Disgraceful

**akashicrecorder** · 12-02-2012, 06:31 PM

Both sides of the ball played uninspired.

Bill Cowher was proved right.

Home streak snapped.

Record of consecutive number of victories over divisional opponents gone.

Now tied with Pats, and virtually assured to have to travel to Houston.

Lost to Charlie Batch.

This team clearly expected to win and thought they just had to show up. Not a performance befitting a team with championship dreams.

Fuck the Steelers.

I'm done.

**bmoreravengirl** · 12-02-2012, 06:35 PM

We can kiss that 1st rd. bye goodbye now.

**Boulderraven** · 12-02-2012, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by bmoreravengirl

We can kiss that 1st rd. bye goodbye now.

No. Ravens still 2nd seed, the big game will be Denver. NE we are ahead of cause of tiebreaker.

**ravenjoe** · 12-03-2012, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by Boulderraven

No. Ravens still 2nd seed, the big game will be Denver. NE we are ahead of cause of tiebreaker.

Cmon, Man! This team's D could not stop Charlie Batch!! How we going to stop Bros Manning from lighting this city up like a freakin Xmas tree!

**ravenjoe** · 12-03-2012, 08:39 AM

Agree basically with all of the posters, here; however, I really fault our freakin Defense First - Charlie Batch should have been pressured from the gitgo last night, and the team chose (or was unable) to let him do his thing....UNACCEPTABLE! When was the last time this team played like "53 Mighty Men"?!?! And I am tired of hearing the ol' Harbs coachspeak about he liked the way this team competed - NOT!!

And while I am in my bitching mode, why the hell doesn't the Ravens organization (and this includes you Mr. Bisciotti) do something about the lack of port-a-potties at the the tailgate spots - totally unacceptable when you have people urinating in public, which happens at every home game. FedEx field is loaded with such facilities.

Done.

**Kevlar** · 12-02-2012, 06:35 PM

Sometimes the better team loses. It sucks but batch played like a raven. Falco not so much.

**CptJesus** · 12-02-2012, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Kevlar

Sometimes the better team loses. It sucks but batch played like a raven. Falco not so much.

This made me laugh kinda hard. Made me think of Starfox and how useless Falco was in that game. The correlation is uncanny.

**BigBob** · 12-02-2012, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Kevlar

Sometimes the better team loses. It sucks but batch played like a raven. Falco not so much.

Falco looked just like he did in that Sugar Bowl loss.

**houstonravensfan** · 12-02-2012, 06:43 PM

Sad. Pitiful. Frightening. The season is not over, but this game makes me pessimistic about our chances post-season.

Flacco was BADLY outplayed by a 3rd stringer. A beat-up Steeler O-line out-physicalled our D-line. Pass rush was a distant memory. Our DBs were often made to look silly.

We are NOT a bad team, but I want to see Bisciotti step in and do something.

**alienrace** · 12-02-2012, 06:51 PM

This loss hurts, my gut burns and will for days. Won't be around much, far too depressing. Ravens just flat out got outplayed in every way. I'm not calling for heads or anything drastic like that, but for them to put on this disgusting display today really makes me think twice about this team going very far at all this year.

**PainServer52** · 12-02-2012, 06:59 PM

That shit was unacceptable. We lost at home to bum ass Charlie Batch.....The defense at least kind of showed up and made plays. Reed almost sealed the game with that pick in the endzone but Flucco once again was stuck in the pocket like the no awareness having statue he is and fumbles away another crucial home game to the Stoolers. Flucco outplayed by Charlie Batch SMH

**LukeDaniel** · 12-02-2012, 06:37 PM

This was far and away the easiest game remaining on our schedule, so you have to wonder how many wins we have left.

Flacco was absolutely dreadful today. His inaccuracy is alarming.

There was no effort made in the form of blitzes and such to get to Batch. That's inexcusable.

Once again, we forgot how to run the ball in the 2nd half. Cam is so enamored with these deep passes that he forgets what it takes to move the chains. Watching the Steelers run 9-12 WR screens is an instant reminder how pitiful simple-minded his play calling is.

**lobachevsky** · 12-03-2012, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by LukeDaniel

This was far and away the easiest game remaining on our schedule, so you have to wonder how many wins we have left.

I originally started this reply, "A lot depends on what happens tonight." But after further review, probably not a lot. Both of those teams will still have something important to play for when the Ravens play them, as will Denver. (Cincy might not, but when has that ever mattered when facing an AFCN rival?)

Right now I think the chances are better than 50% that the number of wins the Ravens have left is zero. I keep asking someone, anyone to post specific reasons why they expect them to win any one of the remaining games & the silence is deafening.

**JohnBKistler** · 12-03-2012, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by lobachevsky

Right now I think the chances are better than 50% that the number of wins the Ravens have left is zero. I keep asking someone, anyone to post specific reasons why they expect them to win any one of the remaining games & the silence is deafening.

The Steelers have a top 5 defense. Not excusing the poor gameplan by the Ravens, or the lack of execution by the players, but Pittsburgh will make a look of good offenses look bad. Look at what they did to the Giants in the Meadowlands, look at what they did to RG3 a few weeks ago...the Browns got 8 (eight!!!) turnovers and still barely won the game.

The remaining 4 opponents have defenses ranging from pretty good (Giants and Broncos) to average (Bengals) to downright pedestrian (Redskins).

If the Ravens play well on offense, they have a decent shot of winning any of their remaining games. If they play like they did last night, the result will be the same.

**iggyman555** · 12-03-2012, 08:39 AM

lol its over kids, no first round bye...we barely beat bad teams on the road, do you think we are going to beat a playoff team on the road????? one and done again...in the off season the harbauge and cam ball lickers will say "x straight playoff appearances" blah blah

**JohnBKistler** · 12-03-2012, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by iggyman555

one and done again.

Again? When was the first time?

**steelerhater** · 12-02-2012, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by akashicrecorder

Both sides of the ball played uninspired.

Bill Cowher was proved right.

Home streak snapped.

Record of consecutive number of victories over divisional opponents gone.

Now tied with Pats, and virtually assured to have to travel to Houston.

Lost to Charlie Batch.

This team clearly expected to win and thought they just had to show up. Not a performance befitting a team with championship dreams.

Fuck the Steelers.

I'm done.

Travel to Houston? Who do you think the Ravens can beat in the first round of the playoffs?

**leachisabeast** · 12-02-2012, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by steelerhater

Travel to Houston? Who do you think the Ravens can beat in the first round of the playoffs?

Ahh so after a 4 game winning streak you go absolutely silent around here, and now that we lost you come back to pretend that your a Ravens fan after losing to the Steelers!

**RavensQB** · 12-03-2012, 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

Ahh so after a 4 game winning streak you go absolutely silent around here, and now that we lost you come back to pretend that your a Ravens fan after losing to the Steelers!

Dude you really need to take off the PURPLE sunglasses and STOP!!!

We got are asses handed to us tonight. TOP to BOTTOM. BLAME COACHING PERIOD!!! THEY SUCKED.

**Roland of Gilead** · 12-03-2012, 07:06 AM

I walked away from this game with two thoughts:
(1) I found myself thinking that the Steelers offense was both more creative and more dynamic than ours. Misdirection plays, WR screens, crossing routes nearly every play, it was beautiful to see. Then our offense would trot out and try to execute a gameplan consisting of hail marys and dump offs. The contrast was startling. This would normally be discouraging, but the fact that their offense was operating at around 50% capacity because of Ben's injury and still clearly outclassing ours from a strategic standpoint was downright depressing.
(2) I was genuinely surprised to see that Rice had 12 carries. It seemed to me like he got more touches than that in the flow of the game. He had 70some yards, 30some coming on the touchdown run, so his average was good enough to keep feeding him and keep the defense on their toes to open up passing lanes. Did this happen? For the umpteenth time, the answer is a resounding NO.

In summary, the offense really played a shit game on top of a shit gameplan. The defense played about how we could fairly expect them to play, well enough to win the game in my opinion. It's harder and harder to win with defense in the NFL and the 2012 Ravens are certainly not going to win on the backs of the defense alone. Unfortunately, the offense still does not look ready to step up and take the reins.