My Own Good, Bad, and the Ugly

[Random Thoughts]

Yeah, you're reading too much into it.

How can you not to? It is rather annoying when those commentators always find a statistic information to exaggerate something. That exaggeration enters mainstream conversation, which implies that there is actually some (be it valid) causal relationship between two variables.

[HoustonRaven]

How can you not to? It is rather annoying when those commentators always find a statistic information to exaggerate something. That exaggeration enters mainstream conversation, which implies that there is actually some (be it valid) causal relationship between two variables.

I agree.

But read back at my earlier post. Nobody here has ever used that stat as anything but a correlation.

They HAVE used that stat to show that when we have a balanced attack, it shows fruit, usually a win.

[alienrace]

The good:

We won by 10 on the road against a divisional opponent who has been playing very tough all year long.

The start. Run game, pass game, everything was clicking in the first quarter.

Nice come from behind drive from Joe.

The defense played much better than it has in weeks.

The Bad:

Cam Cameron. After the second and third quarters, I have officially jumped on the "Fire Cam" bandwagon. He needs to go. The offensive schemes are terrible. There is no deception AT ALL. That is why there is no separation for receivers. That is why the entire defense converges on Ray Rice as soon as he gets the ball. I realize this can't take place really during the season, but at the end, unless we go deep in the playoffs, he's gotta go. It's not fair to the fans anymore.

Carey Williams. Yeah, I know he had an interception, but he also looked freaking lost and lazy on a number of plays.

Penalties. This team is dumberer and dumbest. Totally undisciplined.

[TL24x7]

THE GOOD: Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce ran the ball effectively against a defense hell bent on stopping them, combining for 124 yards on 32 rugged carries. The tandem showed that they can be a very good 1-2 punch with Pierce showing steady development despite a less than productive training camp…Speaking of 1-2 punches, Torrey Smith and Anquan Boldin, while not posting prolific stats, certainly delivered during crunch time…Joe Flacco, despite struggling mightily through the second and third quarters, engineered a very efficient game winning drive capped by a great audible on the 2 point conversion that led to an easy toss for two to Boldin…Bobbie Williams rebounded nicely from an extremely sub-par game in Houston…Cam Cameron’s play calling on the opening two possessions was surprisingly surgical and exactly what the team needed coming off very poor performances away from M&T Bank Stadium.

Jimmy Smith, while still a bit raw, showed progress in Cleveland…Corey Graham was fast to the ball and was productive as the nickel defending the pass and doing his part to boost a shockingly inept pass rush…Dannell Ellerbe was the most efficient tackler on the field yesterday and provides a physical presence severely lacking from the LB corps…Courtney Upshaw continues on the upswing in his game.

THE BAD: The tackling was weak at times, particularly in the secondary with Ed Reed too often the culprit. Jimmy Smith needs to wrap up better too…Cary Williams, his interception aside, still looks lost in coverage. He wasn’t even in the same zip code on a post corner route by Josh Gordon. He was also very fortunate that the Browns had an illegal formation penalty that negated a TD pass to Gordon, another play on which Williams was torched…Sam Koch’s net punting average of 34.1 yards was disappointing.

THE UGLY: The offensive play calling from the 8:00 mark of the second quarter through the 9-minute mark of the fourth quarter was horrific. During 8 possessions the Ravens ran only 22 plays for a net of 8 yards! That accounted for only 8:59 of a possible 29:13. Granted one of the possessions was a kneel-down from Flacco to end the first half, but this equates to 7 competitive possessions without a single first down. The Browns sold out on the run and Cameron failed to use that overly aggressive run defense against Cleveland through play action…The Ravens pass rush was anemic and it is extremely worrisome what signal callers named Palmer, Roethlisberger, Rivers, Manning, Manning and even RGIII might do to the Ravens when seemingly the “pass rushers” count to 7-Mississippi before rushing the quarterback…The team amassed 9 penalties for 82 yards, continuing their extremely undisciplined play. However, it’s tough for head coach John Harbaugh to ask his team to play with discipline when his behavior on the sidelines is anything but. Harbs picked up his second bench unsportsmanlike conduct of the season.

SIDE BAR: This is just a question and not a criticism, but I’d like to know why Ray Lewis isn’t on the Ravens’ sideline?

THE MEGAN FOX: This was a tough call in that there really was no player who stood out as the player of the game. But given the Ravens return to their roots of a running game; given that the Browns knew such a rebirth might be attempted and invested defensive resources to thwart the effort, the Ravens still managed 124 tough yards on the ground even within the constraints of a completely vanilla game plan for nearly two full quarters. To get that done, the Ravens relied heavily on the battering ram that wears No. 44. Great game Vonta Leach.

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[The Excellector]

Yeah, you're reading too much into it.

I don't think he is. There have been some comments on here by some posters, that make it clear, that they feel Joe Flacco and the passing offense just can't cut it on the road and that they should just scrap trying to utilize it significantly. Leach, in particular, believes that Rice can run the Ravens to the Super Bowl.

[The Excellector]

There needs to be more balance for sure, I can't argue with that, but we did win the game today, and our defense were giving up FG's and not TD's which is a good sign given how long they spent on the field at times.

I think you are confusing time on the field with suck QB.