GAME THREAD - Ravens/Giants

[Sephy]

Probably the biggest game of the season, maybe the biggest of the year for this team. Can't wait to see how they do.

GO RAVENS!!! :jester:

[Marcel#52]

LET'S GO!!!! Purple Pride!!!!

[Rayvens52]

As ray would say...Lets Go...Lets Go...Get of the Field

[Merlin]

I want to see Ngata slamming Manning to the ground AND blocking for a TD!:banana:

[StingerNLG]

Ok ladies and gents. It's time to get it on! Go Ravens!!!

[Lee Van Cleef]

No Anderson?

[Sephy]

Figurs to the 32.

[StingerNLG]

Nope. No anderson today.

No Wilcox today either. I'm sorry but he needs to go.

[Lee Van Cleef]

C'mon Flac attack!

[Sephy]

1st, Willis for no gain.
2nd and 10, screen to Willis for 3. He looks like he has no burst again.
3rd and 7, draw to Rice for 2. Give up call, BOO!

[Lee Van Cleef]

C'mon Rice, footwork!

[Merlin]

seems like we played into their hands with 3rd and long
surprised we took the kickoff usually we defer

[Sephy]

Punt goes to the 30ish

[StingerNLG]

Ok, not a good start, and not a good first kick. Let's make them do the same.

[Merlin]

First time in 9 games that Giants have started with a pass ; usually they run Jacobs

[Lee Van Cleef]

Oh god. How did he get that much space?

[StingerNLG]

SHIT! They had him behind the line of scrimmage and let him go!

[Sephy]

1st, Pryce being held terribly, no call, pass goes deep and incomplete.
2nd, Jacobs breaks off the initial tackle with a spin and goes for 30+. He ran into Pryce then there was no contain on the other side.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Good pressure on that play.

[Merlin]

Move em back with a hold

[Merlin]

Jacobs is a beast -- just knocked our guys going forward

[Sephy]

1st, Eli had a man coming down and overthrows his man.
2nd, Ward stopped after 2. Flag down. Offensive holding.
2nd and 20, Jacobs for 4-5.
3rd and 15, Eli escapes 2 guys who were RIGHT on him, and hits Burress for a first.

[Lee Van Cleef]

What the hell?

[StingerNLG]

Where was Rolle on that play? Burress had him off by 5 yards.

And now the defensive penalties start.

I see the Giants scoring here.

[Lee Van Cleef]

C'mon D. THis is about pride!

[Sephy]

1st and 10 from the 11, flag flies as Jacobs runs into Scott. Offside on Ngata.
1st and 5, Jacobs carries, gets 5 and to the 1.

[Sephy]

1st and goal from the 1, Jacobs stopped short.
2nd and goal, Jacobs gets in, TD Giants. He was still stopped, but he JUST got that ball over.

7-0 Giants.

[StingerNLG]

Well shit. Touchdown Giants. This is not a good start AT ALL.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Don't like this Run defense so far. Getting pushed around up front.

[Lee Van Cleef]

I think that 100 yard rusher record is going to drop today. 50+ yards already?

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Jacobs has 52 already...the streak is probably over, just got to worry about winning now.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Hey, if we win I couldn't ccare less about the streak.

[WxKevin]

Plenty of time.....

[Sephy]

Figurs gets to the 30.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

This is taking on the look of the Indy game already...

[Lee Van Cleef]

Stuffed.

Who is the number 1 rushing defense again?

[Sephy]

Oh good, Terry false starts. Don't miss Willie one bit.

1st and 15, Giants jump, LaRon gets 2. but those will come back.
1st and 10, PA, complete to Mason for 15

[Sephy]

1st, Rice for 3-4. Flag down. Facemask!

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Our OL isn't getting any push at all

[Lee Van Cleef]

They are really stacking for the run aren't they?

[Sephy]

1st down from the Giants 35, Rice completely stuffed, loss of 1 or 2.
2nd and 11, Flacco immediately pounced on, but he steps up and keeps for 2.
3rd and 9, and the Ravens can't get the play called AGAIN and waste a TO. How many games have they done this??

[BUDDAROW]

The Middle is closed, so quite trying!!:hammer:

[StingerNLG]

Oh man, this so far is not looking good. We can't run on them yet, and only one pass?

[Sephy]

Neutral zone infraction.
3rd and 4, complete to Mason to the 20!

[BUDDAROW]

so far the Refs seem fair!!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Nice running behind Gaither there!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Nice block by McGahee!

[Sephy]

1st, inside give from shotgun for McGahee - get nothing. Why even use Willis?
2nd and 10, same exact play, but it gets 7 this time.
3rd and 3, Flacco runs right, ends up throwing incomplete across the field. Flacco bought as much time as possible to get someone open.

Stover's kick is blocked and gets all the way to the Ravens 33. LOL. Come on. Stover is done.

[darb72]

Well that's not a good thing. The FG was blocked all the way back to our 33.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Oh shit.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Great

[StingerNLG]

Holy............shit. You have got to be kidding me. A blocked FG??

This isn't how I envisioned this game going down. Our offensive line and our ST lines are getting pushed around like crazy out there.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Stover is done after this year

[Marcel#52]

Bye Bye Matt Stover... Thanks 4 the Memories...

[Lee Van Cleef]

WHose fault was that? The guy must have come through somewhere, right?

[Lee Van Cleef]

Chester right?

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Dude, that was pathetic Stover. No elevation on that kick...it hit the guy almost in the chest!

[darb72]

It's coming back. We jumped offsides darn it all.

[StingerNLG]

Ravens were offsides on that. But a good almost pick by Washington.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Bloody Penalties.

[Sephy]

Sorry I missed - Giants get a first down inside the 20.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Jesus bloody Christ.

What was Ed doing there?

[Sephy]

Jacobs runs for like 15.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

I mean this is impressive for Jacobs...it sucks ass, but I'm impressed

[darb72]

Yeah defense, just a little information you might want to consider. Just because Jacobs weighs 260 pounds does not mean he can't run outside.

[Lee Van Cleef]

I just wish Ed Reed had gone for his knees there instead of trying to jump on his blinking shoulders.

[Sephy]

TD jacobs

[StingerNLG]

This is going to be a long day in New York my friends.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Who was it who said this looks like the Colts all over again?

[Sephy]

LOL Giants muff the snap. 13-0.

[RavenScallywag]

XP bad snap...we catch a break!!!!!!

[Raveninwoodlawn]

This is the worst possible scenario...we are getting pounded by the Giants run and we are close to having to abandon the run on offense due to the score.

[Marcel#52]

Sighs.... It's gonna be a long day...

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Who was it who said this looks like the Colts all over again?

That'd be me.

When the defense is getting it's ass kicked, it's gonna be a long day no matter what the O does.

[Lee Van Cleef]

I suppose, at least we're moving the ball.

[Lee Van Cleef]

What I don't understand is we are statistically the best run defense in the league. The Steelers managed to slow down the Giants run game, how come we can't? We need the run D to come up big but they disappear? When you earn the reputation you have to live up to it and we have big time performers on D that usually do that. Why turn in their chips now?

[Sephy]

Sorry on the PBP. I'll be back full time in a few minutes.

[StingerNLG]

Tripping? SERIOUSLY???

Wow.

[Lee Van Cleef]

And always with the stupid penalties.

[Sephy]

Not a good pass from Flacco :(

[darb72]

We punt and down the ball at the six yard line, but the rookie safety from ND gets a penalty and we punt again. This kick is just as good at the Giants call for a fair catch at the 10.

Alright defense, time to exert your will on the opponent.

[BUDDAROW]

I've found a new sense of freedom........
MUTE the fuckin sound!!!!!!!:thumbup:

[Lee Van Cleef]

Screen huh?

[StingerNLG]

Our defense is just getting manhandled.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Oh for god's sake.

[Bez513]

I dont mind losing but for god sakes show some effort and not get blown out like this...it's embarrassing.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Another TD here and I don't see us coming back.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Frank.... Walker....

Ugh.

[Bez513]

And like an idiot I sat Jacobs on my fantasy team thinking we'd stop him...arg.:grbac:

[Lee Van Cleef]

I did say that having a good feeling about this game would be a bad thing.

[StingerNLG]

Hey Samari, you have to LOOK AT THE BALL while defending. That is how you not get called for interference.

This is just getting fugly.

[darb72]

First and 10- Ward takes it over the right side for a gain of two.
2nd and 8- Pass from Eli to Ward up to the 25 yard line. Jacobs is heading to the tunnel though.

1st and 10 from the Giants thirty- Ward breaks through the middle up the Ravens 47.

1st and 10- Finally we stuff them for a two yard gain.
2nd and 8- Complete to Toomer for a gain of nine yards.

1st and 10- Incomplete to the TE, Kevin Boss.
2nd and 10- Swing pass to Burress who of course picks up a first down for about 14 yards. Geez our defense is looking like a joke right now.

1st and 10- Ward goes over the left side for about six yards. We suck.
2nd and 4- Manning complete to Ward over the middle for 10 yards. Yeah, we really blow chunks.

1st and goal- Pass attempt to Burress, pass interference on Rolle in the end-zone, so first and goal from the one.

Why even bother with the play-by-play here? They're gonna run it and get a TD.

EDIT: Never mind. They throw it to the wide open second string TE for a TD. My bad.

[Bez513]

Game over folks...talk to you next week.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

lmao.

Ballgame.

[darb72]

We blow. This team has no freaking heart when things start going against them. This game is more than likely over.

[Lee Van Cleef]

I'm off to make dinner or something. This is awful.

[RavenScallywag]

for some reason, this feels more depressing than the Colts game...i didn't want to turn the Colts game off till 2nd half, but i'm done with our game right now....

[StingerNLG]

It's very discouraging for the game to be over before the middle of the second quarter.

I didn't think we were going to win. But I also didn't think we were going to get pushed around like we are on both sides of the ball.

[darb72]

Last week I didn't get to watch the game because I had to take my aunt to the hospital. She's fine, just sprained her foot, but it's rather annoying I didn't get to watch a game where we actually decided to play.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

I mean, I don't think I've ever seen this defense get manhandled like this.

It's one thing to get thrown on like we did against the Colts...we typically aren't that good against the pass.

But to have a team ram the ball down our throats like this...I don't recognize this defense at all. It's like 1996 all over.

3 possessions, 3 TD's...the Giants had over 100 yards rushing with over 9 minutes left...IN THE SECOND QUARTER!

[Bez513]

for some reason, this feels more depressing than the Colts game...i didn't want to turn the Colts game off till 2nd half, but i'm done with our game right now....

I dont remember the Colts game but this defense hasn't stopped them 1 time all half. And we are suppose to the best in the league...its pathetic.

[RavenScallywag]

30 more yards from Jacobs will break our "no individual 100 yd rusher" streak.

that's just sad!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Here come the trick plays.

[Bez513]

Gotta do something cleef...at least they are trying on offense. The only thing that I'll be happy about is how Flacco plays the rest of the game.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Go for it!

[StingerNLG]

Damn damn damn damn. Flacco seems like he's off a little bit as well today. His throws are just a little sailing.

He needs to tighten down.

[Bez513]

Wow 3 points...wtf...your down 20 and cant stopped them and you go for 3?

[Lee Van Cleef]

Damnation.

[RavenScallywag]

at least no shut out...

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Hopefully the defense won't fold now.

Just want to keep this respectable at this point and not have the guys quit.

[darb72]

Ok, down by 17 points with four minutes left in the first quarter. The only thing in our favor is we are a second half team. Defense needs to step up here and not allow ANY POINTS!

[RavenScallywag]

its also windy....at least Flacco isnt throwing short to the D!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Damn damn damn damn. Flacco seems like he's off a little bit as well today. His throws are just a little sailing.

He needs to tighten down.

Well, I don't know, that throw to Mason in the Endzone seemed to only just get over the hands of the defender, any lower and it would have been tipped.

What am I still doing here? I should be making steakums.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Nice rush JJ!

[StingerNLG]

Ok, we get the ball back with a two minute drill. If we can get into halftime only down 20-10, we'll still be in the game.

Of course, a holding penalty on the kick won't help.

[darb72]

1st and 10- Jarret Johnson sacks Manning for a 10 yard loss.
2nd and 17- Jacobs up the middle for a gain of three.
3rd and 14- Pass incomplete. Pressure up the middle from the safety.

Punt to the Raven's 45, returned 10 yards but a penalty on the play. So holding on us, ball at our 45 yard line.

[RavenScallywag]

is Walker any better than a street FA/???? Penalties galore!

[Bez513]

Penalties!!!! Horrible and killing us!

[darb72]

1st and 10 from the 35- Pass incomplete. Flacco rolls out right, but incomplete.
2nd and 10- Shotgun, screen for nine yards.

Two minute warning. Maybe we won't pull a Billick here and sit on a 17 point deficit.

So 3rd and 2- Offsides on the Giants. We pick-up the first and the clock stops.

1st and 10 from the Ravens 47- Flacco intercepted over the middle by Aaron Ross.

[StingerNLG]

That's a backbreaker right there.

[Bez513]

:grbac:

[Lee Van Cleef]

Heap was, comparatively, more open than Mason there. As he was going into his break he just got a step on the DB. Would've taken a bullet, but still.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

What The Fuck Look At The Damn Ball Defense!!!

[Lee Van Cleef]

Fricking idiots.

[camdenyard]

This is embarrasing. Harkens back to the defenses of the late 90s.

:bag:

[darb72]

Giants 1st and 10 from their 45- Plaxico with a first down grab.

1st and 10 from the Ravens 42- Incomplete
2nd and 10- Swing pass to Ward for about three yards.
3rd and 7- Eli has to call a timeout.

3rd and 7- And everybody on our defense jumps offsides. At least it's a team thing.
3rd and 2- We're offsides yet again. Goody?

1st and 10- Complete to Steve Smith for about 5.
2nd and 5- Draw up the middle for four yards. We hit him in the back field and yet he gains four yards. Maybe we forgot how to tackle?
3rd and 1- INT by RAY LEWIS

[Lee Van Cleef]

28 Career ints for Ray now?

[bmorebirds_24]

:worthy: THANK YOU RAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[darb72]

Just kneel on the ball guys. Down by 17 isn't a terrible posistion to be in considering how badly we played.

Second half is where we shine. I hope.

[RavenScallywag]

i kind've would've liked to see us throw a Hail Mary, see if we could get into FG range....oh well

[purplepoe]

The lack of discipline shown by the defense is embarrassing.

PP

[ravenjoe]

EMABARASSMENT! At least make the game interesting, fellas!

[BUDDAROW]

Game over folks...talk to you next week.

Thanks for stopping bye:girlfight

[darb72]

The whole team sucked that half Poe. At least we're not the Raiders.

[purplepoe]

The whole team sucked that half Poe. At least we're not the Raiders.

O, no doubt the whole team sucked.

The penalties are inexcusable though.

I thought that was gone because have a new sheriff in........o nevermind.

PP

[BUDDAROW]

NEVER say die, Dammit!!

[camdenyard]

No fu*king pressure on the QB!

[darb72]

Sorry

1st and 10 from the 40- Ward up the middle for a gain of a about a yard.
2nd and 9- Eli throws incomplete out of bounds. Decent pressure by the defense.
3rd and 9- Way incomplete from Eli. Pressure all over the place from the Ravens. Intentional grounding on Eli, so back them up a bit.

Reed is out there for the punt. Out of bounds at the Raven's 21 yard line.

[StingerNLG]

Come on Joe, we need something going! It's your time to shine now rookie.

[StingerNLG]

The offense is moving the ball. Now they need to finish this drive.

[RavenScallywag]

Flacco, even with the INT, is playing damn good, facing a tough pass rush. He's making plays we never expected Boller and Smith to make.

[darb72]

Ok, first and 10 from our 21 yard line- Pass complete to Heap for no gain at all.
2nd and 10- Flacco with the option keeper around the left side, picks up 11.

1st and 10- Pitch to McGhee for a loss of three yards to the left.
2nd and 13- Dumps it off to McGhee for a gain of about 6.
3 and 9- Flacco scrambles for a big gain of about 15 yards and a first down.

1st and 10- Short slant to Mason for about four to the Giants 48 yard line.
2nd and 6- Complete to Mason for about 10. First down and that child has a laser.

1st and 10 from the 40- Play action, dumps to McClain for another first down. About 12 yards.

1st and 10- Flacco scrambles for a yard.
2nd and 9- Screen to Rice loses a yard.
3rd and 10- Wide open Mason for a gain of about 15. Another first down.

1st and 10- McGhee up the middle for two yards.
2nd and 8- Play action to McClain. Wide open and it's a TD. Good job by Flacco to buy time and find the open receiver.

Stover sets the NFL record for consecutive PATs.

Down by 10, it's a new game gentlemen.

[StingerNLG]

TOUCHDOWN RAVENS!!!!

Ok, we're not out of this game yet. Defense gets a stop and we get another TD and it's only a 3 point game.

Fuck it, I am still in this thread. I will be in this thread until the end.

[darb72]

In two years, I want the Ravens to draft Julio Jones from Alabama. I think he'll really upgrade our recieving corps.

[phatboy]

we can't wait two years for that big receiver

[darb72]

Kick-off taken at the 9, runs up to the 24.

1st and 10- Ward catches a pass and takes it up to the 46.

1st and 10- Ward gets hammered for no gain up the middle.
2nd and 10- Ward goes to the Ravens 49. A gain up the middle of about three yards.
3rd and 7- Interception by Rolle!

[camdenyard]

Yes! INT...down by contact. Great call.

[StingerNLG]

Wow!! The defense with the possible pick! Samari making up for that PI call earlier.

This may get overturned though if Caughlin challenges. I am not sure Rolle had possession before the ball hit the ground. I can't fault the refs if they have to overturn that one.

Either way, great defensive stop and now we can see if Flacco can engineer some more magic!

[BUDDAROW]

NEVER say die, Dammit!!

Let me reinternate.........NEVER say die, never surrender!!!!!

GO RAVENS!!!

[darb72]

we can't wait two years for that big receiver

No big recievers coming out this year or next that I know about. Julio is Calvin Johnson level talent, so we need to draft him regardless of who we pickup before he comes out.

[StingerNLG]

Ok, plenty of time left in the game to get 10 points.

Tripping on the Giants. Very cool!

[phatboy]

I would take Heyward bye in a Baltimore minute. He is bigger than anything we have now except for cardboard williams

[camdenyard]

McGahee isn't getting anything done.

[StingerNLG]

Hey you know what helps? If the offensive line would fucking block someone here.

Just like that!

[phatboy]

bey sorry

[darb72]

Ok, call is overturned. Punting time for the Giants. That was the right call I suppose but I want one to go our way just once.

Punt goes into the endzone for a touchback, but there's yet another flag. And it's tripping on the kicking team. So add 10 yards to the touchback and we start at the 30 yard line.

1st and 10- McGhee for about a yard off left tackle.
2nd and 9- Flacco gets hit as he's releasing the ball. Incomplete.
3rd and 9- Rice picks up about 14 yards on the pass over the middle.

1st and 10 from the 42- Rice on the draw for about four yards.
2nd and 6- SHIT. Ball bounces off the hands of the reciever and it's intercepted by Ross and returned for the TD.

[StingerNLG]

FUCK! That is a game killer right here. And now the game is about over. Mason must have taken a hit to the shoulder. OUCH.

Edit: Nope, that was a great pass, and Mason just flubbed it.

[darb72]

That wasn't Flacco's fault. It bounced off of Mason's facemask.

[phatboy]

well it was fun for 15 mins

[Merlin]

The team has not been backing down since the mid second quarter
I would like to see them continue to push hard and be aggressive

[StingerNLG]

Damn, Joe Flacco has been running better than our RB's today.

[StingerNLG]

A curious question. Where the hell is Mark Clayton today?

[darb72]

Kickoff taken at the 1. Figures gets up the the 31.

1st and 10- Flacco pulls it down and rumbles for what looks about 30 yards.

1st and 10- Flacco throws incomplete.
2nd and 10- Flacco throws incomplete again. This a deep pass with good coverage.
3rd and 10- Flacco over throws a wide open Heap.

We punt and the Giants take over at the 20.

[darb72]

A curious question. Where the hell is Mark Clayton today?

He caught a first down pass in the second quarter.:read

:thumbup:

[darb72]

Means we're 6-4 with six games left to play, a rookie QB and running-back that are among the best in the league.

[StingerNLG]

Wow, and that ends the ballgame right there. The defense just folded on the team.

[phatboy]

Ray is showing his age today. He as whiffed big time on two long gainers

[darb72]

1st and 10- Bradshaw takes it all the way down to our 1 yard line after we hit him in the backfield. 77 yard run.

Yeah, this one is over folks.

1st and goal from the one- Incomplete to Plexiglass.
2nd and goal from the one- Bradshaw is swarmed under at the four.
3rd and goal from the four- Bradshaw takes it down to the two.

Fieldgoal attempt coming up. It's good and we're down by 20 again.

[StingerNLG]

I just don't think you can make up 20 points in a quarter the way we're playing right now.

6-4 with the Eagles coming up. I still like our chances to make a run at the playoffs, but it may have to come via the division win.

[darb72]

Three TDs isn't out of the realm of possiblity. We have 13 minutes left and all of our time-outs. It's going to take the defense NOT giving up any more first downs but it can be done.

[Lee Van Cleef]

darb, give up the ghost.

[StingerNLG]

You're watching the same game as me right Darb? I just don't think this team has it in them today.

And now Terry is down.

It would have been nice to see these teams play after our real bye week.

[UKRavenGordon]

We came back from two tds down to hammer the browns so its not impossible!

[Dont Know]

but the browns aren't a good defense

[StingerNLG]

Ok, so why are we now running the ball?

[darb72]

Kick-off taken in the end-zone.

1st and 10 from the 20- Swing pass to McClain for 9 yards and Terry is down.
2nd and 1 from the 29- McClain up the middle for three.

1st and 10 from the 32- Rice up the middle for 5.
2nd and 5- Rice up the middle 3.
3rd and 2- Rice picks up three off the right side for a first down.

1st and 10- Holding on Cousins.
1st and 20- Offsides on the Giants.
1st and 15- Screen pass goes for no yards at all. Actually loses a yard.
2nd and 16- McClain up the middle for seven yards.
3rd and 9- Pass to Heap for about four. Goody, now our coaches are giving up.
4th and 6- Heap catches it for a first down.

Coaches, when you're down by three TDs it's usually a good idea to hurry the hell up.

1st and 10- and we run the damned ball? Seriously, that's just freaking stupid. Loses one yard.
2nd and 11- Incomplete to Mason.
3rd and 11- pass incomplete to McClain.
4th and 11- And Flacco is sacked.

I wasn't really disappointed in this game until this series. I'm disgusted with our coaches, our players and our heart.

[phatboy]

Philly looking like crap at Cincy. That will be an easy win the way the Eagirlz look

[darb72]

Sorry guys, but I can't do the PbP anymore. I could, I suppose, but there's no reason to. It's over.

[purplepoe]

What happened to Gaither?

PP

[F Angelos]

Pretty simple. They ran the ball and we couldn't. Mason's play demoralized us and it was over right there.

[purplepoe]

I think this game shows us that although the Ravens have had a nice first 10 games, they have major holes.

The Giants are a damn good team.

PP

[StingerNLG]

Don't worry Darb, I don't blame you.

But look, it's like I said in the predictions thread. This game was stacked against us in so many ways. To pull this out would have been a miracle.

I didn't however think we'd lose by 30. :(

[darb72]

Of course we have holes. We have the most players on IR, we've never had a good receiving corps, our linebackers are getting old and our best player is a rookie from D-1AA.

[elland]

What happened to Gaither?

PP

Is Hale and Cousins playing now..

And btw 200 rushing yds against us this is well bs.

[purplepoe]

Of course we have holes. We have the most players on IR, we've never had a good receiving corps, our linebackers are getting old and our best player is a rookie from D-1AA.

My post wasn't directed to you.

You have a balanced and objective view of this team.

PP

[Lee Van Cleef]

Giants trying to get Bradshaw over 100 yards now?

[darb72]

Cousins is playing. Hale I guess is too. Hey, nobody expected us to be in the play-off hunt this year so if we can get our rookies some playing time in blow-outs, all the better for next year.

[StingerNLG]

We very much need a game-changing wide receiver if we are going to be serious contenders.

For everyone on this forum's talk about the front office and how awesome Ozzie and co. are, they better realize we need a bigtime target other than Derrick Mason for Joe Flacco to throw to.

[darb72]

My post wasn't directed to you.

You have a balanced and objective view of this team.

PP

I know it wasn't directed at me. I just felt the need to fuss about our team and you gave me a perfect set-up.:thumbup:

[HoustonRaven]

My two cents ...

I said in the predictions post this would be a game of two different class of teams. When we were not being out classed, we killed ourselves (again) with stupid penalties.

Silver lining though -- I think we are seeing the development of one dangerous offense.

Sting is one the button, IMO. If we can land a game-changing WR, we are well on our way to numerous post seasons.