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Harbaugh, we'll start with you. 3rd & 12 with a 1:25 left and you have 2 time outs left..You know the only option Pittsburgh has..Why not burn a TO, and atleast blitz Rothelsberger..No you let the time run and Pittsburgh goes on a 94 yard scoring drive--Stupid
I agree that many stupid things were done during the game, but this one I actually don't agree with. He let the play clock run so that the Steelers, if they made the first down, would not have much time to work down the field. Ben has frequently burned us when he had 3rd and long throughout the years, so let the clock run and hurt their chances to go all the way down the field...obviously this plan backfired as the secondary blew coverage after coverage (and Holmes got away with a facemask on the TD).
But if we were able to stop them deep in their territory, we would have got the ball back with great field position, well over a minute on the clock and one or two timeouts.
Either way, it didn't matter...calling the timeout would have just given them more time to work down the field. As for blitzing Roethlisberger...yeah, they probably should have.
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They better not! We play Pittsburgh next week! Make the Bears forfeit. It's their fault they don't watch weather reports, don't make the Ravens pay for their stupidity.
Actually I am hearing that it was mechanical issues on their flight that delayed them. But that being said, they should easily be able to fly in Sunday morning and worst case scenario play on Sunday night IMO.
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Also... all coaches duck questions much the same way. That's what I never got about the Billick criticism on 'ducking' questions. What do you want him to say? Is there any right answer to a question about a bad play or player? No. There's nothing. Throw a player under the bus? Forget having a lockerroom to coach in. Say anything else about 'responsibility' or 'accountability' and you sound like you're ducking the question. Say something good about the other team, you're admitting fault and ducking the question.
I agree with you. Case in point...Belichick is highly regarded for his ability to duck questions and I don't think any sane Patriots fan is in a hurry to get rid of him.
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I've been calling him Lil' Ray-Ray, but I also like The Purple Knight playing off of his alma mater. Colin's suggestion would be cool, but I have to keep it clean in my house.
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WHAT'S OUR NAME?!!!!
RAVENS
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If we were going into this game with the roster healthy and nobody on IR, I'd say that we'd have a great shot at knocking off the Steelers. However, having played as many games in a row as we have without any breaks, and having the Steelers coming off of a season with a regular bye week and a playoff bye, I just don't see how we can win.
I'm not any less of a fan by saying this, but I just don't see us getting any of the breaks this game. I think the Steelers win by 6, 16-10.
It could be worse, though, if the Ravens have to play the Steelers AND the officials. However, if the Tennessee game did anything, it gave me hope that the Ravens could have previous matchups "evened-out" by the Zebras with a generous spot and some calls our way.
I'd have a better feeling about this game if we had our starting CBs and a 100% healthy Suggs. Oh, and a bye week at some point this season.
As much as I hate to say it, I pretty much agree with everything you said...but I will differ slightly on the prediction...
Ravens - 20
Steelers - 23
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2nd timeout used and it's still the 3rd quarter?
And Flacco didn't look like he had any idea the play clock was running down
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3 and out....SWEET
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and what was all that crap about pac-man jones?
who give a shit?!
No kidding...That bastard doesn't deserve any airtime.
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Is that oggie in the background picking his nose?!
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... Cam Cameron will fully explain those infamous words "fail forward fast" . We're still waiting for that explanation.
Let me help you out...I can assure you that it didn't mean throw 4 int's in one game. :lol:
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Now it's time to avenge some losses from earlier this year...Bring on the Titans!!!
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Keep grinding it out boys...
Hope McClain is okay
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Damnit...nice moves by Bess
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Comeback player of the year...bwahahahahaha!!!
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-- Cowher Won't Coach in 2009 --
Sun Jan 4, 2009 --from FFMastermind.com
CBS Sports' analyst Bill Cowher formally announced today that he will not coach in 2009. Cowher said he was flattered by the attention, but the timing right now isn't right and that he doesn't plan on coaching next year.
He's waiting for that Bengal job to open up... :lol:
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O-Line played great the first half. If the D plays as well in the second half as they did in the first, this game is over.
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Yeah, Mason got mugged again
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If your gonna put troy in...don't do it with an empty backfield...it's so obvious where it's going.
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McClain needs to shake off that fumble, he looked pretty distraught there on the sidelines. Our D needs to find those backs out of the backfield, make pennington use his wrs.
Hopefully that good kick return made him forget that fumble.
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For Miami! :lol:
Well, it was nice... for a couple of plays
Nice goal line stand though
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Hi Everyone...This is the Poster formerly known as Johnny-Johnson...Good to be back.
And no, I don't want my old name back, cuz I like this one, thanks though.
Incredible season, I have been reading all the time, but not posting
Here is to a Glorious Playoff ride.
This is a "Team of Destiny".
Welcome back...
Nice start so far!
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Or...
Round 1: Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
Round 2: Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
and for the homer pick
Round 5: Robert Francois, LB, Boston College
meh.
Hey...Where's Raji and Herzlich?! :lol:
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Anyone who plays fantasy football knows that Roddy White actually had a decent year last year, without Ryan at QB. Specifically, Roddy White had 83 catches for 1202 yards and 6 TD without Ryan. And Michael Jenkins had 53 catches for 532 yards and 4 TD in 2007. As a matter of fact, Roddy White is so good that he made Chris Redman look like a decent quarterback. Seeing as how 2007 was Roddy's 3rd season, which is generally considered the year that WR's break out, how exactly was he considered a bust?
Once again, White's stats:
2007: 83 catches, 1202 yards, 6 TD (with Joey Harrington and Chris Redman)
2008: 88 catches, 1383 yards, 7 TD (with Matt Ryan)
So a 4th year WR coming off a 1200 yard season is still not considered a veteran? Really?
You neglected to note that last years Falcons passed 28% more than this years team. So he accumulated those yards out of sheer volume of passes. If you pass that much, someones bound to catch a lot of balls. That doesn't mean that they have become a veteran. Being a veteran is much more than stats...but playing fantasy football makes you forget things like that.
But for arguments sake...let's call him a "veteran". Would you really put him in the same level of veteran leadership as Derrick Mason?!
BTW...I would hardly say that White made Redman look good. He caught a whopping 24 passes from Redman last year. I think playing against the defenses of the Cardinals, Saints and Seahawks had more to do with it than White. The only tough defense that Redman played against last year was the Bucs.
4.2 more yards/game on 2 fewer carries per game. And if it weren't for those two consecutive 70+ yard runs against Dallas, these numbers wouldn't be nearly this close. The fact of the matter is that Michael Turner had 1700 yards rushing for Atlanta, and Baltimore's top three rushers barely equal this mark. Were it not for those two Dallas runs, Turner would still be way ahead of all three.If your going to pick and choose certain plays to eliminate from a conversation...there's no point in arguing it. I could start eliminating some of those miraculous catches where Mason and Clayton both saved bad passes, but that would be silly...I'll just let you "have" this point.
And Flacco had the pressure of turning around an offense that hasn't had real success since Vinny Testaverde wore a Ravens uniform. I challenge you to name a more-maligned position in the NFL than Raven's quarterback over the last decade.Flacco was never given that pressure. He was given the pressure of managing this offense this year. He did that well and I give him a lot of credit for that. Many fans were hoping to see improvement over prior QB's that we have had here and he certainly is an improvement...but he didn't need much to accomplish that. I suppose we've lowered our standards around here so much, that any decent Ravens QB is considered a god.
Matt was asked to become the face of that franchise on and off the field. Joe didn't even come close to facing that kind of pressure.
Not only did Ryan come into the NFL from a pro-style offense and as a higher draft pick, but he knew early on that he would be the starter in Atlanta. Flacco was never meant to take a snap this season, but was forced into the lineup when the #1 and #2 QB went down in the preseason.You're right...Ryan came in from a pro-style offense (and in case you missed it, I will reiterate)...That is a major credit to Joe for coming from D1AA and a non-pro style offense and picking it up as quickly as he did.
But you seem to imply that Ryan was given the QB1 job from the start. He had to earn that. He outplayed Redman and Harrington (not that it was a tough thing to accomplish) in the preseason and earned that job. Yes he was guaranteed it at some point...but so was Flacco, who was handed the job by default. We can argue all day about which is a tougher pressure, being "forced" a job cold or having to earn a job...but I think in the end, we will just have to agree to disagree.
Most of the QB's with the best stats play on teams with terrible defenses. (Drew Brees, Jay Cutler, Philip Rivers, Kurt Warner to name a few...) Why could this be?This could be because two of those offenses (Saints and Cards) are built solely around the pass game. Cutler had to throw a lot because they couldn't keep RB's healthy. Rivers attempts per game were tied for 24th in the league and their defense was average in points/game.
But if you want to put Matt Ryan in with the likes of Brees, Cutler, Rivers and Warner...I'm sure he'd take that. :P
The only way the defense matters is if you're referring to the fact that Flacco played in an offense designed to protect the ball and control the clock rather than score a huge amount of points, whereas Ryan's coaches called plays to score as many points as possible to make up for a poor defense.That's sort of what I was getting at...although I view what Ryan went through more as being asked more to put the game on his shoulders in crunch time. Although both offenses were built around the running game...Flacco had a little less pressure because he knew that any mistakes he made, his defense could cover him.
Also worth mentioning is that Flacco averaged twice as many yards per carry as Ryan and 2 rushing TD's to Ryan's 1. Flacco's rushing is a big part of his game, and cannot be overlooked..Flacco's rushing is a big part of his game?! He admitted that he was never much of a rusher in college...76 yards in two seasons on 147 attempts. But I will give you his 11.3 yds/game versus Matt's 6.5 yards/game (which BTW is not "twice as many"). By that logic, I guess fumbles are a big part of his game too...his 11 versus Matt's 6.
BTW...Weren't you one of the many in those pre-draft discussions that believed that Matt would be a bust?
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This is a great piece on Ray and really gives some great insight onto who he has become. So often I hear fans of other teams who think of Ray as the "murderer" and it really saddens me that those people haven't taken the time to learn about who Ray has become, in part, because of that incident. Then they always say something along the lines of "almost all athletes do charity work"...
What Ray's doing here is not just charity work. He's doing the charity work that most athletes shy away from...helping the police, helping the homeless. Ray is filling a need that is a gaping hole and he's doing in a way that only Ray can...getting in their faces and motivating them, making them feel important/special/cared for...giving their lives meaning again...giving them the hope that they haven't had since they were children.
Thank you Ray!