Ravens vs. Steelers: Gametime Open Thread

Steelers trying to invoke the ghosts of last year by wearing the same unis they wore when they destroyed us.

He better stay warmed up and ready to go when Ben is blown up by the Ravens pass rush.

Will probably pick the Steelers – again, as he always seems to pick against the Ravens. Better that way, cause he did the same all three playoff games and Super Bowl in 2001!

I feel the same buzz I had before the Patriots game last year. If they play like that, we will dominate.

There, Berman picked the Steelers 16-5. Coach Ditka took us and Keyshawn did the same. Cris Carter took Pittsburgh and so did Tom Jackson. Steve Young took the Steelers and Emmit Smith took us. Wow, Stuart Scott took us! It’s pretty split overall. Screw Berman, though.

…when you see Ray Ray getting the team stoked in the tunnel to the field. Let’s do it!!!

Ray’s got me pumped too.

…the Ravens have no offense. Let’s make him eat his words. Damn you Tony!

Here we go. LET’S GO FLACCO!

…one Steeler gone. Haruki Nakamura gets one!

The first of many of the game.

The Steelers’ Andre Frazier got jacked up by ‘Ruki. Hope he’s okay.

It’s good to see that Harbaugh has the veteran’s respect.

…they both went to U. of Cincinnati, although Frazier is a fourth year pro and Nakamura is a rook.

That was close!

At least we didn’t have a turnover.

Saw that right away!

Delicious!?

Steelers move in fear of pass rush, then Ravens & Steelers get personal fouls, as they get a break cause the Steelers avoid 5 yard penalty.

….great hit on Bart Scott, de-helmeting him on Mendenhall’s first down run!

Great pass rush. Keep it up!

…although I’d rather keep them off the board.

We just need some momentum. They have NO idea what they’re in for if we get going.

Dig us another hole, will ya!?

We need a big play.

Why is Adam Terry playing LT? He whiffed on the D-lineman!

NGATA??? WITH THE PICK!!!

A big play.

We need to work the pass.

Nice pass to Mason. Good arm strength.

About time!

We need to pass… just like that. FIRST DOWN!

Mason in the endzone.

I thought Harbaugh should have thrown the red Challenge Flag. It looked like Mason had it in bounds!

…for the tackle as long as he is in the immediate vicinity!

That’s all we need. Frustrate them.

Is he still injured or something?

Take him out, at least for a couple of series. He’s trying to kill us. Enough of the penalties,..and the stupid commercials!

We need to speed it up!

Flacco looks good. Nice play call by Cameron.

He missed Harrison. Yes, Harrison is back in.

Great hit on Special Teams, tho.

…Flacco has performed better than Ben so far.

…for Delicious.

THEY BROUGHT THE HEAT!

Too bad Ben’s last pass wasn’t picked off for six!

It’s good to see. Let’s keep it up. We’re better conditioned. We can wear them out!

I just ate a whole bag of cinnamon chips! Oohh, my stomach hurts.

even if it didn’t work last time. First down!

…is man-handling them now!

He’s been our best player so far.

Mason? Hard running? Wow.

…to a TD!

First and goal. Let’s get six!

He’s awesome!

Flacco has 10 yards in front of him on every play.

The Steelers defense must be sucking wind!

That’s OK. This is a defensive game. We need all the points that we can get.

Here we go! Keep it coming!

..Ben and the Steelers look pretty poor. Let’s get some more before the half!

Keep it up! This is awesome! THEY ARE BOOING!!! HAHAHA!

Right guard goes out with a leg/foot injury. That can’t help!

The Steelers are cramping up and the Ravens are winding up.

Their defense is still tired. We need a TD.

See if they give it to him. If so, in field goal range.

He has to be one of the NFLs best pass catchers.

and has poise in the pocket, almost scary, because Boller never looked that comfortable. Neither did Troy Smith, for that matter.

Not good.

He needs to work this out.

Ouch.

Now it’s up to McClain and Rice (no more fumbles, Ray).

GO MCCLAIN!!!

First and goal. Let’s get it into the end zone!

Keep your cool. No stupid penalties!

Wow, on them. Great! Give it to McClain!

FLACCO’S FIRST NFL TD!!!

F-ing great!!!!!!! Wow, what a great play. Wilcox hasn’t sniffed the ball for over a year! Cameron looks like he’s calling a great game! Flacco is showing the league what we all knew. Let’s go, Ravens!!!

to Stover’s leg!? He’s booming it on kickoffs. That is him, isn’t it?

I can’t believe it. We have a real offense.

….and first half is over. I’ll sure take it. Another score and this game is over. What do you say, now Berman!?

The Steelers need to throw and our guys know it. Prepare for some sackage!

I post over at camdenchat quite often and there pretty much are no language rules… so before I start here, help a brother out?

..even a FG, then Pittsburgh will have to air it out and our defense will rush him hard and create turnovers. If that happens, game over. But then again, let’s not get carried away too early. 30 long minutes left. Anything can happen.

Just like I like it!

…that he’s so big and strong that he doesn’t go down easily. That leads to piling on and he gets destroyed, and that is why he’s getting hurt.

Now I understand why a drunk Joe Namath wanted to kiss her!

I’m going to grow a unibrow in his honor

and they throw it! No Parker, now no Mendenhall. Great hit on Heath Miller by J. Johnson. Fumble recovery would have been sweet. Now let’s get a score and take their heart!

and STILL not getting any respect from Tony “goof-ball combover” Kornholio… “Have we overrated the Pittsburgh Steelers.” How about NO!!! The Raven’s defense is No 1 for a reason.

Yeungling, the Ravens, and a sleeping wife…. does life get any better?

…shitty throw.

WHO IS THIS!?!

Do we have a QUARTERBACK?!?

..and with it the rest of their running game.
Ravens, might as well go for it. Pooch punt. Nice!

Some much for a “big game.”

should take over, as the Steelers have no choice but to put it up the rest of the night.

…or are the Ravens like a pitbull? They grab on and don’t let go. They’re vicious!

Look out, here comes Mewelde Moore!

Jackasses!!!

He was literally shaking in his boots.. to the point the official saw it and called the false start

what was a bigger surprise… The Redskins win or the Chiefs win?

to put one of those 10:00, 18 play drives on the board.

in the first QTR really swung the momentum in this game. It’s been all Ravens since then.

of an undisciplined team and both the opponents and officals all know it.

At least Holmes is on my fantasy team!

I HATE THOSE DUMB PENALTIES!

Dammit!

No 3 and out to give them momentum.

They won’t win like that.

We gotta put POINTS-ON-THE-BOARD!

…and he might have taken it to the house! Now let’s give them a dose of our smash mouth run game!!!

Harbaugh was chewing out Johnson!

…here we go again! Was that a Boller sighting!? Why pass now when we should be forcing it down their throats!!!!!????

Someone should shoot Johnson.

just get back to our game and take the momentum back.

…and they get tow lucky plays and 14 points to let their fans back in the game and make Kornheiser happy. Shit shit shit!

but even if the Ravens lose, they HAVE to have grabbed the attention of the rest of the NFL tonight.

…what this rookie is made of.

Win this game for us!

…we need another big play.

…but what a great punt!

Big stop here… Let’s go boys.

That’s why he’s still the best!

Ray Lewis. We are play from being back in it.

…I thought that Washington had the pick. He was only inches away from the turnover.

We can pull this out, but will need a TD and then defense to step up. Change the field position and then let Ray get us the ball on a TO!

should have run for the first down. Getting a little frustrated with playcalling.

We needed that first down!

How’s ’bout and turnover!?

Common D!

but we’re only down 4.

isn’t terrible… they just CAN’T score a TD.

I hate the fucking Steelers!!!

..between these two teams right now! We should have sacked him, and instead they get a 49 yard gain to get into field positiona and god knows what else!!!

…define this game.
1. Steelers pass for TD
2. Flacco fumble return for TD
3. Ben escapes and throws 49 yard pass.

…who was supposed to be covering Hines Ward on that long play.
And why didn’t wee just sack him again. I knew it was going to be defensive holding against us. Falling apart- again (see Pats game)

I hate to say it but if they score, it’s over.

Now let’s go get those 7 points back!

Look at my prediction for tonight’s score in my posting earlier to day (Steelers 20-13). Hope I’m wrong!

we need to open it up. How about a trick play, Cam?

movin’ the ball

A good time for a screen, eh Cam?

Great play, but cut it inside and you’ve got a TD!

IT’S A TIED GAME!

Get out da’ way!
-Luda

…we’re still in it. We should be up by 10 w/o the stupid TO and penalty.

..how will I ever get to sleep tonight!?

…we could get the ball back with enough time to drive for a FG.

Even if the Ravens lose… The rest of the NFL HAS to pay attention now.

If we hold them, then we have a chance to end it. If they get the first down, they can run the clock out. We need to step up.

that we have to be taken as a legit team after tonight. I’m not done and want to see them held one more time so we can get the ball back w/ a chance to win it!

 Yuk, probably from the injury he got trying to catch passes from the machine at Jets camp a year or two ago!

nothing stupid please.

I’m sorry, but we deserve to win this game.

We deserve to win this game!

They’ve gotten lucky. We’ve EARNED our points.

Did we almost give the ball up on the coin toss? Does that count as a turnover? Now let’s end this shit and go home!!!

Here we go.

Coming back is my guess.

Open it up and throw the ball downfield.

Now we turn it over to our defense. Get us a TO Ray!

Stop them.

However, the good teams are always lucky.

Still need a miracle!

…a great play by Roethlisberger. Sucks. We need a gust of wind!

It would have been over as he made it easily. Hope he can’t do it twice in a row. Please, I don’t want the game to end now.

Just inside the upright.

that was a great effort by the Ravens. We should go home with our heads up and take care of busiess in our crib. If we take Tennessee and the Steelers lose in Jacksonville, we’re still in first place. Hope everyone’s healthy by then. That will be a real tough one as well.

Thanks for all the great comments. This was the first time I ever did an Open Thread. Check back tomorrow am and I’ll have my wrap up posting. Gotta try to catch some zzz’s. Thanks again.

I really hope this isnt a sign of things to come. Offense went into complete meltdown mode in the 3rd quarter, with Flacco making mistakes (holding the ball like a loaf of bread) that shouldn’t even be made by high school kids. Flacco was solid for the most part, but in the end he failed in a couple of spots where he really needed to seize control. Bright future, but I guess we’ll need to live with this while he improves…

you should too.

I suppose you just admitted that the Steelers’s offense is no good?

It’s not fair because we can’t win the games when so many people watch. Just leave us to our local channel 13 and Scott Garceu and we’ll be fine…