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11 penalties for 113 yards, two touchdowns called back and Derrick Mason dropped an easy one in the endzone. The Ravens cost themselves 21 points, the game and possibly the playoffs. Keep this in mind – the Steelers rushed for a total of 48 yards. The Ravens’ penalties more than doubled that. You’re welcome Pittsburgh.
The Ravens are by far the most undisciplined team in the league and it’s always the same guys committing the same dumb penalties. Frank Walker waited until the last play to get flagged or we might have been able to score again. Frank Walker isn’t the only guy to blame in this game (see Suggs, Washington and Mason) but week after week I write about Walker doing something stupid. Why is he still on the team? We could play better with 10 guys. Frank Walker reminds me of a former undisciplined Baltimore athlete – Alan Wiggins. Remember when Alan played for the Baltimore Orioles? Alan Wiggins was so undisciplined that he was picked off with the “hidden ball trick” – twice in the same season!

Cocaine makes me focus. RIP, Alan.

John Harbaugh needs to quit preaching about “Mighty Men”. How about disciplined men? How about guys that don’t block in the back or hold or take cheap shots out of bounds that cost the team points, games and possibly the playoffs? The truth is the Ravens are a good team but the difference between good and great is leadership, focus and discipline and the Ravens have none of it. They better get it together or their season is over on Sunday.

Next up, the Raiders. They say if we win, we’re in but it won’t be easy. Here we go again…again.

Kuh Kaw!

- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger

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44 yards out.  For the win.  In a dome.  Perfect conditions.  Wide left.  I have two words for you.  MATT STOVER.  Now, I don’t want to put ALL the blame on Steve Hauschka because, frankly, Frank Walker deserves MOST of it.  I have faith that Steve Hauschka will make game winning kicks.  But Frank Walker?  Frank Walker sucks!  Plain and simple.  I don’t even know how to be nice about it.  If he were a little kid in a Pop Warner game, I wouldn’t know how to sugar coat it (honesty is a character flaw).  I’d have to tell the kid, “Hey.  I know you’re hurting…and you should be.  You stunk it up out there today.”  Walker should’ve been benched after the Bengals game for his sorry play.  And he should be cut after his “performance” against the Minnesota Vikings.  Frank Walker couldn’t cover a book!  Right now, I could put on a Ravens uniform, in the shape I’m in, and do the same job Frank Walker does.  How do you cause pass interference the way he does and STILL let the guy catch the damn ball??  I’m telling you.  I can do that.  I can hold jerseys and ride a guy’s back like a pack mule.  And I don’t make the money Frank Walker makes.  If you were paying me to make mistakes, like we pay Frank, I’d be rich!

My sources tell me this guy is still available.  Cut Frank Walker, sign this dude and let him do his thang!

*Quick thought: This guy is smiling and having a good time in his adidas.  What’s wrong with the lady in pink?  Look at her mug.  You can’t be happy for him?  I hate haters.

3-3 is not where I’d thought we’d be going into the bye week.  The pass defense is a mess!  Any QB in the league can pass on us.  Kyle Boller would look like Johnny Unitas against this defense.
I’m working on being positive (It’s a new year’s resolution that’s still hanging around) and I have faith in the Birds.  Our offense looks great and I know John Harbaugh, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed will get this thing figured out.  It’s not a sprint.  It’s a marathon.  I just wish Frank Walker would run his ass off of our team.
Next up, the undefeated Broncos.  Stay positive, Ryan…

Kuh Kaw!

- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger

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I could make 6’3″- 260 float like T-Sizzle if you gave me a six-year, $63 million contract.

It’s back! Finally! Football is here and I couldn’t be more excited about the next 16 games and the 10 lbs I’m gonna put on watching the Baltimore Ravens make a run at this thing again.
Waiting for football to return is like waiting for your STD results. It feels like forever. You think back on “last season” and all of the things your “team” could’ve done differently. Then it’s here and you get good news that there were no “major injuries in training camp” and you’re right back to loving the game.
The Ravens kicked their season off with a W beating the Chiefs 38-24. The offense put up a record 501 yards. Joe Flacco threw the ball all over the place setting career highs with 307 yards and 3 TD’s. I haven’t seen balls flying around Charm City like that since the last time I was at Night Shift. And Flacco had all day to do it. We have a very good, young offensive line that should only get better.
The running game picked up right where it left off, grinding out 198 yards. We seriously have three running backs that could start for any team in the NFL. We’re like Hugh Hefner when it comes to running backs. Why have one sexy one, when you can have three?
The “experts” say we’re thin at receiver. Most of these “experts” are old, fat guys who are thin in the hair and never played the game. They sit behind their computers and their double chins and spout nonsense. And they’re almost always wrong. They’re like weathermen – almost always wrong and never held accountable (no disrespect Bob Turk).
And the D? Please. Nothing to worry about. The D line is sick and deep. Haloti makes the pro bowl this year.
The LB’s look great. Ray is a machine. The dude is just amazing. Even our young LB’s look good. We breed linebackers like Archie Manning breeds quarterbacks. (What’s in that dude’s sperm?? He should bottle it and sell it).
The secondary seemed to have ill communication (get well MCA) at times but when guys can run past you with 4.2 speed, I’m not surprised. That’s like one of us in the middle of a busy intersection trying to figure out which car to tackle. I’m sure Ed Reed had the boys over for dinner and let them know what’s up.
The Special Teams looked like they belonged in Special Ed. Chris Carr looked great – if you were judging him on running sideline to sideline. And a blocked punt for a TD? You can’t give your opponent 6 points in the NFL – unless you were the Ravens playing the Chiefs last week. That’s usually a momentum changer and fortunately for the Ravens it wasn’t. I have faith that Harbaugh gets them in order.
Big game in San Diego this weekend and I’ll be there to support the Birds. Get my full report next week!

Kuh Kaw!

- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger