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krf82

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  1. Helpless and frustrated. (That's me.)

     

    Harbaugh football without team leadership on the field and in the locker room has reached its destiny.

     

    After the purge and the Ravens most successful "Harbaugh" season, the question of who will lead the team was stated as "the coach".

     

    The change in the philosophical type of player drafted since Harbaugh ascended the throne has condemned the team

    to special teamers who cannot compete with the game changers of other teams,much less the toothless coordinators hired out of nepotism,

     

    Ozzie and Biscotti followed the path of player types and coaches (Kubiak excepted) that the head coach felt comfortable with.

     

    "I like our guys" does not answer the need for good O-linemen, at the trade date or earlier, who could make the run game consistent and the passing game (passable) possible,

    condemning the offense to what we see and placing the defense in poor field conditions.

     

    The Ravens have a quarterback whose skills have not been adequately protected,and whose failings not contoured to an offense minimizing then.

    And a quarterback whose only kahunas are the ones chucked downfield, a good soldier instead of a leader in the direction of the offenses' continuum.

     

    If we had a terrible towel, I'd be crying in it, and it would be aptly named.

     

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  2. Certainly Joe is not functioning in this type of offense. He is very serviceable and more than adequate in an offense that builds around his strengths.

    A new administration can do this, just as Kubes did.

     

    Too many forget how difficult it is to find a good quarterback of even Joe's stature.

    Look at the many teams with their qb's of today.

  3. It worked, we won, but I didn't like taking the foot off the pedal in the third quarter.

    I appreciate limiting potential mistakes. This method works, but (1)an opponent could be put away with more scoring,

    (2) even in a conservative mode, mistakes can be made, and (3) reduces what could be a good stat day.

    This is where critics accumulate stats that are used in an attempt to back up an argument.

    Figures (stats) can be used out of context to misrepresent the facts.

     

    In summary, it seemed to give the Raiders an ability to catch up, inciting the fans, instead of putting them away.

  4. Beginning with the Harbaugh years, the emphasis has been to draft good soldiers.

     

    We have a roster mostly of good special teamers who, in the end of games, cannot keep up with the opponent's impact player(s).

     

    I think that Ozzie has been required to bend to the thrust of the coach who infers that since he must coach these guys, they need to be within his parameters. Much the same for the offense that has really never changed through the same time period, though there have been varied OC's.

  5. With a new chef in the kitchen, the recipe changed. :sleep:

    Drafting by the Peter (HARBS) Principle - every employee to rise in the hierarchy through promotion until they reach the levels of their respective incompetence.

     

    We drop back in the draft to red star performers that will perform up to their level, not the higher level of those drafted before them. Nice group of fall-in-line special teamers.

     

    The dog house is also reserved for those who think outside the box. Number two pick this year was doing well until rebuked and pre-season practice time diminished.

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  6. I am a Flacco fan. He has been more than a serviceable QB and provided the third best multi year QB play in Baltimore. Unitas and Jones before him. I believe Ray's comments were addressed to the passion of Joe, ie. not having the passion of being a student of the game. Ray and Ed spent plenty of special additional time with film and intense study of their position and that of the team to become better, eventually the best at what they do, inspiring those around them. Joe just does not have that "passion" in him to elevate his play far beyond the very good level he plays every Sunday.

  7. He has his faults, as more than only an elite few don't, but Flacco has been what more than 15-20 teams do not have. In fact, the Ravens have not had as an effective quarterback as Flacco in their history, given his record. His statistics are not as important as wins, much like players in the 2000 Defense, leave personal acclamation aside for the sake of a team win.

  8. Oz has not been perfect, no one can be...misses in the first two rounds are not good. Outstanding/productive draftees on the present roster include:

     

    C Davis

    J Flacco

    T Jernigan

    S Koch

    C Mosley

    K Osemele

    J Smith

    T Suggs

    C Upshaw

    J Urschel

    L Webb

    M Yanda

    B Williams

    D Pitta

     

    Other recent notable non-whiffs include:

     

    T Smith

    McPhee

    Ngata

    A Jones

    B Grubbs

    J Brown

    Taliafero

  9. A starting FS was a better choice for the Ravens. I'm afraid that we swung for a starting ILB and missed a starting free safety in Clinton-Dix. The Packers did not hesitate to strengthen their secondary with a Ha Ha.

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