oldno82

The Ravens have to pressure Ryan. If they give him all day to throw the Falcons could pull off an upset.

He may make the same mistakes every game but the number of them is decreasing nicely. I think the kid is going to be a very good linebacker.

So glad Gradkowski didn't start at guard. Urschul did a good job subbing. Ditto for Hurst.

Mosley gets better every game.

Everybody will play jam, bump, and run against us from here on out. Couldn't believe Bucs didn't adjust. but good for us.

Me too.

I think Kubiak gets a game ball too.

All good stuff. It's nice to know that Pees knows how to blitz too. Important game for Torrey. Glad to see him break out. And kudos to Aiken, Campanaro, and of course Steve Smith. Meanwhile the Steelers went down the tube against Cleveland. Cincy tied?

I know I'm surprised. The Kubiak offense worked to perfection. I felt sure it was going to be a loss when I heard Osemele couldn't play. Gee, two rookies on the blind side and Joe wasn't sacked. Two things: The Buc's are awful. The Ravens look so damned good when the execute Kubiak's offense. Now the trick is to generate some momentum from this win. Let's keep it up. OH...and Joe looked elite!

But if Osemele can't play, make that 24-13 Bucs. The mere thought of Gino playing LG makes me retch.

This defense will never get off the field because they play 'bend-not-break' defense rather than an aggressive one. Could be because we don't have the personnel but I sure don't like that style of defense.

24-16 Ravens.

Yup. Nothing but crickets.

Maybe they've seen the light this time: "Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak’s scheme is focused around having balance. He has long stressed the importance of running the ball, and he likes to line up in the same formation and call either passes or runs out of it to disguise intentions. “The best thing for our football team and for us is to be balanced and for us to be unpredictable and not sit back there and throw it too much, because if we’re doing that, we’re probably in a bad situations,” Kubiak said. “We’re always looking for the balance, and I’ve got to do a better job than I did last week with that.”

Every time they do that, I wonder why and yet they keep banging their head against the wall. Don't the coaches learn from past mistakes?

Very true, Nado. I bet every team has boards that do the same. Speaking of which, whatever happened to 'thestellhurtin'? Haven't seen him since the day we killed Pitts.

Definitely agree about McPhee!

That's how I see it. I don't know how long it might take Webb to rebound and I hope Hill is as good as he's cracked up to be. He will have been out of live action for 6 weeks. And then there's this: CBSSports.com, Pete Prisco: No. 13 (dropped six spots)“They are having problems defending the pass, ranking 27th in the league. That has to be fixed.”

That was the blunder that killed us.

I do think the very weak secondary we have is contributing to Pees to be a very passive coach (but even last year he was passive). It cuts down on the ability to be creative about blitzing. The secondary won't straighten out until and if Webb gets it back together. No Webb=A long season and no playoffs.

Didn't remember that. Could have hit him hard yesterday. He's a great guy with a ton of talent. We need him, badly. He's also got to stop letting the double coverage get into his head. I'm really pulling for the guy. Hurst too.

I'm not ready to throw Hurst under the bus just yet. He's an undrafted rookie playing in his second game. Wagner sat for a year before he started and that really did him some good. Like has been suggested, I think KO's gimpy knee made it harder for him to help him too. Pags was the best DC we ever had; even better than Rex. I've been disgusted watching how UN-intimidating our defense is under Pees. They play bend don't break and stay on the field too long. Having said that I will say the D wasn't the reason we lost yesterday. If you had told me a week ago we'd limit the Colts to 20 points I'd have expected a good day for the Ravens. Me too. I couldn't believe what he was doing. We needed to put points on the board. Instead we proved we STILL can't gain a freaking yard for a first down.

He can sue all he wants. I don't give a s--t.

What I said was, he has been paid millions. If he's squandered it that fast, why should I care? He can sue all he wants and it doesn't matter a rat's ass to me if he wins or loses.

We have no idea what this guy has done with his money. Either way, he's been paid and I could care less about him now.