[News] Shareece Wright Struggles In Ravens Debut

[Puntit]

@stampede hero -- im pretty sure i heard thr pats picked up Melvin (which is ironic because they are the team that targeted him so mercilessly last post season.). He has not been in their lineup thus far.

I actually think Wright probably earned us a better spot in next year's draft, so not a total loss. The way I see it there are three other teams with awful records this year, and we get to play two of them (Jags and Chefs). Cleveland and Miami suddenly dont look like pushovers. If we keep phoning in the fourth quarter like most games, that should guaranty us at least the second or third pick, which is kind of the best case scenario for this season, I'm afraid to say. If we can resign KO and Tucket and end up with a top five draft pick, I'm willing to shrug this off as a rebuilding year, and expect bigger things for 2016.

[JKoffler]

I see years of mediocrity ahead. I think we give Ozzie too much credit for being a wizard. I think we have scouting and coaching issues, besides player issues. And, I don't believe Joe, after eight years of experience and the big bucks he gets, gets to say, %u201CIt starts with me just not making those mistakes.%u201D Is there a great difference this year with his level of play and let's say a second year QB? Is his play any better than a journeyman QB? There are a number of people on this team I hope aren't returning next year.

[Crusader]

Ravens are in a 5 year hole. I seen what John and company did after the 2012 Superbowl and predicted John will be fighting for his job in 2016 early 2017. I say 4-12 this year 8-8 the following year just by looking at the conferences. Could you imaging this secondary playing against Brady next year?

[bmoraven]

Wright Struggles, and Jimmy continues to disappoint. The old Ravens WR's made the new Ravens Corners look real bad. Who is our field General in the secondary Like Reed used to be reading the QB and opposing offenses?? We make no adjustments and seem lost every week...

[Hardhitters]

Harbaugh is a terrible coach, why did he allow single coverage on Torrey when for 3 years all we wished for was single coverage on Torrey ???

[Hardhitters]

Harbaugh got all in Wright's face after getting burnt, did he get in Flacco's face too when he was trying to take Sam koch job?

[Jim Giampaoli]

Great example of hood winking. You dangle Wright like a carrot before the eyes of the beholder, knowing that the Ravens will "snatch him off the market". Very next game, it's worth 14 points and a win. There are those times when our FO and our illustrious coaching staff forget to do their homework. He was never activated...for a reason.

[ravne05]

Wright and that whole secondary could not cover arena football WR just shut it down for the season and figure out that you cant have high school corners in the NFL.

[ravne05]

I'm speaking for the secondary today direct all questions to me.yes the secondary has made two average QB look like Tom Brady in the past two weeks and it's very brutal to watch.I have no idea why Jimmy Smith plays 40 yards off the ball you will have to ask him.yes wright will be moving to a new position this week he will be handing out game programs next to the Ray Lewis Statue.

[Raven_Lunatic]

I'm just curious how many days Will Davis had to get ready for Pittsburgh? Looked like he did well covering on the couple plays I saw from him.

I don't think JH calling Wright out was fair; and probably not a good move for morale either I bet.

My issue is, if the players seem to change, but the mistakes (in secondary) are the same; doesn't that seem to lead to the scheme/DC? Whose decision was it to leave our corners out-to-dry without any safety help over top! That's bad coaching, there man. Harbs even called him out a few losses ago. It was something like, "We could have ran different coverage in those plays, but didn't".

It's not over; chin up Wright! Own up to and learn from your mistakes and prove to us you can be that guy.

Go RAVENS!

[Grapple Raven]

I disagree- don't matter how long he's been here- these guys are supposed to be pros - they get paid millions of dollars and it's his JOB whether he was here for 5 minutes or 5 years. Fail to do your job and you will get called on it.

 

I understand where you are coming from January J.  But you don't single out a player in the media, EVER. Harbs can say whatever he needs to say in private,  the locker room or on the practice field, but not in the media.  Because once you do that, the finger pointing has started, and by your own head coach nonetheless.  Finger pointing isn't how you motivate a team. Finger pointing isn't how you keep a team together, it isn't how you keep a locker room from imploding...you just don't throw your own guys under the bus in the public's/media's eye.  Especially, in midseason, with a losing record with games left to play.  Harbs obviously is frustrated, very frustrated, and rightfully so, but perhaps he needs to revisit what he said when we were 1-4.

 

That is what I was alluding to when Harbs just said the other week when asked:

 

Do you ever get a sense this week – or when you talk to the team or when you gather – that you need to help lift them up after a 1-4 start, or everybody is right where you want them as far as that goes? (Pete Gilbert) “That’s always part of the process. As a coach – or in any kind of role in an organization – you try to set a tone and a tempo. It’s not necessary to pump guys up or give pep talks or anything like that. Our guys are grown men. They understand the situation. They’re motivated. They want to do well. We’re not pleased with the outcome, but the process has been excellent. Our guys are working hard. I told the guys today, I said, ‘We should be a confident football team, because we have prepared properly. We have worked very hard, and we’ve worked smart, and we have a talented football team, and we have a well-coached football team.’ I think our coaches do a great job. Our players work really hard. So, the results are going to come. Is it tough when they don’t come as quickly as you want? Absolutely. But that’s life. Our guys understand that. We just talk straight with them and make sure they understand, ‘Hey, we have a game to win this week,’ and that’s what we aim to do.”

 

Point being , they are grown men, they are professionals...you can "talk straight with them" you just don't call then out in front of the media. It is bad for morale, especially with some many more games left to play.

[RaRaRavens]

Ok yeah, he allowed catches but that long TD completion to Smith is not on Wright. If Pees is stupid enough to go without safety help on Torrey and Harbaugh is even more stupid to allow Pees to do that with a brand new CB in town, then I'm sorry, but Wright is not to blame. And the scene after that TD when the whole world saw Harbs yelling on Wright is exactly what's wrong with this team - a staff full of self-absorbed coaches unwilling to see the blame amongst themselves and blaming all the troubles on players. If this continues, no player will want to play for a team with this kind of coaches. Something amont the top heads needs to change if we're ever going to get out if this slump. Either both the coordinators or the HC if he doesn't recognize it.

[January J]

Ok yeah, he allowed catches but that long TD completion to Smith is not on Wright. If Pees is stupid enough to go without safety help on Torrey and Harbaugh is even more stupid to allow Pees to do that with a brand new CB in town, then I'm sorry, but Wright is not to blame. And the scene after that TD when the whole world saw Harbs yelling on Wright is exactly what's wrong with this team - a staff full of self-absorbed coaches unwilling to see the blame amongst themselves and blaming all the troubles on players. If this continues, no player will want to play for a team with this kind of coaches. Something amont the top heads needs to change if we're ever going to get out if this slump. Either both the coordinators or the HC if he doesn't recognize it.

so a coach can't confront a player on the sideline when he misses an assignment ? Doesn't matter if it was a poorly called play..it's not his job to call the plays its his job to cover the receiver at all costs ..

we are lacking in the pass rushing department so we have to get creative with our blitzes , and there's no reason why you let a receiver that basically runs one route burn you like that. We should be able to rely on our guys when we take chances like that, and when you slip up you get called on it. Oh I'm sorry , the cameras were on so Harbs not gonna address the issue bc it might embarrass him. Are you kidding me? These are grown men and professionals. He's not even thinking About the television broadcast in a moment like that , they are thinking about winning the game. I'm sure harbaugh is absolutely livid with the lack of execution and the amount of mistakes that are being made- I would be frustrated too.

Edited October 20, 2015 by January J

[ibleedpurpleandblack]

this was my first game as a part of this defense. - Wright

But not your first time playing man coverage!!!!

[January J]

this was my first game as a part of this defense. - Wright

But not your first time playing man coverage!!!!

exactly. Poor excuse.

[ibleedpurpleandblack]

so a coach can't confront a player on the sideline when he misses an assignment ? Doesn't matter if it was a poorly called play..it's not his job to call the plays its his job to cover the receiver at all costs ..

we are lacking in the pass rushing department so we have to get creative with our blitzes , and there's no reason why you let a receiver that basically runs one route burn you like that. We should be able to rely on our guys when we take chances like that, and when you slip up you get called on it. Oh I'm sorry , the cameras were on so Harbs not gonna address the issue bc it might embarrass him. Are you kidding me? These are grown men and professionals. He's not even thinking About the television broadcast in a moment like that , they are thinking about winning the game. I'm sure harbaugh is absolutely livid with the lack of execution and the amount of mistakes that are being made- I would be frustrated too.

 

He knew what Torrey was capable of - he had seen him in practice for all of training camp, pre-season and the first 5 weeks of the season...

[GeeWallee]

So the newcomer at CB had a bad game ? It happens....and no he isn't Will Davis. You can point fingers at whom you'd like but the fact is "The Team" can't Close Out games.

We aren't seeing 30 plus points being scored every week.

Other than the Broncos game, we've scored enough points to Win these games. Would it be a good thing for us to score 30 plus a game ? Sure, but what good is it if the Defense can't stop the opposition's Offense.

Leading against Denver...then a Pick 6....after being ahead with the chance to Drive again. Leading against Oakland late after continually coming back only to give up a TD inside of 2 minutes. Leading Cincy late and ......?

Any of us can point a finger at this or that , but this is a collective effort in not getting it done. Realistically, this team could be 5-1 or 4-2. Albeit losing Suggs in Week 1 was a huge hurdle to overcome......just in a leadership role, let alone his physical presence.

Yet, someone else has to make Plays on Defense.

Someone has to make more Plays on Offense.

It's been a collective effort, thus far.

Winning would solve all of the current woes. Even if it's only winning by 1 Point.

[Russell_St_Bullies]

why is it that what seems so common sense to us, is so obviously beyond understanding when looking at Pees' play calling during game time? Is he just closed minded or does he know something we don't? I don't care what NFL DB you have, press man with no safety help on Torrey is a no-no... And you chew out Wright for it? Do you also Chew out Mosley when he got LIT UP against Cleveland's TE? C'mon now, i don't care how many millions these guys get paid, EVERY PLAYER will have a weak and exploitable area. It is good sound coaching that will put his players in a position to win and overcome their personal vulnerabilities with team help. This is why you must keep the finger pointed at poor coaching. You are still learning Shareece, so you don't just leave him on an island - especially in that situation with no help. This is also why you don't go into the 4th QT of EVERYGAME with a chance to win (3-5 pt margins) and come up with L's. That's just Bad Coaching 101.

[January J]

why is it that what seems so common sense to us, is so obviously beyond understanding when looking at Pees' play calling during game time? Is he just closed minded or does he know something we don't? I don't care what NFL DB you have, press man with no safety help on Torrey is a no-no... And you chew out Wright for it? Do you also Chew out Mosley when he got LIT UP against Cleveland's TE? C'mon now, i don't care how many millions these guys get paid, EVERY PLAYER will have a weak and exploitable area. It is good sound coaching that will put his players in a position to win and overcome their personal vulnerabilities with team help. This is why you must keep the finger pointed at poor coaching. You are still learning Shareece, so you don't just leave him on an island - especially in that situation with no help. This is also why you don't go into the 4th QT of EVERYGAME with a chance to win (3-5 pt margins) and come up with L's. That's just Bad Coaching 101.

I'd like to know the same thing. It's no excuse for wright - but peas is obviously the source of the problem. He's either blind as a bat or purposefully sabotaging our team. Otherwise it makes no sense that fans who have no experience can see what's going on and he can't.

[Raven_Lunatic]

I'm curious to see if anyone can tell me how many other times Pees has left a CB one-on-one with a #1 WR w/o Safety help over the top! How soon we forget that all of our corners have ALWAYS been susceptible to double moves! So Wright comes in for four days, and we expect him to be Revis? C'mon man!

On that play, was I the only one jumping up and yelling at the tv for our safeties to get back in coverage? As someone else pointed out, they were so close to the LOS, they looked like line backers!

[balfan23]

I'm curious to see if anyone can tell me how many other times Pees has left a CB one-on-one with a #1 WR w/o Safety help over the top! How soon we forget that all of our corners have ALWAYS been susceptible to double moves! So Wright comes in for four days, and we expect him to be Revis? C'mon man!

On that play, was I the only one jumping up and yelling at the tv for our safeties to get back in coverage? As someone else pointed out, they were so close to the LOS, they looked like line backers!

Our safeties never seem to get back to cover, even when they are put in position. This play .. they weren't even set up to be in the right zip code. 

 

The defense is a comedy of errors right now. Good players getting out of position, questionable defensive schemes and then with all the injuries ... players that really shouldn't be on an NFL field are starters. 

[balfan23]

After that play, Harbaugh was kinda chewing him out. I would have expected him to be on his headset, chewing out Pees.