oldno82

Won't be fixed this year. Unlikely to be fixed next year as Ozzie has so many needs: WR,C,RB,TE(?), LT(?), RT. The best thing going for us is the weak division.

I keep wondering how we got into this offensive line mess. We re-signed McKinnie, the same guy that was nearly perfect throughout the playoffs. We lost Birk but Gino was supposed to be a good center after all the understudying. We had Osemele at LG, Yanda at RG, and Ohrer at RT. Looked damned good to me---on paper. Then McKinnie decided to stop playing. Osemele hurt his back and wasn't the same. Gino crashed. Ohrer looks like he was never what we thought he could be. And Yanda was still recovering from an injury. The line is a mess. The lack of running game and number of hits Joe's taking is killing us. BUT, how do we fix this mess? Seems like a whole lot of problems. Oh, and Monroe is in his last year and wants a big payday. And how long are we going to have to live with this?

You can't knock Joe's performance this past Sunday. He was efficient and effective on long and short passes. There were also a couple of drops. His problem is consistency and that gets magnified when there's no running attack and the O-line is letting them swarm in. To sum up: 1) Joe isn't Tom Brady 2) He was lights out in the playoffs last year and the SB and brought us a championship. 3) Other times he can be found wanting 4) We had no choice but to pay him the money he got because somebody else would have and we would have to start a multi-year search for somebody as good 5) Ray's defense didn't bail him out in the playoffs and SB, Do I wish he was a young Tom Brady or Peyton Manning? Sure. But he is what he is and we can win with him with a balanced attack and a decent O-line. He proved it last year.

Jacoby Jones is one hell of a returner and he's a valuable pass receiver too. Tucker may just be this team's MVP this year. Joe had a good day and the weather was bad...no complaints. The running game with Rice is dead. With Pierce it's almost dead. And there are no frigging holes either. Defense is playing great lately but Geno doesn't look like he's NFL material. I wonder if it was Ryan's decision to draft him or the Jets horrid F.O.

Nice win...one of the best performances of the season!

Except for the usual problems with the running game, it's been a good day for Joe, Jacoby, and all of our receivers---a few drops but mostly good. Defense is consistently good. Joe has looked sharp.

Damned shame Stokely can't stay healthy. Very nice catch for a 1st.

I agree, Max.

Actually, I like Fall the best, then Winter. Love all the holidays too.

Given the weather, the defenses, and the lack of offense, I'd say Jets 12 Ravens 9.

He was a good coach for us sure, but his record and his antics in NY speak for themselves.

Sounds good to me.

" Dierdorff has called many a Ravens games … @JasonLaCanfora: Congrats and best wishes to Dan Dierdorff, who announced after 43yrs in the game as a player and broadcaster he will retire after the season [Twitter]" I don't think a Baltimore football team has ever had a worse 'analyst' doing their broadcasts. 43 Years of bullshit finally going away.

I approve of him throwing to a receiver when there's tight one on one coverage, but there's been too many times when he's thrown in double and triple coverage this year. I think he's trying too hard to make something happen because the offense sucks so bad.

Got a feeling Pitta won't play this year and will sign a 1-year with incentives. UNLESS we win the next 3.

No.

That's what I was leaning towards too.

Really glad to see Pitta back at practice though I'm sure he has a long way to go before being football-ready, Might not even be this season. But, I was thinking: should we take a chance and sign Pitta now for 3 years or do we play it conservative and offer him a one year deal?

Good one!

Joe's always had pretty low interception rates before this year. I think he's forcing the ball more into tight situations. Perhaps trying to justify his contract or be 'the leader' on the team? He definitely misses Boldin and PItta who fight for the ball when covered and prevent interceptions too.

I think that's because there were actually holes there (occasionally) for him to run through. If you take out the 47 yard run he had (where it looked like he ran out of gas), he only averaged 3.5 yards a carry against the worst run defense in the league.

I always liked Rainey and cutting him turned out to be a big, big mistake.

He probably wasn't feeling well because he was puking his guts out over the mess this team is in.

Man do I agree with you. All I ask for is an entertaining offense on a team that plays with emotion. We haven't seen either this year.

It was nice to see Rice get over 100 yards at last but even then he didn't have the burst, power, or cut-back ability he's demonstrated in the past. He's on the way down or already there.