He's gone at the end of the year. All the Ray Lewis talk is just scratching the surface. Baltimore has some really tough games left, so theyre going to be lucky to win 6 or 7 games. And the O is embarassing. But then you add in the rise of Derek Anderson, a promising young QB that Baltimore drafted and let hit the waiver wire, with the horrendous QBs they kept, and its a nail in the coffin. Trailing 21-0 to that Bengals defense? At home? Shameful. Last year's record was a fluke. Palmer was recovering from the ACL. The Browns were still horrible with Frye QBing them, and Pittsburgh had several of its own issues centering around Big Ben. Its gonna be tough for Ozzie Newsome, but its time to make the move.
few people would have predicted Anderson - a 6th round pick, mind you - would look this good. it may be salt in the wound for ravens fans but it doesn't hold up under real scrutiny. it makes for great talk but that's about it.
Not in and of itself, perhaps, but as another piece of the bigger puzzle. QBs who have succeeded elsewhere come here and fail. Or, like Anderson, they leave here and find success elsewhere. Meanwhile, the entire offensive unit, not just the QB, looks uncohesive and disjointed, with
nary a hint of improvement. More than anything, it's the continued failure to turn the ship around that will should result finally in a coaching change.
