tsylvester

Well now, here we sit at 6-3, none of us thought possible including me. Of note, only 3 teams have started the season with double digit leads in each of its first nine games, the Ravens are one of them. The other two started out 9-0 and won the Super Bowl... hmmm People are healing now. Previously injured players have come back and are working into game shape + building chemistry. Yes a few bumps on the injury train, but we have a bye after a 10 day lay off, so nothing to worry about there.... Who knows what the future holds, but our next opponent is a lack luster team that can beat you if you don't take them seriously. With Smith in the fold, hungry for the playoffs, he will keep this team hungry to take the hope away from the next opponent

If you listened closely, you could hear Smith calling out some of the plays the Saints were going to run. Man, how nice is it to see an ilb do that for us again, diagnose plays on the fly...

In his defense, it has to be difficult to call plays when your qb can't hit the side of a barn with a hand grenade. Was it the full blood eclipsed moon? Most qbs this week could throw a pillow against the wall

They did what was needed to beat a bad team. But if Lamar wants to be paid like Mahomes, Allen, etc, he has got to learn how to throw better, make better decisions. The pass to Likely, floating it over a linebacker, has to be hit, a major momentum play. He had to throw it properly to Robinson, an easy long touchdown. He has to throw it timely to Jackson, just as he is making his break, then Jackson can catch and make a move instead of being tackled right away. He has to see the field, on their second touchdown drive where he hits Drake in the flat for a first down, he had I think it was Proche wide open over the middle with a clear path to the endzone. Now Drake takes it in a few plays later, and Lamar made a few throws that were, wow, and I am not saying make all of the throws, no one does, everyone misses a throw no & then. But reading a defense, seeing the field, making certain types of throws, yes, those are things you pay top dollar for a quarterback. Decisions, on he kept it on a zone read, was tackled for no gain. Had he given it to Drake, who had a huge hole, it's at least a 4-5 yard gain. These are just a few examples, the same ones in every game, win or lose. Together they are indications that he is not progressing as a passer. Yes his legs are great, he also makes some incredible throws, but in five years, will he still be able to run? If not, the zone read goes away, those types of passes that are needed to extend leads, to gain first downs, to score, to win, are going to be very important. On to the bye week, get healthy, then come back and destroy another bad team.

Great first half, Smith was as we hopes, a monster. Got a little lucky with Dalton missing the wide open receiver... 14-3, well done. Now finish! Sleep calls

Name Jeff Saturday interim coach. I like Jeff as an analyst, he was a great player. But he has no coaching experience. What a bone headed move...

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Hmm, first I've heard neck with Andrews, is it a pinched nerve?

Yes they are and the favorites do not always win....

Maybe, the Jets just beat the Bills.. Any given Sunday

Rogers, 15 of 27, 218 yards, 1 touchdown 3 picks, against the Lions. Allen, 14 of 24, 175 yards, 2 picks, 2 rushing touchdowns against the Jets Herbert, 22 of 33 165 yards, 1 td 1 pick All high dollar qbs, still time to play better in the 4th, but.... food for thought

Well, that would depend on what they could get for Lamar. He is "worth more" than Wilson (Thirteen months later, Seattle traded Wilson to the Denver Broncos along with a 2022 fourth-round pick in exchange for Drew Lock, Shelby Harris, Noah Fant, Denver's first- and second-rounders in each of the next two drafts as well as a 2022 fifth-rounder) Now that alone would certainly make draft moves easier and not be a draft future in despair. Sure, we don't know if any of those future qbs will be good NFL qbs, but, $50 mil cap hit for one player? Maybe they can get Sam Howell from the Commandos along with picks. He is every bit as good, talent wise, as anyone in the draft. Makes all the throws, good touch on down field passes, back shoulder passes. He is also very, very mobile. Big strong kid. That gives you draft capital, 4 more years of a rookie deal with Howell, and still a solid line and defense augmented with draft capital, as an example

Gus and Andrews are doubtful

6-4, 215 pounds. Runs a 4.3 40. Has huge catch radius with big hands, long arms, and body control. He is NOT Clarence Moore. Projected first round. Given that the Ravens do not currently have a 2nd round pick, it will be difficult to move up for him. Yes, they still need a few positions, but this kid is being compared, and rightfully so, to Mega Tron. This might be the draft to throw caution to the wind, do what it takes to move up and grab not just a deep threat, but a great possession receiver as well. This kid is a play maker, with quick feet, blazing speed and size..

I hear ya max, but over the next 2 years there are going to be some very, very good college quarterbacks coming out to be drafted. Guys who are accurate on deep throws, quick releases and can make a defense pay with their legs. In today's game, college, player, quarterbacks are being taught far better than yesteryear. Even our very own Huntley is likley to win those games he lost last year, with this year's defense. The Ravens changed, built their offense around Lamar, imagine if they had done that for Joe.. So now you have a young offensive line coming together, maybe it doesn't need a Lamar Jackson, to win it all.

Thankfully, Michael Thomas will not be playing. Talk about injury prone, geesh

Look at his tackles for a loss, that is key. He makes stops at the Los, unlike our previous mlbs, who waited and tackled from behind (8-15 yards down field)... Ray, Jamie, Bart, were the last ones we had that made proper reads and stops at or behind the los...

https://lermagazine.com/news/in-the-moment-sports-medicine/most-nfl-players-successfully-return-from-lisfranc-injury-but-it-takes-time

Man what a shame, kid was showing great promise.

Another prime time game, how will Lamar and the offense respond this week? The Saints are a team that they should beat, but a team capable of beating them if they don't stay focused. How will the defense play, with a new leader, with the knowledge that the team has added a play maker to their midst? He is 3-2 completing 70% of his passes, nice. But it is more than those completions, the lack of interceptions, it is not seeing the open man for a big play. It is waiting too long to find him, leading to no gain or worse. It is even when he chooses to run, scramble... all of which look good on a Stat sheet, except for the Stat that shows loses. This team knows Dalton very well, hit him, he will crumble....

Yep, no doubt

Perhaps, time will tell. Injuries played a part and I'll timed mistakes. Will those mistakes be repeated? We know the injuries are healing, important players are coming back and the addition of a certain middle backer can't be overlooked.

Well, the mighty midget might be ready to sell... ESPN.co.uk: Snyders hire Bank of America Securities to explore Commanders sale. https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/id/34932499/snyders-hire-bank-america-securities-explore-commanders-sale

Disagree. This team was destroying two of the current best teams in the league in Miami and Buffalo. Yes, the defense faltered, the offense bogged down, they lost. But that shows you how good this team can be, they can use that to learn from, grow from. They have also had to hold teams off, win close games. You get tested by how you respond in each game, for no two games are alike.

Well, reading the things the Bears front office have said, he is locked in on roughly $20 mil per, being paid as the highest MLB. Maybe the trade will help him move off of that offer.