[News] Game Recap: Bengals 28, Ravens 24

[Adrian Charchalis]

Nobody in this team has any heart besides steve smith. Nobody has confidence besides steve smith. I still have hope in this team. Do the other 51 players excluding steve smith have any hope?

[OzzieBisciotti]

Also, I guess the front office thought that our receivers were going to be good enough due to the way they played during the off season. I think we have to remember that they were also going against our terrible corners. Like I said last year, Webb isn't the same corner he was a year ago, and Jimmy Smith can't play a full season healthy. He's not a shut down corner as we all know (maybe everyone knows except for Ozzie), but he's a good corner back. It's kind of scary to think that we only have one good corner on this team. Why did we let Corey Graham go too? I think we're also missing the leadership of Torrey Smith as well (he was one of us, but we let him go), and he truly opened up other opportunities for others with his speed. Plus, Jacoby would run a couple of kicks back every season, and we don't have an answer at punt returner. Do we really want Steve Smith, our best receiver, fielding punts? If he gets hurt, then or offense really shuts down big time. It's going to be a long year fellas..

[BallSoHard808]

yea we totally miss the Torrey smith that didn't even pick up a yard today smh. Defense and offense isn't capitalizing when they have the chance. The Seahawks have nobody at receiver and they still get it done the only difference is they play with a lot of heart. I still hope they can turn it around. Go Ravens!!

[Ravensfan5520]

SSS is the Lebron James of our offense right now, if we want any chance of turning this around, other players have to step up, he's gonna burn out at some point with the way we're using him. Defensively, not much different from last week against OAK, stop the run and get thrown at like crazy. Our secondary is dreadful and the years of ignoring it have finally caught up. It sucks seeing this team like this, now we have to go to Pitt on Thursday night, even though Big Ben is out, Mike Vick is a decent backup that can get the job done. Here's to hoping we don't see our season end on Thursday......

[budkretz]

It's time for the Ravens to take some personnel action. Get rid of Aiken and Brown and bring up Butler and Ross form the practice squad (they can't do any worse and they seem to be able to catch balls thrown their way). Harbs if you don't want your job on the line get rid of Dean Pees today. I don't care what Def coach takes over just be flexible and able to make changes throughout the game. The spread offense is working 33 points last week , 24 points today in one half. Use it until it doesn't work. If (and it's a mighty big if) the Ravens make it to the playoffs they have to go 10-3 from here on out. Not looking good this year.

[thecommish]

Fire Pees now before we have no chance to salvage the season!

[thecommish]

We need two moves: 1. Lets trade for another WR (even when Perriman comes back its nice to have some legit dept) 2. Fire Dean Pees TODAY!!!!!!!!!! Bonus.... look to off load Monroe at seasons end !

[ravlivie]

No one covers Green, everyone knows they are going to throw to him. Closest player was

15 yards away & can't recover. Pees is the worst, should be fired for poor calls.

Harbaugh is not doing his job, we need to revamp our entire coaching staff. sad sad

sad. can you say 0-4

[Ravensfansince03]

No one covers Green, everyone knows they are going to throw to him. Closest player was 15 yards away & can't recover. Pees is the worst, should be fired for poor calls. Harbaugh is not doing his job, we need to revamp our entire coaching staff. sad sad sad. can you say 0-4

 

Yes, Pees kept blitzing our coverage guys just to leave Cinci WR's wide open. And if it wasn't that then it was Will Hill and Kyle Arrington's poor play. We have a BS group of safeties, seriously. Can't believe this team still has Matt Elam and these jokes of players. Please get them out of a Ravens uniform ASAP.

[jravens13]

We are the only team in the AFC that is 0-3. And even better, they have been against all AFC opponents. I think we are missing McPhee almost as much as Suggs. No rush = No chance.

 

Oh yeah, the genius Pees was trying to generate pressure on Dalton by blitzing Webb several different times from the slot. Every single time we sent him, Dalton recognized the blitz pre snap and the WR was left wide open for a 1st Down. He probably sent Webb at least 4 or 5 times. The definition of insanity...

Edited September 28, 2015 by jravens13

[Ravensfansince03]

I've always said that Coach Harbaugh took credit for the years 2009-2012 when really it was Ray Lewis that was the real leader and motivation for this team. We drafted Joe Flacco & Ray Rice in 2008, for the years past we never had a good QB after Trent Dilfer, Steve Mcnair was close but not good enough to take us there. With the combination of Joe Flacco and Ray Lewis already commanding a stellar defense, we had what we needed to get a SB. I still think to this day that players cant really connect with Harbaugh. Whoever it was that put us in this postion with the safeties that we have, and whoever thought that these guys were worthy of being our starting safeties should be fired. Already bad enough that they are still holding on to Elam. I hope by some miracle we can get Rex Ryan back as a D coordinator. Most HC's that don't perform well end up being either an offensive or defensive coordinator. Just like Cam Cameron, Gary Kubiak, and Trestman. I hope the same happens with Rex Ryan this offseason and we get him back. Because the coaches we have now have no idea what a secondary should look like. Thank god we still have Webb & J Smith out there.

Edited September 28, 2015 by Ravensfansince03

[Ravensfansince03]

It was sad to see this offense go so pass happy because of the fact that we have no run game. That's just half of the problem for this team, this team is really breaking my heart.

[Ravensfansince03]

The best thing Ozzie can do right now is just listen to the fans. A lot of us fans have been watching and analyzing this team closely years before Harbaugh even got here. Just listen to the fans Ozzie.

[CQ1]

Playmakers normally win. Again- another QB (Carr last week, Dalton today) that has no issue when to run when he has the drive and instinct TO CARRY HIS TEAM. Its time to think about rebuilding (next year)without Flacco.

[CQ1]

EVEN if and when Where-e-man returns, he is only ONE deep threat player that we seem to hear about (yeah, I know SSS; I am referring to anyone size and or speed).....regardless, at times Joe cant hit the broad side of a barn.

[cbrook1862]

I don't blame Flacco for this loss, I blame the defense, plus early in the final drive Joe put the ball perfectly in Marlon's hands and he dropped it, which would have gave us the first down, he gave us chances to win.

[cbrook1862]

Stop forcing the run, usually were run first, but not this season, spread the ball out run uptempo offense, then run the ball when they're on their heels and tired.

[runcontrol]

Am I the only one that misses Pitta?

 

I feel like Pitta would have, at least attempted to, pulled that ball in to beat Denver,  And he would have pulled that ball in, to get a first down.  These young tight ends have a lot of potential, but they have a lot of growing to do.

 

Flacco definitely has his flaws, but with the defense struggling we need offensive players to make plays, and right now Smith and Flacco are the only ones doing it.

[Fastynart]

I know, lets draft some more wide receivers next year. That will fix it. That seems to be the Ravens thinking. Meanwhile the defense couldn't catch a cold, much less cover one. Safeties? Were any safeties playing? You never saw them. While Jimmy Smith was getting torched, Webb played really well. None of them had any help from the so called safeties. Can't blame this one on the defensive scheme. It was the players, not Pees.

[Barry S]

Well they are playing competitive football to look on the bright side, there not getting blown out. They keeps you on the edge of your seat to the very end. How can they be so dominant in the playoffs and out do the Steelers and Bengals but yet that kind of play and mentality doesn't carry over to the regular season? SMH!!!

[Dfrm410]

fire Dean Pees like they did Cam to send the team a message and get their heads on straight. They won the Super Bowl after that lol

[jboy]

Pita is done. Flacco throws off his back foot and floats the ball and unfortunately he is not a leader. The constant changing of the OC has hurt his play I think. Journeyman players have replaced Legends. Top picks are frequently busts ( Kindle and Perriman),( CJ was a good pick), good players have left for mo money at key positions. Monroe is a bust. Defensive secondary is bad. Oh, and a couple key injuries also. Gonna be a tough year. Saw the same cycle in the Colts, the end of the Unitas era..Now we see who the real fans are, I'll still proudly put on my Raven hat when I go to work tomorrow. I'm a fan for life.

[Flamengo1265]

Kamar Aiken had the same number of catches as me. That's not good, for him....but at least he didn't cost the Ravens yardage by committing penalties. unlike Melvin, Osemele, Zuttah, Hurst, etc.

[RavensFootballFan]

"Right now, it probably comes down to the fact that we're not believing in ourselves enough, and we're not envisioning winning those football games. We've got to turn that around." - Joe Flacco

 

Shouldn't they already have believed before every game, not wait till after they lose first three? I as a fan believed that we were a winning football team before first game, before 2nd game and even before the 3rd game at home against Bengals. What? Players did not believe in themselves? That is on the coaches if players do not believe. They should be able to gauge the mood and act accordingly, before the game, not after. I see the offense made corrections accordingly, at least giving us chances to win games. I see the defense falling apart more times than I like to see. That is on Pees, he is paid to make sure players fully understand their roles, make sure players are fully fired up. Every time the offense is on the field, that is on Pees to see what the mistakes are and have it corrected, light a fire under them if they have to. I love coaches who are down the sidelines and have their game faces on to keep the players fired up and in a believable mood, not up there in coaches box not able to see the moods, leave it up to assistance coaches to rally and fire up players? That's wrong. Pees should be down there with a semi maniacal looking game face to show players the way. Fire Pees, I seen enough of his style of not positioning the back 4 players properly. Time to get a DC who will work with the players through blood, sweat and tears together than being disengage up there in coaches box.

Edited September 28, 2015 by RavensFootballFan

[Militant X 1]

Pita is done. Flacco throws off his back foot and floats the ball and unfortunately he is not a leader. The constant changing of the OC has hurt his play I think. Journeyman players have replaced Legends. Top picks are frequently busts ( Kindle and Perriman),( CJ was a good pick), good players have left for mo money at key positions. Monroe is a bust. Defensive secondary is bad. Oh, and a couple key injuries also. Gonna be a tough year. Saw the same cycle in the Colts, the end of the Unitas era..Now we see who the real fans are, I'll still proudly put on my Raven hat when I go to work tomorrow. I'm a fan for life.

 

You cats tickle me with this "real" fans talk.  Lol!

[Ravensfolyfe]

We in the dog house.

[Crusader]

Now I know why they don't let fans see many practices. John has not learned that you don't

have to like good players. Getting ride of players because they rub you the wrong way is crap.

[thecommish]

Harbs..... To answer your quote of the day.... I will say its a two fold answer. 1. Get a DC that has a clue. 2. Take a look at other teams with lesser DB's and see how they slow the guy down with a bracket and help over the top. Aj is great but he doesnt put up 227 against most teams bc intelligent DC will adjust at some point. CMon man Pees gotta go- 227 is absurd

[thecommish]

Dean Pees.... tell me of a great defensive performance that we had under him and I will give you three like today. Heck... I even remember Flacco at the super bowl saying we always find a way to make it interesting. That has been the MO since Pees has come to BMORE... enough is enough... we continue to regress under Pees and it has hit an all time low in BMORE. we score 30 plus points in back to back weeks and we cannot scratch out a single victory. How many more games like this can we endure before a correction is made. Pees needs to go before we wake up on Monday!

[ravenstime]

After posting here earlier, I read something that summed up what I was trying to say, with statistics. The Ravens averaged 3.3 yards per pass in the 1st half, while changing their game plan in the 2nd, we averaged double that at 7.0 yards per pass AND Flacco was 4 for 5 for 85 yards when throwing 15 yards or more. We need to open up this passing game and let Flacco use that big arm of his. If we had played that way to start with, we'd have scored a touchdown, maybe, or two in the 1st half and prob. won the game! Playing ultra-conservative doesn't get you points. You have to risk a bad pass or two (INT) and go for the win. We almost beat a good Cincy. team, but you cannot beat a good team playing only half of a game. And our secondary gave them a few scores to be sure.