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Thread: Time to face facts
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11-26-2012, 10:16 AM #62Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Time to face facts
Great post. My football acumen is VERY low but I just watch other NFL games and these other dynamic offenses, and have no clue why we cannot move forward? Cam has killed be for about 2.5 yrs, I know its not all him, but it has to be a big damn chunk. Its fricken brutal.
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11-26-2012, 10:20 AM #63Hall Of Fame Poster
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11-26-2012, 10:22 AM #64Hall Of Fame Poster
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11-26-2012, 12:10 PM #65Veteran Poster
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Re: Time to face facts
There is more of a problem than Joe or Cam. Cam is not a great OC by any stretch but it is the Ravens offensive mentality that is killing the offense and that is on Harbs. The Ravens want to be a smash mouth running team and they just are not one. The Ravens run an ultra conservative I formation scheme when the game is close or they are ahead. Only when they fall behind do they go to 1 back and spread the defense out. In the past they got away with it because they have had a dominant defense. The whole offense is inconsistent because of this mentality. Rice has been inconsistent this year as well. He only has 2 games with over 100 yards rushing. He also has 3 games where he averaged under 3ypc. People want to lay the inconsistencies at the feet of Joe but it is the offense as a whole. It starts with the Harbaugh mentality and goes down from there. Cam is not a great play caller but is also handcuffed by the conservative nature of the HC. The Oline is poorly coached. It is one thing to get beat occasionally like we have seen with Osmele but it is another thing when guys are missing assignments and players are coming in completely untouched. There were at least 3 times yesterday where players had a free run at the QB for a sack.
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Re: Time to face facts
I'm excited about the win.
GREAT teams have the ability to win games that they otherwise shouldn't. This was one of those games. I'm not ready to annoint them yet, but that play showed me the ravens MAY be one of those teams. May be.
The key is tightening up those things that made the situation difficult to begin with.
It's a shame that it took the ravens a deficit and only 4:00 reminiang on the clock to get some urgency.
You could see the Ravens were the better team for most of the game, they just seemed content at letting the Chargers hang around.
Again, thanks to the defense for clamping down when they did.
The positive is that the ravens realized that they had an opportunity before it was too late. But letting it get to a 4th and 29 situation needs to stop.
Hopefully the ravens can use "4th and 29" as a lesson.
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11-26-2012, 12:36 PM #67Hall Of Fame Poster
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11-26-2012, 12:58 PM #68Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Time to face facts
All I need to see is the idiotic "deer in the headlights" claim to know I'm reading the ill-gotten thoughts of a reality-challenged Flacco hater.
On the sneak, Flacco made the first down. It was a poor spot. I'm not going to call it a "bad call," because spotting the ball in a scrum like that is more art than science. The sideline officials don't get the same view the cameras can get on a play like that. But they spotted the ball about a half yard behind Flacco's forward progress.
Flacco has been changing plays at the line. The blown-up 4th and 1 (Pierce getting tackled in the backfield) was a Flacco audible. Birk wasn't able to prevent the tackle from getting penetration.
Flacco has earned his nickname of "Joe Cool." I haven't seen "deer in the headlights" from him since his rookie season in the Irsay game (where he threw three picks), and that despite having pass protection that often resembles matadors more than an offensive line. He's a physically tough quarterback that doesn't get rattled even when nothing is going well, and he's doing that having to run plays that practically compel him to force the ball into tight windows pass after pass. He was sacked five times and hurried and hit more, but he still threw a perfect strike to Smith's back shoulder on third down to set up the winning field goal. He made great passes several times in the drive before the 4th and 29, not to mention not panicking and trying to force a bad throw into the teeth of the defense at the sticks.
What's "weak" is the reality-free criticisms you and other Flacco haters throw out.
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11-26-2012, 03:00 PM #70Veteran Poster
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Re: Time to face facts
While it's not a line of argument I usually care to adopt, were Roethlisberger, Manning (either one), or Brady to play a game that went *exactly* like Flacco's yesterday, the Flacco haters and the Talking Heads would be slobbering over how they overcame not having their best stuff and poor execution by their supporting staff to win the game.
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11-26-2012, 03:07 PM #72
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