The Way I See It....

On mentioning Reed. It seems that he has become a target of late on the radio. I honestly feel his leadership was key for that secondary in the victory. I also think that while Ray Lewis has been out shined as of late by our super rookies, I still feel that he makes the other 10 players play on a level not possible without him.

Side note, I did a some time in the military. Funniest argument I ever witnessed was between two guys,one from Cleveland and the other from Cincinnati arguing which city was the best in the world. Literally, not the best in the state, or even in the US but in the world. This went on for about three days. To listen to two individuals that could barely read (these two would have been poor representatives from anywhere) describe either local as a global cultural/intellectual hub help me pass many hours on watch in stitches.

Watching the offense against the Browns, not once did it feel like Flacco and company got lucky or felt forced. Either it was there or it wasn’t and when it was there, the offense nailed it without question. Funny, I can still see the hole in the wall next to my TV from the day I witness the Ravens draft Flacco. I have never been more wrong about a pick in my life. Ozzie is a freaking genius.

Frank Walker- I agree, in a way. I have not looked at it the way you described it. Great point, we as fans just see the pass interferences he has been getting the past few games, but folks here at The Beatdown, Cmac has been burned many times over the years. Look at what Braylon did to him last year. Is it about time to start getting faster, younger players like Frank and Fabian?

Coach- I cannot say enough about this man. He looked as if he was going to cry in that post game locker room speech because of how proud he is. I love his heart and his will to win. We have a hard ass coach who knows how to make players happy while working hard to be a winning team.

Cleveland Fans- Joke. I heard over at DBN things like, “We need to get rid of Braylon Edwards” Um, I think we will take him if you do not want him. That is just insane, you dont vent your frustrations by saying you want to get rid of your best offensive player. Yes, he made a crucial drop (HAHAHAHAH) sorry, that slipped, but there is no one else even close on your team to being as big of a game changer as he is. Calm down Cleveless, just start to realize you are an average organization and just do not have the type of class people we have here in BMore.

Reed - Agree, has not been to flashy this year, but teams are not scoring tds on us like they should be. Sure, we have given up so serious yards in the air, but you know how many tds were scored because of passes (Not talking about those little dump offs either)……3, in the last 3 weeks. Pennington, Russell, and each passed for over 200, pennington had 295, and we are allowing only 1 passing td per game. That is pretty damn good considering who is out right now. He may not be making the 10 ints and 3 tds that we are used to, but he is in the right spot everytime.

Rodgers- Monster. That simple. Him and Ngata are both playing at very high levels and they each bring a lot to their defenses. But Ngata is only 24 years old, and Rodgers is going to 30 after this season. So I am going to have to give the edge to Ngata, Rodgers is in his prime right now. Ngata is not in his prime (I think) and he is…..wow. Maybe the most important player on our defense right now next to Ray.

Jason Brown- Agreed, playing great, opening holes, protecting Uni, and is doing what ever we need him to do.

Ray Rice- What a player. 21 years old and he is doing things like that, 154 yards! What a football player, I remember when we drafted him, he was one of 3 red flag players for us, which is football players that Ozzie thought played football like Ravens do. McGahee is 27, still young, but is getting a little hurt too much. I hope he can come back and go back to the pro bowl RB he is. But Ray is doing a wonderful Job.

Suggs- Crazy, I hope he doesnt need to get Freeney money, we need to spread some of that wealth out, but give him enough to make him smile.

Ozzie- Who said they wanted his head?? Are you crazy, quite possibly the best GM at drafting in the NFL.

Flacco- How about this DT711. Put the statue of Flacco 43 yards away from the Johnny U Statue, with joe extending his arms catching a ball from Unitas. And yes, with the Unibrow in Platinum.

Now, I want to get these Ravens fans a little heated. I just finished watching the Anita Marks show, and a guest called in and had something to say about Derrick Anderson’s post game conference. Here is a summary of what DA had to say when he was asked how it was playing against our defense. “Ray Lewis is what, 38 years old now. They were not able to stop us from moving the ball the whole game, but we just could not get it done.” First off, Ray is 33, and is in the best shape of his life. Two, you got 1 first down in the 4th Quarter, as you watch our “Terrible, rookie coached, boring, um terrible” offense make you look like a bunch of girls. Keep our names out your mouth DA until you beat us, oh yea, you wont get that chance till next year. Can Cleveless see why we got rid of him now? Huge mistake by the Ravens?? hmmm.

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/multimedia/mediaplayer.php?id=5496

I hope it goes right to the DA press conference, but if not, look for it on the side.

At around the half way mark, someone asked how good our defense did. JUST LISTEN BOYS, RAY IS 38 supposedly. LET THE FIRES BE LIT, BUT WE ALREADY HANDLED THEM, TWICE!

I know he’s transformed his game and is still as good as just about anything any other team can try to put up in comparison. However, he has been obviously late on providing deeo coverage and to the sidelines as well to help these overwhelmed corners. Other than that, a great post with great comments.

As far as the Derek Anderson comments, everywhere you go in Cleveland’s fantasy world, they blame themselves for the loss, but never give credit to the Ravens or anyone else for that matter. When they win, they’re the best thing since sliced bread. When they lose, they’re still better than you, but gave the game away. Derek Anderson, Cleveland and their fans all deserve each other.

I think the guy is used way too much as a scape goat for all of the Browns’ woes. I think on another team, DA could be very successful. Is he a starter? I don’t know but I am certain that a bunch of teams would have loved to have him as a backup going into this season(Pats, Cowboys especially). I can’t imagine how difficult it is to try and perform in this league without a unified organization from top to bottom behind you. I don’t see any quarterback that could be successful with such a dysfunctional team and with a large percentage of the fan base wanting his replacement. As for talking smack, I really think that what DA wanted to do was to go off on the team and the fan base but of course he couldn’t do that so he talked smack about Ray’s age. I look forward to watching the Browns this Thursday if only to see if the Brady Quin experiment is a train wreck. If that ends up happening…

and if the NFL goes there, they’d have to price tickets at $6 for the locals to afford them. Sorry, Salisbury!

the land of outhouses and speed traps

ps- Chicken Shits comment was perfectly timed LOL

I thought Berlin Md. was trying to lure the Orioles..they have a warehouse and bored people there.

Bye bye. The Oriole Bird mascot will now be the Perdue Chicken. Imagine a featherless chicken (pre-cooked) running around, with pink skin, thin and with a scared looked on its face. That would be hysterical!

that would look similar to Modell at this point.. lol