Joe Flacco's Ready to Let Loose in Passing Game

[tsylvester]

Mkay, I can see his/their point and almost agree. Injuries have been a problem, not just his receivers nor his back but his knee as well. Gaining confidence to step up & through his throws with that knee can be sketchy, take time. "Throw" in the back issue, and you can see him over throwing, underthrowing, "scared" to trust his lineman to keep his legs clean..

 

I can also see the time he missed and they receivers missed as putting the timing and trust of the passing off, way off.

 

When you just factor those points in

 

Asked what the offense needs going forward, receiver Mike Wallace said, "Big plays. We need to make big plays. As an offense, we move the ball down the field pretty well. We just need those big plays, the 50-yard, 60-yard touchdowns."

 

The absence of "chunk" yardage completions means the offense has to grind out long scoring drives just to put points on the board.

 

"It's tough to have a lot of those long drives and do that consistently," Flacco said Wednesday. "You have to have some quick strikes in this league so you don't have to convert four or five third downs every time you score a touchdown."

You get dink & dunk.

 

However, there always is a however isn't there,..... The line has been the biggest issue, the time Flacco has to throw, the receivers have to get open... See, we all watch other games, other teams, we see how much more time, how clean a pocket, those "successful", high scoring offenses have, we talk about all the time and apparently, now so does the "coach"

 

"When you look at other teams on TV or on tape, the teams that are making the plays downfield are the teams that are scoring the most points," Harbaugh said Monday.

Boy John, u sher r smrt.

 

Another element of a successful deep passing game is the willingness to attempt it, as opposed to playing more conservatively. The Ravens have been more cautious than most teams so far, as evidenced by Flacco's average attempted pass distance of 6.9 yards, the second-shortest in the league, according to NextGen Stats. But that should change after the bye, Flacco said.

 

"We need to go after it. We can't sit back and just expect us to not lose football games. We've got to go attack," he said. "We're a 4-5 football team. You always look at teams in this position and say, 'Man, they've got nothing to lose.' Man, we should feel that way. We've got to go out there and leave it all out there."

 

Wallace is confident the pieces will come together.

No where do any of them mention TIME to throw the deep pass, to throw 15-20 yard passes.

 

Sure, they can be willing, they are able to throw it deep arm wise, skill of two of three receivers..... But unless the line gives them time it is all moot.

 

Oh yes, then there are the play designs, I hope John, you noticed the route combinations while you were watching games on tv....

 

 

http://m.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Joe-Flaccos-Ready-to-Let-Loose-in-Passing-Game/e9c5deed-6a5b-48e5-847a-fe267483ef38

[papasmurfbell]

So was this some kind of Dave from Saulsbury plan for the season? Play like crap the first half to shine in the 2nd to prove everyone wrong.

[tsylvester]

Anything is possible and yes, they could catch fire, the league, the conference is having a big down year, many bad teams, some due to injury.

 

But I think we all agree, not likely and even if it is, prove it to us, right?!

 

Frankly, it has to be Super Bowl or bust, anything less has to mean heads will roll, none of this; "they did good for all the injuries they had" crap.

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True there are a ton of bad teams. But even if they beat losers that doesn't mean they will beat good teams. So what was the point? It will just set them back one more yr. They have to draft Joe's replacement. Do not play yourself out of the pick.

[vmax]

They are favored in 5 of their last 6 games right now...according to ESPN...http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=1-21341704

 

I say "Do SOMETHING Even If It Is Wrong!"

Because what has been going on hurts my eyes and head.

 

Joe launched some deep balls Sunday. I saw one or 2 go for 10 yards.

 

It's all on Joe. From here on out every team's game plan will be to commit to stopping the run. They don't fear or respect Joe's arm, accuracy and decision making or the receivers.

[vmax]

 

Flacco said. "We can't sit back and just expect us to not lose football games. We got to go attack

 

Joe just threw the coaches, and their philosophy on how to win, under the bus.

It's called "Play Scared."