papasmurfbell Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/04/ray-rice-i-should-have-thought-twice-about-playing-through-injury/The struggles of the Ravens running game were well documented this season.Both Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce, who recently had rotator cuff surgery, battled injuries while running behind a largely ineffective offensive line, leading to poor results for both men and a dismal showing for the Ravens offense overall. Rice doesn’t need to have surgery to repair his hip, but he said the injury was serious enough to limit him on the field and that he learned a lesson about when it is time to stop trying to push through an injury.“I played through an injury and I probably should have thought twice about it, but I’m glad I was able to push through the season and not have any surgical procedures,” Rice said, via FOXSports.com. “One thing I know my body needed was rest, and we had a tough turnaround, and we didn’t do what we wanted to this year, but I’m positive that things are looking better for next year already. … I was good enough to go, but I was limited with the things that I could do. That’s never been me. That’s something as a pro you have to weigh the good and the bad. For me it didn’t work out in my favor this year, but I’ll be smarter.”The Ravens have hired Gary Kubiak as their offensive coordinator and shaken up their offensive coaching staff in other ways since the end of the regular season. That’s one way they’ll attempt to generate better results next season, but it won’t do much good without better blocking and healthier backs to put things into motion. If they get them, Kubiak’s scheme should offer Rice a good chance at a bounceback season in 2014.
cravnravn Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 I knew the injury card would come out from him.
colincac Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Yeah seriously, what a great way to blame his injury for his shitty play. Never give RB's a long-term big deal, why didn't we learn?
thesteelhurtin Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 He's done I said it before the season. A running back can only carry an offense for so long before he breaks down. Flaccid may get most of the credit but really it was rice. Maybe if flaccid didnt just look for the dump off to rice so many times he would have a few years left in him.
Robjr83 Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 I blame this partially on the coaching staff.... no depth at RB this year. We kept two fullbacks last season that were seldom used in a league were some teams don't even carry a FB.
GrubberRaven Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 He's done I said it before the season. A running back can only carry an offense for so long before he breaks down. Flaccid may get most of the credit but really it was rice. Maybe if flaccid didnt just look for the dump off to rice so many times he would have a few years left in him. Dude is hardly 'Flaccid' with two kids already...just saying...
cravnravn Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 I blame this partially on the coaching staff.... no depth at RB this year. We kept two fullbacks last season that were seldom used in a league were some teams don't even carry a FB.No depth? We had pierce who imo is better then Rice, and we gave Rainey away
papasmurfbell Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 Yeah seriously, what a great way to blame his injury for his shitty play. Never give RB's a long-term big deal, why didn't we learn? That should be the rule of thumb if you want to be good. You can't waste cap space on that position. Rainey ain't all that...He is pretty good being used the right way.
GrubberRaven Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 He is pretty good being used the right way. Give him a whole season...then start chastising the Front Office.
papasmurfbell Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 Like most RB's I think he can be plugged into the right system and go.
Money Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Give him a whole season...then start chastising the Front Office. Absolutely. Rainey had 2 great games last year. Other than those 2 games, his season was comprised of being cut loose by the freakin' Browns (who had no RBs) and averaging right around 3 ypc. In his last 3 games of the season, he had 42 carries for 99 yards. That actually makes Rice look good.
papasmurfbell Posted February 6, 2014 Author Posted February 6, 2014 Yeah the Browns showed competence in execution of their team.
Money Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Yeah the Browns showed competence in execution of their team. Well...they knew enough to recoup a 1st round draft pick from Indy for what has turned out to be a very average RB.
thesteelhurtin Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Dude is hardly 'Flaccid' with two kids already...just saying...His play sure is
vmax Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 His play sure is Get off it. Flacco's Super Bowl run made anything that Rthsslxxbrrrgrrr did in the playoffs look dickless.And your just fucking jealous because the Stealers have had a limp dick running game since Bettis left.
thesteelhurtin Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Get off it. Flacco's Super Bowl run made anything that Rthsslxxbrrrgrrr did in the playoffs look dickless.And your just fucking jealous because the Stealers have had a limp dick running game since Bettis left. flaccid got hot for four games and I would love to see him complete that pass to Holmes. Also we had a guy by the name of FWP who was very good until he broke his leg. Why in the world would I ever be jealous of anything Ravens? Also mendy did have a couple decent season and rushed for 16 tds in a season. While the Ravens were dependent on rice the steelers relied on Ben.
oldno82 Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 flaccid got hot for four games and I would love to see him complete that pass to Holmes. Also we had a guy by the name of FWP who was very good until he broke his leg. Why in the world would I ever be jealous of anything Ravens? Also mendy did have a couple decent season and rushed for 16 tds in a season. While the Ravens were dependent on rice the steelers relied on Ben.WTF? Put this crap in your own forum will you? And stop hijacking threads!
Spen Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 "Flaccid" is a really odd name to refer to someone as, even someone you don't like. Me thinks that says more about you than him. Makes me scared to wonder what pops into your head when when you hear "Big Ben".
cravnravn Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Yea come on Steel you wish Benny could have put together a 5 year string like Bazooka Joe did
thesteelhurtin Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 "Flaccid" is a really odd name to refer to someone as, even someone you don't like. Me thinks that says more about you than him. Makes me scared to wonder what pops into your head when when you hear "Big Ben".actually my auto correct changed flacco to flaccid and I just ran with it.
thesteelhurtin Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Yea come on Steel you wish Benny could have put together a 5 year string like Bazooka Joe didYou mean like three Super Bowl appearances in 5 years?
cravnravn Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 No I mean playing head butt with the windshield and 2 rape allegations and a payoff
papasmurfbell Posted February 7, 2014 Author Posted February 7, 2014 Well...they knew enough to recoup a 1st round draft pick from Indy for what has turned out to be a very average RB. Yeah and they were stupid enough to use the #4 pick on Richardson. They have been moronically run since they came back. Haslam seems to be running it worse.
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