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He's not gashing the Ravens for big yards (yet) but had a couple of very productive runs, including one where he left Ray Lewis grabbing air as he ran for a first down.
So bengals secondary playing well make Brady and pats performance even more impressive? I know some (myself included) tempering enthusiasm of offensive performance due to the competition.
Maybe. They were very tough against the Ratbirds twice last year.Bengals squander the opportunity here when Palmer misses a wide open TO in the endzone after the Oline had done a wonderful job picking up a huge Ravens blitz. 6-0 Cincy.The shot of Jim Zorn reviewing photos with Flacco on the sideline does not fill me with confidence.
I'm in the EXACT same position. The ravens came out firing after halftime it looks like. Flacco to Mason for a 31 yard TD. Flacco was 4 for 5 for 69 yards on that drive. Maybe we shouldn't push the panic button quite yet.
1) Joe looked uncomfortable in the pocket, slow on his reads and inaccurate on his throws. I thought the Bengals secondary covered well today but Flacco didn't make many plays, either.2) Not enough data. Good vision and burst on the kickoff return. But the Ravens front seven is still pretty strong and you have to take that into consideration.
I disagree. Scott had a great kickoff return, but I certainly don't see where you get that Scott looked better at running the ball. I saw it the other way around, despite the limmited carries for Scott.
Hard to believe, but Flacco may actually have been worse than his stats. I think Rich Gannon was doing the color for this game, and he was pointing out that Flacco was throwing off of his back foot a lot & wasn't staying low in the pocket. That causes his passes to float and/or be behind the receiver. I don't know why he's doing it - even when he's not under pressure, he's leaning backwards. This isn't to take away from Cincy's D, who matches up very well with the Ravens - I thought they were the best unit on the field yesterday. But Cam/Zorn/some-damned-body needs to get Joe straightened out.The penalty on Suggs was a bad call; the one on Ray worse. But they didn't lose the game because of those plays - they lost because Flacco stunk and because the gameplan, IMO, left something to be desired. And if the Bengals didn't continually shoot themselves in the foot with bad penalties, they'd have won big.
Palmer also missed TO in the endzone after the Ravens had sold out on a blitz and the Cincy Oline did a great job picking it up. You're right, it could've been worse.I thought there was actually some merit to Ray's tripping penalty, though it was pretty clear that he was blocked and that it appeared inadvertent. The call on Suggs was unconscionably bad, however. It was a clean tackle and he was halfway through it before Palmer got rid of the ball. The defense played pretty well, no TDs given up yet this year. But the Bengals defense played even better and they deserved to win.
Carson also missed Ocho wide open in the EZ when the DB fell down.I don't understand why they didn't run more. 38 passes in a one possession game?roadkill1292 said:Uruk-Hai said:
The personal foul calls on Baltimore in the 4th, the ones Ray Lewis was talking about in the post game...I'll stop watching football if those become routine roughing the passer calls, absolutely pathetic. Goodell should suspend those refs but unfortunately he is the one probably telling him to portect the QBs at all costs.
i didn't see the play and maybe harbaugh has a right to be mad. but a coach hitting a ref (twice), if he did it, is inexcusable.
