Ravens @ Browns: 2nd Half Open Thread
by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:13 PM EST
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PrintWow, this is getting scary, much less embarrassing. The Ravens are now part of the 2009 history, as along with the Browns, now have the only non-scoring first half of the 2009 season. Great, just great. In fact, I just looked at the team's stats and see that we have not scored an offensive touchdown in the first half of a game since the New England Patriots game! That was week four when we had just finished off the Cleveland Browns to start the season 3-0 and looking like one of the top teams in the NFL. Since then, we have lost four of our last five games and the only first half TD we scored was on Ed Reed's interception return in the first of two losses to the Cincinnati Bengals. Since then, nothing but offensive troubles.
Wow, what a difference a few weeks makes, as this is week 10 and the Ravens 9th game. The Ravens look tentative, slow and out of sync. They used all three of their timeouts early in the first quarter. Lucky we didn't have a need to challenge a play. The longer Cleveland sticks around and keeps the crowd in the game, the riskier this gets for the Ravens. Considering the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts played one of the best games I've ever seen last night on prime time TV, this one is one of the worst. Combine that with the fact the Colts come to Baltimore next week, this game is looking as ugly now as that one could be next week.
Let's see what happens in the final 30 minutes. Ouch.
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Typical MNF Appearance
The rest of the league, especially the Colts and Steelers are laughing and salivating, waiting to play us to pad their schedules. Ouch!
aka 'Rexx'
1. It’s nice that all 3 backs are getting carries.
2. Clayton and Kelly can’t get open. Kelly did and was missed.
3. 2 penalties on the Harvard grad.
4. Can’t blame the D. Old man Price>Sluggs
5. Rice 4 times in a row can be tiring -for him.
6. Edwards and Gooden haven’t screwed anything up yet.
7. We’re moving the ball but Cleveland is holding the ball for fair amounts of time thus cutting our time on O.
8. We need to just keep running and we’ll start busting them. The point of 3 back attack is to wear them out. I hope Cam stays with the run run philosophy.
maybe the flood gates have opened
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:24 PM EST reply actions
About time, but
we needed the Browns to only have ten players on the field to score. HAHA!
aka 'Rexx'
Now why couldn't we do this
in the first half? Notice how close Hauschka came to missing the XP? He barely kicked it he was so nervous.
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
Steven Hauschka is not NFL material
can’t handle any pressure
I was watching Ron Jaworski's breakdown
of Flacco’s passing and so many of the replays he drew on had absolutely ZERO Ravens in the middle part of the field on pass patterns. Why is the middle of the field always empty to our game plan?
aka 'Rexx'
Now, let's demoralize them
with a defensive turnover right now and put this game out of reach and make everyone wonder why this didn’t happen BEFORE halftime!?
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Look at my previous post,
just before kickoff. Bow in front of me like children!
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
Steven is kicking his way out
slowly and surely
SLOWLY?!?!
Short of him running on the field and tackling Landry himself short of the end zone, I am hard press to imagine how Hauschka could f- up more…
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
Tip Drill
Laundry with the pick six.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 10:29 PM EST reply actions
Graham Gano's season ends
after the UFL Championship Game this week. I say we sign him right away. I know they won’t but even Mike Nugent is a better choice than giving another stupid vote of confidence for him.
Seeing Matt Stover come here next week in a Colts uni will just be killing us, huh?
aka 'Rexx'
let’s hope cribbs remains their only offense on special team of course
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:30 PM EST reply actions
that a way to heal the defense
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:36 PM EST reply actions
man, I love the brownies
they always help us.
Another tip
interception. Illegal low blow by Quin on Suggs. Suggs limps off the field.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 10:37 PM EST reply actions
Suggs will have something to say
about that hit after the game, huh?
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
The NFL better have something to say about that hit....
Suggs does that on Quinn…automatic fine. I expect the same.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah Quinn is a little bitch
He needs to go work on his guns some more
by St. Esiason on Nov 16, 2009 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
looks like the ghost of billick is creeping up on us
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:39 PM EST reply actions
thank jesus
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:40 PM EST reply actions
All of hi smisses have been from the left hashmark
What’s up w/ that?
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
His mechanics
are screwed up. Its obviously nerves. He is lining up and pulling it. Its a shame cause I think he has what it takes physically…but right now he is a basket case.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
AND I FEEL FINE!!!!
wait…no I don’t….
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
And the 3rd sign of the apocolypse is upon us...
as Hauschka makes a field goal….I will be in my tub away the end of the world….
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 10:40 PM EST reply actions
Good spelling!
Apocalypse, nice.
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
I can't be the only one hitting the
scotch…
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
by UMBC Oriole fan on Nov 16, 2009 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
almost was offsides
on the previous play but got back before the ball was snapped. Rookie. At least he’s so psyched up to play!
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
Gotta admit
the Browns are doing everything they can to give this one to us. Horrible playcalling and poor defensive substituting, plus no plays downfield for Cleveland. They are terrible and we still might put up 30 on them w/o scoring in the first half.
However, this should in no way give us an additional thoughts of an upset next week, as that is the difference between good and bad in the NFL over two weeks.
aka 'Rexx'
Yeah you guys should only be up 3-0 if it wasn't for two deflected picks
Your offense is in trouble.
by St. Esiason on Nov 16, 2009 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
But good defenses make those plays
and our defense is not that bad, so we should be doing this to a bad team.
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Those weren't good defense
Those were cases of being in the right place at the right time. Luck.
by St. Esiason on Nov 16, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
watching both offenses tonight is like watching pint dry but if we can keep running ill be happy
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 10:55 PM EST reply actions
I'm lovin Brady as the starter for the Browns
He makes them virtually the worst team in the NFL. Just in time for the Bengals to play them again.
Mangini is a horrible coach
and did nothing with the Jets and the Browns hired him right away w/o looking elsewhere! I’d hate to play for him as much as Jamal and everyone else secretly does!
aka 'Rexx'
Stupid gimmick play!
That would be okay in the first half on 2nd down, but not now. Run the damn ball down their throats. Jeez!!!!
aka 'Rexx'
+1
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
So are you guys going to beat the Steelers for us or what?
I’m tired of those jagoffs winning and making the playoffs. Can you even compete?
need some good O to hang our hat on here
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:04 PM EST reply actions
ozzie looke as bored as i do
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:05 PM EST reply actions
I've never felt so bad about being up by 16 in the fourth quarter
Watching the browns is painful. I’ve stopped.
Koch's punting and Special Teams
coverage has been excellent tonight.
But once again, even though we’re winning, we are still not utilizing the middle of the field nor ramming the ball down their throat with McGahee and McClain.
A shutout will still be good for the defense though.
aka 'Rexx'
Quote of the night
“It’s a two possesion game!..doesn’t really feel like it.” Mike Tirico
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions
See, what I don't understand is
why isn’t Rice on teh sidelines for the rest of the night and why isn’t Willis and LeRon taking turns punishing the Browns defense for the rest of the game?
aka 'Rexx'
You know everyone's complaining about the Browns
refusal to throw the ball long to try for the big play or the penalty, but…
have you seen the Ravens even do that as well? Where is the long ball that Flacco throws so well and has Clayton even caught a single pass tonight?
aka 'Rexx'
Nope no catches for Clayton
This was your problem in the Bengals games. Its clear Mason and Clayton can’t get open or Flacco is too quick to check down. I’ll go with the latter.
by St. Esiason on Nov 16, 2009 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
I think the obvious answer
and the correct one is: “yes.”
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
really dissapointing
now that its late should have just ran to gain more confidence
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:22 PM EST reply actions
How many penalties tonight?
False starts, holding? Gaither has been horrible in my opinion.
aka 'Rexx'
7 penalties
for 43 yards.
Not too many, but no PI penalties, which is unusual because Quinn hasn’t gone long that much.
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
brilliant strategy
Everything that got us to the afc championship last year……lets not do that and start over with a new strategy.
Yeah, take what got us to 3-0 this year
Using three guys to run the ball and blitzing and throwing long, then stop doing all that and giving it all to Rice so Joe can throw to Rice and Rice can run then Joe can screen to Rice, then…
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
funny that the o-line’s been penalized more than the secondary tonight
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:25 PM EST reply actions
Kruger getting decent reps tonight
for a change. And so is Webb, which should be the way it is from now on, at least for Webb, who has looked solid in almost every opportunity he’s had.
Gotta admit, regardless of the competition, Fabian has played well tonight.
aka 'Rexx'
lucky they even had a game as it almost was blacked out in cleveland
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:26 PM EST reply actions
Would have been better
then the kids there wouldn’t see that censored horror show!
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
im uneasy
this game felt too much like the monday night’s of old
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:28 PM EST reply actions
Mike Nugent
although I like Bryant better. But you all know me, I want them to sign Gano!
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Rice: 2 carries for 89 yards so far
Think they’re trying to get him 100?
Flacco 13-18 for 155 yards.
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Thgat's 20 carries, not 2
Getting late.
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Jeez, can't even spell "that's"
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by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Right now
I don’t see much to give me positive thoughts, so I’ll table that for now and focus on the Colts, which is bad enough.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Nov 16, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Did you see the Bengals/Steelers game
I think you guys have a chance as long as your D can cover their receivers long enough to get Big Ben down.
by St. Esiason on Nov 16, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
Bruce
who kicks next week..
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:31 PM EST reply actions
sorry didn't see above comment
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:35 PM EST reply actions
Black Pants
I’m glad that they’re gone. Team looks a lot better. Next road game, we will also wear white pants and win.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
true dat
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:36 PM EST reply actions
reply fail?
I’d feel bad if you were agreeing with me though.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 16, 2009 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
R!
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
A!
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 16, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
V!
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 16, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
N!
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 16, 2009 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
maaaa-gic. magic
Peace I’m out,
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Nov 16, 2009 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
agreed
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
Shutout is still nice
for the record books and stats.
Speaking of stats, Cleveland gives up an average of over 400 yards a game and tonight just under 300. We’ve held them to under 150, which is damn good regardless of the team.
Our defense played great, it’s just that our offense couldn’t do squat for the most part. See you!
aka 'Rexx'
yep, but where were the down field throw’s for cleveless earlier..glad the game is over my eyes hurt from both offenses good night all!
"We don’t have any rearview mirrors in our car,"- John Harbaugh
by purpleonblack86 on Nov 16, 2009 11:43 PM EST reply actions
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