[News] Byrne Identity: Haunting, Excruciating; Tough Loss To Get Over

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Ravens Senior VP of Public Relations Kevin Byrne reflects upon the Pittsburgh Steelers' game-winning and playoff-making drive.

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[CQ1]

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

[dirtybird66]

if we drafted RAMSEY instead of STANLEY we win against PITT.some silly,early mock drafts have us picking a running back?? i say,QB and CB.

[dirtybird66]

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

if we get M. LEWIS all that does change.

[Crusader]

Its the way they lost. This one ranks just below New England. Before 2013 Ravens would have never let that happen with in 2 minutes and with so much on the line. NEVER.

[sami]

  27 minutes ago, CQ1 said:

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

if we get M. LEWIS all that does change.

yeah, cuz hes done so well in the play-offs and we have done so poorly...oh wait, its US that have done so well and Lewis that has never won a playoff game.

[The Mom Gene]

  49 minutes ago, CQ1 said:

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

if we get M. LEWIS all that does change.

Lewis isn't going anywhere. I don't know why people believe that these head coaches would come BACK to the Ravens as a coordinator when there will be other teams looking for head coaches. We are the doorway to Head Coaching jobs. I think there are 7 or 8 of them who have done that.

[The Mom Gene]

if we drafted RAMSEY instead of STANLEY we win against PITT.some silly,early mock drafts have us picking a running back?? i say,QB and CB.

I'm glad we have Stanley; especially after last year. Ronnie is a GREAT guy to have Joe's Blind Side.

[The Mom Gene]

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

Speak for yourself. I know we are much better than mediocre.

[JD08]

This hurt all over again just reading this. Watching it live and seeing them score all I could do was look down, cant even look at football right now. Nothing will hurt more than that Evans drop and Cundiff miss but this was tough. They should've known where Ben was going on that last throw, should've double teamed him at the line

[balfan23]

10 minutes ago, The Mom Gene said:

Lewis isn't going anywhere. I don't know why people believe that these head coaches would come BACK to the Ravens as a coordinator when there will be other teams looking for head coaches. We are the doorway to Head Coaching jobs. I think there are 7 or 8 of them who have done that.

I really do think this is the end of the line for Marvin in CIN. However, I do think he is one that will get another chance. Other teams will view him as an Andy Reid type coach ... a guy who has had relative success but just ran his course on a given team and could succeed with a fresh start somewhere new. 

You can't blame people for looking to the former HC ranks for a new coordinator. I don't think we are interested continuing to have coaches use our coordinator spot as a stepping stone to an HC job as has been the case.  IMO the best coordinator hiring you can get is a guy who was a fantastic coordinator whose time at HC has run its course and they ready to just settle down into doing they probably loved the most in the first place and ride that out to retirement. 

We came so close in getting that in Kubiak. If Fox didn't do such a terrible job in DEN, he may still be here. I welcome seeing anyone we can get who has a chance to put his imprint on the team and might stay for more than a year or two. 

[Purple Dawg 96]

I question Joe Flacco because the Ravens are not in the playoffs because of a 4 game loosing streak to teams we should have beaten! They were all winnable except for the skins they beat us! You need a run game no doubt but teams are winning in the air Slinging that Rock but everyone wants to slow the game down and run on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punt keeping the game tight instead of opening it up! Get over the squeelers game they just finally won PERIOD!
PS Do the Ravens need to put squeelers helmets on every team they play it seems to be the only time Joe gets motivated? ! I can't believe we're not in the playoffs I keep pinching myself! SMDH

[The Mom Gene]

9 minutes ago, balfan23 said:

I really do think this is the end of the line for Marvin in CIN. However, I do think he is one that will get another chance. Other teams will view him as an Andy Reid type coach ... a guy who has had relative success but just ran his course on a given team and could succeed with a fresh start somewhere new. 

You can't blame people for looking to the former HC ranks for a new coordinator. I don't think we are interested continuing to have coaches use our coordinator spot as a stepping stone to an HC job as has been the case.  IMO the best coordinator hiring you can get is a guy who was a fantastic coordinator whose time at HC has run its course and they ready to just settle down into doing they probably loved the most in the first place and ride that out to retirement. 

We came so close in getting that in Kubiak. If Fox didn't do such a terrible job in DEN, he may still be here. I welcome seeing anyone we can get who has a chance to put his imprint on the team and might stay for more than a year or two. 

I agree Balfan.  We all knew Kubiak would leave.  And yeah, we need a Coordinator who is going to stay for a while.  This revolving door of coordinators has to stop.  We have had 5 in 7 years and expect our QB to be a top ranked guy.  That can't happen as long as we are doing this foolishness.

[The Mom Gene]

8 minutes ago, Purple Dawg 96 said:

I question Joe Flacco because the Ravens are not in the playoffs because of a 4 game loosing streak to teams we should have beaten! They were all winnable except for the skins they beat us! You need a run game no doubt but teams are winning in the air Slinging that Rock but everyone wants to slow the game down and run on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punt keeping the game tight instead of opening it up! Get over the squeelers game they just finally won PERIOD!
PS Do the Ravens need to put squeelers helmets on every team they play it seems to be the only time Joe gets motivated? ! I can't believe we're not in the playoffs I keep pinching myself! SMDH

Some might determine that it took the first 6 games or so for him to be healthy and confident.  We also had 7 different O-Line configurations during that time too.  There hasn't been any consistency in any part of this team this year...  in a year when we all expected our offense to come together...  It was when everyone got healthy that we rebounded and the defense faltered.  It's a 3 piece fit.  And it's only when those 3 pieces come together that a team actually is able to survive through the end of it all.... The Patriots may not be able to do it.  Miami will not do it either.  The Steelers have the best shot.

[FloridalovesRavens]

I question Joe Flacco because the Ravens are not in the playoffs because of a 4 game loosing streak to teams we should have beaten! They were all winnable except for the skins they beat us! You need a run game no doubt but teams are winning in the air Slinging that Rock but everyone wants to slow the game down and run on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punt keeping the game tight instead of opening it up! Get over the squeelers game they just finally won PERIOD!
PS Do the Ravens need to put squeelers helmets on every team they play it seems to be the only time Joe gets motivated? ! I can't believe we're not in the playoffs I keep pinching myself! SMDH

You are barking up the wrong tree. Stop blaming Flacco for everything that goes wrong. There are other players on this team. There were several games where one thing or another caused the loss. Get over it and move on.

[FloridalovesRavens]

This hurt all over again just reading this. Watching it live and seeing them score all I could do was look down, cant even look at football right now. Nothing will hurt more than that Evans drop and Cundiff miss but this was tough. They should've known where Ben was going on that last throw, should've double teamed him at the line

Woulda shoulda coulda. Inches from a win that no one expected from the lowly Ravens. No one gave us a chance and we almost pulled it off. I am proud of this team. Go Ravens!

[FloridalovesRavens]

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

For what it is worth don't watch. There is such a thing as a mediocre fan. You top the list with this comment.

[Swift 1]

4 hours ago, balfan23 said:

I really do think this is the end of the line for Marvin in CIN. However, I do think he is one that will get another chance. Other teams will view him as an Andy Reid type coach ... a guy who has had relative success but just ran his course on a given team and could succeed with a fresh start somewhere new. 

You can't blame people for looking to the former HC ranks for a new coordinator. I don't think we are interested continuing to have coaches use our coordinator spot as a stepping stone to an HC job as has been the case.  IMO the best coordinator hiring you can get is a guy who was a fantastic coordinator whose time at HC has run its course and they ready to just settle down into doing they probably loved the most in the first place and ride that out to retirement. 

We came so close in getting that in Kubiak. If Fox didn't do such a terrible job in DEN, he may still be here. I welcome seeing anyone we can get who has a chance to put his imprint on the team and might stay for more than a year or two. 

IMHO Hiring exHCs as DCs or OCs guarantees they will not be around following year. If they do good job they get HC job back. If they do bad who wants them. IMO Winning leads to winning and losing is its own reward. All you guys that think 9 and 7 is losing should stay in school, = and if you did stay in school I am wrong, you should of quit and hung out in pool halls.

 

[CQ1]

  6 hours ago, CQ1 said:

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

Speak for yourself. I know we are much better than mediocre.

I did, and for the "many of us fans" who know. Obviously, you are not one of them. Have a mediocre New Year.

[CQ1]

  6 hours ago, CQ1 said:

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

For what it is worth don't watch. There is such a thing as a mediocre fan. You top the list with this comment.

If you think it was a nice or great year, Florida- goody for you. I have no problem standing up and speaking my mind. I watch and tape EVERY game and root them on. If I see or smell something that stinks I'll let someone know. I guess if you buy a pound of cheese at the store and it smells funky, you'll probably eat it. I'll take it back, demand my money back and probably not get cheese there again

[CQ1]

Go Ravens! Being 8-8 or 9-7 is most delightful and totally accepting- especially with a 120 million QB.

[metalraven]

  7 hours ago, dirtybird66 said:

if we drafted RAMSEY instead of STANLEY we win against PITT.some silly,early mock drafts have us picking a running back?? i say,QB and CB.

I'm glad we have Stanley; especially after last year. Ronnie is a GREAT guy to have Joe's Blind Side.

Absolutely. If someone has the gall to complain about drafting Stanley, they're complete idiots. The second most important position on offense is the LT, and we have an LT that will anchor that o line for years to come. Franchise LTs don't come around too often. It was the smart choice, easily.

[metalraven]

if we drafted RAMSEY instead of STANLEY we win against PITT.some silly,early mock drafts have us picking a running back?? i say,QB and CB.

You have to be kidding me. That's an asinine statement.

[metalraven]

  6 hours ago, JD08 said:

This hurt all over again just reading this. Watching it live and seeing them score all I could do was look down, cant even look at football right now. Nothing will hurt more than that Evans drop and Cundiff miss but this was tough. They should've known where Ben was going on that last throw, should've double teamed him at the line

Woulda shoulda coulda. Inches from a win that no one expected from the lowly Ravens. No one gave us a chance and we almost pulled it off. I am proud of this team. Go Ravens!

We butt heads when it comes to Flacco's play. But I definitely agree with you here. I want the Ravens to destroy the Bengals and end the season on a win over a bitter rival. I wish they made the playoffs too, but they didn't. So let's make the best of the last game of the year and spank the bung holes.

[metalraven]

This team will be back. Count on it.

[rossihunter2]

6 hours ago, balfan23 said:

I really do think this is the end of the line for Marvin in CIN. However, I do think he is one that will get another chance. Other teams will view him as an Andy Reid type coach ... a guy who has had relative success but just ran his course on a given team and could succeed with a fresh start somewhere new. 

You can't blame people for looking to the former HC ranks for a new coordinator. I don't think we are interested continuing to have coaches use our coordinator spot as a stepping stone to an HC job as has been the case.  IMO the best coordinator hiring you can get is a guy who was a fantastic coordinator whose time at HC has run its course and they ready to just settle down into doing they probably loved the most in the first place and ride that out to retirement. 

We came so close in getting that in Kubiak. If Fox didn't do such a terrible job in DEN, he may still be here. I welcome seeing anyone we can get who has a chance to put his imprint on the team and might stay for more than a year or two. 

marvin lewis is 100% staying in cinci in some capacity - he can literally choose when he gets fired because he's unfirable - if they want him to leave all he has to do is step aside and move into the front office in cinci instead

[rossihunter2]

16 minutes ago, metalraven said:

You have to be kidding me. That's an asinine statement.

exactly - the other outcome there is that james hurst would have been guarding joe's blindside from james harrison - we wouldnt have gone anywhere near a victory in those circumstances

[Crusader]

This team will be back. Count on it.

Yea, In 9 Months. Now all we get to hear about is the 140+ games the Orioles will play and all the great players Orioles will trade for "Prospect" for the up-team time.

[sizzlingdoom]

if we drafted RAMSEY instead of STANLEY we win against PITT.some silly,early mock drafts have us picking a running back?? i say,QB and CB.

HAHAHAHAHA. First off we got our franchise LT that we've been looking for years for. And not sure if you remember genuis, but Ramsey was already drafted, brah

[sizzlingdoom]

  15 hours ago, FloridalovesRavens said:

  17 hours ago, CQ1 said:

Tough- not really. Many of us fans know that we are mediocre for a lot of reasons- and will continue to be that way unless our philosophy, coaches, and or certain players change. Nearly the entire season was rather 'haunt'-worthy, Mr Byrne. Good luck in Cinncy, for what it is worth.

For what it is worth don't watch. There is such a thing as a mediocre fan. You top the list with this comment.

If you think it was a nice or great year, Florida- goody for you. I have no problem standing up and speaking my mind. I watch and tape EVERY game and root them on. If I see or smell something that stinks I'll let someone know. I guess if you buy a pound of cheese at the store and it smells funky, you'll probably eat it. I'll take it back, demand my money back and probably not get cheese there again

idiot