GAME THREAD - Ravens/Bears

**Flipping Birdie** · 12-20-2009, 03:37 PM

Rice is looking better than he did against Detroit.

**RavenScallywag** · 12-20-2009, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Lee Van Cleef

Is JJ okay? After the INT he kind of jogged/hobbled off the field.

he was on the injury report this week I think...so maybe just aggriated it a bit. He'll likely try to play through it anyway.

**RavenScallywag** · 12-20-2009, 03:38 PM

2nd TD to Heap today...is Joe just trying to catch up his stats?

**Stumpy** · 12-20-2009, 03:38 PM

TD Heap.... this looks nice

**Flipping Birdie** · 12-20-2009, 03:38 PM

I'm really liking how this game is beginning.

**Sephy** · 12-20-2009, 03:39 PM

Now just stop the run and we will really be cooking! Ravens cruising, up 14-0 thus far. And where did this Todd Heap action come from!?

**RavenScallywag** · 12-20-2009, 03:41 PM

The biggest takeaway so far...this team is starting fast! Yes, it's the Bears, yes this was kind've a cake matchup. but the way we start a game has been the BIGGEST problem all year. If we start fast against better teams, we should be able to hang around in the playoffs.

Also if we can put this game away quickly, there was talk about GB/Pitt game taking a LOT out of Steelers this week, so we can rest our starters and have them nice and strong for the game next week, whereas they will have to battle til the end likely.

**StingerNLG** · 12-20-2009, 03:58 PM

Ok, I hope this drive is just the Ravens needing to adjust to the Bears running game, because I do NOT like the yards that the defense is giving up on the run.

Especially letting Cutler run up the middle for two 1st downs? Nononono, tighten this shit up NOW.

**Lee Van Cleef** · 12-20-2009, 04:02 PM

Bears are controlling the LOS. No disruption letting Forte get easy 3-4 yards a pop and lanes are forming for Cutler to escape the pocket upfield.

**Sephy** · 12-20-2009, 04:02 PM

lol bears

**RavenScallywag** · 12-20-2009, 04:03 PM

Nice goal line stand...no points.

I'd really love seeing a 99 yard Rustle (Rice + Hustle) TD here!

**Flipping Birdie** · 12-20-2009, 04:03 PM

Man, the Bears keep shooting themselves in the red zone.

**Stumpy** · 12-20-2009, 04:04 PM

What about Hustle (Rice) and Flow (McGahee)?

**Stumpy** · 12-20-2009, 04:06 PM

We have the ball on the 3 inch line and we do a QB keeper and then a FB draw... WTF???

**Stumpy** · 12-20-2009, 04:07 PM

That play calling was HORRIBLE

**Flipping Birdie** · 12-20-2009, 04:07 PM

well, that sucked.

**darb72** · 12-20-2009, 04:08 PM

And then we give up the punt return for a TD. Offense needs to come out and get momentum back on our side.

**Lee Van Cleef** · 12-20-2009, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Sephy

lol bears

It was funny that Billick called it before the play happened. It was straight out of his playbook.

**RavenScallywag** · 12-20-2009, 04:10 PM

commentators sound very Pro-Bears...saying this "brings them one score away from tying it" and "This could give them the emotional lift to come back...Harbaugh still needs to challenge his players to come back from this"

It was one friggin TD! We scored two on back to back offensive drives. BS.

**Lee Van Cleef** · 12-20-2009, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by RavenScallywag

commentators sound very Pro-Bears...saying this "brings them one score away from tying it" and "This could give them the emotional lift to come back...Harbaugh still needs to challenge his players to come back from this"

It was one friggin TD! We scored two on back to back offensive drives. BS.

In all fairness, our defense let them into the RZ twice just running the ball on us. If Cutler wasn't such a bonehead this could be very different.