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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Titans Edition

The Last Great Raven

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Banned
When the Ravens went up 21-10 it should have been over. What followed was lack of character. When the Titans came out at midfield pre game, Harbaugh challenged them. Harbs.......try challenging the team instead, no one was in the stands. Henry wore the Raven's down. Lamar continued to throw best to his Tight Ends and no one else. Lamar needed to run far more. Can't worry about the risk of injury. Send Lamar in there. Plow for yards or fall into third place. At least the Raven's are ahead of Cinn.
 

Grim

Ravens Ring of Honor
I’m going to say it but I think we drafted the wrong Brown in 2019. Should’ve taken AJ Brown, he plays like a grown man and would’ve been great with Jackson.
 

cdp

Ravens Ring of Honor
But at least Dobbins looks good. Ingram should be nothing more than injury insurance the rest of the way. Let Dobbins be the lead with Edwards there when you need him. I'd even be looking to get Hill more involved at this point. Ingram looks done - no explosion left in those legs.
Honestly at this point I wouldn't even activate Ingram on gameday. There's no reason if he only plays a handful of snaps.
You can say whatever you want about Justice Hill, but he's a beast on special teams. Flies down the field and knows how to tackle.
 
This pattern of losing big games and throwing leads away is what teams without leaders look like.

We still have a good team and a good record. I just hope they can learn from these losses and figure something out for the playoffs - assuming they don't choke that away too.
 

Simba

Staff Member
Moderator
I’m going to say it but I think we drafted the wrong Brown in 2019. Should’ve taken AJ Brown, he plays like a grown man and would’ve been great with Jackson.

I liked Hollywood but AJ Brown was my #1 WR and it wasn't particularly close either. Only guy with a round 1 grade on my board.
 

JAAM

Hall of Famer
It's so frustrating to watch these other young qbs who can make big throws downfield.
In my opinion, we’ve seen the best of Lamar’s arm. Lamar fans need to temper their expectations until we get better coaching and a better offensive support cast (sounds like a broken record since the Flacco days). But look, if you can’t consistently hit deep throws and out routes and can only hit the middle of the field, you’re not going to last very long. Even WHEN people are open deep or outside the numbers, he sails it. Not cutting it.
 
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Grim

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In my opinion, we’ve seen the best of Lamar’s arm. Lamar fans need to temper their expectations until we get better coaching and a better offensive support cast (sounds like a broken record since the Flacco days). But look, if you can’t consistently hit deep throws and out routes and can only hit the middle of the field, you’re not going to last very long. Even WHEN people are open deep or outside the numbers, he sails it. Not cutting it.
I mean Jackson did hit Andrews on a very good completion that would’ve been outside until Jackson led him inside
 

JAAM

Hall of Famer
I mean Jackson did hit Andrews on a very good completion that would’ve been outside until Jackson led him inside
It’s just not consistent though. I see Herbert, Burrow, etc make those throws all the time and they’re rookies. We need to stop babying Lamar
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
It’s just not consistent though. I see Herbert, Burrow, etc make those throws all the time and they’re rookies. We need to stop babying Lamar
Precisely. While it's unfair to hold to the standard of the insane season he had last year, but dammit, he can not make these mistakes.
 

Simba

Staff Member
Moderator
In my opinion, we’ve seen the best of Lamar’s arm. Lamar fans need to temper their expectations until we get better coaching and a better offensive support cast (sounds like a broken record since the Flacco days). But look, if you can’t consistently hit deep throws and out routes and can only hit the middle of the field, you’re not going to last very long. Even WHEN people are open deep or outside the numbers, he sails it. Not cutting it.

I think he's always going to struggle with the sideline throws - it is what it is. But the Lamar we have this year can definitely do better and we saw it last year. He was pinpoint on some of those deep throws. The problem this year is those plays aren't developing. The OL is pretty suspect and Lamar is more panicked. If you can reset his mechanics again behind a solid OL, I think we could see a return to form. I wouldn't count on that with the state the OL is in this year, though. Gotta hit OL hard in the offseason.
 

Dom McRaven

Hall of Famer
Coming from someone who missed a key throw to Andrews that could've changed the complexion of the game, I don't wanna hear it.....

 

Grendelwulf

Practice Squad
Always shooting themselves in both feet, but with how bad they look they still put up points somehow. I don’t get to watch Ravens games often, only get to listen on their website so it’s hard to judge players. I feel like they show signs of a great team but then ... Drops, penalties, bad decisions, can’t tackle. It’s a wonder they don’t get blown out, they really gotta clean up their play
 
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JAAM

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I think he's always going to struggle with the sideline throws - it is what it is. But the Lamar we have this year can definitely do better and we saw it last year. He was pinpoint on some of those deep throws. The problem this year is those plays aren't developing. The OL is pretty suspect and Lamar is more panicked. If you can reset his mechanics again behind a solid OL, I think we could see a return to form. I wouldn't count on that with the state the OL is in this year, though. Gotta hit OL hard in the offseason.
He had arguably the best line last year though and was still erratic on a lot of throws. We just forgave him because it was his first full season. At some point, enough is enough. I’m a firm believer that Roman won’t be here next season so I suppose we’ll see if a creative mind that can actually make adjustments is what Lamar really needs, or if he’s reached his potential, in which case, I’m saying no to a lucrative deal.
 

Edgar

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An hour later , I realize that if I watch this team with any measure of objectivity it is clear we are not good. Some things are missing in its makeup. When one thing goes wrong we are noticeably affected and seem to be playing tight. Hate to say this but it reminds me of a typical Browns team that might put up a good fight but you just knew that with enough rope, they would beat themselves.
 

JO_75

Hall of Famer
Can we put harbs back on the hot seat?

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