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Ravens Ring of Honor
My notes:
1. I would have kicked if I were Harbaugh. I understand the decision to go for it, I just didn't like it. Your defense was the best unit today, and the offense didn't do literally anything in the 2nd half. It felt like an admission that John didn't trust the defense to stop Allen from going down the field for a TD.
Ultimately, I could live with losing 27-23. By not converting, you're basically conceding the game in my eyes.
2. Not much for moral victories, but I think its pretty clear that we're competitive with the top of the AFC. Buffalo is as good a team as there is in the league, and we led by 17 and lost by 3. A couple calls, play calls, executions in a different direction, and we win.
Doesn't change the fact that we're 2-2, but I see a lot of supposed "good" teams in this league that look a lot worse than us on a week-to-week basis, so I'm not overly concerned. Still got some tough games on our schedule, but we've got some much easier competition coming up in the next 4-6 weeks. I think we've got a shot to go on a run.
3. Linderbaum, Oweh, and Bateman had rough games. Not what you're looking for from 3/4 of your last first round picks. Especially in a big game.
4. While the run game didn't quite get going (albeit against a really good run D), there's a lot I liked about Dobbins and Hill. Hopefully Hill's injury isn't serious, but I think this was a good step forward for the run game overall.
1. I would have kicked if I were Harbaugh. I understand the decision to go for it, I just didn't like it. Your defense was the best unit today, and the offense didn't do literally anything in the 2nd half. It felt like an admission that John didn't trust the defense to stop Allen from going down the field for a TD.
Ultimately, I could live with losing 27-23. By not converting, you're basically conceding the game in my eyes.
2. Not much for moral victories, but I think its pretty clear that we're competitive with the top of the AFC. Buffalo is as good a team as there is in the league, and we led by 17 and lost by 3. A couple calls, play calls, executions in a different direction, and we win.
Doesn't change the fact that we're 2-2, but I see a lot of supposed "good" teams in this league that look a lot worse than us on a week-to-week basis, so I'm not overly concerned. Still got some tough games on our schedule, but we've got some much easier competition coming up in the next 4-6 weeks. I think we've got a shot to go on a run.
3. Linderbaum, Oweh, and Bateman had rough games. Not what you're looking for from 3/4 of your last first round picks. Especially in a big game.
4. While the run game didn't quite get going (albeit against a really good run D), there's a lot I liked about Dobbins and Hill. Hopefully Hill's injury isn't serious, but I think this was a good step forward for the run game overall.
