Thursday night Bengals/Ravens

[Wolverines Fan]

Just turned the tv on. 

 

Dodged the A.J. Green torpedo in my fantasy leagues.

 

 

Edited September 14, 2018 by Wolverines Fan

[BeeR]

Bungles just totally gifted a TD to the Ravens when they appeared poised to put it away early.  They remind me of the Falcons: they can be good, but never great and they will never win a SB (not with the key personnel  they have in place now at least). 

[forever in debt to mo lewis]

mixon is nowhere near comparible to gurley...im sorry...i own them both..im pulling for mixon...but hes not nearly as fluid and cant make guys miss really at this level....hes a decent back but i dunno if hell ever be elite/special.....i hope im wrong...i just dont see it...although some of it is prob this line

[Big John]

Another cheap roughing the passer call.

[BeeR]

?  I don't see that.  In fact all I see now are dipsh## penalty after penalty by the Bungles.

[Montana is da Man]

Welcome back to the real Joe Flacco

[DanTheMan_5]

Man Flacco is just terrible. And he looks disinterested too. 

[BeeR]

It doesn't matter, clearly the Bungles' D is determined to give this game away.  lol @ giving them the ball at basically the goal line twice in a row.  I don't think the Steelers have too much to worry about.  

[heehawks]

Getting fully AJ'd in my long time local...beatdown. Only saving grace is he has Collins too, so hopefully he doesn't too much more with Ravens down so much. 

[DanTheMan_5]

Bengals get greedy up 21. Just stupid not to take time off the clock going into the half. Shoulda pounded the rock. 

[tazinib1]

I'm hoping for a ton of garbage time from Flacco in the 4th Q. And I could really use a lot of clock runoff by Mixon. Tucker is gonna be a dud tonight down 14. Maybe he'll boot a 50+ to make it up. 

 

Oh and Collins is gonna be on my bench after tonight if he doesn't do more than this. Doesn't help that F@CKBUCK is vulturing the TD's. I hate Vultures. Rotten human beings...every damn last one of em. 

[tazinib1]

I'm going against Dalton in a 2QB Superflex. I could really use a Balt INT (-4)

 

Thanks in advance

[tazinib1]

yes!!!!!

[tazinib1]

I"m just gonna sit here and talk to myself. Almost got that INT I asked for. It will come

 

Time for Flacco to work the screen to Collins. Or throw it to Crabtree. Just do something. A 3 and out is not acceptable. 

[BeeR]

lol @ Lewis still a HC in this league

[jamesplante11]

1 minute ago, BeeR said:

lol @ Lewis still a HC in this league

 

So is Huey...

[tazinib1]

Garbage time!!!!

[Big John]

Just now, tazinib1 said:

Garbage time!!!!

not with a 5-point difference.

[Wpob]

Mixon looks good.  Not Gurley good, but he looks really good.  

[kdko]

3 hours ago, forever in debt to mo lewis said:

mixon is nowhere near comparible to gurley...im sorry...i own them both..im pulling for mixon...but hes not nearly as fluid and cant make guys miss really at this level....hes a decent back but i dunno if hell ever be elite/special.....i hope im wrong...i just dont see it...although some of it is prob this line

 

We can't even blame the line, they didn't allow a sack on Dalton all night. But I agree with him not being able to achieve elite status.  Looks like a solid back, but can't get to that god tier.

[Wolverines Fan]

Thought the Ravens had a good defense. 

 

 

[Shaft]

9 hours ago, kdko said:

 

We can't even blame the line, they didn't allow a sack on Dalton all night. But I agree with him not being able to achieve elite status.  Looks like a solid back, but can't get to that god tier.

I never understood the problem with people just being "good;" elite means elite. He's in his 2nd year and has already shown a huge improvement in his game. I think the Bengals will be very happy with a 48th pick of a draft being "good" or "very good."

Edited September 14, 2018 by Shaft

[Courduroy]

I am certainly drowning my sorrows this morning but I still can not get past the fact that Harbaugh opted to not kick a FG with 25 seconds left.  I get it was only 2nd down but the ball had been spiked, clock stopped and your down 2 scores.  You're in fg range best case scenario you recover an onside and have 1 maybe 2 shots at a hail mary td.  you at least have to give yourself an opportunity to tie the game. 

 

I think Harbaugh is a good guy but I won't miss him when the Ravens miss the playoffs again this year.

[cubdaddy]

A game that should have been a great opportunity for Collins to solidify his RB2 status...sees the Bengals go up two scores early...Mosley going down really hurt the Ravens Def — not as much as Flacco — but that hurt...Seems to me the coaching staff just doesn’t trust Collins...He finally gets on the field for the last drive and doesn’t get targeted and sees Maxx get a carry over him...crazy...

[stevegrab]

12 hours ago, Big John said:

Another cheap roughing the passer call.

Was that the one where the BAL player took extra step after the pass and shoved Dalton down?  If so no reason whatsoever to make contact, let alone throw the guy down. People can say it is wrong but these are the rules the refs were told to enforce more strictly. The NFL doesn't want their starting QBs hurt early in the season, it is bad for the game. It may be borderline, but it is going to get called more often. 

 

Later in the game there was a PI call where the defender clearly had a hold of the jersey for several steps. Joe & Troy complained saying it didn't affect his ability to make the catch or run his pattern. Since when does that matter?  Seems like these two just have an ax to grind with the NFL, maybe they're mad they'll have to work 2 games some weeks. 

 

Funny thing was later (just before halftime) the Bengals were granted a timeout when the official hadn't noticed the coach and made any signal until AFTER THE BALL WAS SNAPPED.  How was that allowed?  And no mention by the dynamic dufi in the booth?