Raiders @ Ravens

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Minshew fires to the wndzone, Stephens in coverage, both pushing and shoving, Stephens called. 1st and goal from the 1

 

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Minshew with a quick strike to Adams off of the play fake, touchdown. Humph beat

Bogus pi call, bogus

Tie game

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Coverage was supposed to be this teams strength, well, it appears to be the team's biggest weakness

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3:54 left

Touchback

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Henry in, no olay fake, Crosby in untouched flattens Lamar

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Draw to Hill on 2nd and 19, gets nothing

3rd and 19

All day to throw, hits Hill on. Check down for 3 yards, yippie

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Punt Stout kicks it short, real short, 24 yards, wow after the penalty, 19 yards.. game, set, match

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Run up the middle for 8

Ravens call a time put with 2:12 left. Sure would be nice to have all 3 time outs here.

This game was lost by coaching

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Minshew over the middle for 12

2 min warning

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Run up the middle for 2, Ravens use their last time out.

This was a coaching loss. Personnel use, play calls on offense and defense.

Run off of the right for 5, 3rd down.

Raiders were 0-49 when trailing by 10 in the 4th.

Run to the right, no gain

4th down, under a minute now.

Should be a 30 some odd number field goal for the win

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I know, game 2, but this team is too talented to be 0-2, Tucker missing field goals, no one can cover in the secondary

Field goal is good, 26-23 Raiders

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27 seconds

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It comes down to bad decisions by the players, by the coaches

Lamar fires over the middle to Andrews for 11, spikes the ball

14 seconds

Cheese and crackers, he holds the ball and scrambles then throws it away

7 seconds

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Time out Vegas

3rd and 10

Throws deep right sideline to Likely who leaps to catch it, defender hits him ball falls out

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This team is not built to win important games.  They are in the image of their useless coach.

[tsylvester]

1 second, time out, Raiders

Yes, players have to play, a coach's job is to put them in a position to succeed, but you also have to teach them how to make good decisions, and they are not making smart decisions.

Lamar runs down field, pitches it to Hill who tries to throw it, toward to Staney, game over

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*sigh*

[oldno82]

Most disappointing to me is state of our defense since McDonald left. I know it will take Orr some time to get in a groove but the talent on defense is there but the coaching is not. Plus the defense just doesn't look fired up to play like they have in the past.

I knew the O-line would be a mess and it was. Although they played better in the 2nd half.

Meanwhile I think this could very well be Harbs' last season...he doesn't look fired up either.

In short, too many good coaches have left the building.

[oldno82]

Preston from The Sun:

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Coaching

The Ravens started off strong, but M&T Bank Stadium lacked energy. There were a lot of empty seats and a lot of Raiders fans behind the Las Vegas bench. Coach John Harbaugh failed on two challenges, and the Ravens didn’t make any serious adjustments on offense or defense in the second half. Despite the NFL being a pass-happy league, the game is still won on the offensive and defensive lines. If there are weaknesses, the coaches have to make adjustments, and the Ravens haven’t made any in the first two games. Losing to the Raiders in the home opener is almost unforgivable. Grade: D"

[tsylvester]

As usual Mikey bag of donuts is a dozen short of a brain. Lazy writing by him, no surprise.

The stadium was loud at times, as heard over the tele. But what does that have to do with coaching?

No adjustments on offense? They drove the field numerous times in the 2nd half thanks to a change in how they run; running left, running sweeps, with Henry; all of his yards came in the 2nd half.

No energy Mikey? 5 sacks, those dont come unless you have passion and energy, not too mention all of the tackles for a loss.

Where Mike is correct and failed to go the counter to order is coaching, head coaching. Go far enough Mikey to call his name into account, because he was the one lost today and his team played like it, even with the aforementioned plays.

But none of that has anything to do with fans. It has to do with coaching how to cover. But then there were no rookies playing in the secondary, so they all should know how to cover

[oldno82]

Is it just me or does it seem that Harbaugh is burning out? Last week and this week he just hasn't had his old pizzaz on the field or in the locker room. And not just on game days. Maybe it's getting to be time for him to retire. He has been around a long time and he's 61 now, I think.

Just wondering.

[tsylvester]

Dolphins signed Huntley off of the practice squad, thankfully

[oldno82]

BTW Dobbins had another good day for the Ravens-West.

McDonald picks up win number 2 for Seattle.

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Don’t be shocked to see Miami trade for young.

[tsylvester]

What is it, 7 blown double digit leads in the 2nd half? With 2 different defensive and offensive coordinator's in the past 3 years or so.

The only 2 common denominator are Lamar and Harbs. Hmmmm