Re: GAME THREAD - Ravens/Browns
"How about savoring the win? This team really should have lost this game.
Why don't you guys wait atleast until tommorrow to start complaining."
Cause all they want to do is bitch and complain. Go over to the Colts forums and read how they are happy after a hard win when they couldn't stop the run at all.
In fact I'm guessing you can go to all the other 3-0 teams boards and find a lot of happy people, not here though, they want to just go on and on about how this sucks or that sucks.
Re: GAME THREAD - Ravens/Browns
Hey Jon,
There's nothing wrong with complaining about the deficiencies of your team. We all sit here and watch this team week after week. A true fan doesn't just simply ignore the shortcomings and say "yay, it's a win!". I'm not saying that you aren't a true fan or anything. I'm just saying that there are a lot of things to discuss about this team. It definitely has issues, and if we are to compete against the more elite teams in this league, those issues need addressing by the coaching staff. That doesn't make me less of a fan, it's just taking in the whole picture.
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So we should sit around singing folk songs and holding hands while the offense actually manages to go backwards more than half the time?
Not one of the three teams we've beaten have won a game so far this year. Wins are great, but until we stop floundering when we have the ball, the wins will stop coming.
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We are all savouring this win,and having a serious, adult football conversation at the same time.
Great comeback win.On the road.
Whats wrong with expecting more from the offense.
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Really? Kind of like the Texans game last year, or the Jets game the year before that?
I have to agree with him 2K6. And remember if JO isn't flagged for illegal man downfield last year, we DO win that game.
Anyway, the point is this offense has MUCH work to do. We have San Diego, Denver, and Carolina coming up.
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It was certainly an "ugly" win
Kinda like saying you drive an "old" Porsche
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What I want to know is, is it that the Browns get up for us and play to their talent levels, or do we routinely take the Browns lightly and play down to their level? The Browns have statistically one of the worst run D's in the NFL and our rush offense is far from week, yet I don't think we've had a 100 yard rusher against them since Jamal went for 205 on them in Cleveland three or four years ago.
Is it a matter of pride for the Browns? Is it us not taking them seriously? (can't believe it would be six games in a row) Or is it a question of our offensive scheme simply not working against their D?
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Apparently I missed it. We must have blown out the Cleveland Browns and we've got nothing to complain about. The offense must have been a well oiled machine.
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Excellent questions, UK.
I would imagine it's a bit of both. The Browns have always seemed to play us tough after Jamal's big games against them
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What I want to know is, is it that the Browns get up for us and play to their talent levels
I do believe when the Clowns play the Ravens,it is their kind of tragic Superbowl they are playing. They never have a chance at getting to one,
so this is their 2nd best,to beat the Ravens.
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UK,
I think you answered your own question with your last sentence. I think that's the biggest problem on this team when playing the Clowns. Although I have to say that for a good portion of this game, we were playing with our heads up our asses.
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It's a problem we have against every team we face. If we don't run, we can't score.
And since nobody is willing to let us run on them...
Mostly though, the Browns really don't want to lose to us. You see it all the time when rivals are playing. Watch an Auburn/Alabama game sometime if you really want to see what I'm talking about.