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Dom McRaven said:
Welp, like 2013, we about to fall to 4-6. Brace yourself for the inevitable, folks.
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You brac
Adreme said:
I judge QB play not based on raw stats but by watching game tape and looking at what happened on each play and in that regards he has improved every year (which is good because his first year or two I thought he was going to be one of those 1 hit wonders who got by on a strong defense and will drag us down for years because he happened to have a lot of wins).

Basically there are 3 things I look at mostly when judging a QB but there are others I factor in as well. First and most important is accuracy. Joe has always been fairly hit or miss on accuracy and prone to putting together 10+ completion streaks in a row followed up by going 3-15. This year though I would say his ball is looking a lot better. Even though they are not using the deep ball like they have in the past and it isnt resulting in completions he is hitting his receivers in stride like he has never before (seriously I know Perriman dropped them but everytime he hit him in stride or in a way that was supposed to protect him from the hit though he took a cheap shot anyway). So his accuracy is MUCH better than in years past though the players are dropping a lot more passes then they used to.

2nd is arm strength. By that I mean how much power do his throws have. I think we can all agree that the throws still have the same power that they used to and that nothing more need be said about it.

The 3rd and trickiest to evaluate is decision making. The trick with this one is not to go "There is an open receiver on the right why is he throwing it into a 1 on 1 on the left" the trick is to look at that 1 on 1 and see if it was a good decision or not. The reason I say this is if his first read is to the left and you think you can deliver a catchable ball you throw it you dont keep surveying the field to make sure there isnt anything better once you have an option you like you take it. So in order to evaluate you look at 2 things, is he right when he decides to throw it and also is he hesitating when he should take the shot. On the first he is generally making good reads, not great ones but not worse then he has in years past. On the 2nd there have been a few times when I see that he sees Perriman and its a catchable throw but he is hesitating to pull the trigger. Now do I blame that on him or the fact that Perriman keeps dropping the ball I do not know but its the way it is.

As for why his numbers are not as good you have to look at what is going on in the game. Its very common for the Ravens to send both WRs on routes and then either 1 of the TEs or the RB on a checkdown and keep everyone else in protection. This is why the Ravens tackles (specifically Stanley) are close to leading the league in help received because they are just not sending enough people downfield. You don't even need to blitz when so few routes are being run just sit on routes and force the 3 yard checkdown.
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That seems like a lot of prose to apologize for Flacco sir!
 
Jacquouille said:
I'd rather chew my two feet after they were put into a volcano than cheer for the Pats
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5 of the Pats remaining games are against teams we need to lose to make the playoffs. For those 5 games I will pretend Tom Brady is the GOAT and that I have nothing but respect and admiration for them. Every other week I will curse them with every step I take
 
RavensMania said:
Correct, but we have head to head
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We actually have head to head over 2 of the 3 teams competing with us (not over Bills ofc but based on today the Bills wont hit 8 wins). The Dolphins and Raiders are the two main opponents for that 6th seed and the Raiders are the only team I can see hitting 9 wins so thats why I say 9 wins is a lock and 8 wins is likely.
 
Very big win today, next game is against Houston and we definitely need that. Sadly, this is stomach turning but we need the Patriots to win today.
 
Adreme said:
We actually have head to head over 2 of the 3 teams competing with us (not over Bills ofc but based on today the Bills wont hit 8 wins). The Dolphins and Raiders are the two main opponents for that 6th seed and the Raiders are the only team I can see hitting 9 wins so thats why I say 9 wins is a lock and 8 wins is likely.
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I’m not worried about the fins at all
 
RavensMania said:
I’m not worried about the fins at all
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Both fins and Bills have the pats twice and the cheifs so they are pretty much going to each lose 3 more games which tops them both off at 8-8 and we will have tiebreaker over both.

Oakland is the main threat and SD is a minor threat. SD is going to look very dangerous because they are likely going to hit 6-6 and everyone will be talking about them but then Redskins Cheifs and Raiders will likely top them off at 8 wins.
 
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