>
>> "notraybradley"
gmail.com> wrote in message
>> The Ravens are not mudders and never have been, for whatever reason.They
>> seem to handle cold and windy conditions very well but can't do anything
in
>> the rain. Witness last year at New England and 2000 at Miami as other
>> examples.
>
> Yeah, they often look foolish in the rain. I still think the defense
> did a good job even in
> the rain. The offense just lost the field position game. My assessment
> doesn't include
> CMac leaving Rod Smith wide open in the end zone. That was just
> terrible, terrible.
Dumb is dumb...
>> Bad throw at their best cornerback plus lack of aggressive play from the
WR
>> equals Int. Clarence should have tackled Bailey if he had to, anything
to
>> avoid the Int.
>
> How is your go to guy at the end of a half someone who you weren't
> confident enough to
> have active for three fifths of the season? At worst put Demetrius
> Williams out there. At this
> point Moore should be used as nothing more than a decoy if he's used at
> all. I wouldn't be
> dissapointed if he was cut really. Billick should make an example of
> him, that you need
> to play with heart, or you can't play at all. But then I guess Jamal
> would have to be cut as well.
>
>> Holes were there for Jamal. He didn't hit them. The worst part about
his
>> play is he doesn't break tackles anymore or even push defenders
backward.
>> The first hit stops him in his tracks more often than not.
>
> The holes were definitely there. What other team would Jamal be a
> starting back for? I said
> before the game that I hope Anderson starts and gets most of the
> carries. Looked like
> it would have been a different game if he did.
>
>> The weird part is the Ravens NEVER try to punt to the coffin corner.
They
>> always try to drop a high, short punt down the middle to the 10 yard
line.
>> Koch has actually been very effective doing that, much better than
Zastudil
>> ever was. It's a head scratcher why they picked that time to try to
angle
>> one to the sideline. I bet we don't see it again this year.
>
> Besides the mechanical mistake, that's the coaches fault. Don't ask a
> rookie kicker
> to do anything extraordinary in a game so dependent on field position.
> This was the
> turining point mistake. Koch had been kicking so well all game too.
>
>> Amen. Win this week at home against a tough Carolina team, and we're
5-1
>> going into the bye. Billick's teams shine in November and December, and
>> this year hopefully will be no different.
>
> If they can cover Steve Smith... Okay, if they can at least limit him,
> this game is winnable.
> That was a tough game last night and very winnable if not for the
> punting mistake and McNair
> forcing things. Jason Brown did well for the most part for his second
> start ever.
>
> Anybody else notice that the Ravens only have 2 sacks in the last two
> games? Maybe Denver and SD have great lines, or maybe the Raven's
> blitzing packages have been figured out.
Or maybe they ain't that good anyway.
Pisstburgh says they're going to kick your asses all over the field.
