's drives alive or killed offensive momentum. Hate to say it but some heads need to roll. SMDH