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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I enjoyed every second of failure by the ratbirds. It was a joyous afternoon with my 90 year old father.The Ravens came into the game and didn't think their run game could be stopped and had no backup plan once it failed. They were shocked when their 4th down qb sneaks failed etc. The Ravens ignored that the Titan's short yardage d stopped us only last week at the goal line.
I enjoyed watching the Ravens look confused.
Player and team Statistics are meaninglessThe RatBird fanbase keeps referencing their season record win total as an accomplishment. LMAO
I could be wrong, and it isn’t a “100% sure thing” but I find that players who have never lifted the trophy seem more emotional when they make the HoF / win MVP. Tomlinson comes to mind.Player and team Statistics are meaningless
That’s something many fans fail to grasp. It’s a team game and all that matters is team success
The RatBird fanbase keeps referencing their season record win total as an accomplishment. LMAO
The RatBird fanbase keeps referencing their season record win total as an accomplishment. LMAO
Agreed but they were talking Superbowl. Lamar was talking about being Tom Brady. They made their bed.Not every team makes it to the afc championship, superbowl consistently like the Pats do. Don’t see it as a bad thing to call it a good season. Disappointing ending? Yeah, but they achieved quite a bit to the average NFL fan.
Once the Titans got up by 2 TDs... which I believe happened right at the beginning of the 2nd quarter... the Ravens stopped running their core play... RPO’s... almost completely.
Instead, Jackson was dropping back every play... or running it himself. The RBs had hardly any carries from that point on (9 in the game TOTAL).
Dunno if it was panic, or what, but the Balt OC basically was acting like it was the 4th quarter. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad they did that. But what an idiot. Or put another way...
THIS x100. They had over 500 yards of offense. Give the Titans D some credit for making key stops on 3rd and 4th down.Seemed to me the Ravens had relatively little trouble moving the ball most of the game — certainly less trouble than we did. For example, they had 3rd and 16 from their own 10 with 1:45 left in the second quarter and got a FG out of it, almost a TD. That drive was a thing of beauty.
As someone else pointed out, what killed them was three turnovers and four failed fourth down conversions. That’s how you put up 500 yards and score 12 points. Those are all on the offense, sure, but in general the offense did pretty well and their approach didn’t seem to be a strategic blunder.
Not every team makes it to the afc championship, superbowl consistently like the Pats do. Don’t see it as a bad thing to call it a good season. Disappointing ending? Yeah, but they achieved quite a bit to the average NFL fan.