Ravens / Colts Game Thread

[ladyraven127]

May the Football Gods be with us :thumbup: Lock 'n load :hammer:

[UKRavenStockers]

Less than two hours to go.

Black #52 jersey is on, nice caffeine surge. Let's get this thing on!

[4G63]

Good luck boys......let 'er eat!!!

[StingerNLG]

Wife and I are on our way to the stadium now. Please keep the rain away tonight.

And NO DEFENSIVE MELTDOWNS tonight!

As always I'll try to post when I can from my Blackberry.

[Sephy]

Maybe me starting them was bad juju. We'll see ;)

[ladyraven127]

We'll see Seph . . . we've had mucho bad mojo this year. Actually started at the end of last year. I believe next year the Voodoo Queen will have to make a reappearance. Start buying stock in chickens :D

On a good note . . . . at least the Squeelers lost today. :thumbup:

[RockyMRaven]

GO RAVENS!!!

[RockyMRaven]

GO RAVENS!!!

[UKRavenStockers]

We'll see Seph . . . we've had mucho bad mojo this year. Actually started at the end of last year. I believe next year the Voodoo Queen will have to make a reappearance. Start buying stock in chickens :D

On a good note . . . . at least the Squeelers lost today. :thumbup:

And Adalius damn near took Roethlisberger's head off late in the 4th quarter. That brought a smile to my face. :happy:

[Beerracuda]

And Adalius damn near took Roethlisberger's head off late in the 4th quarter. That brought a smile to my face. :happy:

Oh wasn't that sweet??? LMAO!!! At least the Ravens, as bad as they may be, put up a much better showing against the Pats.

Pissburgh <---- the most overrated team in the NFL.

[UKRavenStockers]

Anyone got a list of inactives?

Just been told on the British coverage of this game that McAlister is inactive. Who else is scratched?

[Dont Know]

Baltimore Inactives
21 CB Chris McAlister
34 RB Cory Ross
42 S Gerome Sapp
71 T Jared Gaither
86 TE Todd Heap
87 WR Demetrius Williams
91 LB Edgar Jones
84 DT Justin Bannan

Indianapolis Inactives
15 WR Craphonso Thorpe
35 DB Keiwan Ratliff
42 DB Brandon Condren
53 LB Brandon Archer
71 T Ryan Riem
72 Corey Hilliard
79 DT Raheen Brock
88 WR Marvin Harrison

Source (http://www.baltimoreravens.com/gameday/)

[Sephy]

They just said ROlle was out. But he isn't inactive..was that expected?

[UKRavenStockers]

The Brit is active and got off a stinker on his kickoff. :o

[UKRavenStockers]

Bart down hurt, hmm, damn.

[Beerracuda]

Cmac, Rolle, and Heap out again. The season from hell continues.....


UGH!!

[UKRavenStockers]

And now Haloti down, jaysus.

[Beerracuda]

Ngata down and injured now.... jeez!!

This team is snakebitten

[Beerracuda]

Manning to Wayne for the easy 6....

Gonna be a long night.

[Dont Know]

I had to go look up nr 76 (Amon Gordon). Never seen or heard of him before.

[UKRavenStockers]

Just palmed off the rush to the outside and Manning had so much space. Nobody took an inside shoulder on that rush.

[UKRavenStockers]

I had to go look up nr 76 (Amon Gordon). Never seen or heard of him before.

Called up from the PS today I think. He was on the Broncos roster earlier this season.

[UKRavenStockers]

Plays like that ain't gonna work tonight Willis, way too much speed to be trying to cut back past people.

[Beerracuda]

I see the old Ravens are back.... fumble by McGahee, recovered by indy.

[Dont Know]

:grbac:

[UKRavenStockers]

OK, same old same old tonight then.

Absolutely lazy play by Willis there, holding onto the ball like he did in some of the primetime games earlier this year. :rolleyes:

[Beerracuda]

TD Indy.

Well at least I can go to bed by halftime.

Sheesh, what a difference a week makes.

[UKRavenStockers]

Oh god there's 55 more minutes of this to go. :grbac:

[StingerNLG]

Wow. Anyone else think we Don't need to draft a legit Cornerback in the 1st round now? I think we've just seen our backups are not capable of covering NFL receivers.

This is going to be a looooooooong night. :(

[Beerracuda]

And now McClain is down...... someone stop this season right now!!!

[Dont Know]

one play = one injured Raven tonight....

[Beerracuda]

Wow. Anyone else think we Don't need to draft a legit Cornerback in the 1st round now? I think we've just seen our backups are not capable of covering NFL receivers.

This is going to be a looooooooong night. :(

Stinger, our backup DBs SUCK!!! There's just no other way to put it.

[RockyMRaven]

No Heap, no McAlister, no Rolle, no Ngata, no McLain. How can we compete like that?
And some say that injuries are no excuse?

[Beerracuda]

BOLD PREDICTION: If we tank tonight (and so far, it's looking that way), I predict that we'll pack it in for the remainder of the season (yes, including Miami). We MIGHT beat Pittsburgh on the last game, but only for pride.

[UKRavenStockers]

Backup CBs aren't supposed to be able to cover NFL starters, particularly upper echelon guys like Wayne. If they could they'd be starting elsewhere.

Any other team would be struggling in the same situation, but damn this sucks. And what's worse is I'm a beligerent fool and I'll stay up for this entire game and put myself through all of this. :o

[RockyMRaven]

First Down!!!!

[UKRavenStockers]

Since when can you know lay a hit on QBs as they slide? I'm completely lost as to when that stopped being a personal foul. :confused:

[Beerracuda]

And now Willis limps off the field... Unbelievable.

[StingerNLG]

And now Willis is limping. Billick, throw in the towel now before someone's career ends.

[Beerracuda]

Pass INT by Indy, returned to the Ravens 19.... UGH

[Sephy]

Boller is not the answer. Absolutely abysmal throw. Inexcusable for anyone on any level.

[UKRavenStockers]

McGahee down now.

Interception.

Can we concede the game before we're left with 11 people to play offence and defence? Yikes.

[Beerracuda]

And Addai is wide wide WIDE open for the easy TD.

21-0... unfuckingbelievable.

[Beerracuda]

Ravens playing on national television in the rain?? Oh I think we've seen this story before. Same shit, different night.

[UKRavenStockers]

We look about as flat as a pancake that got dropped on the floor forgotten about, trodden down a few times, had a carpet laid over it, rolled down to flatten the carpet, taken the carpet up, put some floor boards down that were nailed down hard, taken the floorboards up, put some vinyl down, rolled the air out of the flooboards, house left to be derilect, then building work commences to re-develop the site.


Hopefully some transient Steeler worker will find the pancake, think it's a treat and get food poisoning from it when he eats said flat pancake.

[awalt]

Have you seen some of those plays, we have TWO receivers going out, the Colts have 5 in coverage. How can anyone get open?

1. We miss CMac and Rolle a LOT - Pittman and Martin stink
2. Play calling is very bad
3. Boller is a backup at best

[Beerracuda]

That's right Billick, make sure you always call a play to throw it short of the first down marker. Asshole.

[Dont Know]

Wow....

[UKRavenStockers]

60 spot on us tonight?

[StingerNLG]

We are leaving the stadium. We are not staying in the rain for this utter shit.

I can't even wrap my head around what I am seeing right now.

[Beerracuda]

60 spot on us tonight?

UK, and to think I was worried last week that the Pats would put up 60 on us.

And thought we might have a chance tonight.


What a fool believes.

[Beerracuda]

And the 1st QTR mercifully comes to an end, with Indy up 23-0.

That might've been the worst qtr I've ever seen in Ravens' history.

[UKRavenStockers]

UK, and to think I was worried last week that the Pats would put up 60 on us.

And thought we might have a chance tonight.


What a fool believes.

I've been down about this one all week, knew we'd expended all emotional and physical energy on Monday and we'd be totally flat in this one.

Then randomly decided earlier today that we had a glimmer of hope. Not quite sure why considering our matchup with the Colts and what we know this team is, but there ya go.

Still, I'll take the full punishment of 60 minutes. :o

[Dont Know]

After that 1st quarter, I am not sure they can beat Miami anymore. Can't see them beating anyone else.

[festivus]

Oof. "Humiliations galore," to a non-football movie.

[4G63]

No good CB's, no chance.......I'm done for the night and am going to bed at halftime. Rain and being down 23-0 is not a good thing!!!

[festivus]

Plays like that ain't gonna work tonight Willis, way too much speed to be trying to cut back past people.

I dunno, Addai cut right past Ray Lewis. Worked fine for him.

[Purpleguy]

I doubt all watch the rest of this or any other game this season. This team packed it in after last week. They really should issue a refund to the season ticket holders.

[4G63]

We are leaving the stadium. We are not staying in the rain for this utter shit.

I can't even wrap my head around what I am seeing right now.

You're a smart man my friend.....waterloggged and cold sucks ass bigtime!!!

[ladyraven127]

Oh Jesus Christ . . . . why are they showing this shit again? Isn't the game bad enough :thumbdown: Of course it's not. Assholes.

Shut the fuck up :grbac:

[Beerracuda]

TD Indy. Soon to be 30-0.

We're just letting then do whatever it is they wish.

Pathetic.

[Beerracuda]

Oh Jesus Christ . . . . why are they showing this shit again? Isn't the game bad enough :thumbdown: Of course it's not. Assholes.

Shut the fuck up :grbac:

Agreed LR. They just couldn't resist rubbing salt in the wounds, could they?

Assholes!!

[UKRavenStockers]

I dunno, Addai cut right past Ray Lewis. Worked fine for him.

Haha, tis true. :grbac:

[Beerracuda]

Well, the lone highlight of the night! Figurs returns the KO for a TD.

30-7.

[Dont Know]

At least someone is trying. Go Figurs!

[Mr.Boh]

Hopefully next year we will be able to bounce back and Figurs can be a big part of that.

[ladyraven127]

We have way too many injuries and are sooooo bad that I don't think we will win another game the rest of the year. Of course, I said that about six weeks too . . . . and looky what happened. Nothing.

Sigh

What a year. Even the little girl who rules the house and is only ten years old knows the score. She just said before she went to bed "Gosh mom, we are really pathetic"


Oh, looky . . . . Figurs just scored. At least we won't lose with a big fat goose egg :rolling:

[UKRavenStockers]

Yamon Figurs! :D


Woooo, positive for the future. :D


Hang on, this gets Manning back on the field sooner, damn.

[Mr.Boh]

jeez... hes got better acceleration than my car.

[UKRavenStockers]

If it rains in Miami next week it might be the most comically turnover ladened, worst executed game in league history. :D

[ladyraven127]

I wonder, really I do, why we can't play in the rain? Am I the only one that automatically thinks we'll lose every time I hear it's going to rain when we play?

[Dont Know]

Am I the only one that automatically thinks we'll lose every time I hear it's going to rain when we play?

Nope, me too

[Beerracuda]

If it rains in Miami next week it might be the most comically turnover ladened, worst executed game in league history. :D

I don't think rain will make a difference UK. This team has packed it in for the season. If they had any intentions of avenging the playoff loss last year tonight, they sure aren't showing it. And against an 0-for team, they will have no motivation at all.

[4G63]

I wonder, really I do, why we can't play in the rain? Am I the only one that automatically thinks we'll lose every time I hear it's going to rain when we play?

They ought to build an indoor facility with rain capability and speakers that blare in crowd noise at 110db's. If they can score on the 1st team D in that atmosphere, they can score on anyone.....

I'M DEAD SERIOUS!!!

[Beerracuda]

wooohooo what an offense!!!

God help us all.

[UKRavenStockers]

The good thing about the Phish next week, they are (if it's possible) 10x worse than us and they tanked the season before they came to London to play the Giants. If we lose it'd be the most humiliating defeat in the history of the franchise by a million miles, words can't describe how terrible that Miami team is. Even if we, the shoddy shoddy Ravens just show up and run conservative rubbish we should still beat 'em about 17-6, they're that bad.


Ah well, I like my gallows humour, I'm finding the funny side to how bad we are. I'd hate not to have a British sense of humour with this team this year. :o

[HoustonRaven]

what did I miss? we scored?

[UKRavenStockers]

Over/under on Troy Smith coming in for some playing time?

7.30 mark of the third quarter.


I take the over, just beyond it but probably all of the 4th.

[Beerracuda]

UK, that'll be 2 teams wishing for January to come. Whoever wants it more will lose.

And another TD pass by Manning on our pathetic DBs. 37-7. Unfuckingbelievable.

[Dont Know]

What's the biggest loss in franchise history?

[UKRavenStockers]

15 yards off and he gets beat deep, OMG that is comically awful. :o

[HoustonRaven]

This is a total joke ....

Cut the entire secondary sans Reed. This entire team is punting the rest of the season.

[Mr.Boh]

I could of put up 30 on the ravens tonite... those 2nd string cb suck

[Beerracuda]

Oh WNST should make for some interesting listening tomorrow. LMAO!

[Beerracuda]

Wow, those stands are looking VERY empty right now, and I don't blame people for leaving. After all, the team left over an hour ago.

[StingerNLG]

I have to tell you there are a LOT OF PEOPLE leaving along with us right now.

This is just horrible. And I just heard on the radio that Pittman just got dogged again for another Indy TD?

What the hell, let's see all our backups out there now. Pull Boller, Ogden, McGahee, Mason, Ray, Bart, Ed. No reason to keep them out there for this ass whipping.

[Beerracuda]

That's it Billick, go for the 2 yard passes! THat'll get em!!

[UKRavenStockers]

OK, what's the NFL record for heaviest ever defeat?

[Beerracuda]

And yet another INT. I might just watch this whole game to see how comical it can get.

[ladyraven127]

Oh Lord . . . . Boller is melting down. Of course when you're down 3,000 to 7 . . . . guess it's pass pass pass. :bag:

[Beerracuda]

OK, what's the NFL record for heaviest ever defeat?

I think it was 73-0. Redskins were involved, but not sure if they were the winners or losers.

[StingerNLG]

And another Pick? Get Boller the fuck out of there too. Just put Troy Smith in at this point. It can't hurt.

I'm tired of watching this team play JV football.

[ladyraven127]

I feel horribly horribly horribly bad for this team. And for me for having to watch this :alien:

[Raveninwoodlawn]

What a fucking joke.

I'm going to bed.

I'm tired of watching this shit...if the team is going to give up, so am I.

[TTRaven]

So who still thinks the Ravens have their franchise QB currently on this team? It's time to put in Smith, he can't be any worse than Boller.

[Beerracuda]

Troy Smith is not the answer for this team. He'll be lucky to be holding a clipboard the rest of his life. That said, I agree that we should just put him in for the 2nd half, just to see what he's got.

[UKRavenStockers]

LOL, hit in the face by the ball, teehee, giggles. :D

[HoustonRaven]

What game?

Im enjoying some Jack in the Box egg rolls

[ladyraven127]

Well, we can only hope that next year the offense is revamped and our players stay healthy. I had this awful feeling at the beginning of the season that we were going to bad . . . . I just didn't realize how bad.

God, can you imagine being a player and knowing that you have to come back out after half-time for more of this? :grbac:

[ladyraven127]

P.S. I have resorted to drinking. Actually I feel a little better now. Probably won't tomorrow, but what the hell :beer1:

[UKRavenStockers]

Smith to come in, run for a TD and pull a Heisman pose.


I'll give you odds of 0.01% on that.

[Beerracuda]

P.S. I have resorted to drinking. Actually I feel a little better now. Probably won't tomorrow, but what the hell :beer1:

LOL LR, now you know how I arrived at my screen name.

[HoustonRaven]

Jameson and egg rolls ..... mmmmmmm

[Beerracuda]

Just stay away from the Blackberry Brandy, LR!!! LMAO!!

[UKRavenStockers]

P.S. I have resorted to drinking. Actually I feel a little better now. Probably won't tomorrow, but what the hell :beer1:

I've only got Murphys in the flat and I wouldn't even resort to that crap as a celebratory drink if we were up 37-7.:crazy:

[StingerNLG]

Just heard on the radio Billick say no Troy Smith tonight.

"That would be killer", is what he said.

Unfortunately, we don't have a lot of pieces to win right now. And the team has packed it in tonight. Just a horrible horrible night on both sides of the ball.

[ladyraven127]

"Just stay away from the Blackberry Brandy, LR!!! LMAO!!" Shut up asshole. I haven't had any blackberry brandy since that horrible KC game so so so many years ago. It took me over a week to recover from that one.

Blech

Sigh

I hate having a season like this. It's just ugly and tends to make us ugly too.

Oh no, the second half is going to start soon. Can we refuse to come out onto the field and just concede? :alien:

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Well, we can only hope that next year the offense is revamped and our players stay healthy. I had this awful feeling at the beginning of the season that we were going to bad . . . . I just didn't realize how bad.

God, can you imagine being a player and knowing that you have to come back out after half-time for more of this? :grbac:

I grew really concerned after the Jets game.

It's amazing what has happened.

It's almost identical to 2005...probably worse.

I'm just tired of the inconsistency from year to year.

1999...average.
2000...Super Bowl win
2001...Good, but underachieving team
2002...bad overachieving cap hell team
2003...average playoff team
2004...average non-playoff team w/late season collapse
2005...dysfunctional terrible team...probably the least likable team we've had
2006...terrific 13-3 magical ride only to choke at the end
2007...injuries...turnovers...penalties...just bad, underachieving mess

Since Billick has been here, we have made the playoffs in cosecutive seasons once and outside of the magical 2000 season, have won 1 playoff game in 7 years.

This team needs an overhaul...if done smartly, we won't be down long as we still have some good young players, but the old guard is at the end...and that includes the coach.

[4G63]

Keith Olbermann is a douche bag.......

[UKRavenStockers]

That would be a killer?

Damn, I didn't realise we were still alive in this one, who knew?

[HoustonRaven]

A let down last week to joke this week .....

The only thing more disappointing about this game is hearing people in the bar with me laughing at our effort.

[HoustonRaven]

Boller stays unless he gets hurt?????

WTF??? He's hurting my eyes .... does that count?

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Did I see that right?

8 yards passing in a half?

[StingerNLG]

Ogden is out, Terry is in.

[HoustonRaven]

Jesus Titty-fucking Christ (sorry if offended someone)

How bad do we look tonight???

[UKRavenStockers]

Turnovers = Change of Possession = Timeouts = Lots of time = Prolonged punishment. :(

[Beerracuda]

Good god, our secondary sucks!!!!!! Another easy Manning TD.

44-7.... This is the worst Ravens' game (if you can call it that) I've ever seen.

[ladyraven127]

Can I have another drink please. Where the hell is the waitress? Oh, wait. I'm waiting on myself. I'll be right back. :beer1:

[Beerracuda]

LR, look on the bright side. At least you won't have to worry about heart failure this week.

And by the way, I will NEVER let you forget the blackberry brandy! heh heh. Yeah, I'm an asshole, but you've known that for many years now! LOL!!

[UKRavenStockers]

I'd just like the thank Yamon Figurs again for at least sparing us a goose egg.

[TTRaven]

How would you say Boller's performance compares to the meltdown that Chris Redman had in St. Louis a few years back?

And this night just keeps getting better We get to see our players whining and blaming the refs from last week.

[ladyraven127]

"Jesus Titty-fucking Christ"

:laugh:

[UKRavenStockers]

CMac's gonna get another fine in the post from Herr Goodell for those comments again then. Ah well, at least he's sticking to his story and not turning tail on it.

[HoustonRaven]

"Jesus Titty-fucking Christ"

:laugh:

thanks .... and it only took about 12 Jameson's to come up with that

[Beerracuda]

WTF??? Did I just see some offense??? HOLY SHIT!!

[ladyraven127]

"How would you say Boller's performance compares to the meltdown that Chris Redman had in St. Louis a few years back? "

It is what it is. Boller has been put in an impossible situation. He is melting down. McNair would have done no better. Redman was horrible. What difference does it make?

The defense is decimated with injuries . . . . Heap is not playing AGAIN . . . . Corey Ivey, hard as he tries, can not keep up with the big boys. Blah blah blah blah blah

It ain't just one person . . . . it's the whole freakin' team. We are just BAD. Really BAD.

[UKRavenStockers]

McGahee to score please, I need the fantasy pts.

Pathetic I know, but if I can't win reality, at least gimme a break for my dynasty team. :o

[Beerracuda]

well, I guess not.

[HoustonRaven]

Systemic meltdown .....

Billick goes bye-bye along with anyone who agreed with his coaching decisions.

[Beerracuda]

LMAO!!! Brackett with another Boller INT!!! SHEESH!!

[HoustonRaven]

INT .... of course

[HoustonRaven]

NOW its time to start thinking Draft ......

[UKRavenStockers]

How many interceptions is it gonna take for Billick to just sit Boller? Six? Seven? I'm sure he can rack up those numbers.

[Dont Know]

At least the off season will be exciting

[HoustonRaven]

At least the off season will be exciting

Will it?

Bisciotti is shaping up to be Angelos-lite.

[BertJonesMyHero]

At least I'm laughing.
See ya Brian...

[ladyraven127]

I can honestly say that we are the most pathetic team I have seen this year. Damn Miami . . . . . I think we should have the worst record in the league. I know . . . . I know . . . . let's lose to them and then we can at least have an asterik somewhere. :eek:

[UKRavenStockers]

Let the substitutions begin!

New centre and QB for the Colts. Reggie Wayne is out as well, Dallas Clark too.

[HoustonRaven]

I can honestly say that we are the most pathetic team I have seen this year. Damn Miami . . . . . I think we should have the worst record in the league. I know . . . . I know . . . . let's lose to them and then we can at least have an asterik somewhere. :eek:

Hell, I agree!

Think about our "wins" .... we're one play away in every one of those games to be without one win.

We're honestly no better than Miami at this point.

[BertJonesMyHero]

I've been saying for a few weeks that we will be Miami's only W.

The Colts have back ups in IN THE 3RD QTR. Humiliating.

[ladyraven127]

Playing for draft picks baby :thumbup: Woooohoooo

[Kevlar]

"How would you say Boller's performance compares to the meltdown that Chris Redman had in St. Louis a few years back? "

It is what it is. Boller has been put in an impossible situation. He is melting down. McNair would have done no better. Redman was horrible. What difference does it make?

The defense is decimated with injuries . . . . Heap is not playing AGAIN . . . . Corey Ivey, hard as he tries, can not keep up with the big boys. Blah blah blah blah blah

It ain't just one person . . . . it's the whole freakin' team. We are just BAD. Really BAD.

Boller having the worst game any Baltimore QB has ever had and you want to pass the buck to McNair? Thats pretty pathetic. It is what it is, stop making excuses for Boy Blunder.

[UKRavenStockers]

Boller having the worst game any Baltimore QB has ever had and you want to pass the buck to McNair? Thats pretty pathetic. It is what it is, stop making excuses for Boy Blunder.

You can pick out a single worst performance from our years of crapitude?

This is bad but I'm sure we've had worse.

[HoustonRaven]

Can we please stop showing the city landscape in relation to this debacle???

[ladyraven127]

I'm not making excuses for anyone. I said "it is what it is".

Boller always melts down when he is forced to throw constantly. McNair sucked ass this year and Redman was horrible when he was here.

Who am I making excuses for :nerd:

[Purpleguy]

Boller is just as bad as every QB that OZZIE NEWSOME has ever brought into this system.

Our FO cannot put together an offense to save it's life.

[HoustonRaven]

Not to toot my own horn, but seriously can we shift to my "Keep Billick or not keep Billick" post?

Meltdowns happen in the NFL, but like this???

[flraven]

Just returned from BWI (its 71 degrees here :) ) and turned on the TV as I unpacked. Damn! The Irsays are handing it to us. At least they brought in Sorgi - maybe Dungy and Billick are friends...

sheesh

[ladyraven127]

"Our FO cannot put together an offense to save it's life."

No one wants to hear that PG. You should know better. Shame shame shame :nerd:

[HoustonRaven]

Just returned from BWI (its 71 degrees here :) ) and turned on the TV as I unpacked. Damn! The Irsays are handing it to us. At least they brought in Sorgi - maybe Dungy and Billick are friends...

sheesh

75 here too ... ;)

[flraven]

I'm not making excuses for anyone. I said "it is what it is".

Boller always melts down when he is forced to throw constantly. McNair sucked ass this year and Redman was horrible when he was here.

Who am I making excuses for :nerd:

hey, we get to see Redman start for the Falcons tomorrow night. woo hoo!

[UKRavenStockers]

:ralph: Why did they just show Willis' college injury? :ralph:

[HoustonRaven]

No TD ....

thats all we need is for Kyle to actually score twice in one game.

[HoustonRaven]

... SHIT .... thats the last thing we needed

[ladyraven127]

Hey . . . . we just scored a touchdown. An offensive score . . . . wooohoo :nerd:

[UKRavenStockers]

Quick slant!

Holey moley, I didn't think such a simple pattern would be in the genius' masterful complex offence?

And intercepted on a 2pt conversion. :laugh:

[HoustonRaven]

does anyone honestly think JO will be back????

[Dont Know]

No

[BertJonesMyHero]

They scored against back ups. Yea for the team.
I can't fucking believe they are still lolly gagging.Middle of the 3rd QTR they were still mosey ing on up to the line like they had all day. Typical Billick ball.

[HoustonRaven]

Of all the targets al Qaeda picks and they refuse to take out our coaching staff ....

[HoustonRaven]

Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun ....



Maybe it was a bit much to expect the Ravens to repeat Monday’s performance against the still-undefeated New England Patriots, but few people would’ve anticipated the beating the Indianapolis Colts are administering to the Ravens in the first half of tonight’s contest at M&T Bank Stadium.

Indianapolis has converted two Ravens turnovers into touchdowns, running back Joseph Addai has scored three times (two rushing and one passing), and the Ravens sideline is beginning to look like the medical ward at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center.

The only glimmer of optimism came from rookie return specialist Yamon Figurs, who returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. It was the organization’s first kickoff return for a score since Jermaine Lewis went 84 yards against the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV on Jan. 28, 2001.

Figurs becomes the first player in franchise history to return a kick and punt for touchdowns in the same season.

Other notes:

*David Pittman has not fared well in his first extended action of the season. On the Colts’ opening possession, quarterback Peyton Manning completed four passes to receivers covered by Pittman – including a 34-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Reggie Wayne. Pittman was victimized again in the second quarter when he slipped on rookie Anthony Gonzalez’s down-and-out move, and Gonzalez hauled in a 57-yard touchdown pass.

*Although Ravens fans had hoped that cornerback Chris McAlister’s strained right knee might have improved for tonight’s game (it didn’t), cornerback Samari Rolle’s inactive status was surprising. Rolle, who was limited in practice, was not listed on the team’s original inactive report, and he was spotted standing on the sidelines. McAlister, who sat out his fifth contest in the last seven games, did not practice last week due to a strained right knee. Corey Ivy started in place of McAlister and Derrick Martin started for Rolle.

*Running back Willis McGahee (leg), defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (knee) and linebacker Bart Scott (broken left hand) left the game briefly but returned.

*Manning’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Addai – Manning’s second of the evening – was the 300th of his career, making him the fifth quarterback in NFL history to reach that plateau.

[UKRavenStockers]

QB sneak has been our most successful play all night, I think we're 3/3 converting those. :D

[HoustonRaven]

Being a ref, I really feel bad for the officials for having to work this game

[UKRavenStockers]

Just yank Boller now.

What's the point of running on 4th down when there's three or four defenders between you and the markers. Jaysus at least just put it up.

[HoustonRaven]

One only bright spot .....

To those who think Ray quits, he's still hanging in there. Im very proud of Ray! :)

[HoustonRaven]

Finally .... with 2+ minutes to go .... Troy comes in

[UKRavenStockers]

Short field for Troy Smith to work with.

Get it done Troy Heisman.

[TTRaven]

Good to see Smith finally get a shot. We shouldn't get our hopes up if he does well though. Remember who he's up against now.

[UKRavenStockers]

Bring in the rookie, and let him hand the ball off.

He's good at handing the ball off, there, we've learned something about Troy Smith, he can hand off a draw play.

[HoustonRaven]

I love these Mac v. PC commercials :)

[UKRavenStockers]

That wasn't too bad for a first throw, haha.

Best zip on a deep ball we've seen from a Ravens QB this year, haha.

[UKRavenStockers]

Start Troy Smith against Miami! :D

[HoustonRaven]

Im sold ....

Smith goes the rest of the season.

[Dont Know]

he hit Clayton in stride, something I haven't seen in ages.

[HoustonRaven]

he hit Clayton in stride, something I haven't seen in ages.

:iagree:

[HoustonRaven]

Ok, you dont have to rub it in and show highlights of Troy against my Longhorns ....

[UKRavenStockers]

He's taking his opportunity. Yes it's garbage time, yes it's against backups, but he just looks organised out there, he looks composed, he looks ready to grasp his opportunity at playing time.

I'm as big a nay sayer of Smith as there is, but he's playing well. Obviously you can't put too much stock into this but (touch wood) you can't say a bad word about his brief performance here.

[Dont Know]

I am sold, start Troy! :D

[HoustonRaven]

Holy Shit!!!!!

Im a Smith backer .... that dude has some grit!

When was the last time we have had a QB that lays out like that!?

[UKRavenStockers]

Well done Troy Smith!

Nice cameo role and he's ended this game on a positive for me, horrible horrible night but barring a breakdown in the last minute he's letting me end this game with a smile on my face. :)

[4G63]

Like I said earlier this year, the kid should get some reps. I'd just like to see how he does against a Pittsburgh D!

[purple bird]

John Madden said it best, start Smith the rest of the way at least to see what we have and not have another Derek Anderson move with Smith.
To all you pro-Boller guys, I think we have seen enough of him.

My the way, I support Tex in his past McNair comments. McNair looked bad this season and being pretty banged up has had something to do with it. That being said, I am not going to blame every interception, fumble and the like on McNair just as some of the pro-Boller people continually throw McNair under the bus and forgive Boller for every miscue he commits.

Boller just doesn't have the "it" to be a starter. I don't think he is the type of guy that could get the rest of his teammates to rally around him like a McNair or maybe even a Troy Smith.

You heard about many of the players expressing dismay when talk of telling McNair to sit down came up (before McNair volunteered to himself); I have never heard much of the same sentiment about Boller at any point in his career from any of his actual teammates.

It is these non-measurable leadership traits that McNair and maybe even Troy Smith has that Boller doesn't.

Flame on my statements all you want, but that is just the way any non-biased observer (John Madden said this in much shorter statements tonight) would see the Ravens current qb situation.

[HoustonRaven]

John Madden said it best, start Smith the rest of the way at least to see what we have and not have another Derek Anderson move with Smith.
To all you pro-Boller guys, I think we have seen enough of him.

My the way, I support Tex in his past McNair comments. McNair looked bad this season and being pretty banged up has had something to do with it. That being said, I am not going to blame every interception, fumble and the like on McNair just as some of the pro-Boller people continually throw McNair under the bus and forgive Boller for every miscue he commits.

Boller just doesn't have the "it" to be a starter. I don't think he is the type of guy that could get the rest of his teammates to rally around him like a McNair or maybe even a Troy Smith.

You heard about many of the players expressing dismay when talk of telling McNair to sit down came up (before McNair volunteered to himself); I have never heard much of the same sentiment about Boller at any point in his career from any of his actual teammates.

It is these non-measurable leadership traits that McNair and maybe even Troy Smith has that Boller doesn't.

Flame on my statements all you want, but that is just the way any non-biased observer (John Madden said this in much shorter statements tonight) would see the Ravens current qb situation.

I agree with much of what you said except the McNair comments.

He led he league in fumbles when he was healthy. He just doesnt have it anymore.

[purple bird]

As for Chris Redman, I hope he earns himself a second start tommorrow night.

In the 2003 training camp he actually played pretty well, but we all know what came about from the Billick-Boller love affair from that.

In St. Louis, Redman had no confidence from the coach so he pretty much played like Boller in Denver in 2005. Of course Redman gets cut for a single performance like that while we still have Boller.

I actually thought there was much promise in Redman from what I saw in 2002, but then Billick must've fallen for the deep ball (and loser mentality) of Jeff Blake and came up with the Redman "back injury".

How come we continually must state the disclaimer "I know Troy Smith isn't it but..." when referring to wanting to see Troy Smith play and we are supposed to accept the statement "Chris Redman was horrible" when in fact we haven't really seen any of these two play more than six or seven games at the pro level? We have seen Boller play in some 40 games and we have to give him even more chances? What kind of logic is that? Trying the same experiment over and over again and, despite getting the same result we expect something different the next time, is mental insanity.

Smith may or may not be the answer, Redman may be worth nothing, but we will never know unless we give them at least a quarter of the opportunities that we have given to Kyle Boller.

[4G63]

As they say in Annapolis West:

BOLLER IS OUR FUTURE.


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Until the end of next year......