Ravens @ Steelers

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I think his butt was down first

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Ruled an int, now 12 players on the field on Baltimore

1st and 5, good night

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Another flag, false start, back to 1st and 10

Run up the middle for 4

8 mins left

Pass in the flat is read quickly loss of 3

3rd and 7

Wide open over the middle for 15, after a bout, why bout when the 4 man rush is working so well

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Run left, missed tackle in the backfield, gain of 6

Sweep right good for 6

Run left for no gain

Throw left for a screen, Ad Washington makes a tackle for a loss

Quick snap, pass deep into the endzone, White with a great pass break up on Pickens

Field goal from 50 is good

18-10

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Too many mistakes by the Ravens offense for this to be a win, yet despite all of them, with 3:35 there is still a chance.

Mitchell returns the kickoff to the 30, another injury, Cane, for the Ravens

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Lamar 10 of 25 for 133 yards 1 pick, though that should not be on him. He has played poorly thus far, refusing to run when given the chance, but he can redeem him self

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Pass is batted down

2nd and 10

Run, just freaking run, he dances around  Flowers breaks wide open pass bounces off of his face mask

3rd and 10

Hits Bateman over the middle for 11

My gosh, this is like a playoff game for Lamar

Blutz is picked up, hits Likely for 11

Stupid, stupid, fakes a screen pass, tries to run up the middle tackled for no gain

2 min warning

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2nd and 10

Check down to Hill in the middle for 7

All 3 timeouts

Wow Jackson rolls right, lofts one to Algholar at the Steeler 7

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Great catch by Algholar,, flag down inllegigable  down field, Merkari

3rd down again

9 to go

12 penalties

Rolls right, throws back left to Hill who gets a great block by Andrews for 24

Quick throw to Wallace on the left side for 8

1:11

Run the ball, kill clock

 

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Pass to Flowers, touchdown!

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2 pt try whistles blow, timeout Pitt

Pitt has 2 timeouts left

From the Pistol Hill in, stupid play call

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Blown up right away, tried to run right, around the end, they were waiting on it

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Kicking it deep, touchback

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1:06

Run up the middle no gain

1:02 timeout Ravens

Fields is in

Hamilton is hurt bad

Game over

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Too bad, Pit is who we thought they were, not that good. Another game they should have won.

Lamar played it like he did the Chiefs in the playoff game.

Sure, give him the 3rd MVP, it means nothing if you can't play well in big games

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Tucker Continues to leave points on the field, 6 pts in this game, 23-18 is a victory. The way the defense was playing no way Pitt gets into the endzone at the end to win

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Funny, odd, maybe ironic, the only mistakes made were NOT on defense.

The coaches made mistakes: play call, Monken, 2 pt conversion sticks out the most

Harbs: choosing to go for a drive backed up on your 10 when your offense is playing like crap with less than 1 minute left in the half,

3 turnovers, one of them, a killer, on said stupid Harbs mistake.

Most of the penalties were on offense, some killing promising drives.

Special teams, while Stout was excellent punting, a couple of 50 yarders, 1 70 yarder

He and Tucker are still costing this team. 2 missed field goals, left

Change holders during the bye week, go visit a witch and have her take the hex off of you, stop doing commercials, something because this is kow 3 years of missing left and at this point, something/ someone has to change.

This defense, granted against the Steelers, showed that they can play championship caliber defense. But in games when the offense wants to shoot off both of its feet, field goals will be needed to win a playoff game.

Lamar, the receivers proved today that they are average at best in big games. Prove me wrong

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So I have now seen this offense against an elite d and a competent offense.  It’s not that great.  Much like Dallas has been for yrs.  A front runner.

[tsylvester]

Well, not sure Dallas level, if so this loss will haunt them next Monday in LA.

Even with Lamar playing poorly they could have won.

Likely doesn't fumble = win

Hill puts two hands on the ball when going to the ground = win

Henry, who never fumbles, I mean never = win

So I won't put this on Lamar

Who knows what happens if they ran the correct 2 pt play. This is the league's best red zone team. Not sure what happened there, but if it goes to overtime, I take the Ravens. Wilson was shell shocked.

The biggest convern js injuries.

Smith, how bad is that hamstring? There is a reason the Steelers started killing this defense over the deep middle when he went out.

Hamilton, he reinjured that anckle late in the game. Looked like the pain killing shot finnally wore off.

Then Tucker, what do they do? Bring in another kicker? One who can atleast make 45 yard kicks?

 

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Ad Washington & Hamilton were much better than any other safety combination for this defense this year.

Granted, the pocket pressure helped keep the deep passes down. Pickens is good, buf man does he get away with major push offs. He was an issue at Georgia too, got benched often. Glad he is not a Raven.

So I hope Hamilton heals quickly.

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1) Time to bring in a kicker? Not to cut Tucker, but somebody who is dependable in the 40-45yd range. I think Tucker will eventually straighten out but his play cost us this game and he doesn't seem to be getting any better. Give him some time off. He's costing us games and we're in crunch time now where 3 points can be the difference between winning and losing against playoff teams. Like I said, still a Tucker fan but I think his head is temporarily messed up.

2) Defense played very well today. No big plays against them and Williams and Jackson weren't playing. The secondary was much better and pass rush and run defense played good enough to win.

3) Still too many f---ing penalties. Can't tell for sure if it is on us or the refs but I'm inclined to think it's the former.

The game really sucked to boot...I wouldn't have kept watching it if it wasn't our team playing.

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I think Goff took control of the MVP, did younsee his numbers, wow..m

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4 hours ago, tsylvester said:

Well, not sure Dallas level, if so this loss will haunt them next Monday in LA.

Even with Lamar playing poorly they could have won.

Likely doesn't fumble = win

Hill puts two hands on the ball when going to the ground = win

Henry, who never fumbles, I mean never = win

So I won't put this on Lamar

Who knows what happens if they ran the correct 2 pt play. This is the league's best red zone team. Not sure what happened there, but if it goes to overtime, I take the Ravens. Wilson was shell shocked.

The biggest convern js injuries.

Smith, how bad is that hamstring? There is a reason the Steelers started killing this defense over the deep middle when he went out.

Hamilton, he reinjured that anckle late in the game. Looked like the pain killing shot finnally wore off.

Then Tucker, what do they do? Bring in another kicker? One who can atleast make 45 yard kicks?

 

the difference between a win and a loss is small most times.  Is he or is he not a force multiplier?  That’s what we paid for letting a lot of talent walk.

3 hours ago, oldno82 said:

1) Time to bring in a kicker? Not to cut Tucker, but somebody who is dependable in the 40-45yd range. I think Tucker will eventually straighten out but his play cost us this game and he doesn't seem to be getting any better. Give him some time off. He's costing us games and we're in crunch time now where 3 points can be the difference between winning and losing against playoff teams. Like I said, still a Tucker fan but I think his head is temporarily messed up.

2) Defense played very well today. No big plays against them and Williams and Jackson weren't playing. The secondary was much better and pass rush and run defense played good enough to win.

3) Still too many f---ing penalties. Can't tell for sure if it is on us or the refs but I'm inclined to think it's the former.

The game really sucked to boot...I wouldn't have kept watching it if it wasn't our team playing.

Penalties are a hallmark of a turdy team.  

 

2 hours ago, tsylvester said:

I think Goff took control of the MVP, did younsee his numbers, wow..m

No doubt.  He really helped me with ff today.

[oldno82]

The Ravens lead the NFL with 92 total penalties, 10 more than the next closest team, and have given up 763 penalty yards this season.

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Yr after yr they are among the league leaders.