Week 5 Loss to Cincinnati bumps us down in AFC N

The play on the left was one of the defining moments that caused this loss. Although awesome, Lewis was penalized for unneccessary roughness giving the Bengals a chance to get 15 yards closer to the end zone & for the game winning TD pass. This game was tough for our offense, we didn't really make any significcant drives as Flacco usually does. I think it was mainly because of the absence of our lineman Gaither who was carried off the field the last game with a back injury. With a week line Flacco seemed flustered getting the ball off & had trouble looking for open recievers. He made a lot of short passes & only with the help of Ray Rice was he able to get a TD. The first half of the game our Defense wasn't playing as well as they usually perform in the Red Zone. Our defense was 3rd against the rush but the first TD came from Cedric Benson who ran the first TD in for Cincinnati. In the end we basically beat ourselves again with penalties. "On first-and-10, Ravens cornerback Chris Carr was flagged for illegal contact, which negated an incomplete pass. Later, linebacker Ray Lewis earned a 15-yard penalty that was enforced from the 50-yard line for unnecessary roughness. Then, a Palmer throw fell to the turf on third-and-16 with 43 seconds remaining, but cornerback Frank Walker was tabbed for pass interference. " -BR.cm You can't make those mistakes in the 4th & expect to pull off a win. The only praise of the game went to Ed Reed who had a 52 yd interception for a TD & a forced fumble before halftime. The rest of the squad did little to help gain a win. The loss puts the Bengals tied with us for 1st in our division. Next week we need to pull a win over Farve.

Only hate from last week!

Raven's Robbed a Win over New England in Week 4

This was the classic referee calling everything for the apposing team to ensure they would win. Any time we come close to beating a team in their home town the refs have to call every little minuscule thing to make sure it doesn't happen. The main calls I'm referring to are 2 roughing the passers & an unbelievable personal foul: unsportsmanlike comment from the bench (coach Harbaugh). I have never seen a game where the ref's call a personal foul from the bench, especially if it's the coach yelling about the other bullshit calls that we were getting that whole day. I like to see them try that with coaches like Ditka or Butkus. The whole game was one long drawn out penalty. We started the game off terribly with Chris Carr fumbling the kickoff into the Patriots hands at the 20. Luckily out D held them to only 3 points, but these points kept us 3 behind the whole game. Next we had an odd injury from one of our O-Linemen that weakened the line & created more pressure for Joe. We had numerous penalties, which was the main reason the Patriots won, giving them chance after chance. Not to mention just handing them 1st downs, that we otherwise would've gotten punts off of. The game had a slight chance of a comeback with Suggs knocking the ball out of Brady's hand & Dwan Edwards recovering for a TD. But the final shit hitting the fan was Mark Claytons dropping a perfect pass on 4th & almost goal. If he had made that catch we would've probably won. All these little penalties plagued us the whole game, so you can't fully blame Clayton. Although as an NFL WR you have to make the catches that are perfectly thrown into your chest on 4th downs to make that completion. I know he's gonna catch hell for it, so he'll get his punishment. Even with all these factors overall the offense played their usual greatness & the defense played good. The secondary did fairly well, although they needed to tighten up in the second half on Moss like they did the first half. This was a heartbreaking loss but we have to look to next week now vs Cincinnati, who are nipping at our heals with the same 3-1 record as us & a win over the Steelers. We are going to have to shut down Palmer & double up on Ochocinco. This game is at home too, so we will have that advantage, but we will need the secondary to tighten up even more since they are going to pass. Let's Go Ravens!