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I agree about the special teams, he needs to be gone next. Joe is not on target, he is completing 63 percent so far this year. This, while receivers can't get much seperation and he has no time. As was pointed out in the broadcast yesterday, with little room for error, it makes it difficult to complete passes. Add in the lack of time to scan and throw... We see the results. I know Joe has thrown many passes away to save a sack. I wish they kept a stat on that. Add in the drops and his completion % goes up even higher. I am not saying he has been deadly accurate, he has missed some throws, some open receivers and chosen to throw somewhere else, all qb's do this. But this offense struggling is not Joe. Another offensive coordinator, another blow to Ozzie & Harbs on their decisions..... Castillo is the 3rd coach who needs to be fired. This line has been bad since he arrived and took full control of it..

Oh I am sure Harbs had a loud voice in the move. I am not sold on Reynolds, no quickness, no real speed. I would think the other rookie could handle it, Moore, some one. Either way, so far Hester is not working out at all.

Hester wants to know, how do you like him now? What, an usher couldn't waive off punts, pin the offense inside their own 10 yardline multiple times per game? I'll grant you, the blocking is not always there, but a punt returner's job is to make a few players miss.... So far, all he has really done is make Ozzie swing & miss....

Flacco is averaging just over 6 yards per pass (traveling), the lowest of his career. As Moose pointed out on the broadcast, no one is winning their match up on the outside. Without Smith sr there is no true slot man, no quickness, that is Ozzie's fault. I did not expect a lot of wins this year with such a young roster at several positions. I also expected some mistakes. But not the same mistakes each game, not to lose games because of coaching...

Other teams use their 3rd string tackles, centers and guards and do not miss a beat. They can run screens and at least get back to the line of scrimmage, the Ravens can do neither, usually lose 3-4 yards and can barely get good consistent blocking from their starting linemen. That is coaching and that is the first place I would start firing; the line coach.

Whether it is the head coach making a bone headed decision (two this game) or the play calling (offense & defense), while players need to make plays, a coach's job is to 1) teach 2) prepare 3) put players in position to win. It is clear by the lack of plays being made, the bone headed mistakes being made, that this team is poorly taught, ill prepared and are not being used in a way to get the most out of them. Pick your poison today, the stupid choice to try and draw the skins off side, then call a time and go to a fake field goal. Or, waste another time for a pass from your own 48 with 1 second left in the half, leading to a sack and, more importantly, an injury to a position that can not afford one. Or maybe the way the special teams unit continues to let up big plays, major chunks of field position. Or the defense that can't cover and can't play zone because players are constantly out of position. This has been an issue now for several seasons, no matter who the players are; that is coaching. Or the lack of imagination is the offense, going away from what is working, the run with West, then not even bothering to uae play action! Their defense was terrible, but played like champs because they clearly knew what was coming after the first series.... I could go on with the issues this team has, but this post is already too long...

Yeah I think the Ravens slow starts will bite them this week, keep them from making it close in the 2nd half... Hope I am wrong, enjoy your self, go home horse!

Boy is this one difficult to call. The skins can score pts with Cousins slinging it & we know this secondary is very sketchy. It looks like the line will be almost back to full strength, for what it is worth with Urshel and Lewis swapping positions.... The skins defense is not very food, perfect, just the type of defense this offense struggles with.. How will Dixon do? Try too hard and forget to take care of the football? Skunks 34, Ravens 17...

They put him on IR, he needs surgery... Oh yes, it is just a coinky dink they needed the roster spot....

They put him on IR, he needs surgery... Oh yes, it is just a coinky dink they needed the roster spot....

No one is asking for a hall of fame player. We are simply discussing the team, the front office, their lack of finding \ developing good players instead of the 3rd stringers they keep bringing in & or drafting at most every position save for a few... If that makes us "non-fans" so beit. Ps, no one said Ozzie made a mistake releasing Justin, quite the opposite, he made another mistake re-signing after the initial cut.

According to which site? They are 8th in pts given up, 1st in total yards per game, 3rd in passing yards per game (who have they faced ) 5th in rushing yards per game, According to NFL.com....

Mash unit had little to do with last year, they were bad before the injuries started. You can say playoffs, but the quality of play on this team has gone down steadily over the past 5-6 years. Maybe the Super Bowl win was the pinochle, and this is the down years trilogy, who knows. No offensive line moves save one, have worked out, the latest one is still unproven with the rookie. Linebackers have the inconsistent, no matter how some want to pump them, the middle backers, up. Secondary, what move has worked out? Weddle? Still remains to be seen, I do think he was a good signing though. Steve Smith was obviously a great signing, that is one. Even Dummervil, to me, has been money wasted, oh he gets his sacks against bad teams, early in games, but he is no where to be found in the 4th quarters... This team has made the playoffs inspite of bad moves, and I believe because overall play in the NFL is way down because of these new practice rules and penalty rules.. He has found gems on the defensive line, especially the past few years. There is great young talent there, maybe some on the offensive line with Stanley, Lewis and Yanda, possibly Wagner, but they need to prove out. My point is, Ozzie has been missing more & more and this move (along with the Kenan Reynolds drafting) are just the tip of the iceberg.. Time will tell..

As I said, this season will say a lot about the moves he has made. Yes, 3-1, could be 4-0 or could be 0-4. I know this is a process, I am just discussing this team, Ozzie and his moves over the past five years...Thus why this team has struggled so much this year especially, despite being 3-1.

That is awesome.

That is not saying much, there are a lot of players better than Elam and some of them are flipping burgers today. It is too early to say if any of those three moves you mentioned work out. Wallace is likely on his last team, Watson may or may not come back from the injury, and Weddle is solid so far, but how much longer can he play at this level the way he hits? Sure, a lot of teams mqke mistakes on players, but the reason this team has been in the dumps since the Super Bowl is because of all the bad mistakes Ozzie and his staff have made. Good teams don't stay bad for long, this could be year number 4... Draft picks should be reaching their value by now.. So far, this team's have not.... We shall see as the season unfolds.

Plenty of Ravens fans, fans at every game, at every stadium, treat people badly.

Oh I know, but follow me here. The coaches chose to hold him out of the pre-season. Then, after Ozzie brings him back from the 72 man purge, they again sit him for a game. This, after seeing him in practice, then in 3 games (some players play faster in games)... Seeing, knowing he lost his speed & quickness. So obviously, the coaches either did not want him on the team or, they did but in a limited role. Had he know this after being cut shortly after the end to the pre-season, do you think he waits to sign back with the team? To me, clearly Ozzie or Biscutt wanted him back and told him, either directly or through omission, that he would not be a part time player.... Thus, I continue my stance from a few years ago that Ozzie needs to go or there needs to be major changes in the front office, scouting staffs..

How many of his moves, draft and free agency, have worked out the past five years? Sure, he won a super bowl, but did that cover over some of the bad moves? Brooks was not much better than Elam, both were bad draft picks.

Quite the turn around in that relationship, hunky dory a few weeks ago, now, goom bye.. They had to see how much speed and quickness he lost in practice, so why this game of keeping him out of the preseason and then again last Sunday? Why "cut" him, then bring him back? Does this mean the rookie is ready to return? Are they bringing someone in or staying with 2 active backs on game day? To me, this move just shows Ozzie has lost it, officially, as far as talent evaluation.

A sad situation all the way around. My prayers are with him & his family, but also with the two guys who now will have to live with this and the repercussions for the rest off their lives.

Those stats of his pressure passes completion % are skewed because he had to throw most of those away. I counted, ocf the top of my head, 9 throw aways, not counting the ones he might have thrown in the dirt to ensure no one could catch them. But yes, first & for most is protection for him, one way, as pointed out in the broadcast, is to get the running game going...

Yeah, I am just tossing some things out there. The backers also slacked off, that touchdown to Crabtree, they failed to get a deep drop, making that throw easy. Something appeared to change though, aside from being tired, those wide outs were wide open. On Zutta, I agree, he has missed blocks, been penalized, made the wrong line calls in every game this year. Throw in the mysterious absent from practice and not injured stuff, something is amiss with him. He does struggle with bull rushers, but yesterday he was struggling with guys he normally would dominate. Time to sit him down for a game, they did it with Forsett, so why not him.

Can't go deep when Joe barely has time to throw an 8 yard out. Jensen is terrible no matter where he plays, he must have black mail photos of the coaching staff or front office. Pees needs to be consistent, all those 3 & outs were great, but something, scheme likely, changed later in the 4th when they moved the ball at will. Now that they will be facing real offenses going forward, we shall see what the real defense looka like...

Carr threw for less than 200 yards, they ran for less than 100. Flacco had 2 touchdowns, one by running, almost 300 yards in the air, and they ran for almost 150 yards, another score on the ground. If I told you there was only one turnover by each team, you would say the Ravens won by a lot. But you know this secondary has been a big question mark for a while now. You know the pass rush has been spotty. You know special teams has been iffy and that Harbs make some questionable calls every season. The defensive line was awesome against the run. How many 3 & outs did they force!? But in the last series, when they needed a stop, for the first time this year, they could not get near Carr. Mostly because he was 3 steps and throw, to a wide open wide out. If the linebackers are not getting a good deep drop to glog the middle, if the db's are recognizing the routes any 3 year old could, we get a game winning touchdown drive for a loss. Sure, Joe had a chance, a great chance to win the game. Drove the team to the 50. 10 more yards it would have been Tucker time. But no wide out could get open in time or dropped a key pass. The line could not handle a five man rush for more than 2 seconds. Everything we knew about this team came to fruition yesterday...