[News] The Breakdown: Eisenberg's Five Thoughts vs. Dallas Cowboys

[bluehen]

Looks like the NFL South just moved to the AFC North.

[JamesA119]

this game was lost mainly by J Zuttah , he was either missing blocks or holding, that Personal foul he was flagged on was just a stupid stupid play on his behalf, he is just hot garbage this year, also we have the worst cover CBs in the league, without JSmith would couldn't cover anybody, I could make all those short wide open passes that Dakmade

Disagree with what you said about Zuttah. They showed replay of it and e wasn't holding.
The one mistake he made was the late hit. The refs definitely called a bad game. They might as well have been wearing the cowboys jerseys

[Minionhunter]

53 minutes ago, The Beak said:

this game was lost mainly by J Zuttah , he was either missing blocks or holding, that Personal foul he was flagged on was just a stupid stupid play on his behalf, he is just hot garbage this year, also we have the worst cover CBs in the league, without JSmith would couldn't cover anybody, I could make all those short wide open passes that Dakmade

The call of personal foul was not a foul. Never should have come close to being called. Refs hosed us.

[law215]

Ray Ray put it all out there! We are only as good as our QB! #1 Defense and all! Held them under 30 and Big Zeke under a 100 what else can you ask for? !

Dak threw for over 300 yards, converted 58% of 3rd downs, and 3 TDs. That has nothing to do with anyone on the offense. He also had all day to throw the ball and Zeke's 97 yard is one less carry to 100 so nothing to beat their chest about.

Yes, the Ravens defense is ahead of the offense, but the Cowboys simply have more talent.

I disagree with Joe's comments. He keeps saying they should do better, but he nor the offensive line are not good enough for better with the talent they currently have.

[Minionhunter]

7 minutes ago, JamesA119 said:

Disagree with what you said about Zuttah. They showed replay of it and e wasn't holding.
The one mistake he made was the late hit. The refs definitely called a bad game. They might as well have been wearing the cowboys jerseys

Nope, that was a bad call. Bad refs.

[TheRavengers]

Anyone notice how many times Zeke ran the ball, as opposed to how many the Ravens ran total for the whole game? And then the no-huddle shotgun offense was hardly anywhere to be found?

[designermaryland]

why do we keep hearing the same excuses week after week after week? frustrated with penalties but not eliminating them. we should have won, we can play better. well, that is not going to happen unless the effort and discipline is better. so why are we continuing to see it over and over? offside penalties, personal fouls, late hits, false starts. all mental mistakes which echo the head coach on down failing to have enough preparation or instilling the mental capacity to stop these things from happening.

[BigUgly]

The Ravens are an average team filled with solid guys and no playmakers. They play hard and all get along with one another and buy into the team philosophy, but they can't take over a game except against really bad teams. This was perhaps the best draft class the Ravens have had since 2008, and it paled in comparison with the Dak and Zeke show. Not sure how to turn this around, but if they fail to make the playoffs drafting mid-round won't be that helpful.

[thegooddoc456]

  43 minutes ago, BigUgly said:

  55 minutes ago, thegooddoc456 said:

  1 hour ago, b93333 said:

Joe probably had his best game of the season... that said, it seemed like Dak just wanted it more than Joe.

Please, Flacco missed open targets as usual. He came out hot, went to sleep and only woke up when we fell behind as he always does.

Dak was hitting receivers in stride, putting the ball where only they could catch it (post-up to Dez, back-shoulder throws, low and away to Beasley), and generally making good decisions. He was the better QB today.

Dak was consistently missing open receivers until our pass rush died down, and then he had all day to throw and take advantage of our horrible secondary without J. Smith.

Agreed, Dak took advantage of our limited pass rush in the 2nd half, but Flacco couldn't take advantage of their limited pass rush throughout the game. Their offense got going and ours couldn't keep up.

[law215]

1. Big physical offensive line and commitment to the run game. I watched the Cowboys use their offensive line to control the game in the second half. I remember when the Ravens used to be the bullies with guys like Leach, O’Neal, J. Lewis, McGahee, and Rice. Now they pass the ball twice as much as run with an average QB. Ravens can borrow Cowboys formula for success

2. Addition by subtraction: Ravens lack depth. Wright, Zuttah need to go after this season. Wright gets abused every time he’s on the field. Zuttah hasn’t played well since his first season with Ravens. The moment Wright was announced as the starter, I knew the Ravens were in trouble. And so did the Cowboys.


3. Play calling: West and Dixon were on a roll (averaging 5 and 6 yards a carry between them.) Why only 14 combined attempts? It is hard to evaluate the offense when the coaches go away from what is working. The first time a back gets stuffed they abandoned the run game. The Cowboys stuck with it even though they did not have early success and results speak for itself.

4. Congrats to Smith Sr. on 1,000 catches. What will the Ravens offense look like without him?


5. At the end of the day, it was easy to see which team had more young talent. Dez, Zeke, Dak, the offensive line, Beasley. The Cowboys simply had more impact players than the Ravens.

Media talked about run defense vs offensive line, but the real story is front office vs. front office. The Cowboys front office has drafted better than the Ravens front office. It showed.

[Rich McG]

Why didn't we play with any linebackers today? We stopped the run, but the on the pass plays it looked like we had only 8 defenders on the field. Time and time and time and time again! We are 5 and 5 and some how still in 1at place. so it's all ok. By the way Cowboys played very well today,,,,best we have seen by far. Go Ravens!

[IAmARavensFan]

Can we make something clear? Yeah Flacco has had some poor to very poor games this year. He can own up to that. Even in good games he'll miss a pass or two that there's no excuse for. But in all honesty, what do you expect out of him when:
- the pocket is constantly collapsing on him (although he's had some decent protection in the last few games unlike early on) -
- when he does get time no body other than a 37 year old Smith Sr consistently creates separation so he usually has nobody to pass too other than a check down
-there is a complete lack of a run game for much of the game so defenses can usually sit on the pass
- anytime he does get a drive going a penalty or penalties will more often than not kill a drive and any momentum
- I can't begin to count how many times Flacco has had to drives over 20 yards just to get a first down because of penalties, this also goes for the amount of times we have gotten a first down, gotten good yardage on first or got good yardage making it a manageable third down only to be completely screwed by a holding penalty.
Yeah sometimes he's been screwing himself this year sometimes by making a really stupid throw or unnecessarily throwing off his back foot, but he gets absolutely zero help from the guys around him and the guy calling plays. Absolutely no help. I thought Flacco's performance today was very good - compared to previous games, not to how good he could playing - but there's only so much you can do when drives are consistently stalling because of penalties (12 penalties, over 120 yards), and it seems like they barely had any opportunities to score because to defense couldn't get off the field in the second half.

[CQ1]

Why Dallas won. My take:

-By us playing wayyyy to soft before halftime- thus, giving Dallas the tying field goal gave them momentum. That was sick to watch.
-I am not sure what happened to our intensity. All the pressure we were applying to Prescott appeared to have left after halftime. Why?
-Penalties again were crippling. If we are playing the best- you have to play near flawless to come away the victor.
*side note: a VERY commendable job to our QB considering the loss. I have been a major critic. I will give credit where due.
-Lets get Cinncy next week!

[Moderator 2]

I'm not a blame the refs person but when the Booth mentions the mugging and no calls it's bad.  Flacco got eye gouged and it wasn't called.  It is what it is and hopefully the team will take it out on the Bengals at home on Sunday.

[Crusader]

Ravens are stuck in a 4 year rut. Same issues bad secondary, penalties, and no consistant offense.

[Ibleedperple]

Defense started playing soft> Flacco playing lousy. There are no excuses for this team. They are just pathetic. Won't win another game this season. Poor coaching this starts with Steve and Ozzie, Just a real bad team. Only bright spot on this team is Steve Smith Jr. and Mike Wallace. they are the only 2 on the team that fight the whole game. time to start Mallet. Don't have a chance for wild card, and no way can win the division with the coaching and players we have with the remaining schedule.....SAD YEAR

[Crusader]

I see Pitta is still missing blocks. Stop playing him. Powers is another cutt.

[TheRavengers]

Our defense only notched 1 sack, that is unacceptable from a team that notched 6 sacks in the previous 2 games. I don't know why Pees didn't turn up the pressure from there on out, but we could've easily had at least 3 more sacks over the course of the game.

Also, today makes it absolutely clear that our secondary is a different animal when Jimmy Smith is on the field. 

[dirtybird66]

did everybody take a good,hard look at what the RAVENS used to be? a tough,physical,mauling,wear you down championship team.

[dirtybird66]

a team that continues to make recurring penalties,is really saying I don't want to play for this coach anymore.

[Maurice0094]

Penalties were a killer. The following players need to be cut or placed on ir....Webb, dumerville, and Hester. The performance by the defense didn't make any sense, I mean they couldn't stop a drive. The pass rush was horrible. We didn't dictate by running the ball to keep opponent off the field. Average Joe didn't do anything to be a difference maker....stop fading away when u have time!

[Crusader]

Penalties were a killer. The following players need to be cut or placed on ir....Webb, dumerville, and Hester. The performance by the defense didn't make any sense, I mean they couldn't stop a drive. The pass rush was horrible. We didn't dictate by running the ball to keep opponent off the field. Average Joe didn't do anything to be a difference maker....stop fading away when u have time!

You should add Powers, Wright, Pitta, and Zutta to your list,

[Crusader]

Maybe th Ravens offense can travel down to DC and learn how to practice?

[verified]

Shareece wright strikes again. He gets put in and he looses us the game. All he does is give up TDs and big catches. I dont know why he still gets playing time. Our coaching staff is embarressing hes given up the most TDs in the secondary and he still plays ha

[verified]

Why Dallas won. My take:

-By us playing wayyyy to soft before halftime- thus, giving Dallas the tying field goal gave them momentum. That was sick to watch.
-I am not sure what happened to our intensity. All the pressure we were applying to Prescott appeared to have left after halftime. Why?
-Penalties again were crippling. If we are playing the best- you have to play near flawless to come away the victor.
*side note: a VERY commendable job to our QB considering the loss. I have been a major critic. I will give credit where due.
-Lets get Cinncy next week!

They won because they picked on our weakest corner sharrece wright. I wouldve loved to see how we wouldve played had we been at full strength with jimmy smith out there, all well

[verified]

"We should beat this team" "Im frustrated with the mistakes" I feel like were gonna be saying this all season. Same problems never any change, Ozzie drafts trash thats all you get. Stop Playing Sharrecce wright and we'll have a chance this season

[RL52goat]

Why Shareece? Why, why, why? He does not play, we win, he plays, we lose. Always giving up big plays and......Touchdowns. I said it before the game started and it played out as expected. I hate to take food off of a mans table, but, why is he playing? Ok, Jimmy is hurt, but, c'mon man. Next year we need to finally fork out the money on a good CB. Yikes. Season is still cloudy, but, we are in the driver seat still.

[RL52goat]

Shareece wright strikes again. He gets put in and he looses us the game. All he does is give up TDs and big catches. I dont know why he still gets playing time. Our coaching staff is embarressing hes given up the most TDs in the secondary and he still plays ha

Ah yes, someone else shares my pain. Continually looking lost, blowing coverages and losing critical match-ups. Hate to say it, but Webb was doing the same thing as he got older. That's why he is playing safety.

[RL52goat]

  2 hours ago, CQ1 said:

Why Dallas won. My take:

-By us playing wayyyy to soft before halftime- thus, giving Dallas the tying field goal gave them momentum. That was sick to watch.
-I am not sure what happened to our intensity. All the pressure we were applying to Prescott appeared to have left after halftime. Why?
-Penalties again were crippling. If we are playing the best- you have to play near flawless to come away the victor.
*side note: a VERY commendable job to our QB considering the loss. I have been a major critic. I will give credit where due.
-Lets get Cinncy next week!

They won because they picked on our weakest corner sharrece wright. I wouldve loved to see how we wouldve played had we been at full strength with jimmy smith out there, all well

We usually make good 2nd half adjustments. But Pees called some mind boggling coverages to end the 1st half and continued to do so for the rest of the game. We took away the long ball but, gave up so much yac on cushion. It was like watching the patriots offense march on us. and, the mistakes cant happen if we want to win, too many.

[Militant X 1]

5 hours ago, RavensBaltimore said:

Am I the only one wondering where the no-huddle was? It's worked well for us in the past, and it got us going last week, yet we don't use it until there are 10 mins left in the game. It worked immediately when we used it, but our defense couldn't get off the field to give us another shot. Maybe the coaching staff should watch tape of the SB run. This offense could be good if they spread it out, put Flacco in the shotgun, and pick up the tempo.

Joe has said that he likes the no huddle.  It helps him and the offense get into what I call a "confident-rhythm".  When you're constantly moving the chains it becomes a psychological warfare of some sorts.  You're establishing in the minds of your opponents that we can move the ball on you at will and you can't stop it!  Both TD drives....once earlier in the game and then when they were down by 14...they ran the no huddle...moved the chains ...and put up TD's.  

So, why in the hell would you go away from what is working?  The argument?  Got to take what the defense gives you yada, yada, yada!  No!  Whatever happened to just..."running your offense?"  The Ravens defense slowed down Zeke today but they stayed true to their offensive style of wearing defenses down by running the ball and controlling the time of possession!  THAT'S WHAT THEY DO!  And that is regardless of what their opponents do.  Not the Ravens!

The offensive game planning and playcalling is just mind-boggling with this team.  Smh!