I’d was hoping to see the ground game chew up the clock, especially in the 4th quarter. I still wonder if they are not taxing McGahee to try to save him later in the season.

why chew up then clock? game was locked up by half. it was party time!! i wanted to see Joe run up the core like Rutgers on MD.

i would have liked for Troy to get in for a few more series to knock some rust off. gotta keep the opine riders oiled.

all in good fun..i’d take the pound it approach to closing it out as much as the passing. it was all just pure giddy enjoyment.

i shouldn’t have brought up the DB’s at all. and SD is old news. performance in the 2nd game can be drastically different in the 4th game. i think this will be the case in NE.
is it me, or does Tom Brady seem to be caught crying and whining in every camera shot? i think Tom Bunchen is turning into a little catwalk bitch. Zoolander Brady.

Well the offense impressed me in many ways yesterday. I know the Browns are hapless, but we still took the game seriously and that is so important. Joe definitely got in a good rhythm and would have looked even better without a few drops that might have been caught. Of course this is the Browns but he got that extra 100 yards passing that I was talking about last week. He needs these kind of numbers every week and I am starting to think he may get them. I love how he spread his passes around to so many receivers. Keep the defenses guessing. Also, unlike last year, he is not telegraphing which receiver he is throwing to. You used to be able to see exactly who he wanted right away. He is so close to getting some of those long bombs completed and when he finally gets that down look out league. That will stretch some D’s in a big way. Ray and Willis are doing well with the one two halfback punch. I love seeing Ray Rice catch the ball them slip away from a defender and get 6 more yards out of it. We have needed a receiving back for so long and McClain can catch too. Definitely a good time to get it going with NE coming up next weekend.

PERFECT time for NE. Healthy, condfident and complete. We are going to destroy NE. 34-17 if Harbs doesn’t allow his Coords. to pucker up.

This is the test I need to see if our Coords. will have the balls to keep playing agressive. Cam needs to keep the foot on the passing game and Matts needs to keep the pressure dialed up. this discussion will be for later as we ENJOY the fruits of vistory and 1st place.

WIRE to WIRE in the year of the TV show The Wire.

- I think everyone needs to be giving some serious credit to Steve Hauschka. He made two big time kicks for us yesterday that were kicked perfect. He was money on kick offs all day and put it in a spot where Cribbs was going to have to break off some serious yards to have an impacting return. Graham who?

- Chris Carr’s time is slowly running out. He is looking to be not even close to an upgrade over Figurs. And it is not just these first 3 games, he was terrible in pre-season, and you all know it. 7 games straight so far where I have seen nothing impressive from him. And his play as a DB is terrible as well. Every time the ball carrier is near Carr, he gets juked and just runs with his hands wide open trying to not look like that much of a fool. Not happy with him at all so far and our return game is too weak for having such a great coaching staff with Harbaugh and Jerry Rosburg.

- With that, I want to see more Lardarius Webb. That is 2 straight games where he has made a killer special teams play on a Sam Koch punt and stopped it on the 1 yard line. The man is a baller and maybe one of the best athletes on this team. If Carr keeps up these terrible returns and stumbling every where, I think Webb needs to be brought into the picture a little more.

- The pass rush is good, but not as great as I know it can be. I think we lack a DE that is great at pass rush and this will be an area we address after this season. Pryce is serviceable, but this defense has to much of a killer image to not be having 4-6 sacks a game. But hey, we are getting pressure and pressure leads to 4 interceptions like yesterday. I will take some turnovers any day.

- McGahee is back. It is that simple. This has been my favorite Raven outside of Ray and Reed, and I am so glad I stuck by this guy. He is absolutely destroying defenses right now. The whole running game in general is great. 192 yards for Rice and 191 for McGahee, could you ask for better balance? McClain is unstoppable on anything 3 yards and less and is a much better pass catcher and open field runner then people think he is. He is not just running into people at first, a 260 pound man is actually making people miss then falling forward for 3 more yards.

- Kelly Washington. I do not know where to start here. This man has made me punch myself for complaining so much about not getting anyone in the off-season or draft. I heard yesterday that of the 12 catches he has on the year, only 1 of those is not for a first down. That is incredible and I love the energy he brings. He beat out D-Will who has been with this system for a while now and that says alot about the type of player and worker K-Wash is. I think we may be looking at another Ozzie gem.

- It was good for the guys in our secondary to get 3 interceptions yesterday. Landry, D-Fox and Reed. I thought that was a great pass to Edwards on Landry’s interception and those were the types of passes that the Chargers killed us with all day. But Landry stepped in there and made a great play. Fabian was quiet, but that is because he shut down one of the most explosive players in the game, Josh Cribbs. Cribbs is their 2nd WR at the moment, and he went without a catch. Great job Fabian.

All in all, you really could not ask for a more complete win. Add in the Steelers losing and still thinking they are better than last year, and this season could not start off any more perfectly.

Having seen the game in person sunday I saw a few things I haven’t seen from the TV yet. Mainly, its coverages, which the camera angle doesn’t show you unless a play is replayed from the wire angle or unless the ball is thrown downfield.

My conclusion is this: despite the excellent performance from Flacco and co., it is clear that Flacco is still playing well below his ceiling. That’s a good thing—not a bad thing. This may be hard to understand if you saw it on TV, but even though Flacco threw for 340+, he still missed a few reads that could have been big plays.

So what I’m saying is that as Flacco continues to progress, things are just going to get better and better. Although we may not have a scorch-your-pants WR on the wing, we do have reliable hands with every eligible reciever we put on the field. Rice, McGahee, McClain, Smith, Heap, K-Wash, Clayton, and Mason all catch balls with the desired reliability. Imagine—If Flacco is at 70% of his potential RIGHT NOW, what will defenses need to be prepared for once he peaks at 100%?? This guy has scary potential.

…they’re saying he’ll need a second opinion, but at this point, it’s a torn capsule due to a dislocation and that all adds up to two letters: “I” and “R.”

And with that being the third such IR injury to that man’s throwing shoulder, I’d say we’ve seen Pennington’s last hurrah.

It’s a shame. I always liked Pennington. He’s a leader, he makes all the right reads, and he wins the damn games. But it looks like it’s Chad Henne time until further notice.

the hit on penny wasn’t even hard. he landed softly too. it’s probably been bothering him for a few weeks.

Pats blog is a little sparse but the 3 of them are a little concerned about the pass protection and receiver depth. They aren’t sure about Moss and Welker’s health. They are worried about Galloway’s drops and route running as he’s not on the same page as Brady at this point.

They will rely heavily on our old nemesis Fred Taylor who averaged over 5 yards a carry against the Falcons (about 21-110). They also have Maroney. So, at this point they are looking to pound the rock and hit Moss when its open. We take away Taylor and their toast. When tall guys like Moss get back injuries they don’t go away in 2 weeks.

We just need to get over the physcological hurdle of Belichek and their past success. We need to play loose and creative. We can afford the trick plays. We have the talent and they work. Bread and butter against a smart team doesn’t go over very well. I’d take the O play calling from either the SD or Cleveland game, bottle it and take it to NE for the win.

may they all be healthy. it will make the victory even sweeter.

some love for the Offensive Line. Flacco could do his taxes in the amount of time they were giving him. And I got to believe that the big guys completely hide little Ray Rice at the start of plays. Speaking of Rice, not only was his first TD nice, he did a great job protecting Flacco as well a few times.

Anyone else notice the dude we traded to the Pats was already cut? I guess they got done with debriefing him on the Ravens and then just cut him lose.