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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
it's not unusual at all for teams to abandon no huddle and play differently on the road. SiriusNFL did a segment on it two days ago. I can go nuts on the playcalls as well as anyone but last week was all Joe, he just went into a funk. Luckily he played well early and we hung on for the win
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
Not really. He was throwing on third and long all day mostly due to failed first and second down runs. The browns rushed four, played tight man and bracketed Pitta and sometimes Boldin forcing most passes outside. Any first down pass would have to be a perfect throw.
He made a couple of bad decisions but he also gave Torrey a good chance on a long ball and had a couple Dickson drops.
The entire offense was in a funk. First off, play calling. Secondly, player execution.
Tom Brady wouldn't be nearly as good if he was only throwing on third and long.
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
It's been 4 and a half years.
This offense is not consistent enough doing the basics on the road to opine that we should act like the damn Patriots 24/7.
When they can go on the road and do basic things like...the OL picking up simple stunts, or not letting blitzers run free while having lineman stand there not doing anything (or hell, hold off a basic 4 man rush)...or WR's that can actually run good routes, and CATCH the ball when it is thrown to them...or the QB making accurate throws when things around him aren't perfect.
If you can't do those things in the passing game even when you are running the ball and making the defense adjust and account for the run, what the hell makes anybody think we should just go balls to the walls throwing all over the place and running a hurry up offense?
When the OL actually blocks someone, WR's get open and catch the ball, and the QB doesn't look flustered when things aren't going right around him...on a consistent basis, THEN you can expand the offense and do more.Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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11-11-2012, 11:47 PM #28
Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
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11-11-2012, 11:52 PM #29
Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
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11-12-2012, 12:27 AM #30
Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
It was more than just that. Play selection is a big part of it. Against the Raiders, we saw the Ravens come out the gate running, with Flacco hitting Boldin to keep the chains moving. That's how the Coryell system works. Pound the rock, throw when you must to get first downs, and when the defense creeps up you put it over their heads.
Cam, especially the last two years, keeps trying to flip that backwards. He tries even harder on the road.
The most successful offense running the Coryell system was the '91 Redskins. Byner would pound it up the middle, Rypien would hit Monk for first downs, and then Sanders deep when the defense gave it to them. The Redskins did it consistently throughout Gibbs's first tenure as head coach, and had three Super Bowl victories to show for it.
It's not a bad system, but it doesn't work backwards. You don't come out throwing it deep and work your way back to running the ball, because if throwing it deep doesn't work you find yourself compelled to keep throwing it deep.
Flacco's passes to Boldin in the first quarter helped him get into rhythm. There were a number of plays yesterday where he beat the blitz more than the blocking scheme eating it up. He dropped back and threw quickly. That happened because he and the receivers were clicking: they'd developed a rhythm in the game that made him comfortable. You don't develop that rhythm chucking the rock down the field. You get it with slants and 5-10 yard patterns that move the chains. Hopefully Harbaugh is looking at Cameron today and saying "More of this."
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
What? I don't think so. Cam goes into a shell alright, and the result seems to be three-and-outs more often than not, but it's not "run, run, pass, punt." It's "pass, pass, pass, punt." Sometimes he gets tricky and it's "pass, run, pass, punt," but when the early reliance on the deep ball doesn't work, Cam keeps trying to force it. It's almost like he's an old man who has hit the gas peddle instead of the brake, and he's desperately pushing it harder hoping doing so will stop the car...
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11-12-2012, 10:51 AM #34
Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
Actually, we're both right.
You described what Cam tends to do when the Ravens fall behind.
I described what Cam tends to do when the Ravens have a lead.
(I guess I had the Browns game still fresh in my mind. Since that was the last game the offense floundered--at least for about half the game)
So, in the example I gave, of the passing game not working, if it happens before the Ravens take the lead, Cam does NOT tend to go run-run-pass-punt. As you said, instead he'll abandon the run and go pass-pass-pass.
But if the passing game stops working after the Ravens have taken a lead (or even if it hasn't) then he WILL often go run-run-pass-punt.
And your analogy of an old man hitting the gas instead of the brakes is spot on.
That's our Cam alright.
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11-12-2012, 11:58 AM #35Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
you need a grip on reality. Yes, we won 55-20, but against one of the worst defenses in the league and at home where we are a completely different team. Nobody is questioning this teams performance at home, but everyone is questioning it on the road.
Until this offense can play similar on the road to how they do at home, we will never make the superbowl.
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Re: Do you wanna know why the Ravens don't run this offense on the road?
I do have a grip on reality we are 7-2, and are 2-2 on the road. The only person who needs to get a grip on reality is you, you need to know that this is the NFL, not Madden, we aren't going to win every game, winning in the NFL is a very hard thing to do especially on the road. This team do need to improve on the road so we can have the best record possible going into the play offs for home field, but don't forget that a certain 9-7 team went on to win the SB last year when nobody expected it, and the year before that a 10-6 Green Bay team done pretty much the same thing. As far as I'm concerned, this is a great record to have for such a flawed team.
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