GAME THREAD - Ravens/Chargers

[Sephy]

A little under 2 hours until kickoff left now. Lets go out and dominate and make a statement today!

See you at 4:15!

:rocking:

[StingerNLG]

Enjoy the game today fellas! I'm out for today. I gotta catch it on the DVR later tonight. I've got to really focus on not checking the game thread today. :)

[Sephy]

Ravens' inactives: Beck, Zbikowski (concussion), Ellerbe (knee), Cousins, Moll, L.J. Smith (hamstring pull), McKinney and Kruger.

No Kruger again is very disappointing.

[Dade]

Man no Kruger, cant wait to see what this kid can do. I'm a big fan of Zbikowski, sucks he wont be in today.

[Sephy]

Chargers' inactives: Whitehurst, Tomlinson (ankle), Spillman, Hardwick (ankle), Vasquez (knee), Davis, Applewhite, Johnson (groin)

[RavenTD]

Would love to get posting back in here.But NFL Gamepass HD is like 3 minutes delayed to live action.Well that's if gamepass HD was running. The 2nd week in a row NFL Europe fans have crashed the servers.

NFL loves your money but doesn't mind screwing the fans up the rear. Better be on for the Ravens kickoff.

[Dont Know]

Has McKinney been on the injury report? Seems odd otherwise to have him inactive instead of Talavou.

[myfavoriteboxer]

I don't know how everybody else feels about this, but if you ask me, J! E! T! S! JETS JETS JETS!

Also, Cincinnati is winning in Lambeau. :187734:

[Dade]

A weird day in the NFL to say the least.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Hmmm. Who was Odom lined up over? I remember that Barbre bloke for GB looked terrible last week... I smell his input.

[Sephy]

Sproles wrapped up at the 20.

[TTRaven]

Ngata needs to calm down. He can't be pushing people around like that after the play.

[Sephy]

1st, Sproles goes right for 1. No hole.
2nd and 9, pass out of the backfield to Bennett on the swing, no gain.
3rd and 9, delay called.
3rd and 14, blitz comes, ball goes off, Chambers drops the first down pass.

Nice series from the D.

[Flipping Birdie]

*whew* For half a second CBS 13 was playing the Pittsburgh game. I almost barfed.

[Sephy]

Very poor punt starts the Ravens near midfield!

[Dade]

Here we go Joe!

[myfavoriteboxer]

*whew* For half a second CBS 13 was playing the Pittsburgh game. I almost barfed.

Yeah that was strange. Wonder how you can mess up which game you're supposed to air.

[Sephy]

1st, empty backfield, motion LeRon into the backfield, gets the carry for about a yard.
2nd and 9, offset I, fumbled snap, somehow SD comes out with the ball. No signal yet. Flag down.

The officials say the Ravens got it.

[Sephy]

Looks like they said they got it BEFORE the scrum. Delay on the Chargers for spiking the ball.

So its 3rd and 3, pass to Rice in the flat incomplete. Don't like that playcall at all. Not good awareness from Flacco.

[Sephy]

DOWNED AT THE 2 BY WEBB!

What a play by Lardarius!

[Dade]

What the ST made a play!

[TTRaven]

Ladarius Webb! Hell of a play!

[Sephy]

And personal foul against San Diego. Its about the 1 inch line, lol

[Sephy]

1st and 10, sneak gets about 2.
2nd and 8, PA, Rivers just gets it off, but INC for Chambers. He was deep in the endzone. Rivers starts bitching.
3rd and 8, dump to Jackson without a solid tackle gets 9 and a first. Just poor awareness.

[Dade]

Guess theywont be calling holding this game. Ngata got mugged!

[Sephy]

1st, Sproles cuts back outside right and gets about 6.
2nd and 3.5, PA, Rivers looking for the screen and turfs it.
3rd and 3.5, blitz comes, and no one covers Sproles in the flat and he runs 81 for a TD.

Ridiculous. The ONE guy you can't let that go to.

[Dade]

Suggs blew his assignment on Sproles on that TD. Damn!

[TTRaven]

What in the hell was Suggs doing? He went to cover Sproles and just stopped.

[Sephy]

Suggs definitely completely blew it. He's the one guy on their entire team that can burn you long - you CAN NOT DO THAT.

[pyite32]

F-ing Assholes.

How the hell do you let that happen.

Great Defense. We are really going to miss Rex. See what he did to the Patriots today?

[Sephy]

Carr to the 30.

[Sephy]

1st, PA, Flacco rolls right and has no one, dumps to Willis for 2.
2nd and 8, PA again, to LeRon out of the backfield jukes and bulls through guys for 10-12 and a first.

[Sephy]

1st, PA, and pass to Rice goes all the way down to the SD 35! Nice play by Flacco to avoid the blitzer!

[Sephy]

1st, Willis goes right, gets 2 nice blocks and goes for 14-15. NICE.

[Dade]

Got a god drive going here.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Knew this would happen.

Oh well. Time to man up and play like we should be playing.

[Sephy]

1st from the 21, Willis is tripped but gets about 3.
2nd and 6.5, shotgun give to Rice, gets 5 yards.
3rd and short, Flacco FAKES the toss, wow what a fake. Hits Rice, gain of 2-3. First down!

[TTRaven]

Keep running that football! The Chargers are already tired.

[Dade]

Flacco was pissed at Rice. Dont know why he didnt throw it when he was wide open would've been a TD.

[Sephy]

SD takes a TO.

There was a fake FB handoff and toss to Rice, but Flacco held, had a ton of time, and found Rice who came back to Flacco for the first. Just a very nice play.

[BUDDAROW]

What-chew-talkin-about Willis sure looking strong early!!:happyanim

[Sephy]

1st and goal from the 10, Willis gets 5 but an early flag flies. No flag - picked up.
2nd and goal from the 5, give to Willis, straight up the middle, TOUCHDOWN RAVENS!!

[Dade]

TD MCGAHEE! Man he looks strong today!

[Lee Van Cleef]

POUND THE FUCKING ROCK!

Sorry.

[TTRaven]

Another defensive lineman down for the Chargers. Looked like it was Cesarie headed to the locker room.

[RvnFanInIndy]

Hot-Diggity-Damn!!! TD!!!!!

[Sephy]

Fake endaround from Mason on the TD play. Ravens OL just beating up on that Chargers D-line. Willis running hard.

Love what I see from this offense! Balanced, strong, tough. No real passes to speak of yet though.

[darb72]

The vulture back takes another one.:thumbup:

It's amazing what a new coaching staff can do for a football team. With Billick we didn't score enough TDs in the redzone to have a vulture back. Now with Harbaugh and Cam we're playing to score points instead of hoping for a FG and have the defense win it.

[TBOERaven16]

GREAT push by Chester and Birk on TD!

[Sephy]

Cromartie takes a deep kick out and gets to the 18, btu Lawrence idiotically jumps on the pile and gets flagged for 15. That shit gets you cut, kid.

[TTRaven]

Come on Lawrence! Absolutely stupid play by the rookie.

[Flipping Birdie]

Cromartie takes a deep kick out and gets to the 18, btu Lawrence idiotically jumps on the pile and gets flagged for 15. That shit gets you cut, kid.

He reminded my from that Varsailles chess scene from History of the World, Part I "Pawn, hump Queen. Knight, hump Queen. Rook, hump Queen"

[Sephy]

1st from the 34, Bennett gets the carry and squeaks through for 7.
2nd and 3, Bennett gets about 5-6. Not good. Hate drives that start with a penalty like that.

[Sephy]

1st, Rivers goes long and is SMACKED as he throws but Floyd catches it 1 on 1 with Foxworth. Blanket coverage, but he is too big. Down inside the 10.

[pyite32]

Our defense is fucking pathetic

[RvnFanInIndy]

CRAP!!!! Come on D!!!!!

[Sephy]

1st and goal from the 8, Bennett gets 3.
2nd and goal from the 5, PA, Rivers SACKED by Ngata who was held the entire time! Back to the 15.

[Flipping Birdie]

This is going to be a high scoring game.

Thank you Haloti Ngata. another *whew*

[TTRaven]

2nd timeout by San Diego

[Sephy]

3rd and goal from the 15, Rivers takes a TO.

We knew going into this season that the Ravens CBs were small - and it is seen here. What can you do? I'll take Floyd over Foxworth for a jump ball any day.

[Sephy]

3rd and goal, Rivers caught by Landry after he scrambles for a couple yards.
Rivers is of course, talking shit as he runs off.

FG is good, 10-7 SD.

[Dade]

At least they held them to a FG. This is gonna be a shutout, unless the D pulls their head out of their ass.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Our defense will be fine. There's nothing wrong with them. Etc.

[Sephy]

Carr brings it out fairly deep in the endzone, fumbles, but it goes out of bounds.

I'm about ready to see Webb back there. Seriously.

[Dade]

Gotta secure the ball in traffic Carr. Got lucky with he bounce.

[TTRaven]

Carr brings it out fairly deep in the endzone, fumbles, but it goes out of bounds.

I'm about ready to see Webb back there. Seriously.

I was thinking the same thing. I've seen enough of Carr back there.

[Sephy]

Justin Bannan shaken up on the return. Walks off slowly.
Chargers DL now has 2 rookies.

1st from the 22, quick pass to Mason gets 6.
2nd and 4, Flacco looks deep and inc for Clayton. He was blanketed.

End of the first quarter.

[Lee Van Cleef]

I bet the Titans are laughing their heads off at us.

[Sephy]

Bannan's injury is his left knee, per Aaron. Hope it isn't serious.

[TTRaven]

Is Sproles hurt? I noticed it was Cromartie who returned the kick and Bennett was at RB the entire drive.

[Sephy]

You mean the 0-2 Titans? Please stop being ridiculous.

[darb72]

I bet the Titans are laughing their heads off at us.

Not after losing to the Texans to start 0-2 they're not.

[Sephy]

3rd and 4, floated to Rice and GREAT grab to the 41! Flag on the play. Offside. Rice beat Weddle 1 on 1.

[TTRaven]

I bet the Titans are laughing their heads off at us.

Who cares about the 0-2 Titans?

[Sephy]

1st, Rice goes left very quickly for 8.
2nd and 2, give to LeRon for 4. Ball comes out but ruled down by contact.

[Sephy]

1st, Willis gets 1 on 1, busts through a tackle for 11. Wow, this is quite the show by the OL and RBs.

[Flipping Birdie]

Well, at least first downs isn't a problem.

High-scoring-game

[Dade]

McGahee is just running over people out there. This run game is gonna win the game for us.

[Lee Van Cleef]

You'll have to forgive my sour mood. I've paid over $60 for NFL Gamepass for a month, both Sundays when I've gone to watch the Ravens game the service has been useless because they can't cope with the demand. Right now I'm staring at a screen that says "Signal issue, please stand by" and I've been standing by for the last 45 minutes.

[Sephy]

1st, from the 34, Flacco has all day, no one deep, drops to McGahee for about 8 yards.
2nd and 2, again the misdirection to LeRon for 2-3.

[TTRaven]

Hi guys,

who blew the coverage on that 81 TD pass?

I sure hope Stinger isnt having a heart attack.

Looked like a combination of Suggs and Landry.

[Sephy]

1st, from the 23, Rice hit in the backfield for a loss of 1.
2nd and 11, play action roll out right for Joe, everyone covered, Flacco turfs it at McClain's feet.
3rd and long, thrown to the endzone, 1 on 1 for Heap, incomplete but flag flies! DPI CALLED AT THE 1!!

[Dade]

Thankyou, h was all over Heap.

[Sephy]

1st and goal from the 3 apparently, McGahee bulls in, TOUCHDOWN RAVENS!!!

[Dade]

2 TD McGahee!

[TTRaven]

TD McGahee!

[Dade]

the blocking is phenominal.

Grubbs and Gaither just blew their men out and Mac goes in standing up.

Dont you just love blocking like that.

[Sephy]

The commentators called it right when they said this was embarassing. The amount of domination the Ravens OL is putting on the Chargers is just nuts.

No one got any penetration on that TD.

Ravens on top for the first time - 14-10.

[Marcel#52]

Like the drive, but heap used to make those catches...

[Sephy]

Aaron says sprained knee for Bannan - return PROBABLE.

Short kick - Sproles thought he had a hole but a GREAT TACKLE by Ayanbadejo stopped him at the 33.

TV called it a horsecollar but thats silly, just a solid tackle on a little dude.

[Dade]

Like the drive, but heap used to make those catches...

I think the pull by the defender got him off balance and he went up too late.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Lot of knee injuries early in the season, huh?

[Sephy]

Need a big stop from the D.
1st, give to Sproles and a reverse toss to Nanee - who is diagnosed perfectly by the Ravens and loses 5.
2nd and 15, Ravens overload blitz on the left, and Jackson goes up and gets it for about 18. Landry plowed over Reed, lol

[Dade]

Great pressure D! Ray Ray should have that sack.

[Sephy]

1st from the 48, Rivers hit as he throws by Suggs, and the ball dies for the open Chambers.
2nd and 10, Bennett SMACKED by JJ after a gain of 1.
3rd and 9, Ray straight up the middle with the blitz, somehow gets away from Ray but sacked by someone else in there! NICE SERIES. Suggs had him, then JJ threw an elbow into him.

[TTRaven]

Jarrett Johnson is playing his ass off.

[Sephy]

Rivers strength avoided the sack by Ray and Suggs - but JJ punished him for it. Shit-talking asshole.

Punt goes OOB around the 10-ish.

[Marcel#52]

I hate Rivers... He's a huge cry baby.. Nice hit by J.J

[Lee Van Cleef]

Nice job by the Three Amigos meeting at Rivers. Especially nice lick by JJ too.

[Sephy]

1st, from the 14, Rice for 3-4.
2nd and 7, nice block in the backfield on the blitzing Weddle, Flacco escapes, rolls right, goes for 2-3.
3rd and 5, Flacco overthrows Heap on the stop and go against the blitz. Big blitz there. Questionable late hit by Merriman.

Fair catch at the 38.

[Dade]

If Flacco was Brady or Peyton he would've gotten that late hit call.

[Sephy]

1st, Sproles for maybe 1.
2nd and 9, blitz comes and very poor read to not see a screen coming, complete to Sproles to the Ravens 39. Just not thinking.

[Sephy]

1st, goes to the endzone, great coverage and Chambers just manhandles his man. Incomplete, but is a clear OPI IMO.

[Sephy]

2nd and 10, complete to Gates who fumbles at the 2 but the Chargers get it. FUCKKKK

[Dade]

Damn would have been nice to recover that fumble.

[TTRaven]

This pass defense is pathetic. I thought we got 2 fast CB's to stay with the WR's.

[Sephy]

1st and goal, Sproles loses 1-2.
2nd and goal from the 3, SD forced to use their TO.

[ravensnhokies]

How could Gates be that wide open in a zone.... FYI Landry is horrible in coverage.

[pyite32]

Our defense is fucking pathetic

No heart

[Sephy]

This is pretty much a matchup nightmare for this secondary - they can fairly easily stay with their men but they are clearly at a disadvantage in size. Especially when Gates is split wide.

2nd and goal from the 3, swing pass to Sproles CAUGHT BY RAY, stopped at the 3. Great pursuit by Ray to stop it for no gain.

[Sephy]

3rd and goal from the 3, blitz comes and Rivers just throws it away. Big stop.

Force the FG now. it is good. 14-13 Ravens now. Will have a clear chance to go get some points.

[Dade]

Good job holding to another FG. SD is beating the D between the 20s but in the red zone the D is holding.

[Sephy]

This is the same type of Ravens D we've seen for years - the wide open TEs in the zone, etc. They're taking advantage of size at WR right now.

Carr kneels the KO. Offside on the kick adds 5.

[Lee Van Cleef]

We've got the read those screens faster.

[Sephy]

1st from the 25, shotgun give to Rice, gets nothing but Philips has jumped off.
1st and 5, complete to Mason for the 42-43 and OOB. Nice.

[Sephy]

1st, give to Rice for 8. 2 minute warning. Ravens have all 3 TOs.

[Dade]

Is the coverage on CBS messing up for anybody else?

[Sephy]

CBS is all over the place. It ain't just you.

[pyite32]

Is the coverage on CBS messing up for anybody else?

Do you mean the defense isn't really as pathetic as it looks, it's just the coverage?

[Sephy]

2nd and 2 from just inside Chargers territory, Willis gets 10. Ravens take a TO.

[Dade]

Do you mean the defense isn't really as pathetic as it looks, it's just the coverage?

:rolling:

[Sephy]

Ravens to the 40 with 1:49 left.

1st, complete to Mason and OOB for 12. Another perfect play.

[Flipping Birdie]

Is the coverage on CBS messing up for anybody else?

Not just you.

[Sephy]

1st, 1:45 left, 28 yard line, double fake. WIDE OPEN KELLY WASHINGTON TOUCHDOWN RAVENS!!!!!!!!

[Flipping Birdie]

Okay, I LIKE THE KELLY WASHINGTON DANCE.

[Dade]

Blown coverage TOUCHDOWN WASHINGTON!

[Lee Van Cleef]

2nd and 2 from just inside Chargers territory, Willis gets 10. Ravens take a TO.

See Clayton's run blocking on that play? Sweet.

[Sephy]

WOW! Flacco faked once, twice, and then looked incredulously and saw KW wide open on the sideline after faking a block, caught the floater, and walked backwards into the endzone.

NOW you can dance, son!! 21-13, Ravens!

[Dade]

Fuck! Someone stop sproles!

[Sephy]

Sproles returns into Ravens territory. 2 missed tackles. ST still haunting us.

[pyite32]

special teams still is pathetic too.

[Flipping Birdie]

That Sproles is something....

[heartattackjones]

if haushka cant get it in the endzone why the fuck didnt we stick with stover? what does he have that stover doesnt?

[Sephy]

1st from the Ravens 43, goes deep and incomplete for Floyd. Nice coverage by Fabian who blanketed him and knocked the ball out on the way down.
2nd, complete to Gates who goes OOB for about 6-7.
3rd and 3-4, 1:17 left, complete to Sproles but Ray eats him up, gain of only 1-2.
They are going for it.
4th and 2, Ravens took a TO with about 40s left.

[Sephy]

Hauschka's kick was actually good, it wasn't in the endzone but it floated up forever to inside the 5. Sproles is just outstanding at returning kicks.

[Dade]

Smart TO by John got a chance to see their hand.

[Sephy]

4th and 2, 38s left, complete to Gates for the first at the 25. Ball downed with 24s left.

[Sephy]

2nd and 10, 24s left at the 25, caught by Jackson at the 1. Roughing the passer. Clock will stop. Its at the half yard line. FUCK ME.

[pyite32]

I fucking hate Greg Mattison

[riprulz8]

Not like it matters, but that was not roughing the passer on Pryce. BS.

[Sephy]

They are reviewing to see if he got in.

Ball never broke the plane. Clearly.

[Dade]

U got to be kidding me. That call it for Flacco but they do for Rivers. He didn't go to the ground.

[Sephy]

I can't really tell if this pass coverage is due to poor calls or just bad CB play. Whichever - its pretty bad. Need to make some serious adjustments at halftime.

[Ravens45]

That roughing the passer call is a massive, fuming load of crap.

AND NOW THEY'RE GIVING THEM MORE TIME!!! 19 seconds?! Ridiculous.

[phatboy]

How about that homer fouts. I want to just throw up

[Sephy]

They make it 19 seconds now.
1st and goal from the inchline, DELAY ON SAN DIEGO. Huge.
1st and goal from the 5, Rivers rolls and throws it away.

[Lee Van Cleef]

You had to know that would happen when Rivers fell over like a girl.

This secondary looks so gash. I understand that there is a size issue, but they still have to do better.

If SD rack up 300 yards on us I wonder if everyone here will be as forgiving as they were last week towards the D.

[myfavoriteboxer]

This play by play is horrendous. The ref says delay of game, after which Enberg says "no penalty."

[Sephy]

2nd and goal, 14s left, blitz on Rivers by Nakamura, thrown out of the endzone.
3rd and goal 10s left, Norv going for the FG.

FG is good, but HUGE bailout by Norv going conservative.

21-16, 8s left, Ravens might have a chance to get a miracle return. Hehe.

[Dade]

After all of that at least they didn't get a TD.

[Sephy]

Webb gets to the 43. 4 seconds left - hail mary?

[ravensnhokies]

25 secs. at the 25yd w/ no TOs you do not call an all out blitz. Horrible D call from Mattison.

We are lucky that they are only going for 3.

I'll tell you, we will get our asses kicked by the Pats, Colts, and Steelers if Mattison calls this poor of a game again.

[Sephy]

Nope, just a knee.

Ravens lead by 5 - fortunate with how bad the CBs have played. Or should I say - Washington. Foxworth hasn't really been abused - Floyd did catch that one bomb but that was his physical stature, Washington is just lost.

[ravensnhokies]

Landry is horrible in coverage...

[Dade]

All that talk this off season about getting a WR should have been about getting a shutdown corner.

[darb72]

Of course once San Diego got to the one with 15 seconds left, my satellite went out. ARGH!!!

[Sephy]

If we can somehow tighten up special teams and fix whatever the fuck Washington is doing, we should do OK in the second half. Especially if we go down the field and score on the opening drive.

[ravenjoe]

Our D is gassed! Our ST coverage flat-out SUCKS! Our corners don't have a freakin' clue out there! Thank-goodness our for our well-rested 3-headed attack - Willis, Ray, and L-Train are playing SMASH-MOUTH football out there. Btw, Stover seemed to be able to kick the ball to the 5 yd line - so we don't want to waste a roster spot on these ST performers?!?!

[Lee Van Cleef]

If we can somehow tighten up special teams and fix whatever the fuck Washington is doing, we should do OK in the second half. Especially if we go down the field and score on the opening drive.

I don't think you can fix it in a few minutes.

We need to just kick away from Sproles. He's murdering us.

[BUDDAROW]

Not like it matters, but that was not roughing the passer on Pryce. BS.

I'm with ya there..Fer Christ sake, he shoved him with his 2 hands, NOT his head!!!!!

[darb72]

Crud, forgot about Stinger.

Someone call him and say, "It's not worth it." Unless of course Washington happens to be with him in which case I'm gonna miss Stinger.:thumbup:

[BUDDAROW]

All that talk this off season about getting a WR should have been about getting a shutdown corner.

:word Damn Skippy!!!!

[Sephy]

What is with these Hauschka/Stover posts? The dude was kicking into the wind in the second quarter. When Kaeding, who isn't known for kickoffs is getting touchbacks the other way, you know something's up. Did you see the kickoff? It was going strong and then the wind took it up.

They replaced Stover cause he can't kick shit over 40 yards anymore. Give it up already.

[BUDDAROW]

Of course once San Diego got to the one with 15 seconds left, my satellite went out. ARGH!!!

Thunderstorm in yer area?
DISH or Direct??

[BUDDAROW]

What is with these Hauschka/Stover posts? The dude was kicking into the wind in the second quarter. When Kaeding, who isn't known for kickoffs is getting touchbacks the other way, you know something's up. Did you see the kickoff? It was going strong and then the wind took it up.

They replaced Stover cause he can't kick shit over 40 yards anymore. Give it up already.

Well said and I agree!!
The Time had come...
deal with it!

[darb72]

Thunderstorm in yer area?
DISH or Direct??

Direct and we've had storms since Wednesday night. Under flash flood warnings since Thursday.

[Lee Van Cleef]

What is with these Hauschka/Stover posts? The dude was kicking into the wind in the second quarter. When Kaeding, who isn't known for kickoffs is getting touchbacks the other way, you know something's up. Did you see the kickoff? It was going strong and then the wind took it up.

They replaced Stover cause he can't kick shit over 40 yards anymore. Give it up already.

Agreed. The one thing I wouldn't blame right now is the kicker. Or coverage is pretty weak... you know the rest.

[Sephy]

Carr makes a nice return and finally gets good yards to the 42.

[Dade]

Bout time Car had a good return.

[ravensnhokies]

Hauschka gets a lot better hangtime on his kickoffs than Matt, so that means it is the ST coverage fault. If I were the coach (Rossurg sucks), I would say screw hangtime and drive the ball deep into the endzone. Hauschka should be able to do it with it being 100F on the field.

[BUDDAROW]

Direct and we've had storms since Wednesday night. Under flash flood warnings since Thursday.

Bummer.......I have DISH and it craps out during nasty storms but it really has to be bad ass
God Speed w/the floods

[4G63]

ST sounds like its a problem AGAIN!!

[Sephy]

1st, Willis cuts back all the way to the otherside of the line and gets 7. Effective.
2nd and 3, Heavy lineup in, McClain gets it for 2.
3rd and 1, heavy again, play fake, Flacco rolls and lobs incomplete for a covered Heap.

JUST DONT LIKE IT. Too fucking cute. YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST LINE IN THE LEAGUE AND LERON MCCLAIN.

Running into the kicker !! RAVENS FIRST DOWN!!

[darb72]

The Chargers gave us a gift with that penalty. Come on offense you have to make the most of it.

[Sephy]

Wow, big break. Running into the kicker is kind of a wack call. Payback for that roughing the passer.

1st from the 44, Flacco looks right, left, then throws away. Nothing there.
2nd, fake to Rice, screen to the in motion Washington, gains about 3. Cason shoved a Gaither block off. Can't have that.
3rd and 7, perfect pass dropped by Mason. Well broken up by the defender.

[Sephy]

Downed at about the 3 by Burgess. Huge chance for the D to step up and get a big series - 3 and out or turnover and make up for some poor play.

[Dade]

Another great punt by Koch. Hopefully the D using this to their advantage.

[Sephy]

1st from the 3, give to Hester for 1-2.
2nd and 8.5, complete to Chambers to the 20 for a first. Foxworth beat on the comeback route.

[Lee Van Cleef]

"Hi. My name is Dan Fouts. I'm a biased asshole. Listen to me talk shit for the entire game on CBS."

[darb72]

Maybe it's time to see if Rolle or Webb want to try playing, cause Washington is basically a non-factor in pass defense.

[camdenyard]

Is ANYONE going to knock down a pass today?

[Sephy]

1st, Sproles for 4.
2nd and 6, Rivers hit by Suggs as he throws, and the pass is thrown well behind his man.
3rd and 6, ball PICKED BY LANDRY, LATERALLED TO REED TO THE 20!!!!

[Dade]

Huge play! Heads up to lateral to Reed!

[darb72]

Holy cow what a great play by Landry. INT then the pitch back to Reed for a short return.:ww:

[TTRaven]

There we go defense!

[RavenScallywag]

how bout a LANDRY INT!

NICE

[Sephy]

HUGE PICK! The blitz forced him to make a baaad throw, and the Ravens get it at the 22. Heads up to lateral right to Reed.

1st, Willis for 9 up the middle.

[Ravens45]

Great job by Landry, and to pitch it off to Reed. If only he could have stayed on his feet, we were about to see something REAL special happen. ;)

[Sephy]

2nd and 1, QB sneak straight through, gets 2-3 and a first.

[TTRaven]

Would love to see a 3rd TD by McGahee right here

[Sephy]

1st and 10, still can get a first here, Willis gets about 2.
2nd and 8, shotgun, complete to Heap, TD RAVENS!!! Flag down. HANDS TO FACE ON DEFENSE!

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!

[TTRaven]

I'll take Heap TD!

[Dade]

HEAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sephy]

28-16 Ravens! This offense is powerful, methodical, and LEGIT. This O is for real people!

[TTRaven]

Look at Flacco on the sideline telling Ray and the defense to get him the ball back.

[Marcel#52]

yes.. keep putting those points up ... Defense has to keep this momentum going..:ww:

[phatboy]

F---ing fouts should be fired. I am really burning on this Ahole. Tried to tell us that was holding on the Ravens and it was hands to the face on the bolts

[Dade]

Look at Flacco on the sideline telling Ray and the defense to get him the ball back.

That was awesome! Joe wants to punish this team.

[darb72]

Crap, he was out of bounds when he caught it. Sproles got lucky on that one.

[Ravens45]

Ball at the 40?! C'mon!....

[Sephy]

Wow. Sproles catches the ball on the sideline and because he was out of bounds they get it at the 40. Retarded rule.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Look at Oher. Getting his face snapped skywards and still blocking his guy around that pocket.

Freaking awesome.

[Sephy]

What an asinine rule. Should we just put someone on the line to stand OOB so they can get it on the 40?

[4G63]

Wow. Sproles catches the ball on the sideline and because he was out of bounds they get it at the 40. Retarded rule.

:iagree:

[Dade]

I'm about to put this game on mute. Cant stand the boardcasters. So bias.

[RavenScallywag]

or Hauschka shouldn't kick it that close to sidelines...

just hope the D can put up enough to hold them to NO points.

[Sephy]

False start.

1st and 15 from the 35, Sproles luckily breaks a tackle and goes for 13. Edwards with a poor miss.
2nd and 2, Sproles for 1.5. 3rd and very short coming up.
3rd and inches, give to Hester who is STOOD up, the one guy said he was short, but the other official that came in said he got it. They gave him the favorable spot. Unbelievable.

[darb72]

I'm about to put this game on mute. Cant stand the boardcasters. So bias.

I'll trade you. I'm getting to listen to "Baby Bugs Carrot Caper" as read from wife to Breean.

[Ravens45]

Why can't Jerry Sandusky and Rob Burnett do TV so we can listen to them instead of the weekly fools we got on CBS? Ravens games should be broadcasted live on MASN too.

[Sephy]

1st from midfield, Rivers hit and throws as he falls, ball smacked down by T-Good. Holding on the Chargers.
1st and 20, now from the 40, flags on both side of the field, incomplete for Chambers. Both on us - PI on Foxworth, which will be accepted. Ugh.

[Sephy]

1st and 10 from the Ravens 49, screen to Sproles who is solidly tackled by Landry after about 6.
2nd and 4, Sproles STOOD UP by Gregg at the line. No gain. Missed that guy!
3rd and 4, complete to Chambers who breaks the tackle of his covering CB Washington, who was breaking for the ball. Tackled by Ayanbadejo after a 15 yard gain.

[TTRaven]

How does Fouts get selected for this game?

[darb72]

Anybody think we give McAlister a call this week? He's better than anything else we can trot on to the field at CB.

This is not a Raven's team. We can stop the run but the pass is killing us.

[Sephy]

1st from the 27, Rivers throws it away off his back foot. Flag down. Chop block on..someone. Looks like Hester.
1st and 25 from the 42, swing to Bennett for 1.
2nd and 24, blitz comes, complete to Gates for about 5 or 6ish.
3rd and 18, CB blitz comes and he goes deep to the endzone, TD Jackson. Uncanny.

[darb72]

Seriously, we may have the worst pas defense in the entire NFL. This has become a running joke compared to what we're used to.

Last week Brody Croyle goes for 200+ with two TDs. This week Rivers is just playing Madden out there.

[PSMD410]

wow 333 yards passing for rivers. WOW

[Dade]

Rivers is gonna have a career day. This pass defense is sad. The bolts should not be in this game.

[Sephy]

Sent the big blitz and none of it hit. Will kill you every time.

Surprised they didn't challenge - that ball was moving a lot in his hands.

Don't know if I'd dial up that big a blitz on 3rd and 18 when they've been beating you deep all day. Sigh. Not too impressed with Mattison thus far..

[Galen Sevinne]

I've been worried about our d-backs since training camp.

[pyite32]

firegregmattison.com

[TTRaven]

Foxworth looks horrible out there. We could have gotten 2 decent CB's for the money we're paying him.

[Lee Van Cleef]

*sigh*

This is what I've bene talking about for a while now. Our blitz just not being good enough.

[Sephy]

Carr gets absolutely blown up at the 20, then the defender does the stanky leg.

[Marcel#52]

Last week Brody Croyle goes for 200+ with two TDs. This week Rivers is just playing Madden out there.

How is that possibly and the defense only gave up 188 total?

[Dade]

And we all thought the D was fine after last week. Clearly SD saw something on tape + their WRs size on the DBs = alot of pass yards.

[EdReed4Prez]

Gotta tighten up the pass defense... Disgusting

[Sephy]

1st, Willis gets a big hole off tackle right for 10 and a first.

[Sephy]

Abysmal safety play over the top by Landry. Just abysmal. He was 10 yards in front of his man and still got beat.

1st, Willis gets 7.
2nd and 3, Rice goes left, is tripped, no gain.
3rd and 3, dumps to a wide open Washington who gets to the 49.

[TTRaven]

firegregmattison.com

Mattison can only call the plays. It's up to this "great" defense to make them.

[darb72]

How is that possibly and the defense only gave up 188 total?

Because I'm annoyed and wanted to make last week seem much worse than it was. That, and I didn't bother looking up the stat before I posted. Whichever excuse you'll buy.:D

[PSMD410]

I miss leonard.

[Sephy]

That ends the 3rd quarter.

What a bizarre game this is.

[Sephy]

Can Webb play safety? Landry, aside from the timely pick, has just been straight abused. Just terrible.

[Dade]

Maybe the NFL will make a rule that against the Ravens D you aren't allowed to pass, only run on every down.

[BUDDAROW]

Washington needs to dial his Bullshit back........Fool


:thumbdown:

[PSMD410]

Aslong as we keep scoring tds we will be good lol

[BUDDAROW]

Rivers is gonna have a career day. This pass defense is sad. The bolts should not be in this game.

:word

Sad shit!!!!!!!!

[Sephy]

1st, at just about midfield, PA, quick hit to McClain for about 5.
2nd and 5, Willis gets tripped up going left for about 1-2.
3rd and 4, Flacco calls for the snap but doesn't get it - Oher false starts.
3rd and 9, blitz picked up and CAUGHT BY KW for a first!

[Dade]

WTF! Why did the refs stop the snap, then we false stop. At least Joe still threw a 1st down.

[TTRaven]

We're going to see Nakamura at safety sometime this season. Landry is just horrible in coverage.

[PSMD410]

I have never heard commentators mess up so many calls. They suck :thumbdown:

[darb72]

Washington caught the ball and DID NOT DANCE!!!

If nothing else comes out of this game, maybe he's realized he doesn't have to shake his grove thang after every catch?:eyes:

[Flipping Birdie]

Wait. I think I saw Washington make a first down and NOT dance. Is he feeling ok?

[Sephy]

18 yard pickup.

1st from the 32, Rice gets stopped with no hole, gets about 2.
2nd and 8, end around to Clayton, who throws to Rice, who then bobbles and ends up only getting 1 yard. Wow. Rice blew it with the bobble there.
3rd and 7, pass picked by Cason AND MERRIMAN WAS OFFSIDE NO FLAG.

WTF

[TTRaven]

Merriman offsides! How the fuck do you miss that call?

[darb72]

CRAP!!!

Int by Flacco, pressure got to him and the ball went off target.

I can't belive I have to say this but it would be just swell if our defense can stop someone, just this once.

[Dade]

WTF! he was offsides. by 3 yards at least. no flag. fucking refs.

[pyite32]

Our fucking team sucks. 7-9 this year.

[riprulz8]

WTF! he was offsides. by 3 yards at least. no flag. fucking refs.

Unfuckingbelievable no call. Simply insane. Merrimaid could have taken a hand-off he was so far offsides. I am pissed off beyond BELIEF.

[Sephy]

Chargers start at the 44.

1st, caught by Jackson at the 40.