Skins v Ravens - Sat night at 7:30

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Not sure what people were expecting but the Ravens are a SB contending team. They make the playoffs just about every year. They're better than we are.



I saw a lot of positives but there are still some glaring weaknesses. Poor tackling and teams continue to be issues. I don't think Amerson should be on an NFL field. He may have the tools and all, but he just can't get get the job done on game day. Can't tackle or cover. May need to move on from him.

I was expecting to be able to tackle, and that our secondary would not get absolutely torched. If flacco n smith can burn us like that than we are in trouble against our division foes. Especially if Bradford stays healthy. With our luck he will be healthy all year now that we play him twice. I expected our special teams not to go into dumbass mode when we finally grab momentum with 20 seconds left in the half. I expected the playcalling to be better. I expected us to be prepared to play football when the game started. Basically i expected all of the bone headed things we have been doing for several years to be less glaring. They were not. How many third and longs did they convert early on when it was the first teamers? That shit has been killling us forever. 3rd and 13. They get 15. Third and 9. They get 11. It was the same old crap.
I was extremely happy with KC hanging in there and bouncing back and its quite obvious after last night that our o-line is not nearly as dysfunctional when griff isnt under center. I think d-jax will make a huge difference and our run game might have the best one two punch in the game, but none of this will matter much if we dont do the basic shit we need to do to win a game - like tackling, and taking naps on third and long.