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10-22-2012, 10:20 PM #13Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
Good point about Boldin. He reminds me of a bigger, stronger Mason. He should ALWAYS figure prominently in the passing attack because he can take the receiving corps on his back (as he has done at least once already this season). The Ravens should be going to him early and often. Make opposing defenses account for him and stretch the amount of field they must defend. Boom! Everybody else's job on offense gets a little easier.
Note: I'm not suggesting that Joe stare him down. What I'm suggesting is that make opposing defenses have to cover EVERYBODY in the pattern.
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
If I remember correctly, they tried the rush offense/defense approach last year against New England. For three straight drives, before an entire game, the Patriots shut that shit down.
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10-22-2012, 10:32 PM #15
Haven't seen him mentioned, but I think Dickson has gone from below average to just plain bad.
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10-22-2012, 10:49 PM #16Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I have said this before. "somebody needs to teach this guy how to catch a football". Dennis Pitta anyone?
If you put their lockers together (maybe they are?) the following hypothetical conversation might occur:
Dickson: Hey Man, how come Joe targets you so often?
Pitta: He trusts me to catch to the ball.
Dickson: Oh OK maybe I should work on that.
Pitta: I can help you with that.
Dickson: Thanks dude.
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
IMHO, the damage was longer than just the years he started here. Once you realize a QB fails, you have to find another one. We had to go out and get a washed up QB to take over which really added more years. A players prime really only usually lasts 4 years or so anyway.
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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10-22-2012, 11:07 PM #18
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10-22-2012, 11:29 PM #19
Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
Definitely a disappointment.
Our SNF game vs. NYJ was when he really started to stink it up if I recall.
And to think that...Graham and Hernandez were on the board when we selected Ed.
Add David Reed and Arthur Jones, and man, that 2010 draft (Kindle, Cody) is really pissing me off now :(
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10-23-2012, 12:14 AM #20iggyman555 Guest
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10-23-2012, 02:07 AM #21Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
The debate around here over the last couple of days got me thinking... I was wondering just how comparatively bad the Ravens' passing game on the road is in comparison to the rest of the league. So I did a bit of research and a bit of excel work to compare 10 QBs from likely playoff teams across the league in their performance at home vs on the road. Disclaimer: I am not pointing this out in order to burn Flacco, merely to show where the Ravens level of performance is in relation to the rest of the league that has a good chance to go to the playoffs. I think the numbers speak for themselves...
Schaub home: 129 att, 83 comp, 64.34%, 956 yds, 7.4 y/a, 5 TD, 2 INT, 93.0 rating
Schaub road: 93 att, 57 comp, 61.29%, 694 yds, 7.5 y/a, 5 TD, 2 INT, 93.2 rating
Ryan home: 113 att, 73 comp, 64.6%, 837 yds, 7.4 y/a, 6 TD, 4 INT, 89.7 rating
Ryan road: 123 att, 87 comp, 70.73%, 919 yds, 7.5 y/a, 8 TD, 2 INT, 107.1 rating
Smith home: 108 att, 71 comp, 65.74%, 869 yds, 8.0 y/a, 6 TD, 4 INT, 93.5 rating
Smith road: 82 att, 56 comp, 68.29%, 558 yds, 6.8 y/a, 3 TD, 1 INT, 94.5 rating
Roethlisburger home: 69 att, 46 comp, 66.67%, 495 yds, 7.2 y/a, 3 TD, 0 INT, 102.0 rating
Roethlisburger road: 166 att, 109 comp, 65.66%, 1270 yds, 7.7 y/a, 8 TD, 3 INT, 97.2 rating
Eli home: 160 att, 103 comp, 64.38%, 1319 yds, 8.2 y/a, 8 TD, 6 INT, 91.1 rating
Eli road: 105 att, 66 comp, 62.86%, 790 yds, 7.5 y/a, 4 TD, 1 INT, 94.5 rating
Peyton home: 116 att, 75 comp, 64.66%, 921 yds, 7.9 y/a, 7 TD, 0 INT, 109.2 rating
Peyton road: 111 att, 76 comp, 68.47%, 897 yds, 8.1 y/a, 7 TD, 4 INT, 98.8 rating
Brees home: 133 att, 73 comp, 54.89%, 949 yds, 7.1 y/a, 10 TD, 4 INT, 90.1 rating
Brees road: 140 att, 93 comp, 66.43%, 1148 yds, 8.2 y/a, 8 TD, 3 INT, 101.7 rating
Brady home: 119 att, 77 comp, 64.71%, 798 yds, 6.7 y/a, 4 TD, 1 INT, 91.6 rating
Brady road: 166 att, 109 comp, 65.66%, 1306 yds, 7.9 y/a, 8 TD, 2 INT, 100.6 rating
Rodgers home: 117 att, 83 comp, 70.94%, 841 yds, 7.2 y/a, 7 TD, 3 INT, 100.4 rating
Rodgers road: 145 att, 100 comp, 68.97%, 1138 yds, 7.8 y/a, 12 TD, 1 INT, 117.0 rating
Flacco home: 143 att, 96 comp, 67.13%, 1301 yds, 9.1 y/a, 7 TD, 2 INT, 106.4 rating
Flacco road: 112 att, 56 comp, 50.0%, 566 yds, 5.1 y/a, 2 TD, 4 INT, 55.9 rating
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10-23-2012, 03:23 AM #22
Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I think you need to take into consideration more than just the numbers especially with such a small sample size to work with--only 3 road games.
What I notice is that when you look at who we played at home and who on the road so far, a pattern emerges.
Home Games: against Bengals, Patriots, Browns & Cowboys (all played zone or mostly zone, yes even the Cowboys**)
Away Games: against Eagles, Chiefs & Texans (all played man to man, Eagles made switch in 2nd half and we saw the drastic difference it made)
Seems to me our success at home and struggles on the road have less to do with where we play and more to do with what defensive scheme we face.
**According to this article: "On Sunday at Baltimore, the Cowboys played full press coverage eight times. They were full off 13 times and played half press 20 times."
http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowbo...on-carrs-press
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10-23-2012, 08:02 AM #23Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I wonder how much of that drop off has to do with Flacco and how much it has to do with the offensive system? Do the Ravens have an offensive system that only works with no crowd noise? Is there a problem getting plays in? Or is Flacco just wilting under the added pressure of a hostile stadium?
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I knew it was bad, just not this bad. But I think we need a few more games to really get a feel for what we have on offense (on the road). In any case they need to get better. I think they know that. Thing is, will they make the necessary adjustments? I have no faith that they will.
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