Open Letters

and Dickson is more capable to be effective on vertical routes than pitta. I think pitta should start over Dickson but its not likely to happen

We definitely need to see some more of the white tight end.

The very best there is. When you absolutely positively gotta catch every mf’in ball in the game – Accept no substitutes."

(with apologies to Jules)

Cam is willing to trade an entire series for one shot at the end zone. Much of the time resulting in a 3 and out putting a tired D back on the field. The guy doesn’t get it. Our offensive series following our 17-3 lead, Ray Rice wasn’t even on the field for the entire series. 3 and out. The run on 2nd and 10 is a joke. Everyone knows Flacco is a near disaster on 3rd and long when the pass is obvious and the D is all out blitzing.

Cam MUST establish the run by at least starting the game run, run pass (or run). We had the Texans on the ropes and let them off in the 2nd quarter by going 3 and out after abandoning the run. It was even worse because Joe was getting mauled. I’ll take my chances with alternate running of Ray and Ricky. How about hitting a TE in stride. Seems like they have to sit on the grass over the middle to get a pass. Catch and crash targets is what Flaccco is getting. Very little leading the receiver unless its a screen.

I’d like to see Flacco without Cam. He’s not getting better and I think he has the arm to get better.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13272/ed-dickson

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/13231/dennis-pitta

Ed Dickson has had more catches, more yards, and more TDs this season than Dennis Pitta. Pitta was made famous to everyone by Terrell Suggs giving him nicknames and such. The stats indicate who they trust, Flacco trusts, and why he’s starting… Just my 2cents.
Plus I’m sure John Harbaugh has some say on who starts also being the Head Coach, probably more say on who is starting than Cam Cameron.

Pitta had one catch all of last year FYI

Unbelievable catch one minute, inexcusable drop the next.

I say give Pitta more play time and work the middle of the field more often; he and Rice are the only sure-handed guys on the team.

the fact that people seem to think that Dickson had more drops than he really did speaks to the moments in which he had those drops: they were very memorable. Torrey has had some pretty bad drops but they’re almost all on low-percentage throws. Dickson, on the other hand, has looked like he’s playing volleyball on a few of those drops.

Pitta has the better hands of the two and I think that by itself should be enough to warrant him taking the majority of the playing time between the two. But add to that the higher catch per target rate and Dickson’s atrocity at both blocking and route running, and I think it’s pretty hard to make the case for Dickson.

As for Dickson having more targets, there’s really two reasons for that. One, he’s played more. A lot more. And two, Flacco has always been a TE-heavy QB. Whoever the TE is on a Flacco offense is going to get targeted a lot. That has always been the case.

will be the key to this game. We aren’t looking to obliterate, we are looking to win. Enough with the (attempted) highlight plays, and get back to the bread and butter. That being said, we can’t fall behind early either. Our defense needs to shut down that passing game. I think we have the receivers covered, it’s the tight-ends I’m worried about. Those athletic monsters against our one-size fits all run-stopping LBs is a match-up in hell. Anxious to see how Pagano handles it.

one big reason they keep Dickson as being the official starter could be not to hurt a guy’s confidence who clearly has some mental issues catching the ball when we need it most. Cam has used Pitta a decent bit in the past few games, so Pitta’s performance is being rewarded, but there is something to be said for not getting down on Dickson.

Just trying to acknowledge the counter to my argument.

"I think Joe was kind of rattled a little bit by that defense," Reed said. "They had a lot of guys in the box on him. And, I mean, they were getting to him. I think a couple times he needed to get rid of the ball. I don’t know how much of the play calling, he could have made audibles or anything like that, checks or whatnot, man, but it just didn’t look like he had a hold on the offense, you know, of times past. You know, it was just kind of like they was telling him to do, throw the ball or get it here, you know, get it to certain guys. And he can’t play like that."

reeds last chance but he should have ripped cam in private. with sooo many “leaders” on our team they sure don’t have much influence on the coaches. harbs and cam pretty much have managed the same for 4 years. the worst part about it is that Flaccos first game as a Raven is no different than his last game. Same guy, same controlled game plan. We bring in receivers like Stallworth an Evans spread the D and pass to them maybe ounce a game. We find out that Pitta has great hands but use him sparingly. We play poor teams like the Jags and don’t establish the run- the easiest aspect to get rolling against a bad team.

to me, we seem to have the same game plan whether its the browns or texans. same plays at the same times. clock management has barely improved. cam is only outsmarting himself as his backward play calling is obvious. flaccos 2 horrible incomplete passes after 2nd and 5 that left the texans with 2 TO’s and 3 minutes was the 8th nail in the coffin that i needed to see to call for cam to be fired.

flacco can look at sideline photos if he wanted to. flacco can yell at his coaches if he wanted to. flacco can scream at his team to line up quickly if he wanted to. flacco could audible and realign sets if he wanted to. i just think flacco deep down just wants to be lead. he basically has 5 seasons worth of games under his belt. thats 1/2 a career for most starting qb’s. folks, i don’t think this guy can get better. this is it. good luck with that Ed.

elite weapons? i just want to see a pump fake.