Do we make the playoffs?

**countryroads** · 12-02-2012, 06:42 PM

Next week is a toss up? I see RG3 giving us trouble. The Manning bros will pick us a part. Last game on the road in Cin.

This was the game to win, and we played poorly.

**DrUnk** · 12-02-2012, 06:46 PM

I know I'll get flamed, but I think I'd rather bow out gracefully, then lay a steamer in the playoffs. I've about had it with the coaching, game plan, shitty performances....

**bmoreravengirl** · 12-02-2012, 06:50 PM

If we do, it'll be as a wild card.

**GaTechRavens** · 12-02-2012, 06:51 PM

Anyone who says we aren't winning the division doesn't deserve to have an opinion.

**leachisabeast** · 12-02-2012, 06:52 PM

You will naturally see a total exaggeration now, but there really is little chance that we don't make the play offs. I also think it's highly unlikely that we don't win the division. However, the number 3 or 4 seed seems like a more likely situation at this point.

**KevinG** · 12-02-2012, 06:53 PM

Yes they'll make the playoffs, and most likely will win the division.

But its still a mystery if they will even make it deep into the postseason.

**ActualSpamBot** · 12-02-2012, 06:54 PM

Called it in the game thread. When we lose, people are convinced we'll never win again even though Harbs and Flacco have never lost two in a row.

**rharris1986** · 12-02-2012, 06:57 PM

If we do make the playoffs we will not have a first round byr - and we will be one and done - hopefully with a new offensive coordinator next year.

How Cam has continued in his job for this long is one of the great mysteries of the Western World.

**CptJesus** · 12-02-2012, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

Called it in the game thread. When we lose, people are convinced we'll never win again even though Harbs and Flacco have never lost two in a row.

You also called that there was no way the Ravens would lose =P

**Ivalice** · 12-02-2012, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by CptJesus

You also called that there was no way the Ravens would lose =P

QFT

**Lime in the Coconut** · 12-02-2012, 06:59 PM

This is still a tough, resilient team. They just absolutely came out flat on both sides of the ball and couldn't close out the game. Cam was awful, as usual, and Joe made a crucial mistake and the D was lost a lot of the time in coverage.

With that said, I still believe will split these next four, win the division, and get the 4th seed. We'll probably come out and win in the first round, but after that, who knows. I still don't see how anyone is getting past Houston, especially being that the game will be in Houston. We'll see though.

**Dade** · 12-02-2012, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

Called it in the game thread. When we lose, people are convinced we'll never win again even though Harbs and Flacco have never lost two in a row.

Yeah they have. 2008 lost to Pitt, Tenn, and Indy in a row. 2009 lost to Pats, Bengals and Vikings in a row.

**ActualSpamBot** · 12-02-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by CptJesus

You also called that there was no way the Ravens would lose =P

What can I say? I was wrong. I admired that when the kick went through the uprights. Doesn't mean I'm wrong now and you know it.

**ActualSpamBot** · 12-02-2012, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dade

Yeah they have. 2008 lost to Pitt, Tenn, and Indy in a row. 2009 lost to Pats, Bengals and Vikings in a row.

Huh. I was sent inaccurate trivia. Damn. Tonight is not my night for being right.

**webbrick2007** · 12-02-2012, 07:02 PM

Another way to ask this is:

Will we be favored in any of the last four games. I think not. We will be the underdog in all of our remaining games... Maybe that will make them play with more urgency than today.

I hope Ozzie is already laying the ground work to bring in Alex Smith next year, and perhaps getting a few second and third round draft picks for Flacco.

**Shambla** · 12-02-2012, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by GaTechRavens

Anyone who says we aren't winning the division doesn't deserve to have an opinion.

Seriously. We can go 1-3 and it would take the Steelers or Bengals going 4-0 in addition to that to get ahead of us. Everyone needs to unrustle their jimmies.

**PainServer52** · 12-02-2012, 07:03 PM

We'll probably make it to the playoffs but will probably lose our first game. I hate to say it, but this team has looks like a pretender this season. Hopefully the early playoff exit leads to the firing of Cam, I can't stand that fucker.

**bmorecareful** · 12-02-2012, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

What can I say? I was wrong. I admired that when the kick went through the uprights. Doesn't mean I'm wrong now and you know it.

As has been pointed out, you ARE wrong. The Ravens have lost 3 in a row on 2 different occasions under Harbaugh.

I don't think the chances are very high, but there IS a chance that this loss breaks the levee and the Ravens lose out. The myth of invulnerability at M&T is now totally shattered.

This team has been very, very lucky, and luck doesn't last forever. There are devastating, intractable problems everywhere on this team except special teams.

Realistically, I would assume 11-5 or 12-4. Good enough for the 3rd or 4th seed and the division. Probably good enough to win in the first round, but all bets are off beyond that.

**bmoreravengirl** · 12-02-2012, 07:09 PM

I think I have a right/am justified to overreact about this. Give me a day or two (or the whole week) to calm down a little.

**bmorecareful** · 12-02-2012, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by webbrick2007

Another way to ask this is:

Will we be favored in any of the last four games. I think not. We will be the underdog in all of our remaining games... Maybe that will make them play with more urgency than today.

I hope Ozzie is already laying the ground work to bring in Alex Smith next year, and perhaps getting a few second and third round draft picks for Flacco.

That is an idiotic statement. Alex Smith has posted more efficient numbers than Flacco this year, but Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers OL is more responsible for that than Smith himself.

If Flacco had a decent playcaller and decent surrounding cast, he'd appear much better. No, he did not have a great game, but as usual, Flacco's bad game was accompanied by a bad game for EVERYONE on offense.

How many dropped passes? How many bad routes can Torrey run in a game? How bad can this OL play? Is Ray Rice just totally useless for 90% of his snaps against the Steelers? And that's not even to get into the terrible failures of our offensive coaching staff. Do we just excuse all of that because Flacco also failed to step up? No, we cannot do that.