[News] The Breakdown: Eisenberg's Five Thoughts vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

[BigUgly]

A great team win and a season-saver for sure. The defense was really impressive. Our biggest weakness right now is on offense, which looked sub-par against a Steelers defense that is one of the worst in the league. Something is broken with the fit of the offensive scheme, the blocking scheme, the formations, and the play calling. Oh, and Joe is still not right.

For example, in the first quarter, we were running the ball well, got to 3rd and 2, and put Joe in the shotgun. Why? It completely removed the threat of a run and took away play action. The result? Another failed 3rd down conversion. This offense can't convert and can't score TDs in the red zone, and I'm not sure what can be fixed without a complete overhaul.

[stixfix69]

Once again on 3rd an 6 or 7 we throw a 5 yard pass, we have to call plays where Flacco throws past the first down marker....Very frustrating to see it week after week, especially the 3rd and 4's and we pass a 3 yard route....Come on man......

[BigUgly]

  34 minutes ago, RaRaRavens said:

  1 hour ago, The Greek said:

purposely sabotaging the run game? now that is funny. thanks for the laugh

Yeah, I know. But I can't think for another reason why veteran QB like Flacco consistently fails to audible running plays so they won't run head first into defenders on the edges. Maybe he's not big friends with West and tries to hand out some punishment for him? What do u think?

Not well-blocked, maybe? Not a great scheme, perhaps?

In a zone blocking scheme, your choices are basically flow left or flow right, and directing which hole to send the FB through (if one is in). The blocking matchups are dependent on the defensive formation and their first movement. Trestman did remove the outside zone stretch play last year from Kubiak's scheme, so that may limit things a bit.

As for audibles, I think I've seen Flacco audible only a few times this year. That tells me he's either not permitted or not capable of doing so. Either way, not a good testament to a 9-year vet and SB MVP.

[Rav'n Maniac]

Hey they threw a couple of nice pass plays to the middle of the field in the 1st qtr, 1 to Wallace, 1 to SSS and both were long gains. Marty never went back to it the rest of the game???

The D was outstanding but, if the DB's catch 2 of the 3 dropped interceptions, the Steelers never score.

[utalkingtome123]

  38 minutes ago, RaRaRavens said:

  1 hour ago, The Greek said:

purposely sabotaging the run game? now that is funny. thanks for the laugh

Yeah, I know. But I can't think for another reason why veteran QB like Flacco consistently fails to audible running plays so they won't run head first into defenders on the edges. Maybe he's not big friends with West and tries to hand out some punishment for him? What do u think?

Not well-blocked, maybe? Not a great scheme, perhaps?

You know Flacco doesn't audible or read defenses anyway. He just calls the play and executes. Whatever happens, happens.

[utalkingtome123]

I have a lot of respect for this defense and they played a really good game. But let's be honest, those final 10 minutes were scary. Those 2 TD drives were way too easy for the Steelers. In that first TD drive the Steelers were pinned back inside their own 15 on 3rd and 21 and managed to get the first down. That's the kind of play that you just can't let happen.

We started playing that stupid prevent defense (which is why Pees should be fired). Also our defense dropped like 3 picks that would have erased all hope for the Steelers before that scoring run.

[fusuymada]

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

[sizzlingdoom]

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

As much as I hate to agree. I agree. He has been TERRIBLE. We'd be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league right now. Hopefully it's confidence that he lost after the injury and it will slwoly come back. A lot does look like focus and preperation though. Hopefully this big win instilled confidence in everyone today. If Joe starts playing well, we are close to unbeatable. Random side note, I really hope Young permately just took Wright's spot. Wright is playing as bad as Flacco this year

[btfan2]

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

I agree. I am a big Joe fan but; something is amiss. I have also suggested benching him. He needs a wake up call. There is a large problem somewhere and the Ravens need to sit him down and have a hard conversation.(Yeah that's gonna happen with woosey , I don't care if does bring the team down Harbs). We were playing the Steelers so I was not expecting big plays and big displays of offense.

Even if we lose Joe needs to be the guy pushing everyone else, he needs to get to the line quickly and he needs to learn to "See and react" quickly.

[Drew P]

Give Flacco the rookie playbook he looks awful. Stanley looks like Oher a human penalty machine

[Ravenshine]

Agree that balancing the run vs passing plays was a good change and helped us overall regardless of actual rushing yards...good for clock management and keeping opponents offense off the field...and resting our defense.

[Drinkmore Beer]

I really was hoping they were going to leave Mallett in the game. Flacco won't admit it, but he's worrying about reinjuring his knee and it shows in his play. He doesn't step into the ball, he throws backing up. He isn't accurate, especially under pressure, and lacks the ability to put teams away. Given the caliber of his targets (SSS, Wallace, Pitta, Aiken, Waller, Moore, even Perriman yesterday), there is no excuse.

[PurpleRainBlackVeins]

My 1 thought...The offense still stinks. 9 weeks and they still haven't figured out how to move the ball consistently and score touchdowns. And Harbaugh had the nerve to say the offense won the game!! Um sir what game were you watching?? The defense won the game as usual

[El Cuervo]

We need to trade Flacco to Cleveland for two 1st rd picks.

[DENNYK]

My 1 thought...The offense still stinks. 9 weeks and they still haven't figured out how to move the ball consistently and score touchdowns. And Harbaugh had the nerve to say the offense won the game!! Um sir what game were you watching?? The defense won the game as usual

Agree on that one. When I heard that, I thought does he know what he just said? The D and the Special Teams actually won that game. Joe had another day of looking like he is afraid to step into his throws. The O- Line still is the weak link and their lack luster play is a big contributor to the overall score in each game this year. They need to step it up as a unit and they better begin this week. It don't get any easier from now forward.

[RaRaRavens]

1 hour ago, gooftroop said:

Not well-blocked, maybe? Not a great scheme, perhaps?

That's what I mean. There were defenders on the line of scrimmage with no blockers assigned to them. And instead of changing the protection scheme, direction of the run or the play all together, Flacco just took the snap and let his RB run straight into the arms of the unblocked defender. And there were at least 4 situations like that. This is what a veteran QB is supposed to recognize and change, otherwise it's essentially a broken play.

[DENNYK]

  1 hour ago, fusuymada said:

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

As much as I hate to agree. I agree. He has been TERRIBLE. We'd be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league right now. Hopefully it's confidence that he lost after the injury and it will slwoly come back. A lot does look like focus and preperation though. Hopefully this big win instilled confidence in everyone today. If Joe starts playing well, we are close to unbeatable. Random side note, I really hope Young permately just took Wright's spot. Wright is playing as bad as Flacco this year

Flacco is not the Flacco we all come to expect behind center each week. He must be concerned about the knee more than he lets on. His throwing mechanics are really going south on him this year. As I see it he is not much more than just being a good QB right now and even that at times is questionable.

[sizzlingdoom]

  45 minutes ago, sizzlingdoom said:

  1 hour ago, fusuymada said:

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

As much as I hate to agree. I agree. He has been TERRIBLE. We'd be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league right now. Hopefully it's confidence that he lost after the injury and it will slwoly come back. A lot does look like focus and preperation though. Hopefully this big win instilled confidence in everyone today. If Joe starts playing well, we are close to unbeatable. Random side note, I really hope Young permately just took Wright's spot. Wright is playing as bad as Flacco this year

Flacco is not the Flacco we all come to expect behind center each week. He must be concerned about the knee more than he lets on. His throwing mechanics are really going south on him this year. As I see it he is not much more than just being a good QB right now and even that at times is questionable.

Honeslty. If he was playing ANYWHERE near "good" this season, we would be undefeated with this D and soft opening schedule.

[DENNYK]

  1 hour ago, fusuymada said:

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

As much as I hate to agree. I agree. He has been TERRIBLE. We'd be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league right now. Hopefully it's confidence that he lost after the injury and it will slwoly come back. A lot does look like focus and preperation though. Hopefully this big win instilled confidence in everyone today. If Joe starts playing well, we are close to unbeatable. Random side note, I really hope Young permately just took Wright's spot. Wright is playing as bad as Flacco this year

You really have to wonder about Joe's focus now. He seems like he is not in the game and is just going through the motions every Sunday afternoon. I almost feel that he would rather be home with his family now instead of playing for his outrageous paycheck. Time to look at the QB crop in the upcoming draft. There are some good prospects out there this season.

[PurpleRainBlackVeins]

  14 minutes ago, PurpleRainBlackVeins said:

My 1 thought...The offense still stinks. 9 weeks and they still haven't figured out how to move the ball consistently and score touchdowns. And Harbaugh had the nerve to say the offense won the game!! Um sir what game were you watching?? The defense won the game as usual

Agree on that one. When I heard that, I thought does he know what he just said? The D and the Special Teams actually won that game. Joe had another day of looking like he is afraid to step into his throws. The O- Line still is the weak link and their lack luster play is a big contributor to the overall score in each game this year. They need to step it up as a unit and they better begin this week. It don't get any easier from now forward.

Totally agree! The O-Line lost their nasty edge when KO walked out of that door. Even with the starters back they still cannot blow ppl off the ball. And Flacco don't even get me started. 9 years and he still does not read defenses, does not audible at the line, does not throw his receivers open, instead throws them into brick walls, and that back foot of his is his best friend. But Harbaugh will continue to sing that man's praises until the cows come home. We have a brutal schedule approaching, so if we can't figure out how to score more than 1 TD we might as well stay home.

[Tdot.to.Bmore]

1. Our defense could potentially take us far this year if our offense can put up at least 20 points a game.

2. Finally we did not give up on the run. It was nice to see that we stuck to it even tho we struggled to make holes throughout the game.

3. I wouldn't put to much thought into how the offensive line played yesterday. Stanley was getting manhandled by Harrison all day but this is a Rookie who has not played in a month. He was playing at a high level the first 3 weeks, so i expected him to struggle coming off injury. The offensive line as a whole will improve esp with Stanley and Yanda back.

4. Flacco unfortunately is holding this team back. At first i gave him the benefit of the doubt by blaming the offensive line but even with time he was making bad plays. The illegal shift penalty that waived off Aiken's first down catch was all on Flacco.

5. What about those ROOKIES!!! Im so happy with this years draft class. Young is slowly becoming a solid CB next to Smith. Judon, Pierce, Stanley, Moore, are all good players in the making. They all have bright futures.

[Dorota]

Tavon Young was the surprise of the game. I love the kid!

[TorryGundy]

Everyone was better but Joe. He has to make better decisions. As a player he has peaked, his salary will ascend. If he cant correct this back foot throw bad habit he has developed, we will be in trouble. He cant blame the line this week. They played much better.

[Derrel]

1. Our defense could potentially take us far this year if our offense can put up at least 20 points a game.

2. Finally we did not give up on the run. It was nice to see that we stuck to it even tho we struggled to make holes throughout the game.

3. I wouldn't put to much thought into how the offensive line played yesterday. Stanley was getting manhandled by Harrison all day but this is a Rookie who has not played in a month. He was playing at a high level the first 3 weeks, so i expected him to struggle coming off injury. The offensive line as a whole will improve esp with Stanley and Yanda back.

4. Flacco unfortunately is holding this team back. At first i gave him the benefit of the doubt by blaming the offensive line but even with time he was making bad plays. The illegal shift penalty that waived off Aiken's first down catch was all on Flacco.

5. What about those ROOKIES!!! Im so happy with this years draft class. Young is slowly becoming a solid CB next to Smith. Judon, Pierce, Stanley, Moore, are all good players in the making. They all have bright futures.

agree about Flacco, he was inaccurate all day. The one pass to Wallace was nearly the same. Fortunately, Wallace grabbed it. Flacco has re-gressed this year. We've seen his best.

[respecttheRaven]

5 hours ago, WordProphet said:

Flacco needs to learn how to slide because it looked like he hurt his self, the Ravens played better than they have been playing, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, but they won, and that's what count right, win baby just win!!! GO RAVENS!!!

JFYI.....Joe actually has one of the best slides in football. It stems from playing baseball. The brace is what made that slide awkward.

[Derrel]

  1 hour ago, sizzlingdoom said:

  2 hours ago, fusuymada said:

Flacco is not right. I tweeted many times during the game yesterday that Flacco is not right both mentally and physically. On the Aiken catch for a first down where he bobbled it, Joe called an audible at the line, the players switched formation and 3 guys to the right were still moving out to their spots when Joe snapped the ball (illegal shift penalty). He knew he wasn't going over there with the pass so he never even bothered to look. No rush on the play clock, still had 10 seconds on it. He didn't even care enough to look to his right to see if his players were set. Then the following play he inexcusably just chucks the ball up in the air, across his body, to the middle of the field where there was one Dennis Pitta and 4 defenders in the area. Joe either will not or can not focus on the things that are important and make good decisions for whatever reason.

The Ravens have a huge 120 million dollar problem. Out of 32 starting QB's, Flacco ranks in the bottom 4. You can't pay 120 million dollars to a player that plays like Joe is playing because you need that extra money for pieces around him to be successful. The FO has a very hard decision to make. Perhaps Joe will come around before the end of the year but I doubt it. Word is out on Flacco now. He can't operate under pressure and the knee injury just makes him that much more scared in the pocket. He just chucks the ball up in the air. Every team knows he is so slow in reaction time that even when blitzed he can't pick up the open guy and get the ball out, he just falls down. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend these issues will go away and Joe will become a superstar somehow, or we can do something to fix it. Certainly next year there has to be a contract modification where a lot of his money is tied to incentives. Just like the play with Aiken, he is not paying attention, he is not focused and he is lackadaisical in his approach and that happened after the paycheck and after the injury. I would sit him down and ask him, does he want to play football, if so, then no more of this stupid stuff or Mallett is coming in.

As much as I hate to agree. I agree. He has been TERRIBLE. We'd be 0-7 if we didn't have the best D in the league right now. Hopefully it's confidence that he lost after the injury and it will slwoly come back. A lot does look like focus and preperation though. Hopefully this big win instilled confidence in everyone today. If Joe starts playing well, we are close to unbeatable. Random side note, I really hope Young permately just took Wright's spot. Wright is playing as bad as Flacco this year

You really have to wonder about Joe's focus now. He seems like he is not in the game and is just going through the motions every Sunday afternoon. I almost feel that he would rather be home with his family now instead of playing for his outrageous paycheck. Time to look at the QB crop in the upcoming draft. There are some good prospects out there this season.

best D in the league, hmm? The Steelers ran out of time or it was headed to another late game loss. I recall they have lost at least two games on the opponents last possession....Raiders and NYG. The defense may (?) have been in prevent but looked gassed again. Not one pressure on that last touchdown drive. The D line had nothing left. Good defenses can finish games. One kudo to the DL player (forgot who) that dragged Ben down by the jersey. How many times have we seen Ben get out of that and throw a TD....? Great play,

[jravens1313]

14 hours ago, RavensBaltimore said:

Saying the offense was better because they didn't abandon the run makes no sense. The offense was just as bad if not worse than when we were throwing it 40+ times. Running did not keep Roethlisberger off the field. Our defense did. When your defense gets as many 3 and outs as they did, you should have the ball a lot more than 4 mins longer than your opponent. Playing conservative like that is not going to get us anywhere. Our defense was good, but we were helped out by the fact that Roethlisberger was terrible. If we are going to get back to winning consistently, the offense is going to have to open it up a little more and put some points on the board, and the o-line has to improve.

False, We limited our Turnovers and ran clock. 

[gr2522]

Flacco is playing with the fear of re-injuring his knee causing him to lose focus on his game. This is a mental issue that only Flacco can solve. For now he will continue to regress until he snaps out of it which there are no signs he will. Someone give Mallet a chance PLEASE!!! Go Ravens!

[Derrel]

Stanley had a horrible game against a used up Harrison. Late in the game I saw Harrison bull rush Stanley and push him back 5 yards. Coming off an injury???, so what, lousy game.

[KidNme]

We won this game despite Joe and I'm sick of seeing that all the time now. (Although it helped that Pittsburgh was stinking up the place so much, they looked a lot like us, including big Ben throwing like Joe!). When Mallett came in, I was excited! I'm not saying Malett is the future or that I was glad that Joe may have been hurt. I would't wish that on any player but it would have been nice to see a lower salary QB expose Joe for his crappy play. If Mallet would have stayed in there for one series and marched us down the field, all hell would be breaking loose now. I bet Harbs was sweating bullets too, for just that reason and Joe got off the field and came back really fast too. That's the fastest I've seen him move in a couple years. I think Joe was thinking the same thing. Didn't want to give Ryan any chance to show him up.