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Let’s be honest, the Ravens’ shot at making the playoffs is slowly slipping away from them. Week after week, penalty after penalty (see Frank Walker) the feeling I get in my stomach isn’t a good one. I imagine it’s the same feeling the candidates running against Marion Barry had when they slowly saw their shot at being Mayor of D.C. slip away from them – and I’m talking about the election Barry won AFTER he got busted smoking crack.
Guess which hand I have the crack in?
This team should be 9-3. At worst, 8-4. But they aren’t. Shoulda, woulda, coulda. The Packers beat them up and down. Even after a terrible start, the Birds pulled within three points and then let the game slip away. They were out played, out coached and out classed (again, see Frank Walker).
There are a lot of problems with this Ravens team. With the exception of Derrick Mason, we have average receivers. We have a young offensive line that plays poorly at crucial times. A running game that was dominant last season has become one -dimensional. The D line is aging and our special teams unit is below average. And let’s not forget that we have the worst cornerbacks in the NFL. How in the hell did we get three on the field at the same time?
Bottom line? (Thank you Ray Lewis). We’re still in this – mathematically. Our chances of making the playoffs aren’t great but they’re better than Tiger Woods’ chances of not having multiple STD’s.
Bitches love them some Tiger!
Next up, Detroit.
Kuh Kaw!
- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger
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Simply put, this was ugly. From the game to the barking fans, there was nothing pretty about this one.
The Browns name seems to fit now more than ever. They’re certainly leaving their “mark” all over the NFL this season. Week by week, city by city, they are stinking it up. I’ve seen better special-ed football teams. And the faith I had in Ravens kicker, Steve Hauschka is gone. Just like the faith I used to have that Whitney Houston would get her shit together.
I’m every woman…on crack
My sources tell me that Hauschka kicked his way off the Ravens last night and most likely out of the NFL. He missed another easy field goal and had an extra point blocked. I’m not gonna sit here and pity a kicker but the irony in the NFL is, well, ironic. Brady Quinn still has his job today after a miserable season. Derek Anderson still has his job after a miserable season. And, for some reason, Frank Walker still has his job after a miserable career. It doesn’t work that way for a kicker. You make em? You stay. You miss em? You’re giving back-alley hand jobs for a nickel.
Hauschka doesn’t have the mental toughness to kick out of this rut. He’s replacing one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history on a team that was a game away from the Super Bowl last year. Three points is huge in the NFL. Hell, three inches is huge in the NFL, which is the same thing I tell my girlfriend when we’re gettin busy but she ain’t buyin it. Just ask the Patriots what a difference a few inches makes after Belichick’s bonehead call cost them a game.
The one bright spot was Lardarius Webb. The dude was all over the field on defense and special teams. Ozzie may have found another gem. The verdict is still out on Lardarius and the Ravens and the next two weeks are gonna show us who this team really is.
Next up, Indianapolis. If Peyton Manning doesn’t rip our secondary apart, I have a weird feeling Matt Stover is gonna trot out on the field at the end of the game and attempt to do what he did for us all those years.
Kuh Kaw!
- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger
