Ravens (Week 4) Post-Game Thread: Good, Bad, Ugly

[ReggieCamp]

I know this sounds like blind homerism, but whatever.

When I watch this team, I am at least now seeing NFL level talent. We aren't executing, and that sucks, and we can blame the coaching, the players, the scheme, or whatever. But I can at least see talent all over the field. That hasn't been the case with the Browns in quite some time.

I see a tempo on our offense that I've been wanting to see. Again, we're not executing often enough, and that needs to change, but at least the Browns have guys who have the ability to beat their counterparts more often than not. Weeden has been showing steady progress and even toughness, and that is very encouraging. Richardson is for real. Guys like Little and Gordon are crazy inconsistent, but the talent is there.

On defense, I see an overall upgrade in team speed. We're not shutting teams down, but we are certainly playing well enough to win, and that's without our best defensive player (Haden). We have areas we need to upgrade, but overall, this is a pretty good NFL defense.

I'm still very hopeful. I still see many signs of encouragement. Man, we need to win a game or 2 to stop the bleeding, but there are many reasons to be optimistic, imo.
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[H2ThaIzzo]

The line has made its fair share of mistakes, but the scoring positions are what's keeping us from winning games. I'll be honest, even though we haven't won a game yet, aside from slight anger immediately after blowing winning opportunities, I've woke up the next day optimistic about us going forward. I'm not ready to give up on any of these guys (maybe Marecic), but, we have to find a way to fix the drops, and a way to come out with energy and score early, not come out flat and not be able to move the ball in early drives. Weeden looked not very good early in the game against Baltimore. Receivers dropped passes too, but he was off target. It's like he gets in a hole on the scoreboard, back goes against the wall, and he starts playing better. The difference between a first down completion and the pick six was about 8 inches towards the sidelines. I want the line to play better, but it's not the difference between winning and losing. We convert a 3rd down screen to the fullback and Philly doesn't have all that time left in the 2nd quarter to score. Fort picks off the pass in the end zone and game over. In the Buffalo game, if that play isn't blown dead, it's possible that we return Fitzpatricks fumble all the way for a TD. Last game we had a few plays like that too. We could have won the game.
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[LETSGOBROWNIES]

^^^^

I agree Reggie.

The offense has the pieces in place for the most part, they just need time to develop and grow together.

Defensively, a few 'difference makers' would be quite helpful, especially at DE/CB/FS, but overall, there are some nice building blocks.

Browns fans have built a dynasty out of moral victories in the past and have forced themselves to believe 'we're close' even when to the average fan knew we weren't. But, I agree, this is different. We have the talent. It just needs to develop and continue to progress.
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First Ballot Cleveland Browns Forum Hall of Fame Inductee.

[Estonianzulu]

While our corners didn't do a great job, the fact is everytime the ball was thrown anywhere near Boldin he caught it. It was an absurdly well played game by him.


And I think part of the reason we get away from running is because our guards are not reliable.
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[H2ThaIzzo]

[freakygeniuskid]

[KamTrus20]

[candyman93]

I liked Chandler Jones. I love freakish athletes at DE
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[bulldog]

So, you know that last play where Weeden threw the ball out of the endzone? I thought you guys might want to see this. Sorry for the quality.


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[roger murdock]

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