[News] Game Recap: Ravens 19, Bengals 14

[BR News]

The Ravens took an early lead, and kicker Justin Tucker and the defense protected it, breaking a five-game skid against the rival Cincinnati Bengals and putting themselves back atop the AFC North.

View the full article

[The Greek]

always grateful for the win but the offense is stale as always and if aj plays we lose. a descent offense would have scored 30 plus today. flacco is unsure of himself and the offense lacks playmakers, i do like the set up of the o-line with yanda at left guard. ducasse has impressed me

Edited November 27, 2016 by The Greek

[dirtybird66]

same ol garbage football,not to discount the defensive effort,i mean how can you play that many games in a row the exact same way!? look at the penalties and look at the receiver stats,perriman 1 catch and mise well of took a shower,then wallace 2 catch,take a shower.then look at a well coached team,2 penalties the entire game.defense,hell of a game! tucker,hell of a game,punter,hope he doesn't have a hell of a game,yet again! but did.

[81Jimmy]

YES! A win against the Bengals.:-) However, after a winning beer I wonder: Have we won it or did Cincy lost it? Of course, a win is a win but looking down the stretch I am even more concerned than after the game at the Cowboys last week. Defense doesn't have a consistent pass rush and I say this as first remark even though Doom decided the game in the end. But most of the time the o-line controlled the DL. Our blitzing packages were mostly readable. I know the numbers of the D look good in total, but I really wonder how it would have looked like with Green and Bernard in the game. If we give Tannehill, Brady and Big Ben the same time like Dalton (and Prescott) in the pocket last week, it is gonna be tough.
Offense cannot hold a rhytm and lacks killer instinct- no outstanding playmaker there and TEs struggle (what a poor effort by Pitta on 3rd & 10 without any try to push and get the half yard missing...). Special teams outstanding. If only these penalties stop... they are really killing the team and me. It shows lack of concentration and smart playing. In a 3rd and long in the 4th quarter holding them maybe out of field goal range, you cannot commit such a stupid penalty. It was not the first time. However, I hope the win makes them more confident, especially finally beating Cincy after 5 games and they takes this good feeling to bring down the currently hot Dolphins next Sun.

[Bline1027]

When is Flacco gonna play like he is getting paid. Overpaid. Tucker probably deserves a raise as the offense needs to get the ball past the 50 for an attempt. Tucker is balling. The defense had some lapses as the game should not have been this close but with penalties and dropped Int's (Weddle). We should have won by at least two scores. Not praying for a miracle.

[ravensnj]

Dolphins on deck! This game has huge playoff implications. We need to continue building around our ground game to include a faster tempo with more no huddle offense.

[purpledown]

The offense is still offensive, I will say it again, the need to find someone to challenge Joe Flacco. It was win but nothing to write home about. They will have to up their game against Miami next Sunday.

[Ravens8383]

Take 7 minitues a drive and get the 40 yard line and let Tucker do his thing. Anything past the 40 is just a bonus plus extra time off the clock.

[Wildwest Raven]

Yep, Joe's got the check, a good life, no competition..and it shows. Justin you ARE ELITE!!...Thanks Defense, hold on, the Offense will catch up one day....

[bluehen]

Pass defensive went down the tubes again in second half. Offensive dismal. As good as Steve Smith is he needs to get a grip on his emotions, once again penalties, yes Steve 2 big ones were yours. Where would we be without Tucker?

[ravenwildman]

Good win, need to fix pass defense, offense needs to heat up! Going down the final stretch!! GO RAVENS! CB 25

[ravens4life86]

Solid win, Sizzle now 8 sacks on the year with 1 arm, working towards another Probowl. Cementing a HOF Career. Dum looked solid in his return, though just because hes back I still want to see Judon and Zdarius Smith,

Im still frustrated like most with the offense. Its a repeated thing atleast the last 2 weeks. We see a great opening drive with heavy run balance over passing, running over through and around the opponent for quick leads. Then Marty,Castillo whoever has more control abandons the run for 2 sometimes 3 quarters completely. Going 5,6,7 straight passes to 1 run. We saw that again at times today which is why we had to survive on Tucker again.

Secondly, Marty, Castillo whoever is running the show...every game Ravens should take 4-5 deep shots, or those crossing routes. You have Perriman&Wallace 2 of the fastesr guys in the nfl. Joe threw 1 shot to Perriman way off target, and Wallace had a cross or 2, but should have 4-5 20 plus yrd plys a game

[sami]

We have the WR's, we have the TEs, we have the RBs...what we don't have is a QB and a decent O-line. Flacco might be pretty good if he had the time that Dalton had. Also even though our WRs are good, they are forced to run the stupidest routes. One play had 3 of our guys within 10 yards of each other...and it was a 3rd and 2.

[JamesA119]

We won!!!
Seriously though what does the front office think of this offense? Does this offense practice enough? This is the 11th game and the 12th week of the season. They're still in preseason mode; more like training camp mode. How can these pros look themselves in the mirror?

[d1957w]

the passing game is really bad. glad Tucker bailed us out again.

[BigUgly]

Special teams and bend-but-dont-break defense secured the win. I'll take it!

Why couldn't we sustain the first series offensive scheme and momentum?

[The Greek]

always grateful for the win but the offense is stale as always and if aj plays we lose. a descent offense would have scored 30 plus today. flacco is unsure of himself and the offense lacks playmakers, i do like the set up of the o-line with yanda at left guard. ducasse has impressed me

a 37 y.o. receiver should not be the 1st option on offense. shows the lack of talent on offense. wallace is a solid #2 but aiken and perriman have not shown much and the te play has dropped off.

[picke]

Tucker bailed out Smith after his PF against Burfict and then bailed out Flacco's mistake after he ran out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage instead of throwing the ball away. SMH - where would we be without Tucker?! A rhetorical question. I saw an article on Yahoo Sports that suggested him as a possible MVP candidate.

[OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL]

Love the W.

However, if Tucker is our best scoring weapon, we are still in trouble. 

Not sure what the deal with the offensive scoring is, but 1 td per game average wont get it done, it needs to be figured out pretty quick. 

[Moderator 3]

7 minutes ago, OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL said:

Love the W.

However, if Tucker is our best scoring weapon, we are still in trouble. 

Not sure what the deal with the offensive scoring is, but 1 td per game average wont get it done, it needs to be figured out pretty quick. 

Well, there was that year where we didn't score a touchdown for 5 straight games.  We won 3 of those.  Now we complain about scoring 1 per game and trusting our kicker.  Worked out fine before. I believe we ended that season holding a Lombardi.  

[JamesA119]

  1 hour ago, The Greek said:

always grateful for the win but the offense is stale as always and if aj plays we lose. a descent offense would have scored 30 plus today. flacco is unsure of himself and the offense lacks playmakers, i do like the set up of the o-line with yanda at left guard. ducasse has impressed me

a 37 y.o. receiver should not be the 1st option on offense. shows the lack of talent on offense. wallace is a solid #2 but aiken and perriman have not shown much and the te play has dropped off.

You can't have a pro bowl WR without a good QB, either by the way throws the ball or how he rallies them or the position he puts them in. I used to think "man I wish we drafted Odell Beckham" But if we had, no one would know who he is.
Our QB just seem to go through the motion. As he goes, go the whole unit. I don't know what type of conversation the front office has with him, and we may never know. I don't see how the FO could be happy with what's going on with the offense.

[Crusader]

  On Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 6:50 PM, The Greek said:

  On Sunday, November 27, 2016 at 5:04 PM, The Greek said:

always grateful for the win but the offense is stale as always and if aj plays we lose. a descent offense would have scored 30 plus today. flacco is unsure of himself and the offense lacks playmakers, i do like the set up of the o-line with yanda at left guard. ducasse has impressed me

a 37 y.o. receiver should not be the 1st option on offense. shows the lack of talent on offense. wallace is a solid #2 but aiken and perriman have not shown much and the te play has dropped off.

You can't have a pro bowl WR without a good QB, either by the way throws the ball or how he rallies them or the position he puts them in. I used to think "man I wish we drafted Odell Beckham" But if we had, no one would know who he is.
Our QB just seem to go through the motion. As he goes, go the whole unit. I don't know what type of conversation the front office has with him, and we may never know. I don't see how the FO could be happy with what's going on with the offense.

Joe looks at his position just as a Sunday job unlike Rayuse to as passion.

[20306cab]

Ravens with six wins thanks to the D and Tucker. Five times had a 10-0 lead in first qtr.,  and two others with a 7-0 first qtr. lead, and only once reached 20 points.  23 against the Giants.  Well, at least FBAJ can put in a solid 1/4 of a game before he falls asleep. 

Edited November 28, 2016 by 20306cab

[bozo]

listen joe flacco in the ravens down fall on offense. I sorry flacco fans hes one dementional player. only in the pocket if the line holds up hes terrible on accuracy out of the pocket in all departments, speed always eyes one receiver, just does not have what it takes in todays quarterback play. sorry im a ravens fan and I see it every week. hes no leader either. he got lucky in 2012 because of the team around him. don't look for any change this year. if anything the defense will keep them in games. 8 8 at best because of the def.

[ravensnj]

On 11/27/2016 at 6:58 PM, OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL said:

Love the W.

However, if Tucker is our best scoring weapon, we are still in trouble. 

Not sure what the deal with the offensive scoring is, but 1 td per game average wont get it done, it needs to be figured out pretty quick. 

The last 2 games, we have been exceptional on our first drive. That's pretty much where the offense stops.I believe it's either player or coach lack of interest. 

Edited November 30, 2016 by ravensnj