Week 14 - Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots

[hen826957]

Just now, robbie29 said:

We've played 3 very good teams this season...and lost all 3 games. It doesn't matter if it's close, the simple fact is we are not a playoff calibre team because we can't beat good teams. Heck we are barely above average. The post- Ray Lewis Ravens are not legit contenders.

Well, we maybe not. It just what it is.

[Virginia 55]

We haven't' beat a team over 500 all season, and this is a surprise?

 

We are simply not that good.  Our offense is horrible besides Kenneth Dixon, SSS, Wallace, West, Yanda, Stanley, Perriman, Pitta AND TUCKER.........Other than that they can all be replaced.  

[Grapple Raven]

No presser tonight?

[Halshayeji]

2 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

Young is a rookie, not sure what you would be expecting.

Draft a CB in the early rounds and pickup a 5mil and above CB in free agency. Keep J.Smith and Young. Everyone else gotta go

[ravensnj]

Brady press conference: "Hogan changed his route, he saw what I saw".........Elam in coverage

[Tdog]

Did the Ravens even get off the bus? I mean maybe physically, but they were Damn sure already loaded up & headed for the airport by the coin toss.

[robbie29]

Someone wake me up when the 2017 season is about to start. I just can't keep expecting this year's team to turn things around and finally string together consecutive solid performances against quality teams. If we don't have Jimmy Smith in Pittsburgh or even the week after when AJ Green is back, we are going to get destroyed. 

[Halshayeji]

7 minutes ago, Ravengirl11 said:

Really really really STUPID to 1) take their sweet time during their possession and 2) do an onside kick with 2 minutes.

I would have kicked a FG as soon as we got in FG range just to save time and let the d handle their business but that's just me (what do I know?)

If we kick it and they don't touchback then we can't use the 2 min warning to our advantage. That's my only reasoning

[ravensnj]

1 minute ago, robbie29 said:

Someone wake me up when the 2017 season is about to start. I just can't keep expecting this year's team to turn things around and finally string together consecutive solid performances against quality teams. If we don't have Jimmy Smith in Pittsburgh or even the week after when AJ Green is back, we are going to get destroyed. 

Jimmy can't cover AJ

[Gorgee3]

Huge disappointment!!! Very Important game, a must win, confidence Booster division on the line game to waste. Very bad decision on that onside kick. Flacco had what it takes but he seems to let the pressure get to him when he has enough protection and time to make a throw. Matt Elam allowed two plays for touchdowns. This was the ultimate test. We lucked out on some patriots mistakes and still didn't put them away. This season, is over!

[Boddiebroadus]

6 minutes ago, ravensnj said:

Like this years 2nd and 3rd?

Was a great draft this year not gonna hit with every pick. 

[Moderator 3]

4 minutes ago, Grapple Raven said:

No presser tonight?

On CSN now.

[Halshayeji]

1 minute ago, robbie29 said:

Someone wake me up when the 2017 season is about to start. I just can't keep expecting this year's team to turn things around and finally string together consecutive solid performances against quality teams. If we don't have Jimmy Smith in Pittsburgh or even the week after when AJ Green is back, we are going to get destroyed. 

I agree. Young is a baller but he's just not built to cover #1 WRs. He could become the best slot CB or #2 CB but let's not expect him to cover 6'3 guys on the regular

[Boddiebroadus]

Weddle blew that long TD play

[Tank 92]

2 minutes ago, Halshayeji said:

Draft a CB in the early rounds and pickup a 5mil and above CB in free agency. Keep J.Smith and Young. Everyone else gotta go

I'm not saying we don't need depth, just that Young shouldn't be expected to step in as #1 as a rookie. 

Don't know where we are with J. Smith's contract, but I guess he'll be here for at least another year. Have to say though that I think he is too soft and injury prone to invest any further. He just can't stay on the field. 

[Grapple Raven]

3 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

On CSN now.

I don't get CSN lol. But thanks anyway!

[Moderator 3]

Just now, Grapple Raven said:

I don't get CSN lol. But thanks anyway!

Can follow on Twitter then

[Boddiebroadus]

If we didn't play so terrible in that first half we could have won this game. The odds were super stacked against us and we fought well. I'm not mad at my team. We probably but up a better fight then any other team would have 

[robbie29]

1 minute ago, Moderator 3 said:

On CSN now.

They're going to say the same things they always say. Joe will probably say something like "we gotta do better" and Harbaugh will deny that he knows anything about player injuries. Always the same old same old press conference.

[Moderator 3]

Flacco is explaining the short passes.

[Halshayeji]

15 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

I'm not saying we don't need depth, just that Young shouldn't be expected to step in as #1 as a rookie. 

Don't know where we are with J. Smith's contract, but I guess he'll be here for at least another year. Have to say though that I think he is too soft and injury prone to invest any further. He just can't stay on the field. 

I absolutely agree. It's not fair to young. That's how you setup a rookie to fail.

[RavensFanMania]

19 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

Flacco is explaining the short passes.

What did he say, I missed his explanation

[Moderator 3]

That's all that was open. Pretty much what those of us watching already knew.

1 minute ago, RavensFanMania said:

What did he say, I missed his explanation

 

[RavensFanMania]

3 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

That's all that was open. Pretty much what those of us watching already knew.

 

Figured that's what he would say.  We need to win the rest if the games to have a shot at the playoffs.  Hopefully Jimmy is ok. I fear he is done for the year.

[CaliRavenFan]

5 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

That's all that was open. Pretty much what those of us watching already knew.

 

Have they explained the lack of urgency all game long, especially with 6 minute's left in the game down by 10? I was more embarrassed about that than the 1-2 yard passes all game, I know our Offense isn't that bad but we sure played like it today.

[RavensFanMania]

7 minutes ago, CaliRavenFan said:

Have they explained the lack of urgency all game long, especially with 6 minute's left in the game down by 10? I was more embarrassed about that than the 1-2 yard passes all game, I know our Offense isn't that bad but we sure played like it today.

Tell me about. Although I really hated how quickly Flacco was going to his hot read as well.  

[Shaky End of the Quarter]

I agree the D wasn't bad. They only allowed 496Yds of Offense. 500Yds now that would have been inexcusable. Embarrassing performance on all levels except Special Teams and Dixon.

[mc_red23]

This team would be wise to focus on not committing penalties are crucial times. Never seen anything like it.

The only offensive playmaker I was happy with was Dixon, the rest either missed ridiculously easy cathches at some point or the throwing was terrible. Special teams buried us at the start but they more than made up for it in the second half. 

Hester needs to be cut. Is his job just to wave everybody away from the ball or something? TWICE last night he let the ball roll to our 1 yard line, he's a joke!  

 

Edited December 13, 2016 by mc_red23

[The Mom Gene]

7 hours ago, CaliRavenFan said:

Have they explained the lack of urgency all game long, especially with 6 minute's left in the game down by 10? I was more embarrassed about that than the 1-2 yard passes all game, I know our Offense isn't that bad but we sure played like it today.

Some folks sense of urgency is different then that of others.

[The Mom Gene]

1 hour ago, mc_red23 said:

This team would be wise to focus on not committing penalties are crucial times. Never seen anything like it.

The only offensive playmaker I was happy with was Dixon, the rest either missed ridiculously easy cathches at some point or the throwing was terrible. Special teams buried us at the start but they more than made up for it in the second half. 

Hester needs to be cut. Is his job just to wave everybody away from the ball or something? TWICE last night he let the ball roll to our 1 yard line, he's a joke!  

 

These guys do need to catch those passes.  Too many easy catches dropped last night.  And I agree..  Come on Hester...  With his experience and his career, he knows better than some of the really bad decisions he's made.