The Official Pats at Ravens Post Game Thread

[coolguy]

Originally Posted by DocHoliday

Definitely agree with everyone saying we should pass more.

Even Harrison was saying in the pregame that the Pats should sling it 50 times a game cause the Ravens can't stop them.

I understand WHY we ran to keep it honest though. Unfortunately this all comes down to a ****ty O line that requires running to keep Brady upright.

And right now, every run call is a wasted possible first down.

ARE YOU CRAZY??? do you really want to give those ball hawks a chance tea off on brady??


offensive game plan was good...the defense just couldn't stop them when it mattered.......................................... ......................IT ******* FEELS LIKE I SAY THIS AFTER EVERY LOSS!!!!!!!

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Worst play of game was Arrington falling down and letting a game-clinching int fall to the ground.

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

Pass rush was worse than pass defense IMO

The last Ravens drive,Flacco was so calm and collected in the middle of the LOS, that he looked like he was walking down the aisle of a chapel to get married.....there was no one even close to collapsing the pocket.

Your pass defense can't continue to keep receivers blanketed when the QB has 5 seconds or more to throw,unless they try to get away with a PI

Jones has a long way to go to become what we hope he will be. .....Oher played a fine game.

[SCPatBoy]

The Pats have continued this awful trend. In a big close game. When the offense has a chance to put the game away, they tighten up and go conservative, choosing instead to try and run time off of the clock.

And our defense continues to not be able to stop a drive to preserve a win. In those drives we also get conservative and get zero pressure on the QB. I would think that after losing this way far to often in most recent big games that we woudl see a change of attitude on offense and defense in those scenarios, but nope much of the same.

Yes there was soem awful calls, but in the end as in so many heartbreakign losses, our offense had a chance to put the game out of reach and couldn't do it and our defense had a chance to win the game and couldnt do it.

I just dont have any confidence on either side of the ball that we can get it doen anymore in those tight situations.

Flacco lit us up and easily outplayed Brady.

[condon84]

Another thing too. BB must know that our D was gonna give up that GW FG. We all knew it. So why didn't we stay aggressive on offense and just ice the game with Brady on the field?

Frustrating, but something we've all become familiar with.

[Kdo5]

Originally Posted by Brady_to_Moss

oline played great until it mattered most
mccourty had great plays..but could have cost us the game.
Arrington took a step back. Stayed upright and catch that INT we win

No way man. How on earth can you defend McCourty. He is the bane of this defense. Unlike Arrington, McCourty is supposed to be the guy in the defensive backfield.

He'll make a good play and then he follows it up with 3-4 really bad plays. I keep saying it:

He has been mediocre in coverage (its a normalcy to see McCourty being beat on a deep throw). He can't make critical plays (dropped INT like Arrington). And his tackling is nothing to write home about.

There is such a huge gap between rookie McCourty, and three year pro McCourty.

[Brady_to_Moss]

Originally Posted by Deus Irae

The officials ruined the game for everyone. But let's not act as if the Patriots can't compete with the big boys. Clearly, they can.

This.

Evey one should have known even before the game started it wasn't going to be easy or the pats should be favored. Ravens are good.


But it does suck we could be 3-0 right now and not 1-2 with a loss to the ravens which could mean a home or away playoff game there at end of year

[Mikla]

Putting the bad officiating aside...

There was some crazy calls on offense including during that last Patriots drive that makes you wonder what the coaching staff was thinking.

But, IMHO, this game was lost by the lack of defense:
- Could not stop the run
- Could not get pressure in the QB
- Secondary looked as bad as it did last year

[Rob0729]

Originally Posted by Boomer B

I really don't see how people are saying McCourty had great plays. He dropped 2 picks and gave up big plays. Smith had 127 yds and McCourty was covering him much of the night. He has to be a lot better then what he was tonight.

Smith got most of his yards vs. other CBs. Look at the front page of NFL.com and you see Arrington, not McCourty being burnt big time:



The first dropped pick was broken up and not McCourty's fault. The second one he should have gotten.

[Brady_to_Moss]

Originally Posted by condon84

Another thing too. BB must know that our D was gonna give up that GW FG. We all knew it. So why didn't we stay aggressive on offense and just ice the game with Brady on the field?

Frustrating, but something we've all become familiar with.

they tried..he took the worst sack i have seen in a long time...that was the turning point