[News] The Breakdown: Eisenberg's Five Thoughts vs. Cleveland Browns

[whobilly]

  1 hour ago, stixfix69 said:

  1 hour ago, hen826957 said:

  1 hour ago, stixfix69 said:

  1 hour ago, hen826957 said:

  2 hours ago, whobilly said:

  2 hours ago, J.O.14 said:

  10 hours ago, Fastynart said:

Well, a win is a win, BUT, anyone who still thinks Joe Flacco is Pro Bowl material should check into the nearest psychiatric hospital. Perhaps it is the awful play calling that makes him look not only worse but stupid as well. Time and again the Ravens fail on short yardage situations. Time and again Harbaugh blows game management, using all three time outs so the Ravens have none at the end of the game. If not for that ridiculous penalty on Pryor, Cleveland has the ball, first and goal inside the Ravens 10. Most poorly managed win in Ravens history. You won't get away with it against quality teams.

I think Joe Flacco is still pro bowl material. Yeah he wasn't perfect yesterday, but we have absolutely no running game and after the first quarter, Flacco got on a roll. I'm not liking the play calling so far. The Ravens failing in short yardage has nothing to do with Flacco at times. I'm tired of seeing those dumb pitches to the outside when we should be running between the tackles. And another thing, you can blame Harbaugh for the poor clock management, but Forsett ran out of bound when he should have known to stay in on a second down play. It's easy to point fingers to the men in charge, but you really have no idea whats going on in the game. We were also unlucky multiple times. Yeah the Pryor flag was BS, but Coleman was out of bounds on that first TD. Pitta wasn't quite set on that Moore reception that would have put the game away pretty much, and he also dropped a TD pass. The second interception by Flacco was just a little underthrown. I understand what he was doing, but he needs to put that at the back of the endzone instead of a jump ball. I think Flacco looks okay. Perfect? No. He will be just fine though. I'm more concerned with the running game and our defense getting off the field on 3rd down.

Good reply. Drew Brees is a perennial pro bowler. The Saints are 0-2. Quick, would you rather be 2-0 or 0-2?

Exactly. That why l'm been telling fans. Drew Brees is a stat QB nothing else. He throws 300 and 400 yard type games but no wins to show for it. To me, he usually average 7-9 wins a year. Joe sometimes might don't have good stats but he still finds ways to win.

Saints D just sucks is all, if Brees played on a team that had a decent defense, they would be in it every year.....He has to outscore the other team all the time to get a win.....

Maybe? But the stats are not winning Drew games.

Brees isn't out there to work on stats, he is out their trying to score points for his team, and if the D can't make the points he puts on the board stand, it's not on him.....

True. ?

The 13 the Saints posted wasn't enough yesterday.

[whobilly]

  16 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

we can spin this anyway we want to, but I'll tell you this much. Getting down to a Cleveland Browns offense that is really average at best by 20 points in the first quarter is really terrifying. I understand we came back and won the game, but what does it really prove? That we can come back from a deficit and win? Perhaps, but it also tells every other team that you can run big on the Ravens and score 20 points in a quarter too! All in all, I am very disappointed in how we won this game against possibly the worst team in the NFL. People may not like me saying it but it is exactly how I feel. There is an empty feeling despite the win.

Rivalry game, it's the NFL, we are 2-0. Did you see Seattle?

A lot of Ravens Fans(?) think we are 0-2.

[RRRRRavens]

we can spin this anyway we want to, but I'll tell you this much. Getting down to a Cleveland Browns offense that is really average at best by 20 points in the first quarter is really terrifying. I understand we came back and won the game, but what does it really prove? That we can come back from a deficit and win? Perhaps, but it also tells every other team that you can run big on the Ravens and score 20 points in a quarter too! All in all, I am very disappointed in how we won this game against possibly the worst team in the NFL. People may not like me saying it but it is exactly how I feel. There is an empty feeling despite the win.

I sorta agree. I think we have the talent to go far this year. But the team played like they were still in preseason, like the first day of preseason. Nonetheless I am grateful for the wins. C'mon, Harbs, practice these guys up so they stop making silly errors. The competition is going to get tougher.

[Steve32]

Can you guys imagine how epic and emotional it must have been on our sideline when our team was fighting back from 20 points down. Imagine the concentration and seriousness on all the players faces. That is something our staff & technical crew need to put out ASAP.

WE FANS WANT THE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE NOW!!!

Be sure to watch Ravens Wired this week.

[RRRRRavens]

  17 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

we can spin this anyway we want to, but I'll tell you this much. Getting down to a Cleveland Browns offense that is really average at best by 20 points in the first quarter is really terrifying. I understand we came back and won the game, but what does it really prove? That we can come back from a deficit and win? Perhaps, but it also tells every other team that you can run big on the Ravens and score 20 points in a quarter too! All in all, I am very disappointed in how we won this game against possibly the worst team in the NFL. People may not like me saying it but it is exactly how I feel. There is an empty feeling despite the win.

When the playoffs start and the Ravens are playing nobody will remember this game other than it was a W.

Oh, no. This one will be remembered. Recovering from the shock of being 20 down after the first three possessions and our gameplay not even being that good is memorable. Wallace, who has plenty of league experience, was impressed with how Joe and others did not get rattled but simply went out there and kept on grinding to eventual victory. Every time, in the long months of this season ahead, when we are in a hole we will come back to this game and remember. And then pick ourselves up off the ground, go out and grind on, and eventually win!

[fluffy201]

Iliek Forsett and West, but i said this when camp broke, i would love to see Houston get a shot, he is a bigger back at 6 foot, and has a nice burst....I have always been a fan of the taller backs, the smaller ones have served us well, but not making 4th and inches two weeks in a row just isn't a good thing....

Our line is a little lack luster as well as our running backs. However, I think Trestman is the real problem. We have never in the history of Baltimore have been able to run the sweep. It should be banned from the playbook. Our offence will continue this trend until Trestman goes.

[RRRRRavens]

RavensBaltimore, all I know is #24 is what I saw get beat on several plays. So maybe they traded numbers..otherwise idk its Arrington. But its unimportant. Whoever got beat..fix it for next week. Competition doesnt get easier

That's Shareece Wright who had a great game the week before.

[RRRRRavens]

For all kinds of reasons I realize the following is illogical but I’m feeling good so I thought I’d say it anyway. As I look at the standings this afternoon (Monday) we are a playoff team. My admittedly Pollyanna logic goes as follows. At the end of the regular season ten teams will make the playoffs. We are right now one of only seven teams to be 2-0 (one of eight if Eagles win tonight).

[Bat-mite]

For all kinds of reasons I realize the following is illogical but I’m feeling good so I thought I’d say it anyway. As I look at the standings this afternoon (Monday) we are a playoff team. My admittedly Pollyanna logic goes as follows. At the end of the regular season ten teams will make the playoffs. We are right now one of only seven teams to be 2-0 (one of eight if Eagles win tonight).

Well, I'll go ahead and say it: right now we are a 16-0 team! ;)

[J.O.14]

3 hours ago, stixfix69 said:

Iliek Forsett and West, but i said this when camp broke, i would love to see Houston get a shot, he is a bigger back at 6 foot, and has a nice burst....I have always been a fan of the taller backs, the smaller ones have served us well, but not making 4th and inches two weeks in a row just isn't a good thing....

i'm really excited to see Dixon when he returns. He has some quickness/elusiveness that West and Forsett don't. I think he will add some explosiveness to our offense.

[Purple Dawg 96]

running game needs help

No it doesn't! The holes closed up fast like how our Defense does so please stop saying that ! I was there and when Justin hit the hole a LB was rite there so just be patient, both teams were running into brickwalls other than that one play the Browns got! Just face it the Browns got a decent Defense but I tell you one thing I got my old Joe back that 300 plus Joe not that Joe that had less yards than the running game in the past! GOOD GAME

[Moderator 3]

1 hour ago, Bat-mite said:

Well, I'll go ahead and say it: right now we are a 16-0 team!

19-0 would be better. 

[757RavensFan]

I've NEVER read so many complaints/gripes about a 2-0 start. Have we played great in our wins, no.  But they did enough to win and that alone says a lot.   To be dead honest, I think I saw more complaints last year when we started out 0-2. 

Gotta love the fans. 

Edited September 19, 2016 by 757RavensFan

[757RavensFan]

19 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

19-0 would be better. 

Bingo! ask the 2007 Pats how 16-0 worked out for them.  

[Ravenshine]

These taunting penalties are silly. And a blurry line between what IS or isn't taunting. The call that favored us in the Browns game...my thoughts...Browns still didn't put up any points in second half, period. And even if the flag hadn't been thrown on Pryor, I think with just seconds on clock, a good chance our D could have held the game anyway. We'll never know. Knowing the 1st Browns TD was caught out of bounds makes me feel better. Like it evened out the penalties :D

[Bat-mite]

10 minutes ago, Ravenshine said:

These taunting penalties are silly. And a blurry line between what IS or isn't taunting. The call that favored us in the Browns game...my thoughts...Browns still didn't put up any points in second half, period. And even if the flag hadn't been thrown on Pryor, I think with just seconds on clock, a good chance our D could have held the game anyway. We'll never know. Knowing the 1st Browns TD was caught out of bounds makes me feel better. Like it evened out the penalties

I have to agree with you.  It's a game where large men grab, push, and throw each other to the ground.  But I guess it's not nice to to tease.

[Ravenshine]

  17 minutes ago, Ravenshine said:

These taunting penalties are silly. And a blurry line between what IS or isn't taunting. The call that favored us in the Browns game...my thoughts...Browns still didn't put up any points in second half, period. And even if the flag hadn't been thrown on Pryor, I think with just seconds on clock, a good chance our D could have held the game anyway. We'll never know. Knowing the 1st Browns TD was caught out of bounds makes me feel better. Like it evened out the penalties

I have to agree with you.  It's a game where large men grab, push, and throw each other to the ground.  But I guess it's not nice to to tease.

Exactly lol. Like these big guys going to go cry in the locker room corner cause they got taunted? ?

[CaliRavenFan]

7 hours ago, stixfix69 said:

Iliek Forsett and West, but i said this when camp broke, i would love to see Houston get a shot, he is a bigger back at 6 foot, and has a nice burst....I have always been a fan of the taller backs, the smaller ones have served us well, but not making 4th and inches two weeks in a row just isn't a good thing....

I am a huge fan of bigger RBs but what I really wanna see is Brandon Williams come in at FB for those short yardage plays. I love Juice but we need bigger bodies in there to hit someone or push the pile.