The "What Everyone Thinks of the Ravens" Thread -- Post Your Media Musings Here

**Teavo** · 01-14-2013, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by dreamjo

on an unrelated note, this picture is hilarious

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Haha!! The look on Michael Oher's face says, "Come on, man!"

**StingerNLG** · 01-14-2013, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by NFL Network's very own Heath Evans

Hey, you know if you take away every completion Joe Flacco threw on Saturday night, and then took away the pick-6 by Manning, the Broncos would have won that game 35-0.

You know, Joe Flacco missed Smith, missed a wide open TE in that game. Well, sure he hit Smith for two touchdowns and Pitta for a crucial 3rd down conversion in OT, but I really wasn't watching THAT part of the game. I only watched Peyton Manning's time on the field. When the Ravens were on offense I was busting out my Nintendo DS and Mario'ing that bitch up!

But hey, I'm just here to calm down the talk.

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**sopranocorleone** · 01-14-2013, 10:32 PM

Heath Evans, wow. He said he had mediocre stats and "missed" open receivers. WTF? At this rate, I'll take Jamie Dukes' analysis. At least with him, he would acknowledge when Flacco played well.

**4G63** · 01-14-2013, 11:12 PM

Heath Evans is an über-douche!

He couldn't give Flacco any credit for "the bomb" yet if any one of the "elite" QB's did that they would have been praised for being awesome.

**RockyMRaven** · 01-15-2013, 01:04 AM

I posted this in another thread on Saturday night, but it's relevant to this thread. ESPN's NFL Primetime had a very good section, about 22 minutes in length, with Trey Wingo, Trent Dilfer and Merril Hoge. Generally, over the course of that time, they did a good job. For a change, not everything was from the Broncos' point of view. Merril Hoge did analyze the defensive breakdown which allowed Jacoby to catch the tying touchdown at great length, but Wingo and Dilfer showed both sides and Dilfer's analysis was very good, I thought.

I also watched the continuation of NFL Gameday Scoreboard. After Tom Waddle and Co.managed to get over their obvious disappointment at the outcome of the game, they gave the Ravens their just due, and actually admitted that they had got caught up in the Broncos lovefest, and talking about Peyton and the great defense in Denver, and when talking about the Ravens, they concentrated on the road woes and how they faded in December etc. They said that Joe Flacco was the best quarterback on the field in that game, and that it was the Ravens defense that showed up, while the Broncos defense really let their team down. Tom Waddle actually said that he thought that the Ravens did a better job of responding to adversity. He was always waiting for the Ravens to crack, but they never did. There was a lot of (probably grudging) respect from him in this latter part of the show.

Also, in the ESPN NFL Primetime show, Trey Wingo said this: Not only did Flacco make himself a lot of money today, he gained RESPECT. Well that was good to hear! About time too.

The above notwithstanding, I agree with most of the posters here that Joe does not get the respect he deserves for his performance in that game. He'll just have to do it again, twice, and that'll shut them up, at least for a little while.

**IBleedPurple2127** · 01-15-2013, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by RockyMRaven

I posted this in another thread on Saturday night, but it's relevant to this thread. ESPN's NFL Primetime had a very good section, about 22 minutes in length, with Trey Wingo, Trent Dilfer and Merril Hoge. Generally, over the course of that time, they did a good job. For a change, not everything was from the Broncos' point of view. Merril Hoge did analyze the defensive breakdown which allowed Jacoby to catch the tying touchdown at great length, but Wingo and Dilfer showed both sides and Dilfer's analysis was very good, I thought.

I also watched the continuation of NFL Gameday Scoreboard. After Tom Waddle and Co.managed to get over their obvious disappointment at the outcome of the game, they gave the Ravens their just due, and actually admitted that they had got caught up in the Broncos lovefest, and talking about Peyton and the great defense in Denver, and when talking about the Ravens, they concentrated on the road woes and how they faded in December etc. They said that Joe Flacco was the best quarterback on the field in that game, and that it was the Ravens defense that showed up, while the Broncos defense really let their team down. Tom Waddle actually said that he thought that the Ravens did a better job of responding to adversity. He was always waiting for the Ravens to crack, but they never did. There was a lot of (probably grudging) respect from him in this latter part of the show.

Also, in the ESPN NFL Primetime show, Trey Wingo said this: Not only did Flacco make himself a lot of money today, he gained RESPECT. Well that was good to hear! About time too.

The above notwithstanding, I agree with most of the posters here that Joe does not get the respect he deserves for his performance in that game. He'll just have to do it again, twice, and that'll shut them up, at least for a little while.

I don't know if he just slipped when he said it but on the day Ray Lewis announced he was retiring after the year Trey Wingo said "Ray Lewis will retire as soon as the Ravens lose this postseason" and it wasn't like he just slipped once...he did it three times.

**dscola31** · 01-15-2013, 05:36 AM

Again my problem is not that Joe doesn't get respected. It's that he gets DISrespected. For what reason? He's a smart, soft-spoken, humble kid who wins. Yet they go out of their way to discredit what he does.

It's not like he's a Dilfer who actually DID ride the back of his defense. You would think after throwing bombs cosistently and possessing a cannon on those short passes that analysts would love it.

He maybe a bit inconsistent but so is Eli. The media is in love with Andy Dalton yet he doesn't win shit.

**Bufflehead** · 01-15-2013, 06:55 AM

Faulk, Kurt Warner etc....gave FLacco a TON of credit when I was watching NFL network Sunday AM....a ton, and so was Mariucci (sp?). It was very refreshing to see.

**BMann** · 01-15-2013, 06:55 AM

Was listening to that sometimes-annoying Glen Eunice, and he hammered on the point about "why should any of us care what anyone in the media thinks of Joe Flacco?" I watch almost none of the NFL shows during the week or before the game. I'll watch the post-game stuff if we win (so I've watched quite a bit this week), but that's it.

I think you guys set yourselves up for frustration and unnecessary blood pressure spikes by giving any credence to these yahoos. I care a lot more about what my fellow Ravens fans say (here and on other boards) about this player or that player than anything that, say, Heath Evans (WHO?!?) has to say. I know that you guys/gals actually watch all of the Ravens games, and not just the highlights, unlike some of these national pundits. You've seen the ups/downs this year and you have a lot better grasp of why we won 10 (above-average to great offense; excellent special teams; stout D inside the 20) and lost 6 (injuries on D that helped lead to late-game breakdowns; wrong OL in place w/o McKinnie, horrid play-calling; all things that have been addressed) - sounds like many of the ESPN "experts" do not. F 'em, who cares? The Ravens will prove them all wrong - again - on Sunday night.

**Raven 555** · 01-15-2013, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by IBleedPurple2127

I don't know if he just slipped when he said it but on the day Ray Lewis announced he was retiring after the year Trey Wingo said "Ray Lewis will retire as soon as the Ravens lose this postseason" and it wasn't like he just slipped once...he did it three times.

Trey Wingo is a sneaky DOUCHE BAG. He is a hater. Anytime he has to say anything about Flacco or the Ravens, just listen he will get his zinger in. He sniffs Brady balls.

**landspeed** · 01-15-2013, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by PurpleApocalypse37

Joe Flacco is better than Tom Brady. I don't give a fuck about Brady's 3 superbowls with cheating and a top 1 defense. I don't give a shit about him completing 8 yard passes for 35 YAC after having 5 seconds to throw. I don't give a shit about all the times he's been "the hero" after being bailed out by bogus illegal contact/defensive holding. He's never had a game-winning touchdown drive in the playoffs in his career. And he never will.

I had to login to comment and say that this is extremely stupid.

**Ravenswintitle** · 01-15-2013, 09:32 AM

On a long plane trip and listening to Sirius NFL all morning. Its all about how Manning and Denver choked and lost the game. Really surprised they're not even giving mention to the Ravens.

Oh well... beat the Pats!

**GirlsKickButt** · 01-15-2013, 10:20 AM

Health Evans is a big, fizzy douche.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhJqXjLzKIU

**wickedsolo** · 01-15-2013, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Teavo

Haha!! The look on Michael Oher's face says, "Come on, man!"

Wait...I thought Joe was a big bump on the log with no personality?

**SykesvilleRavensFan** · 01-15-2013, 12:05 PM

http://http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/broncos_players_quotes_after_upset_to_ravens/12648343

**Baltimoreboy** · 01-15-2013, 12:55 PM

Skip gives us props

**sailorsam** · 01-15-2013, 01:26 PM

After the Ravens beat the ex-Baltimore Colts the other week Don Banks (SI) wrote a piece and in the FIRST PARAGRAPH he says the Ravens will lose in Denver.

"So Ray Lewis got to take his victory lap, and the Baltimore Ravens get to live another week. I hope they all enjoyed Sunday's 24-9 playoff conquest of the Indianapolis Colts at M&T Bank Stadium, because next week in Denver could be a very, very different story in the AFC Divisional round. And by that I mean very similar to the way things went when the Ravens last played the Broncos, in Week 15 at home."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...lts/index.html

To his credit he's praising the Ravens this week.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...?sct=uk_t11_a2

"All told, even with the 23-17 loss in Cincinnati added into the mix, the Ravens under Caldwell have averaged 450.8 yards of offense and 28 points over their past four games, with superb balance (188.8 yards rushing and 262.0 passing). Baltimore is playing the dangerous underdog role in this year's playoffs, and the change at offensive coordinator was the spark for the only team left in the postseason that didn't have a first-round bye.
Under Caldwell's steady, no-drama direction, Flacco has flourished in the past month, looking confident and comfortable as the Ravens have returned to more of the up-tempo approach that they had gotten away from as the regular season progressed."

**JohnBKistler** · 01-15-2013, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Baltimoreboy

Skip gives us props

...

This season just jumped the shark.

**Ravens75** · 01-15-2013, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by GirlsKickButt

Health Evans is a big, fizzy douche.

That idiot actually said that on the pick 6 since all TD's are reviewed the booth should've caught the PI on Chykie and reversed the TD.

Darren Sharper just looked at him like he's on crack.

What a dick.

**wickedsolo** · 01-15-2013, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ravens75

That idiot actually said that on the pick 6 since all TD's are reviewed the booth should've caught the PI on Chykie and reversed the TD.

Darren Sharper just looked at him like he's on crack.

What a dick.

He has never been shy about his unabashed hatred for all things Baltimore.

He's an asshole POS.