Ravens' Flacco and TJ Get it Done in 17-14 Victory
by Zachary Beard on Oct 4, 2010 5:00 AM EDT
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PrintGoing into this game Ravens fans and Steelers fans alike knew this was going to be a good game. Well they weren't let down. This was a classic rivalry game between the Steelers and Ravens that literally came down to the last second.
The game started of with a long-bomb from Charlie Batch to Antwaan Randel El, capped off with a 1-yard run by Rashard Mendenhall to give the Steelers the early lead. The Ravens responding accordingly with a TD run by Willis McGahee in the 2nd quarter and a field goal by Billy Cundiff to give the Ravens the 3-point lead going into half-time. The 3rd quarter resulted in a defensive lock-out that both teams know so well, going without a single point. Halfway through the 4th quarter Rashard Mendenhall punched one into the end-zone to give the Steelers the lead. Then, with seconds remaining left in the game, with all hope looking lost, Flacco nailed T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the end-zone to win the game for the Ravens; 17-14
This was a great divisional win by the Ravens, to launch us to 3-1, and 2-1 in the AFC North. If I'm correct we are now 1st in our division. A great finish by the Ravens. Today Joe Flacco proved that he has what it takes to be our franchise quarterback. Let's keep this momentum going into next week against the Broncos and pick up another "W". Let's go Ravens!!!
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The Invisible Men...
It seemed to me that the Steelers were playing with invisible men.We made,Troy,Harrison,Woodley all disappear on defense and Ward & Heath Miller vanish on offense!!! The jets are still looking for Revis after the first game.RAVENS MAGIC!!! Denver better realize something now,the beat down they took last year,was nothing compared to whats going to happen this coming weekend…..Ravens 34 Denver 9,Denver threw 50 times this past weekend,because they can’t run.This one is gonna get ugly early!!!
Yeah, Troy made the HUGE mistake of blitzing n the TD pass. Ooops.
Last five games ALL decided by four points or less. Amazing, and why this is the best rivalry in the league by FAR!
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Oct 4, 2010 9:12 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I wouldn't say invisible, just not as game changing as we normally hate seeing them be.
Troy stalled our first drive when he tackled Willis for a 6 yard loss. Fortunately it didn’t set the tone for the game. I was surprised they blitzed with him on that last drive, I bet Flacco was more comfortable throwing the ball not worrying about him picking it off like he’s done in the past.
Harrison beat Oher a few times. One resulted in a holding penalty forcing us into a field goal situation. Which may have actually been the better result than had he not been held, Flacco would have never seen him coming. He also caused a potentially game breaking fumble.
Woodley… always thought he’s been overrated, but he looks good in that Steelers defense sometimes. Just not able to stand out this past Sunday.
Timmons had a pretty good game; he was in on a bunch of tackles. I think he’s having the best season out of their linebackers, he just doesn’t get the “sexy stats” everyone likes to look at.
Hines Ward showcased his patented flag plee, he was asking for it before he hit the ground. He was a no show, unless you want to think Chris Carr shut him down.
Heath Miller had some big receptions and ran over Landry one play, we’ve been too friendly to tight ends this year.
Hampton’s sack benefitted from Flacco holding onto the ball for too long. Keisel did one of the best feign injury moves I’ve ever seen. Farrior got his ankles broked on the Willis TD run. Their secondary was as advertised, average at best. Clark broke up a pass to Heap, Ike Taylor got a gift-wrapped pick.
I think overall the steerlers defence and te coach undersestimated Joe Flacco
I guess they just thought he wasnt going to do much in the game. I’m sure we will beat Denver Broncos but they aint no soft team they are playing real good I dont think they havent played a defense like ours yet
Lardarius on the road back
What about Webb yesterday, he made two huge plays to break up passes to Mike Wallace. The one in the endzone where he ripped it out of Wallace’s hands was something else.
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it...
Webb was huge yesterday. If this is the way he is playing while not even being 100%, I cannot wait to see him come the second half of the season. This guy will be a shutdown CB in no time.
He is physical and has great make up speed
Hanging with Wallace is a tough task and the TD he saved by ripping the ball out of his hands (and nearly intercepting it) was a thing of beauty. He needs to improve his play recognition but that will come with time.
A bonafied stud in the making.
yeah Lardarius Webb is really something he should be a starter
I think he has potential to be something real great as he keeps playing
The question is
with Webb starting, who is the other corner to start w/ him? I think Carr is playing better thn Fabian, as it was obvious the Steelers were targeting whomever Washington was covering. I say have Carr start and Washington the nickel until Josh Wilson comes on board, playbook-ready-wise.
aka 'Rexx'
Great quote from Peter King
Of all the incredible stats in the NFL this morning, the one that stops me in my tracks is this one: Baltimore’s allowing 119.0 passing yards per game, stingiest in the NFL. And before the season, I’d have sworn the secondary would be such an Achilles heel for the Ravens that it would end up ruining their season. But Webb, Chris Carr and Fabian Washington are playing well, and benefiting from a good rush scheme and pressure up front. If I had an assistant coach award for the first quarter of the season, there’s a good chance I’d reward secondary coach Chuck Pagano, because he has this group playing terrific football.
Gotta love shutting alot of people up and saying I Tole You So, just like we did throughout the offseason.
I always thought that Chris Carr is best suited for the Nickelback postion
Fabian Washington has been doing a good Job in my eyes he has about two pass deflections which I dont think Chris Carr has right now. Fabain has his ups and downs but you got to say he’s way better then he was last year and he has been playing coverage very good there hasnt been a receiver that got 60 or more yards on him yet.
I've said til I was blue in the face
Who cares who our DB’s are, as long as we get adecent pass rush, they will look great. Without the pressure, itw ouldn’t matter if we had Cham Baily, Nahmdi Asomgha (whatever) or C-Mac in his prie. Pass rush makes the secondary look good or bad, not the other way around. Ravens results are proof positive!
aka 'Rexx'
it was obvious the Steelers were targeting whomever Washington was covering.
And how did that work out for the Steelers? One very well defended TD pass on a great throw/catch and you are all over him. I just don’t get it. Wallace was way more open in the end zone on the pass that Webb made a great recovery on than Randel-El.
You can make the case that Fabian is better as a nickle because he is weak in run support, but his cover game has been pretty damn good witness MaLoR’s Peter King quote above.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
A couple things..
First, did anyone catch T.J. after the game. Kinda bothered me a little. He basically politely complained about not getting the ball enough after in which he gets the ball to win the game… I am hoping this doesn’t turn into anything bigger.
Second, someone please tell Ellerby to fall on the ball. I know the play was null because of the penalty (HE IS VERY LUCKY) but Kruger makes a great play which would have gave us the ball in scoring position.
Should we have ran the ball on 3rd down if we knew we were going for it on 4th? I know thats always a debate. I say yes…
Great game though… I lost my voice in the last 5 minutes..
there nothing wrong with T.J still asking for the ball more that just shows he hungry
i rather have wolves out there hungry for the ball then sheeps not worry about playing time at all but just sitting on the bench
Earlier in the week TJ was whining
but in a fair way, saying he came here to contribute, so I have no problem w/ that.
aka 'Rexx'
Harbaugh said...
He loves the fact that he has guys that wants the ball… this isn’t near being anything big.
by Raven_all_day on Oct 4, 2010 1:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Stop saying whining. I don’t like that us fans are trying to make our players out to be bad guys. Housh wasn’t whining, he was frustrated with himself and only himself. He wants the ball in big time situations, isn’t that what you want from your best players? He wants to win the game and there are very few players in this league who do that.
Just like Raven all day said below, Harbaugh absolutely loved that Housh came out and publicly stated that he wanted the ball.
re:
Harbaugh couldn’t say much else. I doubt he wanted to hear some negativity, no matter how slight, after a big win.
Mason was also unhappy, evidently with his role, but now he’s happier.
As long as the team wins, fans will assume the players are putting their egos in check in order to win. If they lose, the microscopes will come out. The team doesn’t don’t need to give the fans stuff to look for.
by drj on Oct 4, 2010 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Look at the Bengals
TO should be sad they lost, but instead he revels in hs individual stats.
aka 'Rexx'
Right
Remember TJ came from the Bengals and therefore has never won a playoff game. He wants to contribute, sure, but I think he sees the bigger picture at this point in his career, and will stay in line.
All good WR’s are divas to some extent.
I definitely think Housh keeps it together. If we were 1-3 and he wasn’t seeing the ball, then I cannot blame him for being upset. But we are 3-1, in first place and HE made the play to win us a game in Pittsburgh. What more could the guy possibly ask for? We want to get him involved in this offense, he can do the same things that Mason and Boldin both do and I am 100% sure the coaches and Joe know this.
It is a matter of time before he is having like 8-9 catch games for us.
He was pretty negative on WBAL radio show tonight too
OK – so he wants to be more involved in the offense, but did he realistically think when he signed with the Ravens that he was going to be the #1 or #2 receiver in front of Boldin/Mason? And without benefit of having time for Flacco to get comfortable with him? He really needs to put things in proper perspective and accept his role on the team. He signed on for a Super Bowl, not to be a #1 receiver.
If he had said “It feels good to be finally working my way into the game plan and gaining the trust of the coaching staff so I can show what I can contribute”, it would have meant the same thing and pereceived as a team-first vs. a me-first statement. But that’s not Housh.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
He is getting there. I think we all just get the wrong impression from TJ because of his history. The guy is just such a competitor and wants to be the one making plays, I don’t blame him for being frustrated at times. This is a brand new style of football for him because he is no longer the #1 target like he was in Seattle and many times in Cinci.
We keep winning, TJ is happy. For him to make those plays yesterday should give him a major boost that we do indeed want him to takeover games for us, that is the reason we brought him here.
No one but the fans and media take anything negative from what he says
At least for now. As long as he plays hard, which we know he will, who cares?
He wants the ball and he wants to win, it’s a good thing.
I think we all just get the wrong impression from TJ because of his history.
But his comments reinforce that image.
No one but the fans and media take anything negative from what he says. At least for now.
How comforting to think that he’ll be tolerated as long as we’re winning, but is a mine field waiting to happen if things don’t go well.
As long as he contributes and doesn’t create a negative force in the locker room, I’ll continue to cheer his accomplishments. But that doesn’t mean I have to like his attitude.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
Thats fine
I guess my point was that I don’t think it will become a problem in the locker room, so it’s a non issue.
We should be able to handle Denver, just get ready for them to throw.
They have absolutely no running game at this point. This will be a huge test for our current #1 ranked passing defense in the league.
Orton has thrown for over 300 yards in EVERY gme
this season so far but Denver has zero run game and wouldn’t anyway against us if they did. We’ll see what happens when their passing offense faces the #1 pass defense!
aka 'Rexx'
watch out for Orton
as weird as it is to say, Orton is a good QB and can win a game (he is more than just a game manager).
Who would have thought?
A little perspective
They have put up those stats against the 13th rated pass defense (Titans), the 15th (Colts), the 29th (Seahawks) and 30th (Jags). So while we can’t come out flat and expect to win, which is true against any team, all things being equal I like our chances.
"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
Good win guys (and gals)...
Typical Steelers/ Ravens battle. Your guys did enough to win, kudos to Flacco and Housh on that last drive.
We’ll see you again in a few months.
I have not yet begun to procrastinate.
We don’t need luck with Ben Good Luck with Bert
How’d that work out for the Steelers last year in the playoffs?
Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.
Don't flaunt it without explaining it
That’s like Barry Bonds going into Hank Aaron’s house and saying “I’m the home run king”.
I meant not illegal
do your research. It wasn’t against the rules and its not like the whole team was using. Anyway, there were many other players in the league who did the same thing, why wouldn’t they?
yeah that at least makes sense. But if you’re going to act like all 6 rings were important in your life then you might as well just go back even further and grant Green Bay their NFL Championships too…
"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
Finally a game where we can say Cam helped us win.
We found the Steelers weak spots and they couldn’t figure us out. We didn’t fall into any game-changing mistakes their defense normally forces.
It was a close entertaining game to watch, thank the AFC-North for giving us the best matchup twice a year.
Congrats!
You played better than we did in the final two minutes. To me it’s just that simple.
The only good thing about it is: that it is good for the rivalry.
Again, congrats to you!
"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." - samliam
what a game!
Add another point to the argument that Ravens v Steelers are the bast rivalry games in the NFL.
Good game Steelers. Wouldn’t be surprised to see you guys in the market for another kicker.
What I took from the game:
1. FLACCO!!! Took care of the ball (minus the early xmas gift to mcfadden) and made quick decisions. Better than that, it was great to see him pump ice water and march down the field in the 4th to win the game for a second week in a row.
2. O-Line played lights out! Joe got hit a lot but they gave him time to get the ball off. We didn’t see that deer in headlights look that the Steelers always get out of Flacco. Win the in trenches and win the game.
3. D-Line, bounced back great this week. Shutdown the run and produced sacks and pressure. Again, win in the trenches and win the game.
4. Secondary, I’m still amazed at the way these guys are playing. Carr and Washington look like different people compared to last year. I will admit that we haven’t played a legitimate passing game yet (Sanchez wasn’t ready/no Santonio, Carson missed Ocho a couple of times for big plays, Cleveland has Wallace starting and he sucks, Pit was missing Big Ben). This week should test us. Again, win in the trenches and win the game.
5. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR RUNNING GAME? I hope Cam doesn’t think we will go the whole season on Flacco’s back. December games are won on the ground. We need to get that ball rolling too.
TO ALL OF YOU SO CALLED “RAVENS FANS” that counted us out because some unknown rb went ape shit on us and we had to come back to beat Cleveland. PLEASE GO BE A SKINS FAN!!! We don’t need you all jumping on Housh yet either. His production is picking up every week. GO RAVENS!!!
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