I am still confident that we will still win some decent games but the play from our D has been putrid for the past few weeks. But when you have a 6ft + WR going up against our Cbs we will always wind up coming short (pun intended). Sure, the trade deadline is today but the team needs to address stopping jump balls from crushing our team and forcing us to play from behind.

Also here is to hoping that Hauschka gets it together.

I saw him at training camp and was not impressed especially seeing him missing colse range shots.

I mean come on, Sunday was the day to make a name for yourself and kill a legend and yes, he is young but that would have been the cornerstone of his career.

get it together team!! the rest of the season awaits and it’s NOT PRETTY!

“like a good tequila”

AND Frank Walkers the dead worm on the bottom.

that we were at last year… I still believe that we have more talent on this team overall than we did last year. All I know is that I need a bye week….

Spinning wheels a little I’d say.

What is troubling is our stand still attitude to adjustments and needs. Do you think NE would NOT make a trade or find a CB and 2nd LB to shore things up a bit. No doubt they would. We have a bad habit of going with what we’ve got.

While that may keep you in good graces with your average players it does not help the team. Bilichick brought in Seau, Galloway and let go some of the founding fathers of his championship teams. He even benched AD this weekend. You see the team as a whole not as players.
You need to at least attempt educated bold moves to get better.

We have not suffered injuries to make our D situation dismal. We simply did not address the glaring problems. How can you justify that money to Foxworth who wasn’t even a full time starter. How can you place our division hopes on Washington and Walker when they showed nothing from June on. We knew that Rolle would be hurt and Landry was coming off a serious injury. We know that we lost Leonhard and that Nakamura and Zibby are nice backup guys.

Ozzie makes good deceisions but they are painfuly slow and we miss oppotunities because of it. We can look at his success in drafting but it’s not translating to wins. Changing on the fly and adjusting quickly (not every 3 games) will decide whether your a good team or great team.

If we come out with the same scheme and players against Denver we will again be stewing over a close loss. There is NO WAY Walker, Washington and Foxworth will shut down or contain any decent receiving corp in this league. NO WAY. If this is our group we may as well talk about the draft now.

All problems on the defense would be solved with just one relatively reasonable move. Trade for Julius Peppers. He is making a ton of money as their Franchise player but we would only be on the hook for about two thirds of it. He will cure our pass rush problem, which is the main culprit in th secondary’s inability to cover as well. Put him in there, and Suggs doesn’t get doubled, which improves his pass rush as well. No need to constantly blitz and the opposing QB’s will not have all day o wait for our DB’s to get lost in coverage.

Nothing else needs to be done beyond that. Ozzie will find a way to make it fit and be cap-friendly. Do it now and ride Peppers to the Super Bowl and we can then label our two bookend pass rushers ‘Salt (Suggs) n’ Pepa!’

Fixing this team after a dissappointing season will be easy with an uncapped year, a lot of money coming off the books, and decent draft position.

Fixing this team over the bye week is a much taller order. In my mind, it’s all on Greg Mattison. The man was handed the keys to a defense loaded with talent. Ed Reed, Ray Lewis, Haloti Ngata, Terrell Suggs, Trevor Pryce, and the list goes on and on. We’ve been exposed time and again and a lot of that has to be put on the defensive coordinator. We need a scheme that protects our cornerbacks and gives the QB less time to throw the ball. We have much better personnel than the performance we’ve seen on the field. Maybe some personnel changes are needed, especially at perennial weak spot – corner. But we should be better than this overall. If our defense can’t improve over the bye, the buck moves on to Harbaugh, who will have some difficult decisions to make.

I’m not optimistic because we need a strong defense to win down the stretch.

I definitely concede that the ravens had a disadvantage last year due to the week 2 bye week. The bye week in the playoffs would have been even more beneficial to the baltimore, but the Steelers earned that.

So anyway, at least you guys have a bye week this year. Get nice a rested and then kick the crap out of Denver for us.

Situation 1:
1st down
12 seconds before halftime
Ball on Viing 10
1 play got off before field goal attempt

Joe, instead of throwing the ball away and trying for the end zone on the next down, threw to Rice in traffic and burned the clock- we lost an end zone attempt here.

Situation 2:
1st down
46 Seconds left in game
Ball on 41 of Vikings
1 play got off before field goal attempt

YES, I realize we actually had the fade to Clayton that went waaaayyyy out of bounds but that was a rushed no chance in hell dumb idiotic waste of a down. I do not consider that a “real” play. It was a hurry and we might catch them off guard WHEN there was no reason to as we moved the ball at will on them.

The next play was a run that ate up our precious clock and then we milled around and spiked it. Settling for a 44 kick with a rookie-ish kicker. To top it off we ran the ball on the left hash mark when most right footed kickers prefer the ball on the right hash so they can concentrate on swinging their leg through strongly instead of pushing the ball.

STUPID STUPID STUPID. Our coaches are not smart in these situations and it shows badly.

Also, Heap needs to find the open space (and he could have easily) but he stood still near a defender OR never looked back to Flacco during plays in the final minute. Heap can be terrible and not real bright for a vet.

Flacco had a very poor last minute. He had loads of time but fired a ball 10 feet over Mason and out of bounds for a HUGE waisted down. He then pointed looking for a flag on a possible hold on Mason. Even if it existed his pass was uncatchable. He had enough time to find another target. Easily.

The real killer was the wasted pass to Clayton that went out of bounds. The following run to Rice for 4 yards would have been better spent on 2 sideline passes. Which we would have had time for IF we didn’t run. 46 seconds 1 actual play. 1.

Just dumb Qb play and coaching to round out the sorry miss by Housh. We took the foot off the gas and settled for a FG. Just like our D on final drives- foot off the gas. Play not to lose. Chickens.

At this point my glass is 1/2 empty with the coaches. Harbaugh needs to run the game and clock. So far we stink at that. I am getting less and less confident in Harbaugh. I think he’s a good coach but his situational thinking leaves a ton to be desired.

yeah..i was just venting again. we move the ball well between the 30’s and then change it up. out of all teams, our short sidline routes should be open with mason and errrr Clayton. i was hoping to see some quick outs at the end of both halfs.

you have to soilidify FG position before worrying about the TD. concentrate on getting Housh to the 30 and then go for the end zone or whatever. just a lot of waisted clock and plays.

Outside perspective here. You are used to your defense being elite. Closest team I ever cheered like that was the ‘85 Bears, past that I never had the luxery of an elite defense. Now your defense is just good. They are a solid, don’t give up the big play defense. Every good defense gets burned once in awhile. You’re a couple pieces shy of great. A tall cover corner is one, a bookend for Suggs is the other.

Your offense is picking up with Joe Flacco. He’s still young, so he needs more O-coordinator help. I don’t think the coordinator has really adapted to the new capabilities of the offense. That’s a work in progress. If the defense is struggling, the offense has to pick up the slack and vice versa.

The game against the Pats could have gone either way. The Bengals have obviously improved, but that was a one score game as well. The Vikings game was one shagged punt from a win. Disappointing? Yes, but not the whooping the Titans just had. The preseason is all about hope, and now you’re feeling a little letoff. There’s a whole lot of football left to play and playoffs are usually decided in December.

Anyway, that’s how I see it.

slutmachineplaya’ is back…

nice thoughts and thanks. we are totally down after the last 3 games. we are eating our young. i did see a lot of good in the Vikes game but who has time for those observations.

gimme an O

gimme an O