Ravens: 20 Patriots: 23: Good ol' Cam Cameron
by Zachary Beard on Oct 17, 2010 5:12 PM EDT
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Going into this game most Ravens fans, such as myself, thought we had a good chance to win. We went into half time leading 10-7. And in the 3rd quarter Flacco launched a pass to Boldin, increasing the Raven's lead to 17-7. And that's when Cam Cameron did what he does best: loses games. Poor-play calling and lack of execution allowed the Patriots back into the game. The Patriots tied the game up 20-20 putting the game into overtime. We managed to not score on 3 OT possessions, which allowed the Patriots to drive down the field and make a game-winning field goal.
Next we Take on Buffalo at home. This should be an easy win, but with Cameron's play-calling anything could happen. The Ravens need to refocus and get back to winning. Now we move on to Buffalo... Let's go Ravens!
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McClain's
Mo’ Carries
Mo’ Touchdowns
I’d say that campaign took a major hit this Sunday. That said, I think my little cousin pushes harder than McClain did on that penalty.
guess that’s what we should expect with politics…
by Mayne_Event on Oct 18, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions
We need that double vision kid form NFL Countdown to call the plays.
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 17, 2010 5:22 PM EDT reply actions
Title should read “Good ol’ Cam Cameron and Gregg Mattison.” Some of those coverages in the 4th quarter were terrible. They were beating us on dink and dunk passes all day, yet we continued to play 10 yards off.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
True
but Cameron has been far worse for much longer, and this game is squarely on his shoulders for first letting them get back in the game, then not even attempting to win it.
I don’t think it is “squarely on his shoulders.” We were not able to see the coverages down field, it might have been great play calling but even better coverage by their secondary.
Yes, Cam should have had plays set up to take a few more shots down field (where is Housh and Heap in the 4th?) In a close game like that, there are too many factors that play into a loss. In our case, the penalty on the kickoff by Cundiff, soft coverages by the defense when Brady was moving the ball with ease by using short passes, LeRon losing his head in OT, etc.
I think this was a game where we lost because of the little things, not the whole picture. Keep in mind that we were winning for most of that game because of Cam Cameron and Joe.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
Yeah, I'm not saying he's horrible 100% of the time
but I have NEVER seen a team use the middle of the field in the passing game less than Cameron does, and I’ve seen maybe 5 screen plays in the last 3 years. The game should have been in hand, with the weapons we have, how are the Ravens around 20th in scoring offense?
If 20th in scoring offense means 4-2, so be it…
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
but if it means losing games that should have been won...
then no so be it…look I’m not trying to be all doom and gloom, yes we’re 4 and 2, but 5-1 looks much better when we could now be chasing the Steelers all year, this game had huge playoff implications, and it could mean the difference between home field advantage and a bye or a wild card.
Week 6 and we are already thinking we are losing our shot at the playoffs? Man oh man.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
Every game matters in the NFL, there are only 16, week 6 matters as much as week 17
this game would have given us control of the entire conference.
Ok, it would have been great to win this game. But there are still 10 more for us to win and 14-2 will definitely get home field.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
You're back!!!
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 17, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I still think we make the playoffs
but until we can win these games consistently, then I just can’t see us as Super Bowl contenders, just playoff contenders.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Oct 18, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Man yaw kill me with blaming cam. He did good with the run pass ratio. When it was all pass yaw bitched now u bitching because flacco didn’t find the open man when it matters most. Last time I checked we were in 3 wide sets a lot in OT. Flacco didn’t hit anquan on a few open routes he ran and mcclain cost us woke valuable yards. You were right about the defense though.
by Raven_all_day on Oct 17, 2010 5:59 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
And I’ve officially gotten over the game. I had this as a loss pre-season, and now people will stop talking about the Ravens as one of the NFL’s best, I don’t want all the attention, I like being a little under the radar, it works with the personality of Baltimore, just getting it done, not drawing too much attention.
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 17, 2010 5:59 PM EDT reply actions
Not me
I want to win them all. Every last one of them. and when looking at this game today, it was not only win-able, it was a game wh SHOULD have won. Absolutely.
As far as blaming Cam, I hated some of his calls such as the pitifully obvious QB sneak. however, if someone could tell me that Flacco was supposed to always check down to Ray Rice every time on the 4th quarter and OT, then I’ll blame that on Cam too. However, somehow I doubt that was the play and for Flacco to go through his reads and check down way too fast the Rice is squarely on his shoulders rather than making a tough, but accurate throw.
Seems to me we, meaning BOTH Cam and Joe, are more afraid of losing than willing to tak ethe chance on winning.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Oct 17, 2010 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually
maybe it’s just Joe, but if you watch him, it looks like it’s designed check downs, he never really looks anywhere else but Rice on some plays, and while Rice is a playmaker and those could be good plays, teams have shown this year that they’re gonna have a man right on him every play and not let him get YAC.
I want to win them all as well Bruce. Hell, I have said a 16-0 prediction every year since 1996. But that is unlikely. We should win every game, but it doesn’t go that way in the NFL. We lost in the late parts of OT to a Tom Brady and Bellichek lead team, nothing to be ashamed about.
It was a mixture of things with our offense in the 4th quarter and OT. Play calling, Joe maybe not making the best reads, WR could have been covered and by my observations, NE was getting a fairly decent pass rush on most of those drives.
Disregard Joe and Cam for a minute Bruce, and think about what the game could have been had we gone for it on 4th and inches or if Cundiff hadn’t kicked it out of bounds, or if LeRon didn’t send us back 15 yards in OT.
Like I said earlier, we lost this game because of little things and we are one of the best teams in the league at correcting the most minuscule mistakes.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
nothing to be ashamed about
but there’s a reason I haven’t posted on here in a little while. I’m just too pissed off to say anything coherent. Give me another day or two and I’ll be a reasoning machine again.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Exactly. We are sitting where mostly everyone WANTED to be sitting after the toughest 6 game stretch in the league this year.
4-2 after 4 road games against 4 of the best teams in the NFL without many key players looks damn good to me. Steelers will have their problems, they haven’t played nearly as talented teams as we have.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
I would have loved to take 4-2 at this point with this schedule before the season
but being 4-1 coming in and having a 10 point lead in the 4th that was blown partially due to the playcalling, I’m not gonna sit back and say, ok at least we’re still 4-2. We should have won, and the playcalling right now is our biggest weakness. Remember 2 fades inside the 10 last week? Or the countless other questionable plays all year long?
It is man. It is tough to lose these games. We should have won, we could have won, we would have won…..but we didn’t win and now we have to focus on Buffalo at home.
Cam Cameron needs some more work, but he is also a main reason why we are where we are right now. For every fade on 4th down, he calls up winning drives like the one we saw against Pitt.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
actually Housh made an adjustment on that play
just saying….There is room for improvement, and if he keeps making some of these bonehead calls, it could cost us more points/games down the line. Every team has weaknesses, this is an area that needs to be addressed.
Every team has weaknesses, this is an area that needs to be addressed.
Agreed, but I am only trying to say that there were so many factors that played into the loss today. People are disgusted by Cam’s play calling, yet this is the only game so far this year where it played a factor into us losing.
The Bengals game was all Joe, so even though Cam’s play calling has been iffy at times, this was in my opinion the first time this year that Cam was a reason we lost.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
There's only 2 losses to choose from
but he’s taken points off the board even in some of our wins, and that just can’t happen in the NFL. If a player keeps making constant mistakes that cost points/games, they have to fix it or get benched/cut. Cameron can’t get benched, so he needs to fix it or be fired, and he’s had more than enough chances to fix it.
And no I don't mean fire him now
but something really has to be done, and at this point, it’s on Harbaugh to get it under control.
Yes, something has to be done. I am not arguing that at all. But I am arguing with people who are ready to give up on Cam Cameron. Does anyone here think there is someone out there who could come in here and all of a sudden just make our offense pop?
We take our anger out on Buffalo next week with a 41-6 victory and then get 2 weeks to get our shit together.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
if this was the offseason
I’d say he has to go, but you’re right, there’s just no way we should do that mid season, especially at 4-2. And yes, there are times he makes great calls, and certainly the execution by the players can make him look better or worse. I just hope it gets fixed, because if it does, I don’t see any other glaring weaknesses, and we’d have a strong case for a Super Bowl run.
p.s. I don't see Buffalo even getting 6
I call 52-2 with us giving them a mercy safety. Can’t wait for the return of Mr. Ed Reed!
You guys will win pretty convincingly I assume
but believe me, Buffalo isn’t quite the push over you seem to think they are. I will gladly put up anything you want in a bet that says you don’t beat them by anything even approaching that score
I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast
Just exaggerating
I liked Edwards and Lynch, Buffalo seems like it needs a new GM, they have made some horribly questionable decisions over the last 5-10 years.
The problem with Buffalo is two fold
1. Ralph Wilson. Dude needs to let it go and sell to someone who wants to win, what is he, 100? He’s like Al Davis but not quite as batshit insane,
2. New GM, like you said. Yeah they got Spiller last draft, but Jebus they should have went OL, QB, DL…etc. That said, it’s hard for a GM to do his job with a turd owner like Wilson.
I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast
the truth of the matter is, and the main reason why I am upset with Cam, is that if you keep going back and forth with Tom Brady like that without pulling away, and if you keep giving him chances, sooner or later if you don’t beat him he will inevitably figure it out and beat you. I knew it was coming yesterday, and I’m guessing a few Ravens could feel it as well.
I agree with MaLoR that there’s more to it than just Cam (like WTF Mattison does Zbi really need to be 34 yards deep, did you get the memo about Randy Moss???), but Cam has to be the most apparent problem right now.
Obviously, we’re stuck with what we have on offense for this season. Cam will empty the backfield and telegraph a few more QB sneaks as the season progresses. He will probably also have a few ingenious drives that opposing fans will refer to for weeks as the reason why we beat them. That is who Cam Cameron is.
For next year, I guess my dream scenario is that San Diego totally falls apart and fires Norv Turner, who we then hire as our OC. Either him or, as much as I hate to say it, someone in the Kyle Schottenheimer mold who develops the run to sell the play-action to take big shots downfield. We do it sometimes, but not enough IMO.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
just a thought for Cam, though
if you always run a QB sneak every time you empty the backfield, then that’s all that opposing teams will have on tape and the defensive signal-caller will know what to have his boys do whenever he sees that happen. You MIGHT think to ACTUALLY PASS a few times out of that empty set in short yardage situations just to plant the seed in their minds to back up.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Sam as last year's Colts' game
we had a late lead but everyone knew if they stayed close, Manning would lead them down the field to victory in the end. We saw the same thing yesterday. We had multimple chances in OT alone, much less the lat third and fourth quarter. Until we can consistently do this, we will be among the better teams – of the second tier.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Oct 18, 2010 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions
We already had our problem…..and went 3-1.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
~Thomas Jefferson
by Cdsumm on Oct 18, 2010 12:07 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Check back here in a month...
Pitt’s schedule is brutal. SO come back here in a week and tell us about your problems and how you handled them.
The Pitt Bandwagon is jam-packed after beating……. drumroll …….. the Browns.
Lol, what is your record again and who have your last two losses come to?
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
The Bungals are a lot like...
They make an appearance every 17 years, and then they’re never heard from for another 17 years or so…
Tough lose today Ravens… But you’re still one of the best teams out there…
Go Steelers…
Steelers 6 rings, Wildcats 7 Banners..!! Winning never gets old...!!!!
I think Cam Cameron calls were good okay the quarterback sneak play wasnt
all that good but everything else was good. I say it again Cam Cameron does play calling but its up to the players to excute it.T.J,Boldin,Heap, and Mason are not immortal route runners where nobody can stop them. Joe Flacco made drop down passes to Ray Rice probably becuase nobody was open.please do not say he quickly threw short passes to Ray Rice becuase I saw him with my two eyes looking for wideouts that were open.
I just wanna see the offense opened up
Flacco would be even more effective if Cameron had plays where the WRs went over the middle, Cameron’s passing game is pretty much only outside the numbers, it makes no sense. Plus he has the tendency to try and out-think the other team instead of just relying on our strengths and doing what we do best.
I have a feeling once Stallworth comes back, the offense is going to open up a little more. We don’t have one guy on our offense right now in the passing game who can run better than a 4.6.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
that almost doesn't matter
and it doesn’t stop us from going over the middle. In fact, not having anyone faster than a 4.6 is all the more reason to take shots over the middle (with someone besides Heap).
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Think about it this way guys
At least we are not Dallas fans. We are all frustrated with being 4-2 right now, think about what is going on in that fan base with them sitting at 1-4.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
im upset with specific decisions in that game not our overall posistion...
but this lose means there is no margin for error. we have to beat the steelers at home now. steelers and jets could easily take the 1 and 2 seeds
that sucked, you hate to see PI pretty much decide a game
but that was blatant interference, Jets got lucky
Guess what?
The tackle football team from the New England area defeated your hometown team. Have a great day at work tomorrow!
"Never bring a fart to a shit fight"--Unknown
by DwightWhite's Missing Tooth on Oct 17, 2010 7:38 PM EDT reply actions
"Breathe if you hate Duke." - Brenda Frese
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Oct 17, 2010 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
and guess what ????
D-bag, your bag of criminals lost to our Baltimore tackle football team two weeks ago! Short memory or just playin’ Forest Gump again?! We here are still enjoying that season highlight!
You beat Batch, ya douche. We WILL whore your ass with Ben. Silly Bmore Browns.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
~Thomas Jefferson
by Cdsumm on Oct 18, 2010 12:12 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
And Batch was
playing all 22 postions on the field plus special teams?!?! Wow, I guess you’re right.
To be fair
Ray Lewis killed a couple of dudes
I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast
bag of criminals
lets see if my memory is correct..
The Ravens have 1 convicted criminal (Stallworth), while Lewis was at least charged with something.
The Steelers have…well………zero convicted or zero even charged with anything.
Don’t start the criminal argument, you won’t win.
You wanna talk about convicts then talk about the Bengals.
Good comment I saw earlier about the game.
Cam and Harbs had no ballz today, twice they should have gone for it on 4th. They sneak flacco on 3rd and a full yard, yet they cant do that at mid field? It takes balls to win these types of games and Harbs and Cam left theirs in the loc…ker room the second half. You dont go conservative on the road when you are in the lead. I chalk this loss up to the Coaching Staff for letting down. This is a mentally defeating game and championship teams don’t lose games on the road when ahead by 10 points, they put the hammer down and drive it home. This game may not have looked as bad as Cincy, but this game was more tolling mentally.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
Ha ha
Ballz….. That is something neither one of them have for sure. I totally agree they blew opportunity after opportunity today and let the freakin’ Patriots and that cheater of a head coach psych them totally out. All Cam did in the second half was try to out-guess himself. For that we now have a 4-2 record and second place vice 5-1 and world dominance!
i don't know what game yall saw
Cam called good balanced plays. He got a little conservative but Joe “check down” Flacco needs to not use Rice as his #1 or our receivers need to learn how to find an open spot. Our line gave him time, he needs to produce.
More than Flacco I look at Mattison. He called soft coverage in the 4th qtr when we got back into the game by being aggressive. Our D (YES OUR D) gave away a 4th qtr lead with the Pats running the same bs screen plays. We got no pressure in the 4th because our Brady could throw a little screen/hitch rout because our corners were 10 yards off the ball. WHEN WE STAY AGGRESIVE WE WIN!!!
Hopefully we will learn from this and get better. 4-2 is a great start for only having 2 home games. Now its on to the next one… I’M READY FOR REED!!! GO RAVENS!!!
by Georgia Raven on Oct 17, 2010 8:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I couldn't disagree more
More than Flacco I look at Mattison. He called soft coverage in the 4th qtr when we got back into the game by being aggressive. Our D (YES OUR D) gave away a 4th qtr lead with the Pats running the same bs screen plays
Sure, the safeties and corners were too far back. But you can’t blame the defense for not beating Tom Brady when the offense kept giving them opportunity after opportunity. And you can’t blame Mattison for just going coverage when the Pats started to pick up our blitzes. If the blitzes aren’t effective, then stop them and use those guys on the back end. The D held up for two posessions against Brady in OT, before finally allowing them into FG position on the third attempt. You can’t blame the D.
Cam seemed to call balanced plays but you saw the same game I did and neither of us had a camera angle on what was happening downfield, so the jury is out on whether or not Flacco was not being agressive enough downfield or if New England’s very athletic secondary had actually stepped up after a bye week (more likely). Flacco generally took at least 3 to 4 seconds to check down to Rice, which leads me to believe that the coverages determined those throws.
I actually also look at Ray Rice to stop dancing and start just darting for the 4 and 5 yard gains. He seemed to keep trying to make everyone miss in situations where the defense did a good job of keeping Rice in front of them. On some of those plays Ray just wanted to juke everyone rather than recognizing that the D had him contained and that he should have just taken more of those short gains.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
TIVO'd the game and...
fast forwarded through our D because it was obvious after every Cam chicken shit 2nd place finish O we’d back pedal for Brady. I swear I could run this f’n team better. I am overly pissed at Cams “outhink” himself BS. He plays himself not the situation. We dominated the D-bags and Cam took it upon himself to Puss Out. What a loser wimp. Maybe he and Zorn can tango later.
could not agree more
he always tries to outsmart the other coaches instead of letting our players do what they do best
BAM...you said it best!!
Just like Billick not using Jermaine Lewis more in the passing game and throwing lobs to the right corner over and over again. These guys are total dumb shits who fell into a contact. With the old Ravens we needed a kicker who could get it deep and Billick let Stover start the other team on the 30, Makes no sense!!!!! These guys are flat out stupid. Jesus H I could dominate a Ravens team.
Jesus H I could dominate a Ravens team.
Let it out.
"In the Ravens' last 22 regular-season wins dating back to 2008, Flacco has thrown 29 touchdown passes and only five interceptions for a 101.1 quarterback rating. He's completed 385 of 604 passes (.637 percent)." Yea, Flacco is not a reason we have ever won...
Take a breath bud.
We have the same discussion almost weekly at PatsPulpit about O’Brien. YOu guys win you love him, you lose it’s all play calling. Just like us. At some point, players have to execute. Not trying to be a dick, but that’s just how it is. Ours executed when it counted despite being outplayed for a good chunk of the game.
I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast
I agree with this
but still, I and some others here have been pretty consistent in our criticism of Cam Cameron. He has undoubtedly had his good days, but yesterday was not one of them.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Cam sucks. 2 for 38 on first drive TD's according CBS.
Which means he takes it and doesn’t give it!! A-hole, dictated to, wait and see loser jack ass.
that is a very bad bad statistic.
One of the main reasons the Saints won the Superbowl last year was that they scored first in an amazing percentage of their games. And the first drive of the game is one situation where the offense can actually take advantage of the fact that the defense is still trying to figure out what their opponent’s game plan is (if you’re a balanced offense, at least).
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
This game really set me off
It had to be the most wretched game I’ve ever witnessed as a Ravens fan. I can honestly say I have never been more disgusted than I was today watching it unravel like it did in the second half and overtime of the game. How in the heck could Cam completely change a winning formula from the first half into the Brian Billick/ Matt Cavanaugh show? It completely confounds all wisdom. There was no excuse that our team shouldn’t be 5-1 right now except for the ridiculous play calling that transpired. I am speechless!!!
It had to be the most wretched game I’ve ever witnessed as a Ravens fan.
Really bud? No way. Not unless you started watching yesterday it wasn’t.
This loss is bad, but all losses are. It’s not the worst and it’s not that bad in the context of where we are in our schedule this season.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
Name me one game where
we dominated for 3+ quarters then decided to turn out the lights and sit around to wait and see what happened? Seriously, I’ve only been a fan of Baltimore football for about 30 years (time including the Baltimore Colts) and I just can’t recall a collapse quite like that one. Please help me feel better, cause I just don’t.
Right on brother. Cam is a GD dumb shit. He doesn’t watch/feel the game just like jerk of Billick. Billick is on ESPN for some unknown reason. they should bed down together in Broke Back Mountain II.
Right just cut him, real smart. Man I wish Raven could run this team for a year just to see that his post-game criticisms don’t make him qualified to do the pre-game planning.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
anyone watching Indy/Wash?
Indy is challenging in hopes that it gets overturned and Peyton gets an int (which was dropped and recovered by Indy but called incomplete)…crazy haha
uhhhhh, Redskins is a horrific name in these parts pardner, They can wipw each other off the face of the earth for all we care.
I might hate the Redskins more than the Steelers
because I hated them before the Ravens were here, hence before I hated the Steelers. They have the worst name, logo, and uniforms in all of sports. But I do like McNabb, I hope he goes somewhere like Minnesota or Arizona or San Fran after this year.
I love the Steelers...
…The 1st place Steelers…
Steelers 6 rings, Wildcats 7 Banners..!! Winning never gets old...!!!!
I love the Steelers...
…Steelers nation has always respected the Ravens… you guys are a formidable adversary year in and year out..!
The Ravens – Steelers games are always my favorite, because it’s football at it’s purest, (Playing for the love of the game)… Always hard hitting, trash talking and it usually means something in the standings… And after the game, winner or loser, there is respect from both sides…
Once again, you guys had a tough lose today, and I think it’s bush-league when I see someone from Steelers nation coming in here trash talking after a tough lose… Most Steelers fans are not like that, please know that…
Go Steelers…
Steelers 6 rings, Wildcats 7 Banners..!! Winning never gets old...!!!!
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First stop: Miami… followed by a stop in New Orleans then a stop in Cinci before you host the Pats and then host the Raiders
Check back in every week, Vince!
I don't see how that name is allowed
if there was a Blackskin team, it would be Civil War 2 going on
FIRE CAM THE RUNNER UP CLASS 1 AA PUSS
good between the 30’s and then shrivels up like a grill fallen hot dog.
Anyone else notice that the Patriots are like REALLLY white
And their O-line looks like a bunch of farmers
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
Logan Mankins wrestled cows over the summer...
…but he hasn’t shown up yet because Belichick said he wasn’t “hick” enough.
by Richard Hill on Oct 18, 2010 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A quarterback tale
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Baltimore Ravens. The only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn’t find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win.
Then one night a Then one night while watching CNN he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan . In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade straight into a 15th story window 100 yards away.
KABOOM!
He threw another hand-grenade 75 yards away, right into a chimney.
KA-BLOOEY!
Then he threw another at a passing car going 90 mph.
BULLS-EYE!
“I’ve got to get this guy!” Coach said to himself. “He has the perfect arm!”
So, he brings him to the States and teaches him the great game of football. And the Ravens go on to win the Super Bowl.
The young Afghan is hailed as the great hero of football, and when the coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants is to call his mother.
“Mom,” he says into the phone, “I just won the Super Bowl!”
“I don’t want to talk to you, the old Muslim woman says. “You are not my son!”
“I don’t think you understand, Mother,” the young man pleads. “I’ve won the greatest sporting event in the world. I’m here among thousands of my adoring fans.”
“No! Let me tell you!” his mother retorts. “At this very moment, there are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I have to keep your sister in the house so she doesnt get raped!” The old lady pauses, and then tearfully says,
“I will never forgive you for making us move to Baltimore City !!
This is without a doubt the most funny and yet,“what the fuck” comment i have ever read.
The Orioles are going to open a can of Buck-Wieser on your ass......
by Zachary Beard on Oct 17, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone notice that Willis didst get not one carry
by Raven_all_day on Oct 17, 2010 9:22 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Scam-Cam screwing his team.
Shocker.
You should see him as an HC.
Tim Graham thinks Sanchez is an MVP Candidate. Seriously.
1-15 to 11-5
After the Dolphins dumped Cam. We have a better offensive team then we are putting on the field. If things don’t change soon the receivers are going to wonder why they chose to come here.
when you are outplaying a team that bad, you gotta go for the kill
the ravens should have been up a lot more points after three quarters then they were. they got to conservative. go for the kill.
SOMEONE TELL ME WHY...
The colts run play action passes to perfection and they can’t freaking run,We never get much from our play action,why is that? Watching the game alot of the times the Pats were almost 8 in the box and we kept on running the ball,it seems we never make adjustments or audible to something else…Cam has the rest of this year to prove himself as far as I am concerned,he can hit the fucking road after that.We need a killer instinct and I just don’t see it ,yet!
Body Language
a lot of it is body language. Flacco isn’t great at selling those fakes. Manning is perhaps the best at it.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
I noticed that as well
Brady did a great job bending over and hiding the ball on one big play. Favre is also good at it. Flacco seems to just hold the ball out and put zero effort into the fake and all it does is slow down his already slow set up time a bit more, giving the pressure more time to get to him.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Oct 18, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
The thing is sometimes Flacco gets into a rhythm and his set up time is shortened and he looks like a real, quick, decision-making QB. But sometimes if he’s in a funk, you can tell with his body language and the slowness that would seem to result from it.
"Cam, we're not going to have any issues because we're going to be winning."
--Joe Flacco
"Just win baby. Yeah, I stole that."
--Jon Gruden
BECAUSE JOE....
Doesn’t slide around in the pocket to buy time for his receivers.When he’s flushed out of the pocket,it should easy pickings.Think about the defense having to cover longer,hell it happens to us all the time.Almost any Qb that has extra time is effective and sometimes you have to create it on your own…Joe don’t,won’t or can’t…hopefully he’s still learning!
from the Voice of Reason
We made mistakes in two close games and yet we’re 4-2 and hosting Buffalo before our off week. The offense is improving each week and Flacco is a damn good QB who is on his way to being one of the greats. Ed Reed is back and Stallworth is right behind him.
We’re doomed… in Week 6.
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