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Post by Ravenchamp on Oct 20, 2015 16:57:53 GMT -5
Baltimore Ravens
1-5, 4th in AFC Northern Division
Monday, October 26, 8:30 PM on ESPN
University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
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Post by shutout on Oct 21, 2015 5:40:02 GMT -5
Arizona might lay 40 on the Ravens.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 21, 2015 15:43:18 GMT -5
Gamblers have the Ravens at nine point underdogs. I suspect they're being kind. Ravens are lucky they don't play the Patriots this year. Belichick would drop an easy 60 on that unit. He never, ever stops playing - nor should he, if you don't want to be scored on, play better defense - when some other coaches take their foot off the gas when they're comfortably ahead by giving second stringers a look. Is it time to start calling them the Baltimore Browns yet?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 1:20:11 GMT -5
If the draft were held today, the Ravens would have the No. 1 overall pick by virtue of winning (losing?) all of the requisite tiebreakers.
The Ravens are 4-1 all-time against Arizona, but I don't think that means very much at this point. Four of those five games, it should be noted, were decided by less than a touchdown. Unfortunately, those are the exact types of games the Ravens can't win right now. Personally, I don't think it will be that close as Arizona is very potent offensively. And the Cardinals are likely to be a bit peeved after losing to a third-string quarterback last Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Ravens' defense is the perfect cure for an offense that is looking to get hale and hardy once again. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 22, 2015 11:45:44 GMT -5
On the 98Rock morning show they spoke to Stan White (as they occasionally do) who ticked off the many strengths of the Cardinals against the no strengths of the Ravens.
This is going to be a legendary beating.
Ravens 12
Cardinals 42
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Post by Ravenchamp on Oct 22, 2015 12:05:53 GMT -5
On the 98Rock morning show they spoke to Stan White (as they occasionally do) who ticked off the many strengths of the Cardinals against the no strengths of the Ravens. This is going to be a legendary beating. Ravens 12 Cardinals 42 what everyone expects, and watch us win this one LOL |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 22, 2015 14:04:23 GMT -5
what everyone expects, and watch us win this one LOL It's not impossible. The Steelers held them. But there's a lot going against the Ravens: Advantages for the Cardinals: Carson Palmer gave them fits while a Bengal. Good running game (Chris Johnson already has nearly 500 yds) Good receivers A promising cornerback The Ravens secondary 1/2 of The Ravens O-line (they're inconsistent) The Ravens linebackers Dean Pees Advantages for the Ravens: Joe Flacco 1/2 of Steve Smith Sr. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 27, 2015 7:01:48 GMT -5
Each time I wonder if I've seen rock bottom, they dig farther. Letting a guy get up and run back for a TD? Are you kidding me? This team is officially hapless. Pees has got to go, and Trestman can't adapt. He tries plays that works, and he keeps trying them after the opponent adapts. He reminds me of the worst of the Cameron games.
I'll be surprised if this team wins another game this season.
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Post by Ravenchamp on Oct 27, 2015 7:48:21 GMT -5
Can't make big plays to win, we're always in the game.
Joe has no go to weapons except a semi retired beat up smith.
Our defense can't tacle, it's just bad
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 27, 2015 14:41:57 GMT -5
The tackling continues to be a serious problem. These men must have been taught how to tackle by the time they passed successfully through the many filters that reject all who are not elite. Even the worst NFL player is better than most or all of those who were never drafted. So why have they forgotten this fundamental?
In my view, coaching is why. These men simply don't seem to want to play hard for these coaches. Coaches in the NFL wear out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2015 22:51:24 GMT -5
I actually thought last night was one of their better efforts, particularly on the defensive end. I was expecting Carson Palmer to absolutely shred the Ravens defense, but they held up fairly well (and I don't know what the hell Arizona was thinking on that last possession).
I'm typically not one to criticize the officiating, but last night's crew as atrocious, particularly on that tackle-eligible play with John Urschel; he clearly signaled to the official that he was eligible, yet the Ravens got called for illegal procedure. What's he supposed to do, hand in a note from home? Two guys who need to go are Marlon Brown, who is an absolute waste of space, and Eugene Monroe, who couldn't handle 35-year-old Dwight Freeney, a guy who had been working on his golf game just two weeks prior.
I'll give Flacco credit for his willingness to stand in and take a hit, but he has got to stop those back-foot throws, and he needs to recognize blitzes and check out of a play occasionally. Maybe Trestman is like Kubiak in that he doesn't like his quarterbacks to audible, but going ahead and running a play when it's clear it's going to get blown up is a formula for disaster.
I guess the good news for the Ravens is that the lower the record, the higher their position in next spring's draft. They've lots of holes to fill.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Oct 28, 2015 10:52:51 GMT -5
I am waiting to hear what, if anything, the league has to say about Johnson getting back up. It honestly looked to me like (1) he wasn't touching the ground, and (2) he was continuing to try to advance. My brother tells me he later admitted he stopped, and if that's true and Torbert's crew failed to detect that and stop the play, that's extremely poor officiating. I thought that the pass interference calls were okay. It looked to me like pass interference.
They need to part ways with a guy who lets himself get in poor physical condition and then takes half the year to reach his ability, as Webb apparently does. That's unacceptable behavior, or should be, in a top-flight organization. Cut him if he won't restructure. It's another cap hit, but they're not going to be good for a few years, anyway - they've made too made front office miscalculations recently.
The league said Torbert missed Urschel's signal and should not have, but also said that he won't be disciplined because "it did not have a material impact on the game". That cannot be their real reason. If you don't want bad behavior, like blown calls, you punish it. Whether it affected the outcome of the game or not is entirely irrelevant and highly subjective, and the fact that Goodell would sign off on an absurd statement like that is more proof he's a terrible commissioner. The league consistently demonstrates by its handling of the officials that fair outcomes mean little to it. If they did, at least one guy on every crew (the ref) would be a full-time league employee who only did that for a living.
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