[News] Late For Work 10/27: 8 Crazy Things That Have Happened To Ravens This Season

[The Mom Gene]

I would be happy if the only other game we win is against PIT. 2-14 but screw the steelers

 

HA HA HA HA....  Yup, that!

[The Mom Gene]

Title of the article reminds me of Adam Sandler... Hanukah...  "Those Eight Crazy Nights"... 

[NCMan]

Next offseason we need we need Flacco to reconstruct his contract again if pitta isn't going to play cut him also cut marlon brown and let osemele walk for the money he wants also let upshaw walk he isnt doing much this year. Talk steve Smith to coming back one last year,Suggs will be back, draft 1st Round Pick Joey Bosa if top pick if we have top 3 picks Take Jalen Ramsey If we have top 11 pick take Laquon Treadwell 2nd round take another wide reciver or Shawn Oakman and 3rd round take a wr.

Draft another WR early? Are you serious? I think we should just play w/out them......like we do now. Apologies, of course, to SSS.

[rmcjacket23]

The NFL does not put on athletic sporting contests, they put on an entertainment game (legally defined post spygate). NFL referees are legally considered employees of the league. As such the league can tell them to do whatever the league wants, including giving calls to specific teams and not for others, or calling fouls on certain teams and not others. That is legally considered fine and fair. Anyone who doubts this should look up the court case where the Jets fan sued the Patriots and NFL for spygate.

Legal, yes. In the best interest of the NFL, no.

[rmcjacket23]

What is the finer point of putting an otherwise ineligible receiver into the game and casting him as eligible if the refs going to announce it? The secret is out. I suppose if the defense is slow witted maybe it will work. Instead get yourself an actual receiver who can hold onto the ball the way Smith Sr does. When the March Madness craze starts every expert with a blog goes on ad nausea about the eye test for a marginally qualified team. It's another way of polling for possible votes from the sport representatives. So based on last nights performance alone the Ravens do not pass the eyeball test. Not without a new prescription. They fail to get the TD and settle once more for a FG in the first series. Palmer turns around and four plays later the hilariously funny early lead is gone. I will say the defense was in there clawing and scratching. Wagner and Yanda are fighters. But look up the cap space occupied by the likes of Zuttah and Monroe not to mention the two corners still chasing the receiver the next morning. Number one draft pick? I gotta see what they do with it. As for the refs and the league u gotta look closer at the website leagues owned by ESPN, Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft. If they weren't wearing suits I'd say they were crooks.

There are plenty of times during a game where a player reports eligible and he doesn't catch the ball or get the ball thrown his way.

[nevermorebmore]

I can't believe I'm saying it in October, but it will be interesting to see what happens next season. Individual games this season have been decided on a handful of plays, which come down to mental mistakes, coaching mistakes, good and bad ref calls, and ultimately just the luck of 'any given sunday.' I think if the Ravens were looking at a season of averages like baseball, basketball, or hockey, we'd be in the middle-to-upper part of the pack. But that's not how football works. The Ravens as a franchise have weathered stormy seas better than most franchises. They've faced the departure of a historic defensive core, and the loss of playmakers like Ray Rice and Pitta who took a big chunk of the salary cap with them. They consistently pick at the end of the draft, and have suffered a higher than normal bust rate in the first round recently - Kindle never played and Perriman is on that track, and Matt Elam has proved pedestrian. Yet, the team has not been blown out, which brings me back to where I started this comment. An unprecedented high draft pick (through all the rounds) plus escaping some of the salary cap weights on the roster, could be a boon for the next five to ten years. The flaws and mistakes are few, which could be fixed by Ozzie's usual up-against-the-cap/mid-round-draft magic. Instead, the franchise could be getting a massive influx of talent and cap space, which could lift the franchise into a more dominant position.

[randy davis]

All of a sudden all the national writers and reporters have an interest in our team.. Mainly just wanting us to trade away key players. The same players they didn't care for a whole lot last season. They act like it's best for the players and our team when really it's just something they want for themselves to take away members of our team.

[JamesA119]

If Marlon Brown makes the 53 man roster next season, then something is wrong.

[jravens13]

I can't believe I'm saying it in October, but it will be interesting to see what happens next season. Individual games this season have been decided on a handful of plays, which come down to mental mistakes, coaching mistakes, good and bad ref calls, and ultimately just the luck of 'any given sunday.' I think if the Ravens were looking at a season of averages like baseball, basketball, or hockey, we'd be in the middle-to-upper part of the pack. But that's not how football works. The Ravens as a franchise have weathered stormy seas better than most franchises. They've faced the departure of a historic defensive core, and the loss of playmakers like Ray Rice and Pitta who took a big chunk of the salary cap with them. They consistently pick at the end of the draft, and have suffered a higher than normal bust rate in the first round recently - Kindle never played and Perriman is on that track, and Matt Elam has proved pedestrian. Yet, the team has not been blown out, which brings me back to where I started this comment. An unprecedented high draft pick (through all the rounds) plus escaping some of the salary cap weights on the roster, could be a boon for the next five to ten years. The flaws and mistakes are few, which could be fixed by Ozzie's usual up-against-the-cap/mid-round-draft magic. Instead, the franchise could be getting a massive influx of talent and cap space, which could lift the franchise into a more dominant position.

The main issue is the cap space. If Pitta retires that will help, but Flacco's contract balloons up to 28M next year canceling out Pitta and Rice falling off. We have locked in, and incredibly overpaid for Webb by reducing his cap hit this year, we will pay for it in 2016 and 2017. He is set to have a cap figure of 9.5Mil next year. 3rd highest on the team. I could name 20 guys who we must keep over Webb. Jimmy's contract is no slouch either, but I believe with a solid rush he can be a great corner. We have to do it through the draft, but please just sign two Veteran WR's with gas in the tank. 

Edited October 27, 2015 by jravens13

[hen826957]

Even though this team is breaking my heart this year, this team could be dominance next year because this team is better than there record shows. Imagine having all these top picks next year and not even that awful. By having K.O., Tucker, Upshaw not having dominant seasons we have a chance to afford them. Having 1 or 2 first round picks in the 1 round are scary. Giving Ozzie 2 first rounds picks and early picks in each round. He could maybe get the player he really wants. Plus we will have finally have some cap space. Ray Rice, Haloti, and Jacoby Jones dead money will be gone. Extending or restructure Joe contract will lower his cap number and thus add more space. Then by having space we probably could finally afford top players in the market like getting Joe a dominant reciever in free agency and plus we don't no how Perriman is gonna turn out. 2015 maybe a down year but 2016 could be something special. Also getting rid of the coordinators and get aggressive ones. :-)

[b93333]

Question for college football devotees... anyone out there this year worthy of the number one pick?

[Minionhunter]

7 weeks in; 13,123 penalty yards so far this season (nflpenalties.com). In a game of inches, do you think this has an effect on games?

[budman]

The main issue is the cap space. If Pitta retires that will help, but Flacco's contract balloons up to 28M next year canceling out Pitta and Rice falling off. We have locked in, and incredibly overpaid for Webb by reducing his cap hit this year, we will pay for it in 2016 and 2017. He is set to have a cap figure of 9.5Mil next year. 3rd highest on the team. I could name 20 guys who we must keep over Webb. Jimmy's contract is no slouch either, but I believe with a solid rush he can be a great corner. We have to do it through the draft, but please just sign two Veteran WR's with gas in the tank. 

Flacco has said he will restructure so there is no way he will count 28mil. We also need to watch the veterans we covet. There are scary choices each year. Look at Andre Johnson doing nothing and he has Luck as his Qb.(Rumor had him coming here) We do need lots of help but we must be very smart in how we do it.

[rmcjacket23]

7 weeks in; 13,123 penalty yards so far this season (nflpenalties.com). In a game of inches, do you think this has an effect on games?

Yup, it does. 

 

Perhaps players should just stop committing penalties then. Not overly difficult to solve.

[BallSoHard_University]

If you think about it, We're a 1-6 football team that should be 0-7! How about no more articles about 8 excuses, and just man up and take the blame for being a bad football team. Cant wait for next year- $9 mil of dead money for Oz to work with with a top 5 pick most likely- 1-15! here we come!

[BallSoHard_University]

#FireTrestman

[TheConquerorWorm]

Question for college football devotees... anyone out there this year worthy of the number one pick?

Robert Nkemdiche, DT, Mississippi or  Laremy Tunsil, OT, Mississippi. Nkemdiche is stud in the Suh mold. Tunsil locks up the LT spot for the next 10 years. Personally, I think Bosa is a little overrated and he's more of a 4-3 DE - not a good fit in Baltimore.

 

But would love to see the Ravens trade back a few spots and get CB Jalen Ramsey. However, I think the Ravens are a better team than some of the other bottom feeders so I highly doubt that we get the #1 overall.

[TheConquerorWorm]

The main issue is the cap space. If Pitta retires that will help, but Flacco's contract balloons up to 28M next year canceling out Pitta and Rice falling off. We have locked in, and incredibly overpaid for Webb by reducing his cap hit this year, we will pay for it in 2016 and 2017. He is set to have a cap figure of 9.5Mil next year. 3rd highest on the team. I could name 20 guys who we must keep over Webb. Jimmy's contract is no slouch either, but I believe with a solid rush he can be a great corner. We have to do it through the draft, but please just sign two Veteran WR's with gas in the tank. 

Pitta retiring would only free up 600K in salary cap space so unfortunately we're stuck with that contract for another year.

[Dfrm410]

best 1-6 team of all time

[heycuf]

We just can't catch a break at all this year.

[Dfrm410]

More Chris Givens please

[iluvpurple]

Yup, it does. 

 

Perhaps players should just stop committing penalties then. Not overly difficult to solve.

Yep, you are correct in regards to blatant penalties...... What do you say about the completely incredulous "penalty" with John Urschel last night? And from what I could see, a few more questionable calls last night.... How does a team fight against that garbage? Players and coaches follow the rules to the best of their ability most of the time, but the same rules apparently do not apply to the refs.

[RavensVAfan]

Pitta retiring would only free up 600K in salary cap space so unfortunately we're stuck with that contract for another year.

Which is why he needs to be cut post June 1 and THEN retire.  Just needs to make sure he plans his exit with the Ravens properly.

[Fastynart]

Oz and his inept drafting have put us in this position. Elam stinks and Perriman is a pass dropping lesser college wide receiver who hasn't played a down in the NFL. Only Moseley in the last three years has proven worthy and he is another guy who can't cover. When you pick as late in the first round as we do, you can't afford to keep missing and making stupid picks. We should have gone defense last year, not Perriman. Unbelievable.

[The Greek]

#FireTrestman

the drive killing penalties, useless receivers, juan castillo and a qb whose confidence is down because of those useless receivers have made trestman look worse than he is. he deserves another season before we cut off his head

[CaliRavenFan]

Oz and his inept drafting have put us in this position. Elam stinks and Perriman is a pass dropping lesser college wide receiver who hasn't played a down in the NFL. Only Moseley in the last three years has proven worthy and he is another guy who can't cover. When you pick as late in the first round as we do, you can't afford to keep missing and making stupid picks. We should have gone defense last year, not Perriman. Unbelievable.

If Perriman was out putting up big numbers every week then everyone would be saying he is great and how he was the steal of the draft. Injuries happen, You don't see any other team complaining about injuries and its sad watching our fans do it day in and out. In my opinion this is the best year to have a losing season. We have the chance to get Joey Bosa which most people compare to JJ Watt and 4 very high 4th round picks. This is our rebuilding year and we will be back to winning games and the playoffs next year.

[paulCBpac]

we should try to trade for calvin johnson jr... thats the kind of wide reciever we need big, fast and intimidating

[rmcjacket23]

Yep, you are correct in regards to blatant penalties...... What do you say about the completely incredulous "penalty" with John Urschel last night? And from what I could see, a few more questionable calls last night.... How does a team fight against that garbage? Players and coaches follow the rules to the best of their ability most of the time, but the same rules apparently do not apply to the refs.

How do you fight against it? The same way other teams do... by executing.

 

Apparently, those penalties were so egregious and so devastating to overcome that we were 9 yards away from possibly tying the game.

 

Players certainly don't follow the rules to the best of their ability... they're the one's committing these penalties, and a penalty, by definition, is a violation of the rules.

 

I know fans like to pretend like 90% of the penalties are wrong, but that's just completely false. Yes, last night was not great officiating. And poor officiating is used as a crutch to lean on when they can't explain why they are bad.

 

And we haven't even gone down the route of the penalties that are NOT called that should be, and that goes both ways. There's no shortage of penalties committed by the Ravens that go uncalled, and vice versa.

 

This isn't a game fans want to be playing. Its never a good look.

[RavensBlood2Bone5220]

All I can pray for is 10-6.

[rmcjacket23]

the drive killing penalties, useless receivers, juan castillo and a qb whose confidence is down because of those useless receivers have made trestman look worse than he is. he deserves another season before we cut off his head

LOL, how did we get back to blaming Juan again?

 

Its getting laughable at this point. The myth that Juan is the problem was debunked last year and continues to be debunked this year.

 

And save the "that was all Kubiak" talk... Denver can't run the ball.