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[hen826957]

If the Ravens want to go deep into the playoffs, the Ravens offense has to step up; the just have too or they won't last the first round. Now l can see them winning the wild card at home, but in the divisional round when they gonna have to face Tom Brady and the New England Patriots or the Oakland Raiders, the offense has to get on a role. The AFC is a weak conference this year and if the offense can step up and get hot on the right time, we could beat anybody in the playoffs.

[Fastynart]

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

[riseNConquer81]

1 hour ago, Fastynart said:

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

Young played off of everybody all 4 quarters in Dallas, and Joe threw the only TD anybody scored today; no turnovers.

You dont even watch these games....

what its really time to stop doing is complaining about Joe's paycheck. Its beyond old and nonsensical. 
The 15th highest paid quarterback in the league by average yearly salary is Colin Kaepernick at $19M and some change. 
Aside from Ryan Tannehill (19.25M) and Kirk Cousin (BARELY under $20M, 19.95M, and he's due for a massive raise after this season anyway), EVERYbody else is $20M or above. 
That means any half way decent quarterback is going to cost you at least $20M. 

You wanna pay a non-rookie quarterback less than $20M? Your best options are Stafford, Cutler, and Alex Smith. 
None of them are better than Joe. 
So get over it. let that horse die.

Edited November 28, 2016 by riseNConquer81

[riseNConquer81]

  5 hours ago, whobilly said:

  5 hours ago, omar586 said:

all the weapons we have and our offense is still baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad, i mean we have dixon, Wallace, perriman, pitta, sss, aiken, waller, yet we can't score a TD for the life of me, no creativity to get all these guys the ball, and be a reliable offense.

That's the problem. Wallace and SSS are good players no longer premier players. The others are simply mediocre players. Waller? Really?

We have great receivers. We could have OBJ, Dez Byant, Amari Cooper, Larry Fitzgerald etc. and there wouldn't be any difference

there would be quite a difference.
all those guys are called playmakers, meaning they dont need all the stars to align in order to be successful and productive. They MAKE the PLAY work, regardless of the circumstances.

we dont have that. never really have.

lack of playmaking aside, we're still underachieving for the level of talent we have, shouldnt be so unproductive.

[riseNConquer81]

I know it's wishful thinking, but I sure hope Ozzie has Norv Turner's number on speed dial... A new OC can't come soon enough. One that's actually a good one, and can come up with playes where the strengths of our offense and players come into play - where the plays are drawn up to match the players' abilities, and not vica versa... Oh, and one who actually knows that in the two-minute drives you don't keep passing short-to-mid range passes to the middle of the field, giving the receiver no chance of making it out of bounds...

Luckily, we also have a D and a ST...

everybody's guarding the sidelines on a two minute drill, you cant expect to get out of bounds on every down.

If you have timeouts to burn you should certainly throw it down the middle. The Defense will either have to guard the whole field or decide to give you at least 3 points.

the objective is to score, not stop the clock. You dont get points for excessive clock management.

[sizzlingdoom]

i swear our fans Fuss more than any fans out there

[sizzlingdoom]

4 hours ago, riseNConquer81 said:

5 hours ago, Fastynart said:

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

Young played off of everybody all 4 quarters in Dallas, and Joe threw the only TD anybody scored today; no turnovers.

You dont even watch these games....

what its really time to stop doing is complaining about Joe's paycheck. Its beyond old and nonsensical. 
The 15th highest paid quarterback in the league by average yearly salary is Colin Kaepernick at $19M and some change. 
Aside from Ryan Tannehill (19.25M) and Kirk Cousin (BARELY under $20M, 19.95M, and he's due for a massive raise after this season anyway), EVERYbody else is $20M or above. 
That means any half way decent quarterback is going to cost you at least $20M. 

You wanna pay a non-rookie quarterback less than $20M? Your best options are Stafford, Cutler, and Alex Smith. 
None of them are better than Joe. 
So get over it. let that horse die.

Thank you. So sick of reading the same lame and complaining posts from the same users. Makes me feel embarrassed that we have fans like that. "Not Elite" joe....seems like it genuinely makes him happy to write that in every other post

[Rav'n Maniac]

This offense has to find it's way out of the basement. We have to open it up and begin using the center of the field more. We have one of the fastest tight ends in the league with Waller and at 6'6" is a huge target. Yet how many times have we seen him sprinting down the center of the field? We don't know how to use our weapons to their fullest.

[sizzlingdoom]

This offense has to find it's way out of the basement. We have to open it up and begin using the center of the field more. We have one of the fastest tight ends in the league with Waller and at 6'6" is a huge target. Yet how many times have we seen him sprinting down the center of the field? We don't know how to use our weapons to their fullest.

I agree. Flacco seems to really like those crossing routes too. We should throw to Perriman and Waller more for sure imo

[Raven1995]

After taking a 10-0 lead, the Ravens failed to reach the end zone again and failed to put away a team on the brink, forcing the defense to hold on at the end. “We’re not going to survive” playing that way, Ravens quarterback  Joe Flacco  said, 

Still, no one in the locker room was sugarcoating what happened on that side of the ball. Yet again, the Ravens started fast but pretty much came to a halt. “I mean, you can feel it,” Flacco said of the momentum waning. Indeed, you can. So what happened? Well, the Ravens went 0-for-6 on third downs in the second half. Quite simply, they stopped making the plays they’d made earlier. It’s called inconsistency, an issue the Ravens offense is still battling.

^ The Ravens offense was atrocious today...as usual!  They went 0-6 on 3rd downs in the second half.  Just disappeared...again!  Trash!  But, this was suppose to be their "breakout" game huh?  Smh.....

 

They were 5 of 16, what game were you watching?

[Raven1995]

I'm glad we won. But man, this team is still very far from being a threat IF they make the playoffs. Today, I saw some of the worst play calling on the offensive side of the ball. In the first half, Ravens were nearing the red zone, it was 2nd and 1, and they called a FREAKING HB DELAY that got blown up. THEN, they run the off tackle on 3rd and 3, and that too got blown up. It was absolutely atrocious. In the second half, it was another 2nd and short, maybe 3. They're in the gun, defense shows a double A gap blitz. Flacco then audibles, then goes under center, and the run goes RIGHT INTO WHERE THE BLITZ WAS!!! I simply could not believe it. This game should not have been close. But when you have a moron at QB and a moron calling the plays, welp, you either lose, or barely win. Unbelievable. I hope they watch the tape and say: "What the hell was I thinking there?!?!"

Flacco has a College Degree, Wife and Family, lots of money in the bank and a Super bowl Trophy and win = Winner.

[Raven1995]

Joe is atrocious, I hate to sound like a broken record but the guys mechanics, footwork, release, etc.. are trash. Remember Trestman said he was going to work with Joe and get him to release it faster and all the good mechanics went to the dump to get him to get it out, supposedly to hit open receivers, who now can't get open. Face it, none of that crap we were fed worked and Marty is trying to piece together a garbage system the whole time we have a QB who can't hit the broad side of a barn and should take a pay cut to put those pieces around him he knows he needs to win. If Flacco looks at film and doesn't think he is robbing someone, then he has no morality. I would like to think he's not the I soaked you too bad you made a bad deal guy and will work that deal because it is a horrible deal for the team. He is not a good QB, he's not even a good backup NFL qb. When are we going to do something about getting him to drop his salary to get quality players or when are we getting rid of him. Has to be one or the other because people will be fired because Bisciotti isn't putting up with this for the length of Flacco's contract. Joe was borderline pre-injury (thus the elite, not elite crap) and post-injury he is 5 more years of this trash. Don't think Steves buying that.

I'd like to see you hit the broad side of a barn with 4 people 6 foot 4 and 275 to 330 running at you.

[whobilly]

i swear our fans Fuss more than any fans out there

Ravens Fan here who lives in the Philly area. Trust me, we are about a 6 compared to their 10 in the "Never Satisfied" category. Then again, we would be at the 10 level if we never won a Super Bowl.

[whobilly]

  11 hours ago, whobilly said:

  12 hours ago, bioLarzen said:

I know it's wishful thinking, but I sure hope Ozzie has Norv Turner's number on speed dial... A new OC can't come soon enough. One that's actually a good one, and can come up with playes where the strengths of our offense and players come into play - where the plays are drawn up to match the players' abilities, and not vica versa... Oh, and one who actually knows that in the two-minute drives you don't keep passing short-to-mid range passes to the middle of the field, giving the receiver no chance of making it out of bounds...

Luckily, we also have a D and a ST...

Thumbs up on the Norv call there Bio

Shouldn't a 9th yr veteran QB know better ?

Don't know for sure. All the Packer Fans are fussing about Rogers this year. QB's get to much credit for wins and all the credit for losses.

[RavenLunatic]

The Ravens are a good organization in that they don't air their laundry to the public. But, a part of me wishes that someone would air the offensive issues out. Is it Joe? Is it the OC? Is it Harbs? Sometimes you need to be called out, so you can either step up or face the music.

[steelraven]

  7 hours ago, Fastynart said:

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

Young played off of everybody all 4 quarters in Dallas, and Joe threw the only TD anybody scored today; no turnovers.

You dont even watch these games....

what its really time to stop doing is complaining about Joe's paycheck. Its beyond old and nonsensical. 
The 15th highest paid quarterback in the league by average yearly salary is Colin Kaepernick at $19M and some change. 
Aside from Ryan Tannehill (19.25M) and Kirk Cousin (BARELY under $20M, 19.95M, and he's due for a massive raise after this season anyway), EVERYbody else is $20M or above. 
That means any half way decent quarterback is going to cost you at least $20M. 

You wanna pay a non-rookie quarterback less than $20M? Your best options are Stafford, Cutler, and Alex Smith. 
None of them are better than Joe. 
So get over it. let that horse die.

I beg to differ, Stafford is head over hill better than Flacco. The question is have you been watching Flacco's play. Flacco has been protected by a defense his whole career and we see how it worked out last year when the Ravens had all the injuries on defense last week. He has the 2nd top rated defense this year, All those QB's you named are playing better than Flacco, with milddle of the pack defenses. He's the 29th ranked QB in the NFL which says a lot about him. The Ravens can't cut him because it's a large cap penalty and dead money. That's the only reason to let the horse die. They should've never gave him that extension, that mistake is going to haunt the ravens for the next 6 years now.

[whobilly]

  1 hour ago, Rav'n Maniac said:

This offense has to find it's way out of the basement. We have to open it up and begin using the center of the field more. We have one of the fastest tight ends in the league with Waller and at 6'6" is a huge target. Yet how many times have we seen him sprinting down the center of the field? We don't know how to use our weapons to their fullest.

I agree. Flacco seems to really like those crossing routes too. We should throw to Perriman and Waller more for sure imo

Hope you meant Wallace NOT Waller.

[RaRaRavens]

13 hours ago, metalraven said:

I'm glad we won. But man, this team is still very far from being a threat IF they make the playoffs. Today, I saw some of the worst play calling on the offensive side of the ball. In the first half, Ravens were nearing the red zone, it was 2nd and 1, and they called a FREAKING HB DELAY that got blown up. THEN, they run the off tackle on 3rd and 3, and that too got blown up. It was absolutely atrocious. In the second half, it was another 2nd and short, maybe 3. They're in the gun, defense shows a double A gap blitz. Flacco then audibles, then goes under center, and the run goes RIGHT INTO WHERE THE BLITZ WAS!!! I simply could not believe it. This game should not have been close. But when you have a moron at QB and a moron calling the plays, welp, you either lose, or barely win. Unbelievable. I hope they watch the tape and say: "What the hell was I thinking there?!?!"

Amen brother!

[TorryGundy]

When we needed a play, Sizzle stepped up, he is a leader. Doom Stepped up, He is a dawg!!! Tucker came through in the clutch. My Man Joe, you said yourself you could feel the momentum leave. Joe my Man, you are that reason. Your Special teams leader and captain knows how too, your defensive leader knows how too, Joe....you don't have to be a rah rah guy, but leaders perform when the team needs them, not just for 4 games in the playoffs, they do it all the time bro.

[KidNme]

I'm glad we got the win but man, I wish we didn't let every team have hope up the the last whistle! We fall apart in the 2nd half every game. It seems like our guys (Players and/or coaches) relax on Offense and Defense when we have the lead.
I might think that the commissioner told all the head coaches that they want to see close games so no one is allowed to blow anyone out any more.

While it wasn't a pretty game, there were a few things that I did like seeing....
1) I want to see more Perriman! He's slowly becoming a good WR and can be a clutch pass catcher if given half the chance.
2) It's obvious that Tucker practices his craft. Something I think other players should be doing more of!
3) Our opening drive was a thing of beauty! Looked like we were an NFL team with a plan to kick some butt into the playoffs!
4) Joe is showing a little more pocket awareness (at times).
5) After Suggs did it, all of our D line were getting their hands up to block passes.
6) No AJ on the field!

My 5, pull my hair out complaints about this game......
1) Joe running out of bounds 6 yds behind the line of scrimmage was a bonehead move (throw it away dummy!)
2) Weddle missing the super easy INT looked really lame. It's like he's never played catch before.
3) Shareese Wright needs more practice time, coaching up or just another team to be bad on!
4) Thank God for Tucker BUT, WHY would you start playing for field goals instead of TD's? It was obvious and stunk of desperation (with the lead no less!) We're playing like we know we suck! If our coaches don't believe we can win, neither will the players or fans!
5) Our play calling is suspect at best. We do well to begin the game but then it looks like our O and D coordinators all take a pee break. How can other teams make adjustments that work but if we adjust, it's to play soft and unimaginative?

[TorryGundy]

  13 hours ago, fusuymada said:

Joe is atrocious, I hate to sound like a broken record but the guys mechanics, footwork, release, etc.. are trash. Remember Trestman said he was going to work with Joe and get him to release it faster and all the good mechanics went to the dump to get him to get it out, supposedly to hit open receivers, who now can't get open. Face it, none of that crap we were fed worked and Marty is trying to piece together a garbage system the whole time we have a QB who can't hit the broad side of a barn and should take a pay cut to put those pieces around him he knows he needs to win. If Flacco looks at film and doesn't think he is robbing someone, then he has no morality. I would like to think he's not the I soaked you too bad you made a bad deal guy and will work that deal because it is a horrible deal for the team. He is not a good QB, he's not even a good backup NFL qb. When are we going to do something about getting him to drop his salary to get quality players or when are we getting rid of him. Has to be one or the other because people will be fired because Bisciotti isn't putting up with this for the length of Flacco's contract. Joe was borderline pre-injury (thus the elite, not elite crap) and post-injury he is 5 more years of this trash. Don't think Steves buying that.

I'd like to see you hit the broad side of a barn with 4 people 6 foot 4 and 275 to 330 running at you.

see, Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, David Carr, Drew Brees....they can show you how to step up in the picket, rool out, change protection, throw the ball away, or any of the other good decisions a QB should make in those situations.

[ravenwildman]

For everyone "couch coaching" in the comments section here, we won. Was it pretty? No. Are there issues on both sides of the ball that need cleaned up? Yes. But....they won, next week, they need to win again. It's that simple. Trashing players and the team at this point of the season is about as useful as a jackhammer on a trampoline! Purple up folks and enjoy the ride! Tuna may be Dolphin safe these days, but come Sunday, Baltimore won't be! GO RAVENS! CB 25

[rmcjacket23]

  13 hours ago, Militant X 1 said:

After taking a 10-0 lead, the Ravens failed to reach the end zone again and failed to put away a team on the brink, forcing the defense to hold on at the end. “We’re not going to survive” playing that way, Ravens quarterback  Joe Flacco  said, 

Still, no one in the locker room was sugarcoating what happened on that side of the ball. Yet again, the Ravens started fast but pretty much came to a halt. “I mean, you can feel it,” Flacco said of the momentum waning. Indeed, you can. So what happened? Well, the Ravens went 0-for-6 on third downs in the second half. Quite simply, they stopped making the plays they’d made earlier. It’s called inconsistency, an issue the Ravens offense is still battling.

^ The Ravens offense was atrocious today...as usual!  They went 0-6 on 3rd downs in the second half.  Just disappeared...again!  Trash!  But, this was suppose to be their "breakout" game huh?  Smh.....

 

They were 5 of 16, what game were you watching?

Key point there is "in the second half".

5 of 10 in the 1st half, 0 for 6 in the second half.

[rmcjacket23]

Joe is atrocious, I hate to sound like a broken record but the guys mechanics, footwork, release, etc.. are trash. Remember Trestman said he was going to work with Joe and get him to release it faster and all the good mechanics went to the dump to get him to get it out, supposedly to hit open receivers, who now can't get open. Face it, none of that crap we were fed worked and Marty is trying to piece together a garbage system the whole time we have a QB who can't hit the broad side of a barn and should take a pay cut to put those pieces around him he knows he needs to win. If Flacco looks at film and doesn't think he is robbing someone, then he has no morality. I would like to think he's not the I soaked you too bad you made a bad deal guy and will work that deal because it is a horrible deal for the team. He is not a good QB, he's not even a good backup NFL qb. When are we going to do something about getting him to drop his salary to get quality players or when are we getting rid of him. Has to be one or the other because people will be fired because Bisciotti isn't putting up with this for the length of Flacco's contract. Joe was borderline pre-injury (thus the elite, not elite crap) and post-injury he is 5 more years of this trash. Don't think Steves buying that.

Joe's not taking a paycut nor is the FO looking to get rid of him anytime soon. He's locked in here through at least 2018, and that's not changing unless he pulls some sort of Ray Rice nonsense.

Fans MUST get on board with this, or get left behind. The choice is yours.

He needs to play better, and so does most of the people he plays with.

[rmcjacket23]

I'm glad we won. But man, this team is still very far from being a threat IF they make the playoffs. Today, I saw some of the worst play calling on the offensive side of the ball. In the first half, Ravens were nearing the red zone, it was 2nd and 1, and they called a FREAKING HB DELAY that got blown up. THEN, they run the off tackle on 3rd and 3, and that too got blown up. It was absolutely atrocious. In the second half, it was another 2nd and short, maybe 3. They're in the gun, defense shows a double A gap blitz. Flacco then audibles, then goes under center, and the run goes RIGHT INTO WHERE THE BLITZ WAS!!! I simply could not believe it. This game should not have been close. But when you have a moron at QB and a moron calling the plays, welp, you either lose, or barely win. Unbelievable. I hope they watch the tape and say: "What the hell was I thinking there?!?!"

1. I find this sort of ironic, considering its the fans who have been clamoring for a more "balanced" attack and running the ball more. Yet, when we clearly do that, our run game is average to below average and they are horrendous in short yardage situations, particularly in obvious running situations.

2. In their defense... most good NFL teams and coaches would tell you that running into a blitz is effective, particularly if that blitz is viewed as a pass rush blitz vs a run blitz.

If blocked appropriately (and you don't even need to block everybody in this instance), the blitz will be ineffective because it will commit several players upfield away from where the ball is. At that point, if you can get to the 2nd level, its a huge play.

Execution was the problem there, not necessarily the play call.

[rmcjacket23]

Well it's become quite clear that Trestman was not the main problem with the offense.

Imagine that.

At least going forward I can mock all the clowns who keep thinking that coaching changes solves personnel issues.

At least the Cam Cameron effect has finally ended once and for all.

[rmcjacket23]

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

Well, somehow, the team manages to get in FG range four times, and I didn't see Tucker out there running the ball or catching passes, so I don't think he was really involved in that.

Don't see much from the run game either, so how exactly did they get into FG range so many times?

[rmcjacket23]

  6 hours ago, riseNConquer81 said:

  8 hours ago, Fastynart said:

It is time to stop praising this $20 mil mediocre quarterback who can't do squat after the first series of play. If it wasn't for Tucker, not "Unelite Joe", the Ravens would have lost. It is disgusting that this awful offense can only score once a game and goes three and out constantly in the fourth quarter. How anyone can say this offense is "improved" is beyond me. Ok, they had less penalties. Is that something to brag about? There SHOULD BE less penalties. Tavon Young is a great corner in the making. He plays tough close defense, not 10 yards off the receivers like most of the Ravens do. A good win in a must win situation, but hardly something to brag about.

Young played off of everybody all 4 quarters in Dallas, and Joe threw the only TD anybody scored today; no turnovers.

You dont even watch these games....

what its really time to stop doing is complaining about Joe's paycheck. Its beyond old and nonsensical. 
The 15th highest paid quarterback in the league by average yearly salary is Colin Kaepernick at $19M and some change. 
Aside from Ryan Tannehill (19.25M) and Kirk Cousin (BARELY under $20M, 19.95M, and he's due for a massive raise after this season anyway), EVERYbody else is $20M or above. 
That means any half way decent quarterback is going to cost you at least $20M. 

You wanna pay a non-rookie quarterback less than $20M? Your best options are Stafford, Cutler, and Alex Smith. 
None of them are better than Joe. 
So get over it. let that horse die.

I beg to differ, Stafford is head over hill better than Flacco. The question is have you been watching Flacco's play. Flacco has been protected by a defense his whole career and we see how it worked out last year when the Ravens had all the injuries on defense last week. He has the 2nd top rated defense this year, All those QB's you named are playing better than Flacco, with milddle of the pack defenses. He's the 29th ranked QB in the NFL which says a lot about him. The Ravens can't cut him because it's a large cap penalty and dead money. That's the only reason to let the horse die. They should've never gave him that extension, that mistake is going to haunt the ravens for the next 6 years now.

1. Stafford is better than Joe THIS year. Football lasts longer than one year.

2. I don't recall Joe being protected by his defense in 2012 or 2014, which were probably his two best years.

Do you have an explanation for those?

[ibleedpurpleandblack]

  49 minutes ago, Raven1995 said:

  13 hours ago, fusuymada said:

Joe is atrocious, I hate to sound like a broken record but the guys mechanics, footwork, release, etc.. are trash. Remember Trestman said he was going to work with Joe and get him to release it faster and all the good mechanics went to the dump to get him to get it out, supposedly to hit open receivers, who now can't get open. Face it, none of that crap we were fed worked and Marty is trying to piece together a garbage system the whole time we have a QB who can't hit the broad side of a barn and should take a pay cut to put those pieces around him he knows he needs to win. If Flacco looks at film and doesn't think he is robbing someone, then he has no morality. I would like to think he's not the I soaked you too bad you made a bad deal guy and will work that deal because it is a horrible deal for the team. He is not a good QB, he's not even a good backup NFL qb. When are we going to do something about getting him to drop his salary to get quality players or when are we getting rid of him. Has to be one or the other because people will be fired because Bisciotti isn't putting up with this for the length of Flacco's contract. Joe was borderline pre-injury (thus the elite, not elite crap) and post-injury he is 5 more years of this trash. Don't think Steves buying that.

I'd like to see you hit the broad side of a barn with 4 people 6 foot 4 and 275 to 330 running at you.

see, Dak Prescott, Russell Wilson, David Carr, Drew Brees....they can show you how to step up in the picket, rool out, change protection, throw the ball away, or any of the other good decisions a QB should make in those situations.

With the exception of Seattle those other teams all have top 8 offensive lines. You make it seem as if the QB does it all by himself.

[Drinkmore Beer]

I do not understand why the Ravens O continues to hit the brakes after the first drive. They go up-tempo, get the ground game going, throw some nice passes, score a touchdown, and then say, "Enough of that! Shut it down!"