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The 1st half, The Refs and The Collapse

A1A said:
Peters is gone next year btw and harbs will drag us down for another year until he's finally fired and then it gets real fun cause we'll be in rebuild mode. Years wasted at least 2 SB's left on the table. See yall next year.
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A1A said:
Yesterday I saw BB tell his OC(s) stand back I'm taking over here... Like a real HC. harbs would have been like hey that's my problem I'm over here with the ST lol
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The Patriots lost, basically didn't score any points, and literally wouldn't let their QB throw the ball in critical spots.

Bill would have been better off letting whoever is coaching the offense take that lead.
 
A1A said:
Peters is gone next year btw and harbs will keep dragging us down for until he's finally fired and then it gets real fun cause we'll be in rebuild mode. Years wasted at least 2 SB's left on the table. See yall next year.
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Cool. See ya next year.
 
Duv was wide the fuck open on that 4th down play. Like you can’t possibly get any more open than he was.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
Cool. See ya next year.
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Make your jokes when they laughing at all of Raven Nation all over the radio this morning. Best secondary in the league in closed quarters...int sounds about right. Mckenzie out, ravens doing well shutting down the rest. Stupid is as stupid does.
 
rmcjacket23 said:
The Patriots lost, basically didn't score any points, and literally wouldn't let their QB throw the ball in critical spots.

Bill would have been better off letting whoever is coaching the offense take that lead.
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Point is he tried, unlike harbs. Good (smart) coaches win those games.
 
A1A said:
Make your jokes when they laughing at all of Raven Nation all over the radio this morning. Best secondary in the league in closed quarters...int sounds about right. Mckenzie out, ravens doing well shutting down the rest. Stupid is as stupid does.
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lol, its the radio. Only clowns and the unemployed listen to the radio. Couldn't give a shit less what they say. They're as bad as the fans... they go from great to terrible in an hour with their opinions.
 
A1A said:
Point is he tried, unlike harbs. Good (smart) coaches win those games.
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Umm... he didn't try. Pretty obvious you didn't watch that game. The only thing Bill tried to do was to play for a tie and make sure his QB didn't turn the ball over in regulation.

His entire offensive philosophy in the 2nd half was "please don't throw an interception".
And he lost that game because of it.
 
I'm getting the general consensus is that the defense was good, but the Bills had costly drops consistently in the first half and of course the two turnovers.

I had a sinking feeling after the Bills scored right before half that it was a sign of more to come. The Bills, obviously, moved pretty effortlessly in the second half and really just abused the defense.

I find it kind of odd that they fixed their drops as the rain got heavier, but they did. And that seemed to be the difference for them.

I just didn't feel like the defense played well. It felt more like the Bills made critical mistakes and the Ravens caught breaks that, when corrected, would stop existing.
 
29BmoreBird22 said:
I'm getting the general consensus is that the defense was good, but the Bills had costly drops consistently in the first half and of course the two turnovers.

I had a sinking feeling after the Bills scored right before half that it was a sign of more to come. The Bills, obviously, moved pretty effortlessly in the second half and really just abused the defense.

I find it kind of odd that they fixed their drops as the rain got heavier, but they did. And that seemed to be the difference for them.

I just didn't feel like the defense played well. It felt more like the Bills made critical mistakes and the Ravens caught breaks that, when corrected, would stop existing.
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I've been saying exactly this since yesterday, but not many see it this way. People are generally saying the defense did well. I think they were actually atrocious and got bailed out by 7 poor execution plays by the Bills in the first half. Those went away and look what happened.
 
29BmoreBird22 said:
I'm getting the general consensus is that the defense was good, but the Bills had costly drops consistently in the first half and of course the two turnovers.

I had a sinking feeling after the Bills scored right before half that it was a sign of more to come. The Bills, obviously, moved pretty effortlessly in the second half and really just abused the defense.

I find it kind of odd that they fixed their drops as the rain got heavier, but they did. And that seemed to be the difference for them.

I just didn't feel like the defense played well. It felt more like the Bills made critical mistakes and the Ravens caught breaks that, when corrected, would stop existing.
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I think overall box score wise they did.
I didn't like the pass rush, I didn't like the poor tackling, I thought we got pushed around up front on both sides of the ball, and I really hate the lack of open field tackling on Allen. I know he's a bear to bring down, but he pushed around some of our bigger guys multiple times.

Do agree though Ravens kept it closer through mistakes by Buffalo, namely dropped passes, turnovers, etc. BUT... same can be said about Bills.

People can point to the Ravens offense struggling in the 2nd half, but it started before that. We had a three and out on the last drive of the 1st half, and the drive before that, we completely stalled once we got into Buffalo territory, including Lamar taking (what I thought) was a pretty terrible sack on 2nd and 10 from the BUF 29. At the time it would have put us pretty close to out of FG range. Ravens really only had one TD drive of their own volition the whole day.

Meanwhile, Bills four of the last five drives for Buffalo were 76, 51, 80 and 77 yards. Lucky to give up only 20 points on those drives, and obviously Buffalo would have scored a TD if they wanted to at end of game.
 
UPennChem said:
I've been saying exactly this since yesterday, but not many see it this way. People are generally saying the defense did well. I think they were actually atrocious and got bailed out by 7 poor execution plays by the Bills in the first half. Those went away and look what happened.
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I don't think they were atrocious. I think they made some key situational stops and forced some turnovers. Also feel like they did a good job of limiting the big plays. I wouldn't say they were good, but I also grade it on a curve for who they were playing.

I think they look better than they probably were because the offense literally did nothing for like 2 hours of real time.
 
I love a feisty Jeff

 
29BmoreBird22 said:
I'm getting the general consensus is that the defense was good, but the Bills had costly drops consistently in the first half and of course the two turnovers.

I had a sinking feeling after the Bills scored right before half that it was a sign of more to come. The Bills, obviously, moved pretty effortlessly in the second half and really just abused the defense.

I find it kind of odd that they fixed their drops as the rain got heavier, but they did. And that seemed to be the difference for them.

I just didn't feel like the defense played well. It felt more like the Bills made critical mistakes and the Ravens caught breaks that, when corrected, would stop existing.
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turnovers are a critical part of this though and it's not like those opportunities to have turnovers disappeared in the 2nd half - ravens just didnt take advantage of them

but that moment to end the 1st half was critical - the DPI call on Robinson was just massive... ravens are driving with just over 2 minutes on the half with a chance to at least get in FG range and worst case bleed clock away from the bills knowing that they get the ball in the 2nd half

refs with the no call, ravens get no points, bills drive the length of the field and get 7 and what could have become a 4 score game with the ravens getting the ball after the half becomes just a 10 point game and hands all momentum to the bills... and the ravens never got it back

not saying the defence played amazing, but they did enough
 


didnt block in college, they've been trying to ease him into it with very inconsistent results and limited success
would be huge for him in 2023 if he can become even just a mediocre blocker
 
Much respect to Jimmy. I’ll love him forever. He was an example of play like a Raven. If you missed out, his tribute video has been released. It’s posted on RSR if anyones interested
 
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