[News] Ravens Defense Stunned By Fourth-Quarter Letdown

[sami]

fire John marty and Dean Id rather start from scratch then another year of these soft plays

talk to Cleveland about that. They are experts at starting from scratch.

[TheConquerorWorm]

Why do we stick with the Crappy Prevent Zone, when it keeps failing us over and over and over....isnt that the definition of insanity?

Pees blitzed almost every play in the final drive - even the commentator said something. He was rushing 5. If you rush 5 and nobody even sniffs the QB, that's on the players because they are matched up 1 on 1. You have to win that match-up. Suggs, Doom, Judon, Jernigan take the blame for this loss.

[TheConquerorWorm]

Crap, Kyle is a free agent. Probably will lose him . Paying a man 20 million a year is insane besides "It's just football" Joe

Every QB since has gotten at least that.......Brock got 18, Luck got 25, Romo got 20, Kap got 19, Wilson got 22....get over it, it means nothing. It's the going rate for a veteran starting QB.

[bigcatfrank1]

This loss is not the loss the cost us the division title we all know it, any other win would have put us a top the division. The Ravens have played competitive football all year but honestly they have not been the best football team on the field for many games. The Players must take responsibility for that along with the coaches. Sure coaching and player selection are always the ingredients to the making of a Super Bowl team, but chemistry and playmaking on the field is what wins games and rings. The Ravens didn't have the key elements of Chemistry, Playmaking, consistency and performance. Time to win in Cincinnati and save face with a .500 season, which is what this team is.

[bigcatfrank1]

This loss is not the loss the cost us the division title we all know it, any other win would have put us a top the division. The Ravens have played competitive football all year but honestly they have not been the best football team on the field for many games. The Players must take responsibility for that along with the coaches. Sure coaching and player selection are always the ingredients to the making of a Super Bowl team, but chemistry and playmaking on the field is what wins games and rings. The Ravens didn't have the key elements of Chemistry, Playmaking, consistency and performance. Time to win in Cincinnati and save face with a .500 season, which is what this team is.

corrections- to win in CIncinnati and save face with a win to be over .500 season, which is what this team is.

[rave n us]

I agree with many posting here that the prevent defense is overused with little success. Only use it on long yardage with less than 30 seconds left and no time outs, when you know what the other team has to do. 1:18 and 3 time outs is just giving them free yards and the game. Also, I don't think the defense failed as mush as our key pass rushers, Suggs and Doom are old and tired and that snowballs into a vulnerable defense. Top needs for Ravens are pass rusher and a top tier cornerback.

[HighGear27]

Seem to run out of steam in the fourth all year. Sick of hearing we didn't play good enough !

[RavensRegime]

Im not stunned not one bit... Its been happening since Pees has been DC..

[mhedge]

On 12/26/2016 at 9:42 AM, Rav'n Maniac said:

Why would the D be stunned with the final drive? They've done that all year long, every time we go into The Peesvent defense.

It's been every year Pees has been here. Oh, by the way, it almost cost us the superbowl. 

[mhedge]

On 12/26/2016 at 0:11 PM, TheConquerorWorm said:

Pees blitzed almost every play in the final drive - even the commentator said something. He was rushing 5. If you rush 5 and nobody even sniffs the QB, that's on the players because they are matched up 1 on 1. You have to win that match-up. Suggs, Doom, Judon, Jernigan take the blame for this loss.

There was no creativity. Our 5 ran into their 5. No pick or isolation or attempt to disguise the coverage. 5 went after the QB and 6 dropped 15-20 yards back in coverage. You could see Ben licking his chops before every snap.

 

[jravens1313]

On 12/26/2016 at 6:08 AM, DENNYK said:

Eliminated, Self destruction. Have watched this all season long. Had these guys down by 10 and still we soften up and let them catchup and take the game and the division. No excuses for it. Time for some house cleaning . Steve B needs to mandate some big coaching changes, Secondary needs some talent now and that is where the focus should be in the Spring. Have to say that Joe played a good game, but the D let the Ravens Nation down again. Have to agree that Pees and Morningwegh need to go. Same old stale game plans

Not sold on Pees leaving, but his prevent defense needs a major assessment. Our offense has shot our defense in the foot all year. Then we lose Jimmy Smith and go from having 2 good starting corners to just 1. And that 1 is Tavon Young who is only 5 10 which is a mismatch against Tall WRs. Our Offense was a 3 and out machine this year. Our defense played a lot of snaps this year. They will fatigue at some point. It happens if you can't control the clock on offense.