State of the RAVENS address

[Mr OC]

I was just saying the chances of a fumble are greater on a hand off vs a kneel down, IMO.

Not not saying they don't have faith in our RBs.

You would have preferred 3 runs and I got no problem with 3 kneel downs. Either way I think Tucker nails the FG, which he did and we got the win.

Agree. With a hand off you have two exchanges; center/QB and QB/RB. With a kneel down you only have one, lessening the chance of fumble.

[teagues]

I was just saying the chances of a fumble are greater on a hand off vs a kneel down, IMO.

Not not saying they don't have faith in our RBs.

You would have preferred 3 runs and I got no problem with 3 kneel downs. Either way I think Tucker nails the FG, which he did and we got the win.

I also like the approach to the end of OT. I actually said to my wife, "Harbaugh is growing as a coach" That ending wouldn't have been possible two years ago because either we'd be out of timeouts, or harbaugh wouldn't have thought of it.

I also love the timeout call in the fourth quarter when one of the DB's was out of position on a critical 3rd and 4 play. I think it was Graham who was shading over to the wrong side of the field and somehow missed the 3 WR's stacked to the other side. Harbs called TO, chargers looked like the ran the same formation, we got the stop and forced the punt which gaves us a chance to tie.

[pslholder96]

Having Joe take the knee and forcing the Chargers to burn through their timeouts was good smart situational football. The liklihood of a botch snap was much less than a botched handoff or a fumble by either Rice or Pierce.

As to the suggestion that this was the ugliest win I beg to differ. There were a handful I could name.

[blacknpurplepain]

So your gonna tell Ray Rice that what he did for us was just luck? Not any average Joe could have done what he did there. Besides, that holding call on Yanda was complete BS, we deserved to convert IMO.

Hold up!!!!!! When you say average Joe do you mean another running back or a average person off the street? I ask bc when Ray Rice was holding out a lot of people was saying "let him hold out bc running backs are a dime a dozen"
I got a dime so can someone name the dozen running backs that makes that play on 4th and 29.

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[Greg]

Luck = preparation + opportunity + talent.

There was no luck here, this wasn't something pulled out of a hat. Ray Rice earned most of that and Boldin earned a bit, as did the OL and Flacco.

As frustrated as I was with the playcalling, particularly the QB sneak on 3rd and 1 we telegraphed, the team earned this win. The Ravens had more yards and outplayed the Chargers at key moments.

Ugly, no. Frustrating for 55 minutes, indeed.

[ravenjoe]

I am sure I am in the minority here, but to me, NO WIN IS UGLY!!

[NCRAVEN]

I also like the approach to the end of OT. I actually said to my wife, "Harbaugh is growing as a coach" That ending wouldn't have been possible two years ago because either we'd be out of timeouts, or harbaugh wouldn't have thought of it.

I also love the timeout call in the fourth quarter when one of the DB's was out of position on a critical 3rd and 4 play. I think it was Graham who was shading over to the wrong side of the field and somehow missed the 3 WR's stacked to the other side. Harbs called TO, chargers looked like the ran the same formation, we got the stop and forced the punt which gaves us a chance to tie.

I didn't have a problem with OT clock management, I would have preferred running forward instead of kneel-downs backward but it was not a ton of yards.

My problem was with clock management at the end of regulation. We took one shot at the endzone with 45 seconds and a timeout left and then settled for a filed goal. That was stupid.