1. Harbs didn’t have this team prepared to play. The record talk and his beef with fangio were a distraction. They most certainly overlooked the colts. Lamar saved John’s job a few years ago and continues to do so.
2. The defense is getting a lot of hate but doesn’t deserve it. They played a solid first half and we’re gassed because the offense couldn’t sustain drives. Our depth is next to none so I’m not sure why people expect anything different than what we watched in the second half.
3. Lamar looked bad in the first half. It always takes him a moment to calm down in prime time games. The offense was flat and ugly. Lamar looked like a consensus MVP in the second half. This guy is carrying the team, he is going to get paid this off-season and has earned every bit.
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Yeah there was nothing special about the first half defense either. The "they were gassed" argument doesn't hold up on film. They obviously give up the big TD on the third play of the game, and the very next drive, they give up an 11 play, 65 yard drive that was bailed out by a great Oweh play. No way they were gassed after three plays on the prior drive.
The FG drive at the end of the half was after a lengthy Ravens drive that provided ample time for recovery.
Gave up well over 200 yards of offense in the first half. I guess only holding them to 10 points is something, but that's not how I would evaluate a defense's performance either. Gave up three drives of over 55 yards.
Second half defense was atrocious. They're well rested coming out of the half, and give up two chunk plays for another 73 yard TD. Give up a 6 play, 81 yard TD drive after that, well rested out of the half.
Just a poor performance for the most part. A couple of solid, individual plays helped bail out an otherwise bad performance.