Can someone intelligently explain how we lost 41-7 at home to the Patriots?

[FadeToBlack]

Because today made zero sense.

Thanks.

[pslholder96]

Our inability to score TDs finally came back to haunt us. I'm going to give the Patriots credit. They came and punched us in the mouth in the 1st quarter and we really never recovered.

Our route tree is outdated. We can go vertical but can't complement that with sophisticated play design and disguise underneath. Patriots were determined not to let us go deep. Offense has been the Achilles heel all year

[The Excellector]

I'll give it a try, after I finish puking.

[CincyCat]

This one really caught me off guard. I wanted to see the Ravens knock the Patriots back a game. This was hard to fathom at The Vault.

[The Excellector]

This one really caught me off guard. I wanted to see the Ravens knock the Patriots back a game. This was hard to fathom at The Vault.

Congratulations on winning the division (Pukes).

[Terpsfan82]

Easy. Superior coaching. We were totally outclassed, and we no longer have the talent to overcome the lack of football IQ of this coaching staff.

[Haloti92]

Our offense is one of the few worst in the league. And the Pats have a decent enough offense to score around 20 or so points on our defense.

Combine that with us mailing it in, and the Patriots continuing to play, once it became apparent we couldn't win, and you get a 41-7 final.

[PerpetuallyBored74]

Our coaches suck.
With all the injuries and personnel changes to our offense, we don't have the playmakers to improvise with big plays to overcome our deficient coaching.

[darb72]

We got whipped?

Joe being injured, offense sucking on a lot of levels, defense being left out on the field way too long, etc...

We got whipped.

[The Excellector]

If Joe can't throw into tight windows and if guys like Boldin and Pitta can't make catches in tight spaces, because nobody's getting open honestly, except for maybe once in a blue moon depending on the opponent, this offense goes to complete shit.

[SeattleRaven]

Our inability to score TDs finally came back to haunt us. I'm going to give the Patriots credit. They came and punched us in the mouth in the 1st quarter and we really never recovered.

Our route tree is outdated. We can go vertical but can't complement that with sophisticated play design and disguise underneath. Patriots were determined not to let us go deep. Offense has been the Achilles heel all year

I also think that Joe was hurt much more then anyone in the organization was letting on.

[RockyMRaven]

I also think that Joe was hurt much more then anyone in the organization was letting on.

This.