[News] Late For Work 9/28: Patriots' Jonathan Kraft Enjoying 'Sweetheart' Ravens Losses

[respecttheRaven]

Both Joe and John would not address the possibility that Crockett was injured in post game press conferences.

I believe he hurt his arm on one of his last catches......noticed on the next play he was trying to block with one arm. Not good if he is injured....we simply cannot afford it!!  

[AsianRice]

I am criticizing, judging, screaming, and start some blame game, but in the end Ravens will be always my team, ups or downs. I can handle 1-15 and I'm blessed and confident that we have the best owner and FO in the league so I'm not so concerned about it. I'm always ready to watch the Ravens games....We lose with dignity but no like Mr Kraft team lose with cheating flag...haha..

[Ravenshine]

I by auto default root against the Pats, but now I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing them lose games I shall relish their losses as much as I relish Ravens wins.

[NorthDakotaRaven]

The play calling is looking like Cam is on the sidelines

[trevorsteadman]

Wow.....Perriman are you serious he was just running routes warming up and reaggravated his knee we are in trouble people first Matt Elam and now Perriman. Our 1st round pick have been garbage recently.

Mosley is good. Give Perriman a chance he was a stud in training camp. Injuries happen it is better at the beginning of the season than the end. Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs have been out several seasons with injuries, does that mean they are trash?

[salamander]

Another poster mentioned that Ogden said that the O-line is not using Kubiak's scheme this year. If this is true, could this explain why the running game is diminished? If anyone can clarify or provide details, could you please respond. That's the first I have heard of deviating from Kubiak's o-line scheme he put in place last year. If this is true, maybe it's time to re-evaluate the O-line schemes because the run game is struggling.

Edited September 28, 2015 by salamander

[MichaelJ34]

I don't want to get overly optimistic but we still can, theoretically, finish the season 13-3. We may have lost the first 3 games but none of them were blowouts. As small as the chances might seem, I wouldn't call the season over just yet.

Being that 2.4 percent of the teams that start the season 0-3 advance to the playoffs. I would say going 13 straight wins for a 13-3 season has less than 2.4 percent chance of happening. I would pretty much say 97.6 % chance that the season is over today

[dhartm2]

I like the people saying we can't finish games. We can't start them either. Spotting 10 points to the Raiders and then getting outscored 14-0 at home in the first half is miserable.

[cushrinada1986]

The Pats can laugh it up all they want but they should keep in mind that Tommy Boy cant play forever and Flacco has much more time on his side. All this will come around again when we are holding the trophy again while they try to make Grappolo a Brady clone....

[RavenManiac#7]

oh man Dan Pees is still our DC if we loose Thursday night and have an abysmal defensive performance he is gone. Will give our New DC a chance to talk to his players for the extra days

If what you put out there Does happen, then I can only hope that you're right about what the outcome of it will be. I really, Really, don't want to see Pees around here any more.

[ReginaldColeman1]

For all the Cincy play makers and the obvious holes in the Ravens lineup they almost pulled off a win. Whether they're a play maker away from a win, in need of a faster more sure handed receiver, a shiftier back, a more agile and stout lineman or a cagey corner or safety is immaterial. The only thing they can control now is how they play as a unit.

[MichaelJ34]

Mosley is good. Give Perriman a chance he was a stud in training camp. Injuries happen it is better at the beginning of the season than the end. Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs have been out several seasons with injuries, does that mean they are trash?

With all due respect Perriman was NOT a stud in training camp he was injured on the first day of training camp and has been out since.

[respecttheRaven]

The flags were flying..... Did you guy's see this one??!! http://russellstreetreport.com/2015/09/28/ruling-on-the-field/missed-offensive-pass-interference/

Edited September 28, 2015 by respecttheRaven

[crazyboutravens]

Put Perriman on IR where he belongs. He might never see a snap in a real game in his life. Waste of

a pick in the draft. Go out and get an entire defensive backfield. Looks like a long year. Since

Mr. Kraft is laughing about our start maybe Robert had something to do with the brutal schedule

the NFL gave the Ravens.

[jboy19]

I'd be fine with 8-8 at this point.

[rmcjacket23]

Put Perriman on IR where he belongs. He might never see a snap in a real game in his life. Waste of a pick in the draft. Go out and get an entire defensive backfield. Looks like a long year. Since Mr. Kraft is laughing about our start maybe Robert had something to do with the brutal schedule the NFL gave the Ravens.

Schedule isn't that brutal. Its a schedule we've largely known about for many years now, and the Bengals, Steelers and Browns are largely playing the same schedule we are.

 

 

I don't see them complaining... because they are winning.

[Purple Dawg 96]

Kraft can keep smiling but wait till the Ravens at least get a wildcard and it's on! This funk the Ravens are in can't last for long! LETS GO

[burnbigben]

The flags were flying..... Did you guy's see this one??!! http://russellstreetreport.com/2015/09/28/ruling-on-the-field/missed-offensive-pass-interference/

 

I do, and was yelling pretty loud at the TV when it happened live.  After a decade or so of Ravens games I've given up hope on getting judgement calls going in our favor, just the way it is if you want to root purple & black.

[whobilly]

Why would we challenge the play when Andy Daulton dove for a first down? When a QB dives he is marked at the point of contact by the defense. When a QB slides he is marked at where he started the sliding motion. Andy Daulton's knee hits on the 29 while he is diving NOT sliding. Jimmy Smith sees the replay on the big screen and motions big time for Harbaugh to throw the challenge flag, which he did. A complete waste of a challenge and a wasted timeout. Know the rules before we consider another worthless challenge. SAD.

[Purple Hazard]

Keep your mouth shut Kraft... Nobody cares about you.

[ryananth]

We all know what the Pats are. There's a reason we have a first round pick next year and they don't. Nice to know we're in his head enough that he gets pleasure from our rough start. Go Ravens!!!

[PalmBayRaven]

I'm not laughing about our situation but I have been around long enough to know the Patriots sucked at one time too. Maybe not in the Belichick Era but it will come back to them eventually. I am patient and will wait. Our team just plain sucks this year not going any where any time soon. Now we have other owners laughing at us how cute?

[drillem]

I'm sure Dean Pees is a nice guy and all that jive. But sometimes you need to make a change just to shake things up and wake up the players. The defense looks like yesterdays trash can contents. New blood is needed at coordinator to get these guys motivated to do their job. Inability to hold a lead is a signal for anyone who wants to heed what it is saying. Defensive scheming is slipping and slipping bad. If we get a new DC and he sees the need to axe some people well so be it. Something has got to change. Put this fire out before another game goes down the same way. Ravens management may be too conservative in making changes and cost games.

[The Mom Gene]

Schedule isn't that brutal. Its a schedule we've largely known about for many years now, and the Bengals, Steelers and Browns are largely playing the same schedule we are.

 

 

I don't see them complaining... because they are winning.

Theirs isn't stacked as ours is... and that's what makes ours so much more difficult.

 

http://www.steelers.com/cda-web/schedule-module.htm?vv=hd&view=HD&previewMode=true&print=true

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[steelcityraven]

Perriman.... SMH????? HArbs needs to get rid of Pees now.. if not the FO needs to step in and force this move. The best way to shut Kraft up is to right the ship and beat them in the playoffs when it counts.... We need to stop blaming this on SUggs. Heck we went without Ray Lewis for 6 games and still won the super bowl! Suggs has become Pees scapegoat! Pees gotta go!

[Tdot.to.Bmore]

When i was watching the Bengals on offense yesterday i thought to myself that both Aiken and Marlon would not even be the 5th or 6th wr on their depth chart and we have them at 2 and 3 right now. How sad... We don't have any fire power. We got screwed with out first pick in Perriman. I hope when he does start to play that he comes in like Odell did last year, but that's unlikely.

Also i put the blame on Dean Pees for the first two losses, but i dont think we can put this one on him. Its not his fault that Kendrick lewis allowed Green to get over top for that 80 yard TD. Its not his fault that CJ let Dalton cross him over and allowed him to score teh first touchdown in the game. Its not his fault that our CBs are constantly getting torched even when we play man coverage and blitz the QB.

This is going to be a very long year. And were pretty much done for the year unless we can manage to win atleast 3 in a row from here. We cannot afford another loss. The only way we make the playoffs at this point is we have to go 10-3 in the last 13 games and hope 10-6 is enough for a wild card spot.

[ryananth]

Sad thing is I bet that's the most flattering pic they could find of Jon Kraft

[fusuymada]

Percentages are the results of what happens and while they are an indicator of future performance, they do not dictate it. That said, I don't give a rats behind about 2.4% of previous teams that blah blah blah... Those other teams weren't the Ravens and they didn't have the schedule the Ravens have faced either. Typically teams are 0-3 because they are 0-3 teams, not because the NFL gave them the shaft on the schedule, again. We will still make the playoffs, we will be much better by then, and we will be prepared to knock the snot out of the Patriots. Call me a homer, say I am drinking purple kool-aid, say what you will but I still believe in the team we have, I believe we have the talent, I think we need some time to work together as preseason and training camp are a joke anymore and it take 3 or 4 games to get used to playing beside guys you never played beside before. Webb was injured most of last year, Hill had to serve suspension time, Smith missed time, Arrington and Lewis are new, give these guys a chance to learn each others names. We will get to the playoffs and the rest of you need to get used to it.

[Fullblack_RAVEN]

Rumblings about this team's collective work ethic are believable and understandable to me. 

 

When you lose HOF caliber talent (ray/suggs/ed), you lose their leadership as well. All 3 guys were vocal leaders who lead their position groups. Ed reed was a vital part of lardarius webb's development. He showed webb how to properly watch film and work on his craft. Injuries have robbed webb of his effectiveness. However, 2011 webb was amazing. He was one of the best corners in the league, something you would have never said was possible after watching him in his rookie year. Why? He was pushed by one of his leaders to do better. Ray helped suggs become the heady OLB he is. Suggs paid it forward by helping guys like pernell mcphee excel (too bad pernell's gone but it is what it is). 

 

Look at the ravens right now. Who are the established leaders they can learn & pull from? These young guys are learning from each other at this point. That's why some of this team's vets may have been concerned w/ their work ethic. @ the end of the day, this is what happens when vet leadership leaves a team. The bears learned this when they got rid of urlacher. The seahawks learned this when they had to play 2 games w/o kam chancellor earlier this season. The steelers sure as heck realized this after they lost so many vet leaders on that defense the past couple of seasons. It's adjustment time. The future leaders of this team need more time to grow into the players they will be for their careers. Until then, this team will continue to have a leadership problem.

[trevorsteadman]

Ravens defense just needs to play with confidence. Play bigger than what you are. It looked like the secondary was scared all day. If the defense just hit them a couple times and got confidence they would have been fine. Remember you are wearing the purple uniform that future hall of famers Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and Terrell Suggs wore. Play big like a Raven. Offensive line needs to play more aggressive on run plays and Forsett needs to cut faster.