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Joe Flacco completed four out of ten passes for 34 yards and the Ravens turned the ball over twice. You can’t win playoff games with stats like that especially against the Patriots in Foxboro. But the Ravens did and they did it with a punishing running game and a nasty defense. It was total domination. It’s clear to me that the Patriots are a different team when they’re not cheating.
On the first play from scrimmage, Ray Rice broke loose for an 83-yard touchdown run that set the tone for the game. By the end of the first quarter it was 24-0. The Ravens kept their foot on the Patriots throats and never let up. They played fast and physical on both sides of the ball. The running game was unstoppable with Rice, McGahee and McClain combining for 27 points on 52 attempts. The defense was relentless forcing Tom Brady into four turnovers and the offense capitalized scoring 20 points off those mistakes.
I have to give credit where credit is due; Frank Walker – you played a very solid, physical game. Let’s be frank, Frank – until today’s game, you’ve been paid to do card tricks on the team plane.
Hey Ray, pick a card.
Most importantly Frank and the team played smart, committing only three penalties for 15 yards. It’s good to have Ed Reed back doing what Ed does. And how about Ray Lewis? In his words, “You can’t hurt this! I’m a machine, jerk!” He is a machine. The guy is absolutely phenomenal. Ray led the team with 13 tackles and had a huge sack on Brady.
The Ravens know what lies ahead of them and so do the fans. This is the postseason – one bad game and it’s over. In the words of Apollo Creed, “There is no tomorrow!”
Any fighter wearing this outfit deserves to die in the ring.
Next up, our old team. If the same Ravens show up in Indy it could be a long day for Peyton Manning and the Colts. If not, it could be a long offseason.
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
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It hurts. Physically and emotionally. Like the time Bill Gramatica lept in absurd celebration, tore his ACL and missed the rest of the season.
The Ravens lost a heart breaker to the Patriots on Sunday and it came down to the final drive. The Ravens were right where they needed to be. They had momentum & they were moving the ball with ease – a few yards here, a first down there. Completion after completion. You could feel it building. Joe Flacco has em on the ropes! We’re gonna score and win this game!
And then? A perfect pass for first and goal. Dropped. Game over. The excitement, the rush, the screams of joy…gone. Just like that.
I’ve had that feeling before. At my girlfriend’s place. She was looking hot, we both had a few drinks and things were heating up. I was right where I needed to be. I had momentum and I was moving with ease – a bra here, panties there. Completion after completion. We felt it building. It was inevitable. I was gonna score!
And then? Doorbell. Her parents. “We brought Taboo!” Game over. The excitement, the rush, the screams of joy…my erection…gone. Just like that.
I don’t mind losing. Been doing it most my life. It’s the way we lost that stings. Fundamentals. It always comes back to the basics. You could look at a number of plays that hurt the Ravens but the one that everyone will remember is Mark Clayton’s dropped pass. I’m not saying catching a potential game saving pass, under pressure, with other professionals trying to stop you, while thousands of fans scream at the top of their lungs is easy. It’s not. But when you get paid millions of dollars to do it? Catch the damn ball! If you were paid millions of dollars to make creamed corn, wouldn’t you make the creamiest damn corn anyone’s ever had? You’d have to for that kind of $! If not, you’re fired. You’re not getting another opportunity next week. They’ll find someone else to make the creamed corn. Someone younger, quicker, smarter and better. Who knows? Might be Mark Clayton.
Next up, the Cincinnati prison squad, AKA, the Bengals.
New England. See ya’s in the playoffs…
Kuh Kaw!
- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger
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Sing it with me!
I’m coming out
I want the world to know
Got to let it show.
I’m coming out
I want the world to know
Bout Joe Fla-a-co!
Awwww yeah! Woo! Feel it?? That’s the good stuff right there! Now, I know some of you are gonna say, “Take it easy. It was only the Browns.”
Say what you want, but I’m keeping it positive. The birds were hitting on all cylinders Sunday. They needed to make a statement – not just to the Browns but to the NFL. Statement made.
Playing the Browns reminds me of the time in high school when I had to wrestle a kid with no legs. He had them during weigh-ins but when we hit the mat? Nubs.
If I won? Big deal. I beat a guy with no legs. If I lost? I’d never hear the end of it.
I was damned if I did and damned if I didn’t…and I’ll be damned if I was gonna lose to a kid with no legs. I pinned him in seconds!
And that’s exactly what the Ravens did to the legless Browns, limiting them to 186 total yards. They took away the running game, the passing game, special teams AND Brady Quinn’s job. Probably took Mangini’s job too. Did you see the look on Derek Anderson’s face after his second pick? I had the same look on my face but for completely different reasons.
This game was important for the Ravens and this was the first time we’ve played the new Cleveland Browns without a member of the old Cleveland Browns (Matt Stover) on our team. Joe Flacco and the offense put their foot in Cleveland’s brown ass and never let up. 479 yards of total offense, the D picked up 4 INT’s, and did you see the two laterals? No team in the NFL plays defense like the Baltimore Ravens. And now we have an offense to go with it. Joe Flacco is the real deal. Baltimore, we finally have our QB!
This Sunday, it’s up to Foxborough to face Belichick and the Pats. If you wanna rank among the elite, this is the dragon you need to slay.
Kuh Kaw!
- Ryan Sickler, Ravens Blogger
