GAME THREAD - Ravens/Vikings

**UKRavenGordon** · 10-18-2009, 03:35 PM

I've got one question?

Why on earth is Frank Walker covering Sidney Rice one on one on their last drive?

**Lee Van Cleef** · 10-18-2009, 03:36 PM

I'm gonna get chewed out, but I hated the settling on the long field goal. ther ewas time to rattle off another pass, even if it only gained a few yards it could have made a difference.

Oh well. Ifs and buts. That's a heartbreaker.

I want to have Joe Flacco's children.

**baltimore_hokie** · 10-18-2009, 03:38 PM

The bottom line is we would all be happy right now if the kicker makes that kick. The offense and defense played like dog shit for a good part of the game, but they did what they needed to do to give us a chance to win in the end.

The 3 and out before the last TD was clutch by the D, the offense was clutch the whole fourth quarter. The only member of the team that is not a football player lost this game for us. You can go back and say the D played like shit and the O was bad in the first half, but that would all be a moot point if the kicker does his ONE job and makes that kick. It's disgusting.

**StingerNLG** · 10-18-2009, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Van Cleef

I'm gonna get chewed out, but I hated the settling on the long field goal. ther ewas time to rattle off another pass, even if it only gained a few yards it could have made a difference.

Oh well. Ifs and buts. That's a heartbreaker.

I want to have Joe Flacco's children.

I wouldn't "chew you out", but I think the playcall was fine. The only pass you really could have done was into the endzone with little time left. And why risk an interception in the endzone?

If the defense hadn't given up 33 points, we would have won.

**UKRavenGordon** · 10-18-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Van Cleef

I'm gonna get chewed out, but I hated the settling on the long field goal. ther ewas time to rattle off another pass, even if it only gained a few yards it could have made a difference.

Oh well. Ifs and buts. That's a heartbreaker.

I want to have Joe Flacco's children.

Can't fault Flacco at all can we, he was awesome today - especially at the end. If we can shore up the secondary we'll be ok, but thats a HUGE if.

**Bez513** · 10-18-2009, 03:40 PM

I agree Cleef....every yard would have help...well maybe. But with no TOs and the clock ticking that would have been perfect to work.

**RavensDomination** · 10-18-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by UKRavenGordon

I've got one question?

Why on earth is Frank Walker covering Sidney Rice one on one on their last drive?

ONE ON ONE NO LESS.

Answer: Reed was freelancing. Again.

**RavensDomination** · 10-18-2009, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by StingerNLG

I wouldn't "chew you out", but I think the playcall was fine. The only pass you really could have done was into the endzone with little time left. And why risk an interception in the endzone?

With 20 seconds left they had more than enough time to complete a short/intermediate pass then spike the ball. You figure most plays take 6-9 seconds, even if they are slow to spike it they would have still had a few seconds left.

**StingerNLG** · 10-18-2009, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by baltimore_hokie

The bottom line is we would all be happy right now if the kicker makes that kick. The offense and defense played like dog shit for a good part of the game, but they did what they needed to do to give us a chance to win in the end.

The 3 and out before the last TD was clutch by the D, the offense was clutch the whole fourth quarter. The only member of the team that is not a football player lost this game for us. You can go back and say the D played like shit and the O was bad in the first half, but that would all be a moot point if the kicker does his ONE job and makes that kick. It's disgusting.

Wait. So giving up 33 points and another 100+ yards on the ground is perfectly ok?

I agree, Hauschka needs to make that kick to win the game. But why were we relying on him?

**CRZA938** · 10-18-2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Van Cleef

I'm gonna get chewed out, but I hated the settling on the long field goal. ther ewas time to rattle off another pass, even if it only gained a few yards it could have made a difference.

Oh well. Ifs and buts. That's a heartbreaker.

I want to have Joe Flacco's children.

What really hurt was that defensive timeout early in the second half..

**StingerNLG** · 10-18-2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by UKRavenGordon

Can't fault Flacco at all can we, he was awesome today - especially at the end. If we can shore up the secondary we'll be ok, but thats a HUGE if.

You can't. It's not his fault we couldn't run on the Vikings. But when we needed Joe to step up and throw while getting the shit kicked out of him all second half, he did it.

Joe had NOTHING to do with this loss today.

**UKRavenGordon** · 10-18-2009, 03:44 PM

Mattison seemed to call a perfect game from the mid 4th quarter onwards, before that I wasn't impressed. I hope Harbaugh sits him down at lets him know that it's not good enough going forward.

**Sephy** · 10-18-2009, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Van Cleef

I'm gonna get chewed out, but I hated the settling on the long field goal. ther ewas time to rattle off another pass, even if it only gained a few yards it could have made a difference.

Oh well. Ifs and buts. That's a heartbreaker.

I want to have Joe Flacco's children.

No, I agree, I think another 7-10 yard sideline pass with 12 seconds left would have been a better play. But you expect your kicker to make a 44 yarder. No excuses.

This is a tough pill to swallow going into the bye. Super tough. But what Joe Flacco and Ray Rice did today won't be forgotten.

But hey, look at where we are. It isn't an unclimbable mountain. We're 1 game out of 1st in the division. The Bengals have holes, the Steelers have holes, and so do we. And we have 3 games left against those guys.

I'll say it - we will come out of the bye and stomp the Broncos. I really believe that.

**RavensDomination** · 10-18-2009, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Sephy

No, I agree, I think another 7-10 yard sideline pass with 12 seconds left would have been a better play. But you expect your kicker to make a 44 yarder. No excuses.

It was 46. On the left side of the hash. On the road, in a huge game. I'm not saying it's a guarantee miss but a kick like that is tough for any kicker in the NFL.

**NCRAVEN** · 10-18-2009, 03:46 PM

I can't believe they settled for a 44yd field goal.

Oh, btw Michael Oher OWNED Allen all day

**UKRavenGordon** · 10-18-2009, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by StingerNLG

You can't. It's not his fault we couldn't run on the Vikings. But when we needed Joe to step up and throw while getting the shit kicked out of him all second half, he did it.

Joe had NOTHING to do with this loss today.

Looking at the positives from today it seems we are set at QB for the next 10 years.

**RavensDomination** · 10-18-2009, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by StingerNLG

You can't. It's not his fault we couldn't run on the Vikings. But when we needed Joe to step up and throw while getting the shit kicked out of him all second half, he did it.

Joe had NOTHING to do with this loss today.

I agree, he was getting his ass kicked the whole game and kept coming back for more. The way he beat the blitz at the end of the game was a thing of beauty, we've never had a QB who can beat the blitz like that.

**Sephy** · 10-18-2009, 03:51 PM

Agreed. Flacco's ability to handle the blitz is so much improved this season. That will be huge against the Steelers.

As a note: Sidney Rice had 176 yards on his own today. Wow.

There's a serious chance both the Bengals and Steelers lose next week. bengals have a tough game vs the Bears, and the Steelers take on the Vikes. Then they both have byes.

If we come out and beat Denver, it could be on for a battle all season long.

**StingerNLG** · 10-18-2009, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by Sephy

I'll say it - we will come out of the bye and stomp the Broncos. I really believe that.

Man, I'm going to want to hang onto your hope Seph. Marshall and Gaffney might destroy Washington and Foxworth.

**Well Reed** · 10-18-2009, 03:52 PM

I'm not upset about the ravens loss. It gives me hope. They were out of this game within the first 9 minutes, but made an incredible comeback and showed incredible pose.

Sure, they coulda made one more heave or had ray rice run up the middle to center the ball, but it shouldn't even have come to that. Brett Favre did what Brett Favre does. Perhaps it was because, after the bengals game, I no longer consider the ravens a good team so i don't see this as a heartbreaking loss, but a big moral victory. They looked terrible against the Bengals, but looked really good against the Vikings. The Vikings are a better team and should have won, but it shouldn't have been this close, it was and for that I'm happy.

Now, could all of this be because I was able to watch the game sans pants, in my bed, probably. Regardless, I feel a lot better after this game than I do the Bengals. Go Ravens.