Some Insight on the Bengals Game

[baltimore_hokie]

Interviews with Cam and Mattison:

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/media...cf10334d943911

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/media...775236ea6ed4e1



Some key points I took from it:

- Cam talked about being able to see chemistry between Joe and Rice/Kelley Washington. It sounds like Washington won't be going anywhere after this season.
- Cam talked about Cincy's 3-deep scheme that shut us out last time. I have a feeling Cam's game plan and the Ravens execution will be MUCH better this time around.
- Cam talked about the importance of Gaither coming back and how it helped the offense.
- Cam seems very happy with the overall level of talent on this offense, mentioning that we will be good on the OL, RB, and QB position "for a while".
- Mattison won't take the credit for calling a good game, even though Ray and Sizzle specifically mentioned this after the game.
- Mattison seems like a stats guy. He always has numbers for statistics in many of the interviews I've heard from him. Whether it be play breakdowns, tackles by a player, or other statistics, I think Mattison pays a good bit of attention to them.
- The play Reed forced a fumble on was an impressive switch between he and Ray, where they switched responsibilities and Reed covered the RB that Ray originally had.
- Breakdown of Reed's insane INT against the Bungles in the first game with commentary from Mattison.
- Haha Mattison called Benson, "Jamal Lewis".


Overall, some interesting insight and even some breakdowns of key plays. I'd check it out if you have 10-20 minutes.

[Lee Van Cleef]

Gotta love that trap on Rice's TD run. Beeeeautiful.

[Ravenswarrior19]

On the Ed Reed big hit on Knowshon play -
You can see an exact replica of the switch our D failed to make against San Diego (Darren Sproles 80yds. uncovered).

I believe it was Landry on the Sproles play who missed the switch.

Another example of the switch being botched would be last year vs. Jacksonville, when the running back (MJD?) scored on a swing pass from about 25 yds. out. (I think we had 3 defenders run into each other on that play)

[baltimore_hokie]

Wow, ESPN just showed a stat on Carson Palmer that I thought was worth sharing:

With 4 or less pass rushers, Palmer has a TD:INT of 8:3, with a passer rating of around 97.

With 5 or more pass rushers, I believe it was 4:5, with a passer rating in the 70's.

[HoustonRaven]

I think it's rather obvious what we need to do ....

Bring the house on D, keep cool heads and maintain our current O success.