GAME THREAD - Ravens/Raiders

[Sephy]

Can't do PBP today, but here's the thread.

Ray Lewis defers to McNair for intros today.

LETS GO RAVENS!!!!!!!!!

:jester: :jester: :jester:

[Sephy]

Ravens in white today. Looks like the crowd got pretty pumped for McNair.

[Hrafn]

BJ Sams!!

[Sephy]

Mike Flynn gets a hold on a Musa TD run. Great job Mike.

[Sephy]

3-0 Ravens. Fuck you Flynn.

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Flynn got ran over and gets caleed for holding?

BS call

[darb72]

I've never played center outside of practice and I can promise you I'm 100 X better than that worthless piece of crap Flynn.

He should join Porter on the sidelines.

[Sephy]

T Sizzle gets the loose fumble! RAVENS BALL!!!

[Hrafn]

the penalties return :bag:

[Sephy]

6-0. Too many passes going short of the markers.

[Sephy]

LOL at Aaron Brooks.

Playcalling has been pretty pathetic so far. Come on Fassell!

[Hrafn]

Ridiculous....two conscutive fumbled snaps.....But I won't complain :rofl:

[Sephy]

Demetrius! First down!

[Sephy]

The playcalling is really predictable and Jamal is getting no room. THIS RUN D SUCKS, BEAT THEM UP.

[darb72]

Ok, maybe the Raiders center is the worst I've ever seen.

Flynn is still a close second.

[Sephy]

Great catch by Clarence Moore, if only he could get those feet in.

[Sephy]

How many times can Pashos not be on the LOS?!

[darb72]

Heck of a job coming down with the ball. To bad he was out of bounds.

Holy crap now the penalties start coming on.

[Sephy]

9-0. Sheesh.

[darb72]

By the way, this is the first game thread I've ever been a part of.

We moved my game room into the living room yesterday, so now I get to play on the internet while watching the game.

[Hrafn]

At least the D has come ready to play.

[Sephy]

Hopefully they get more creative calling plays now that they actually start in their own territory.

[Sephy]

McNair not playing very well so far.

[Hrafn]

Nothing wtong with the calls. No execution though

[Hrafn]

-2 total yards allowed in first quarter, two FRs and a sack....I'll take that

[Beerracuda]

Defense looking great so far, as usual. Offense is looking a bit shaky, and quite out of synch. Maybe it's just nerves playing in front of the home crowd for the first time this season. Hopefully they'll settle down now in the 2nd quarter.

[darb72]

So all of our QBs get tripped up by the center?

Maybe the FO should think about fixing that little problem.:grbac:

[Beerracuda]

So all of our QBs get tripped up by the center?

Maybe the FO should think about fixing that little problem.:grbac:

Hell, Darb, I've been waiting YEARS for our front office to "fix" that Number 62, but each year I have to watch his worthless ass screw up. Hopefully, this will be the last year for Flynn. (of course, I say that every year too)

[Art-Florida]

So far...defense is like from another galaxy.

The offense: running:poor passing: sporadic. McNair's throws are second-rate, but he does everything else really well. Blowout still possible.

One more score and look for Boller early in the 3rd quarter.

[Hrafn]

Guess they have been *thinking* about it, drafting centers reasonably high two straight drafts, a little late, and hasn't helped yet, but still leaves me with a little hope.

[darb72]

Every time I watch Flynn play, I'm reminded of my first full contact practice in college. Both our DTs played in the NFL, and my scrawny 240# butt was at center for the first time ever.

I turned to the QB and asked him if he was fast.
"Yeah, pretty fast."
"Good. You might want to run because I'm not slowing them down."

[Hrafn]

McNair missing all the throws :(

[darb72]

Ok defense, hold them to a field-goal.

[darb72]

Good job C-Mac. We need to keep the pressure on Walter.

[Art-Florida]

Time for Demetrius to make a statement.

[Hrafn]

Musa!!!

[Hrafn]

Great play by Mason....and then great touch to Heap

[Sephy]

Heaaaaaaappppp!!!

16-3. Much Better.

[darb72]

Heap!!!

[Hrafn]

*Calming down* soooo good to see that drive

[skimmy]

That was a great way to grab back the momentum before the half. How about that two minute drill with no timeouts and still getting a TD.. sweet.

[ChrisQ]

WOW. 1st and goal inside the 1 yard line, and the Ravens THROW THE BALL :eek: .... and score!

Never would have seen that coming. Judging by the way the Raiders crowded the box, neither did they :)

[Brandon]

I am up in Philly today and trying to catch the game on that TVU thing on my laptop. It doesn't seem to want to cooperate with me.

[Art-Florida]

To all Raven fans who wanted Aaron Brooks in the offseason, submit yourselves for a sanity check. Aaron Wilson would be better.

The Kid, Walter, looks great by comparison.

[Hrafn]

Minus yards!

[RavensInBrazil]

If anyone thought WE had O-line problems, they obviously hadn't seen the Raiders yet

[darb72]

1st and 10 from the 17- Hand off to Jamal for a loss of one.
2nd and 11 from the 16- Incomplete, short hopped by McNair.
3rd and 11 from the 16- Sacked by Warren Sapp. Decent protection by the line but McNair held on to it to long.

Time to punt.

[ExiledRaven]

The offense is flat out making me cry. The line is getting blown up all over the place and McNair can't hit anyone.

We've got a lot of work to do here.

[darb72]

Raiders ball on the 39.

1st and 10- Justin Fargas for one yard off the left side
2nd and 9- Play-action, RAY LEWIS WITH THE INT.

[ExiledRaven]

at least the D is doing well, Ray INT.

Thank god the D is winning this game.

[ExiledRaven]

...and we go backwards. This is getting rediculous

[darb72]

1st and 10- McNair goes deep to Clarence, but good coverage by the Raiders.
2nd and 10- Musa off the left side for a loss of four.
3rd and 14- Terrible pass by McNair, and a Raider dropped the INT.

Punt time. Great punt and great coverage by Prude, downing the ball inside the Raiders five.

[Sephy]

Offensive line looks awful. McNair is out of sync.

[darb72]

Raiders ball at the 4 yard line.

1st and 10- Hand off to Jordan for about a yard on the left side.
2nd and 9- Walter throws out of his own end-zone, but it hits the receiver in the knee.
3rd and 9- Safety AD.

Flag on the play. Holding on the Raiders.

[Sephy]

Safety!!

[ExiledRaven]

well, at least the D is going to bail us out of this game

[darb72]

McNair is a former MVP and he looks like crap behind this offensive line.

[Sephy]

Mason is awesome. He has fucking fantastic awareness of where he is on the field.

[Sephy]

Oh fuck Ogden is hurt.

[Hrafn]

oh nooo...Ogden down

[ExiledRaven]

yeah, someone fell on his knee

[ExiledRaven]

Flynn's been blown up more times than i care to count too..
...seems like we'll find out if Terry can play.

[Hrafn]

Didn't look too bad on replay, got hit when his leg was in the air

[darb72]

25 yard return by Sams to the 26, but there is a penalty. Offsides on the Raiders, so

Ball on the 31

1st and 10- false start on Justin Green.

1st and 15- pass batted down by Sands number 90.

2nd and 15- Steve McNair takes off for 13.

3rd and 2- 5 yard completion to Mason.


1st and 10- Jamal picks up 9 off the right side.

2nd and 1- Play action and McNair is sacked yet again by Warren Sapp.

3rd and 8- McNair under pressure, but gets the ball to Heap for five yards. Penalty, offsides on the Raiders. Ogden is down. Gosh there is a lot happening on this down. I'm kind of getting tired of typing about it.

3rd and 5- McNair has the ball tipped yet again by Sands.

Punt time.

[ExiledRaven]

I was really hoping we'd fix things on offense after the 2-minute drill, but we can't seem to do anything right.

false starts, holding, can't hit open recievers, can't run.

we're going to win just because the D is good or the raiders O is that bad

[Art-Florida]

You're doing fine, Darb. You and Sephy can handle this.

[Maryland Ben]

I'm watching this on NFL.com so can anyone tell me if Ngata is actually playing?

[ExiledRaven]

Gregg, fumble rumble, on the raiders 10

We need to score...great play suggs

[darb72]

Raiders ball on the 15

1st and 10- Jordan hand off to the right for 15, ran out of bounds by McAlister.

1st and 10- Jordan off the right for 3. Tackled by Suggs.

2nd and 7- Pass to Randy Moss for 17 yards.

1st and 10- Mid field Jordan up the middle for 5.

2nd and 5- Fumbled snap. That's four on the day.

3rd and 8- Penalty on McAlister. Illegal contact.

1st and 10- Huge pass to Alvin Whited. Gain of 22.

1st and 10- Jordan off the left side for 3.

2nd and 7- Sack by Suggs. FUMBLE. Kelly Gregg returns the ball and then passes out on the sideline. Hahahahahaha.

[Sephy]

Oh holy shit that was awesome, Ray steals the ball from Kelly, LOL!

[Hrafn]

Punch it in O

[ExiledRaven]

no kidding...if we can't punch this is here, it's an indictment of how bad our O truly is. We should have about 30 more points

[Beerracuda]

Now THAT was comical!!!!!! :rolling:


Bahahaha!!

[darb72]

1st and 10- Jamal for 2

2nd and 8- Jamal straight up the middle for 7.

3rd and 1- Jamal straight up the middle for 2.

1st and 10- Jamal off the left side for 1 yard, up to the four.

2nd and goal from the 4- Incomplete to Clarence Moore.

3rd and goal from the 4- Incomplete to Heap.

Time for a field goal.

[Sephy]

Damnit! McNair looks terrible.

[Hrafn]

bad bad bad

[darb72]

Why exactly did we waste money on McNair?

[ExiledRaven]

yeah, the offense is looking absolutely terrible, we cannot do anything right.

at least we can be happy the defense bailed us out of this one. I think we've got major concerns with this offense...once again.

[Beerracuda]

I tell ya what.... I really DO NOT like the play calling on that last series, or overall for the day for that matter. On the 2nd and 3rd down plays, they were totally committed to one receiver. I would've had McNair roll out on at least one of those plays...

Is Billick calling the plays again?

[Beerracuda]

YES!!!! INT baby!!!!! WTG AD!!!!

[darb72]

Raiders ball on their 29.

1st and 10- Pass tipped by the safety, INT by AD

[ExiledRaven]

We have to stop this stupid trying to throw to Moore in the endzone.

Go with what we have players to do...play action, westcoast.

and now mcnair gets picked. what a wretched day

[darb72]

1st and 10- McNair intecepted by the middle linebacker. McNair is just about totally worthless.

[Beerracuda]

I stand by my previous statement about the poor play calling today....INT for Oakland...sheesh!!!

[Hrafn]

Good greif...throwing into what? triple coverage?

[ExiledRaven]

honestly, I'd like to see Boller at this point. McNair cannot play today at all.

let's see if that chip on his shoulder and chance to make a statement does something...

[Hrafn]

4-0 looks pretty far away now

[Brandon]

We kept Clarence Moore because??

[RavensInBrazil]

Thanks goodness our defense is out of this world. I shudder to think what our next series is gonna look like

[Hrafn]

...because Billick loves big receivers....ablity to catch the ball irelevant

[Beerracuda]

4-0 looks pretty far away now

Right now, I'm more worried about having to go into Cleveland next week. They always seem to give us a hard time in their stadium.

[Brandon]

Is there a way to listen to this game via internet for free?

[ExiledRaven]

well, even if with the o-line play if mcnair could hit anything, we'd be ok. But neither came to play today.

[Brandon]

Is Ogden back in the game? I just about took gas when I heard he was down.

[Beerracuda]

Wow, what a hit on Whitted!!!

Oh, and btw, that was really a rinky dink call on Cmac a few plays back. Christ, he barely touched him.

[Hrafn]

Dawan with the hammer

[Hrafn]

Brandon: http://www.thegamelive.com

[darb72]

Raiders ball on the Ravens 41.

1st and 10- Pass incomplete to Whited.

2nd and 10- 9 yard completion to Curry.

3rd and 1- Pitch right to Jordan for one yard but a few inches short of the first down.

4th and inches- Walter with the QB sneak for one yard. He jumps right over the top.

1st and 10- Walter throws way out of bounds, but there is a penalty. Illegal contact on McAlister.

1st and 10- Kelly Gregg blows the play up in the backfield. Jordan to the right sidebut Gregg gets him for about an eight yard loss.

2nd and 18- Incomplete to Moss. Reed breaks up the pass.

3rd and 18- Incomplete to Alvin Whited. Poor Alvin gets drilled by the safety Landry.

SeaBass kicks a 51 yard field goal.

[darb72]

Moore really hasn't had the ball thrown where he could catch it. The one time he got his hands on the ball, it was a great catch. The defender just carried him out of bounds.

[skimmy]

I think the Ravens turnover differential is now +7 (was +8 before the McNair INT).

[ExiledRaven]

Flynn is seriously the tackling dummy. He barely even gets in the way, totally getting lit up.

[Beerracuda]

Flynn is seriously the tackling dummy. He barely even gets in the way, totally getting lit up.


I'd prefer a tackling dummy over Flynn.

[darb72]

Kick off returned to the... oh who cares. We'll be punting in three plays anyway.

Taunting penalty on Oakland. 15 yards added to the end of the run. Ball on the 40

1st and 10- Jamal up the middle for 8 yards.

2nd and 2- Jamal up the middle for about a yard.

3rd and 1- Pass complete to Heap for about 2 yards up to midfield.

1st and 10- McNair rolls right, complete to Green for 1 yard.

2nd and 10- Musa Smith up the middle but loses a yard.

3rd and 10- McNair to Anderson on a swing pass for 7 yards but we're short again.

Punting time. Ball on about the 15 of the Raiders.

[ExiledRaven]

officials are out of control on cmac...here we go again with the stupid stuff.

[Hrafn]

Defo a bogus call....but cmac needs to control himself

[Beerracuda]

unfuckingbelievable!!! This is starting to remind me of the Detroit game last year.

[darb72]

1st and 10- Pass incomplete by Walter. Way out of bounds.

2nd and 10- encroachment on the defense. Now even our Defensive linemen are jumping.

2nd and 5- Pass complete to Whited for 11 yards. First down.

1st and 10- Short hopped by Walter.

2nd and 10- Pass incomplete. Penalty on the play. Pass interferance on McAlister? And another 15 yard penalty on CMac.

1st and 10- Huge reception of 28 by Williams.

1st and 10- Incomplete pass. Good pressure by Bart Scott.

2nd and 10- Way overthrown to Randy Moss in the endzone. How exactly does Randy freaking Moss get that wide open.

3rd and 10- Way overthrown to someone in the redzone. Walter just throws it away because of great pressure.

4th and 10- Pass overthrown towards Walter in the endzone.

Ravens take over on downs.

[Beerracuda]

Turn out the lights, the party's over...

[Hrafn]

Great play by Clayton, doesn't make up for anything, but good to see

[Beerracuda]

Well, a win is a win is a win, and while the defense was great again, most of us will agree that the offense is still a bit of a question mark. Hopefully, it'll just get better as the season progresses, and the O unit gels a bit more. Looks like McNair simply had a bad, inaccurate day. However, the play calling was very suspect at times.

[darb72]

Ravens ball on the 19.

1st and 10- Musa for 6 yards off the left side to the 25.

2nd and 5- Musa dances for about 3 yards, but there is a penalty. Holding on number 88, the rookie TE.

2nd and 15- Complete to Clayton who racks up huge YAC. 30 yard gain.

1st and 10- Musa Smith off the left side for a gain of 16 yards.

1st and 10- Musa Smith up the middle for a gain of 6 yards.

2nd and 4- Mike Anderson 34 yards up the middle for a TD. Good job Mike.

[Sephy]

Anderson! 28-6. Vegas better breathe easy :)

[ExiledRaven]

the line and mcnair didn't play today. The question is if this turns up to be typical or a freakish week.

[Beerracuda]

the line and mcnair didn't play today. The question is if this turns up to be typical or a freakish week.

That is, the $64,000 question, isn't it?

Nice run by Mike Anderson. 28-6 baby!!!

[Sephy]

Ronnie Prude (or Perdue, for all the great announcers) pick!

[ExiledRaven]

who loves prude?

[Beerracuda]

And Prude with the INT!!! Almost ran it all the way back!!

Man, I wish I had the Baltimore defense on my fantasy team today!! DAMN!!

[darb72]

Kick off returned to the 25. Both returners have looked pretty good today.

1st and 10- INT by Prude. Decent pick, and now we see why the best players come from the SEC.

[darb72]

Ravens ball on the

1st and 10- McNair will just down the ball.

It's weird to say the Ravens escaped with a win if you look at the score board, but the Ravens were lucky.

[Hrafn]

Ronnie Prude....Welcome to the Ravens D

[Beerracuda]

It's weird to say the Ravens escaped with a win if you look at the score board, but the Ravens were lucky.

I agree Darb. Not a really comfortable win... but it is, nonetheless, a win.

BTW, speaking of SEC players, nice wins by Auburn and Bama yesterday!

[darb72]

Yeah, but I'm willing to bet that USC moves up ahead of Auburn in the polls.

The NCAA hates every team in the South.

[Beerracuda]

Yeah, but I'm willing to bet that USC moves up ahead of Auburn in the polls.

The NCAA hates every team in the South.

That would definitely be a crime, Darb. After all, Auburn beat the #6 team, and USC beat the #19.

I think that people might look a little harsher towards USC right now, considering the Reggie Bush contraversy going on right now.

[Beerracuda]

By the way, why is FOX showing ARZ/SEA game when they could be showing the Giants/Eagles OT game?

[Hrafn]

Strange...They are showing the phi-nyg ot somewhere. I get it (don't know where from though)