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Run up the middle for no gain, Ad Washington with the stop Screen to Harris gets 19, he tries to leap over a defender, Hamilton plants him Gain of 15 Wilson rolls right, throws too low 2nd and 10 Pass in the flat for 9 Stephens miss steps Wilson scrambles finds Pickens who dodges a few but gets np further, scrum occurs, No flags 1st down Oh Pickens pushes Hamilton away to get open, no flag Run left gets 11 Flag on the play, unsportsmanlike on both teams, off set Humphries for Baltimore and Jones for Pitt 1st and 10 Run right, gain 2 9 min left in the half Wilson just gets it away to the flat for 3 3rd and 5 Wilson is sacked again by Owe!

Yeah, there is a game to skip, Raiders vs Cheifs, like black Friday, just a gimmick

Lamar looks a little tight right now, hopefully he loses up Blick in the back on Cane, back the Ravens up more, oy From their 17, run left for 3 Lamar hits Flowrs on a short crosser, he runs for 25 Run up the middle for Hill, gains 3 Pass over the middle to Flowers is broken up 3rd and 7 Lamar's pass knocked down, illegal shift is declined Punt time Stout boots it to the 15 of Pit 3-0 Pit

Great first quarter by the defense, huge, just huge!

From their 40 Run righr, Robinson makes the stop for no gain Wilson back to throw, Owe makes the sack! 3rd and 20 They move the pocket, no one open, he is forced to slide down for no gain End of first quarter

Left again, another thing they could not do, one fumble, 2 missed field goals, that is like 3 turnovers

Oh boy they remade gladiator, looks terrible Back to football From the Pit 46 Straight drop back, Lamar slings it away as he is being taken down 2nd and 10 Zone read, Lamar keeps it through a big hole, gain of 15 Straight drop back, tosses it to Likely who is tackled, no flag? Incomplete Screen to Hill, no gain 3rd and 10 Lamar has all day, no one open, has two lanes, does not take them, throws left, ball tipped, incomplete Tucker from 50 is No Good!

Now make them pay, put this in the endzone!

That's a turnover, on downs, but a turnover, Ravens take over where they left off!

Tucker misses left again, he is clearly either finishing wrong, forcing the ball to fade, or the hold is wrong. By this time, it should have been worked out. Swing pass, breaks one tackle, Smith brings him down after 3 yards 2nd and 7 Run up the middle for 6, Humphries makes the stop 3rd and 1 Qb sneak, no way, he is short, no gain 4th and 1 Going for it, maybe Harris to the left, loss of 2!

Henry left from the Pistol for 4 Pistol again Lamar launches one to Johnson down the left side, tough throw and catch, incomplete 3rd and 6 Lamar throws one to Flowers, ball is thrown to the sidelines while Flowers was looking for it in the endzone, incomplete 47 yard field goal is NO Good! Yet another thing this team could not do. It's time to look for a new kicker

Nutz, I'm caught up now... 6:48 left in the 1st quarter Play fake, rolls right, hits Likely down the sidelines for 42 yards!

False start on Pit backs them up 5, punt time Decent punt rolls to the 25 of Baltimore

From their 20 Run left gets 3 Wide out screen again, well read, no gain 3rd and 7 Man under Penalty, off sides on VanNoy, still more they can't do 3rd and short Stephens with great coverage, turns his head and breaks up the deep pass!

Kickoff is returned to the 30 by Hill 10:34 left in the 1st Hill in, Pistol Swing pass to Hill for a 1 yard gain Henry back in, runs left for 6, but holding on Stanley backs them up. Another thing they can't do 2nd and 19 Hill back in Screen to Hill, gets little blocking, gains 9 3rd and 10 Lamar leaves the pocket, Lamar launches one to our new wide out, over thrown Punt to the 7, rolls into the endzone, 70 yards,

From the 42 of Baltimore Ravens in coverage 2 with Hamilton playing deep safety, pass in the flat good for 7 Run up the middle for 4 Wiggins starting too Pass is short, gain of 4 Run up the middle, big gain, missed tackle, 15 Wide out screen, good flow, gets only 2 Fakes a pitch left, naked boot is read, Wilson forced to throw it away 3rd and 8 Great pressure, pocket collapses, Wilson forced to throw it away Field goal time, good hold by defense 32 yards is good 3-0 Pit

Ravens get the ball first, kickoff is returned to the 29 Henry up the middle from the Pistol, picks up 3 Pistol again Henry right, gains 8 but he fumbles, recovered by Pitt, one of the things this team could not do Oy

Oh I suppose I should have said, Eddie Jackson....

Jackson did not travel with the team, ruled out for this game. Hmmm

New episode up from coach Belly, moren x's & o's in this one, good stuff

The defense showed up against Buffalo, 10 pts. Can they do it again? There is so much "weird" about this season, & I know weird, man do I. Turnovers by the offense has been a killer when facing the Steelers, if they can stop that, maybe they can stop the losing to the Steelers. This Tyson fight tonight just adds to the weirdness, it's rigged, right?

Kyle Van Noy | OLB (Unknown) Injury: Illness Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Brent Urban | DE (Unknown) Injury: Concussion Practice Status: Full Participation in Practice Isaiah Likely | TE (Unknown) Injury: Hamstring Practice Status: Limited Participation in Practice Kyle Hamilton | S (Unknown) Injury: Ankle Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Jalyn Armour-Davis | CB (Unknown) Injury: Knee Practice Status: Full Participation in Practice Pit Cameron Heyward | DT (Unknown) Injury: NIR - Rest Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice MyCole Pruitt | TE (Unknown) Injury: Knee Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Isaac Seumalo | OG (Unknown) Injury: NIR - Rest Practice Status: Did Not Participate in practice Alex Highsmith | LB (Unknown) Injury: Ankle Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Nick Herbig | LB (Unknown) Injury: Hamstring Practice Status: Full Participation in Practice Donte Jackson | CB (Unknown) Injury: Hamstring Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Najee Harris | RB (Unknown) Injury: Ankle Practice Status: Did Not Participate In Practice Van Jefferson | WR (Unknown) Injury: Quadricep Practice Status: Did not participate in practice

Lamar has come a long way, even from last year. His understanding of the offense, yes, thanks to 2 years with a progressive coordinator. But more so in reading defenses, and, perhaps the most important, in his mechanics, in the types of throws he needs to make. No, he can't drop a football 30 +yards down field into a trash can as some, some quarterbacks can. He can't make the back shoulder throw. But he has clearly learned how to layer throws, and, how to buy time, keep his eyes down field and make the accurate throw. I love Monken, yall know that, huge UGA fan. The way he sets up plays in the fourth quarter with one's he used in the first. But, and this is key, as good as he has been with Lamar, for Lamar, Lamar has made Todd look great too. Remember, his system did not work out too well in Cleveland, though that was Cleveland, what does work out well there

I don't think Monk is going to get a hc job, he knows the big challenges that brings. Factor in his age and I just do not see it. Where, Chicago or Indi where they have young qbs in need of guidance? Oldno, the issues seem to be a problem with the coverage they are in. When they play cover 2 to the field side and man to the boundary, an example, for what ever reason the safety and corner; Stephens and either Jackson or Williams, plays something different. Also, to help try and confuse the offense, they will often have man under, but to put a wrinkle in it, they will mix a corner to be a safety nand visa versa. This has confused the players, again, Stephens, Jackson, Williams. According to Humphries, it works flawlessly in practice, but it is not being carried over into games, if we believe him. Ive seen both Williams and Jackson having deep middle assignments, stand flat footed looking at the qb too long, trying to decide to jump a crossing route rather than the deep post/ corner. So with better safety play, we know Williams can do it, he did here before the injury, even last year with the injury, he just couldn't tackle well because of the shoulder. So what is his problem this year? It would be 1 thing if his speed, quickness was gone and he was getting beat. But that is not the issue, he is stone footed, lost on what coverage they are in, trying to do too much perhaps?

It is quite baffling, an all peo linebacker can't play zone any more? At the same time, an all pro safety can't play any more. A corner who showed great promise last year, can cover but can't find the ball. A safety who was decent for his career now has found the end of it. All of this at the same time? At the same time a new set of defensive coaches? All of them are wrong hires too? A complete collapse of the defense that set records last year, records that had never been done? It's as uncanny as Tucker now missing field goals and extra points. The coaches, by now have to see what the problems are in both defense and special teams. The only moves the team tried to make at the trade deadline was for corner, which is not exactly a need, (for one of the best of in the league too boot) a wide out, and an older defensive lineman. Harbs said no to moving Stephens Back to safety. I wonder, if they had been able to get that corner is they then would have moved him Stephens to safety? I hear Nick Moore say that Tucker is fine, it is just his plant foot slipping most of the time.. Now I would not expect him to say what is truly wrong with the field goal unit, but all of the misses the past 2 years, almost 3 years are his plant foot slipping? How have they not fixed the kicking problem is it is NOT simply Tucker losing his touch? They benched both safeties over the past two games to see if they could get better play, same result. So they know that safety is an issue. So at least they are trying to fix that part of the defense: players. At this stage, that is all that they can do then replace a lot of players next year, and maybe a few coaches. With these issues, you can't really blame Orr, or can we?