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3 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Ravens led 14-3 at halftime. Henry had 5 carries in the second half. Monken?

Too many penalties-both games. Harbaugh?

Defense looks soft. Zack Orr?

 

They're all gone so what's the cause? Marlon Humphrey? And yet he still makes plays (I actually can't remember but one play where he had bad coverage but maybe there was another). Hamilton is a stud. Wiggins as well. Hawkins solid. Now perhaps Starks is an issue? Front 7 should be getting more pressure than that given who we have. 

Personnel-wise...with tje coaching change it should be better...which is why I mentioned maybe it's some leftover that the new regime can change--but just takes time. I will say that today isn't exactly a big blown lead either (up by no more than a TD), and more about all 3-phases being dominated as you said. So maybe there's chance this isn't an indicator of same ol' same ol' and we just plain lost...but we'll find out soon enough.

Just now, Eskimo Joe said:

Is there any good news for snow lovers this winter? Seems like this El Nino is just trending in the wrong direction.

I mean it sure doesn't sound like it. And for me this is a 3-year view: too warm Super Nino this year, la nina the next two years=3 more warning level snow troubles for many of us, smh

1 minute ago, CAPE said:

Meh. Game was lost before that. Plenty of blame to go around.

Oh yeah I know. But I'm just saying--that is not the first time he's done something weird on a route that results in an INT.

3 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

For fucks sake. Same shit 

You gotta wonder whether it may take a bit to shed some of the scars from the old regime. Some defensive players have mentioned said "scars" that showed up during camp & preseason.

Just now, CAPE said:

LOL Ravens.

Well we can't blame this on Harbaugh, lol

That INT was completely on Bateman, imo. He was not where he was supposed to be--and his reaction showed it.

8 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Sigh. I’ve seen this movie before…

Harbaugh out, different defensive coordinator...just why lol

25 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Ravens have had Shough dead to rights about half a dozen times and he’s Lamar-ing his way out of the sack 

I don't think we realized how shifty he is

6 hours ago, CAPE said:

Do some research. So much info from many outlets on this. Let AI help you. It isnt difficult to see why there could be a prolonged lockout/cancellation of a significant part of the season given the division over a hard cap ceiling/floor and revenue sharing between owners and players. Always about money, and both sides are dug in.

I'm not sure you even realize when you condescend/talk down to people, man...smh Telling me (or making assumptions about) what I have and haven't read? Lol Like wut?

Now to the point...just because I don't think it costs an ENTIRE season doesn't mean I haven't read and am not aware of what it is going on--I am. He said "they won't play next season" like it won't be any season at all. There are differing opinions in the baseball world on how long i some execs think some games will be played, and I happen to share that opinion for now.

I know how dug in both sides are and what the division is about. But an entire season is hard to fathom...although the stoppage in the 90s did cost the rest of that season. Had it come at the beginning of the year who knows?But imo...MLB is gonna have to give in eventually...the players will not budge on a cap. How long that takes is debatable but not a sure thing they won't play at all.

3 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

The good news for the Orioles next year is that there’s a strong possibility that they won’t play.

Why do people believe the lockout is gonna take up the entire season? Not sure either side is gonna want that...we could still lose some games, though.

17 minutes ago, Interstate said:

The Orioles outfield is a joke right now.

C Franklin

L Taveras

R Hinds

And yet Elias and Albernaz are both back next year.

Albernaz being back I get--I looked up what other rookie managers were fired after Year 1 and couldn't find much! It is just not something MLB teams do very often (if at all). All managers like that historically get a second year. I think he's out if we miss the playoffs again next year.

But Elias? Bruh...we finally got new ownership that spends more and let's the GM be the GM...but now Rubenstein is getting fooled by this dude, smh Two consecutive last place finishes under two different managers and he gets to keep his job? Dude has nine lives. If it happens again next season...what's gonna be the excuse? Shouldn't be any...but who knows? Smh

9 hours ago, Terpeast said:

Coin flip tbh. Might as well!

We won the toss in 2016 so I'm predicting we lose it this time, lol We only win the super niño toss every other time!

56 minutes ago, CAPE said:

He might miss a week or maybe 2, just to be cautious. Better to rest it than risk a more serious hammy issue that could sideline him for multiple weeks down the line.

Given Lane is out for several weeks, Ravens should sign D-Hop! Monken barely gave him any opportunities, but the few he got, he delivered. Sure handed and can still get the contested catch. Do it!

Only thing with DHop...I'm wondering how that would work logistically with him already having an assistant job at a college, lol

We'd better hope the defense is as advertised. Because if the offense minus Zay looks as bad as it did in the second half we aren't gonna win any shootouts. Nothing is ever easy for the Ravens

1 hour ago, MillvilleWx said:

I have no clue on Lane, so beats me on that one. Sucks to lose a young, promising player like him to something that sounds very fluky. Hopefully he heals up and comes back and makes an impact the second half of the year (If it is broken or moderate/severely sprained). Next man up! Welcome to the NFL.

Like I said...everytime we have something good, smh We'll see him in who knows how many weeks! And our next man up isn't much in the WR department--we're gonna have to sign somebody with Zay being iffy (you see how pedestrian the offense looked when he left) Otherwise the offense is gonna be a concern.

3 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Just have to wait and see I guess. If he is out for awhile then maybe Bateman needs to actually do what he is supposed to do?

I am not convinced. Dude is just a strange receiver in general; even with Zay and Jakobi out...he still wasn't open, smh

And adding to that problem? An apparently over-the-hill Mark Andrews. Rookie TEs that don't usually produce until Year 2

9 minutes ago, CAPE said:

You are assuming it is a broken wrist. I have seen nothing to suggest that is the case. If you have, post a link.

Didn't see anything...but if he was removed that quickly, and looking at the expression on his face later (and again, Ravens bad luck) it's gotta be either broken or sprained. 

2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Oy…ravens winning bigly and costing them injury wise 

We can never have anything good man...Jakobi what gonna be our Red Zone threat! Andrew's sure as heck can't do it...hope he can be back by late October on when we'll need him most.

39 minutes ago, CAPE said:

That's the nature of the modern NFL. The penalties on the OL need fixing and hopefully Zay is not going to miss any significant time. 150 in the first half and the Colts had no answer. Had he been in there in the second half the game probably would have been out of reach earlier. Ravens might have scored 50+. Hopefully Lane's injury isn't serious either. 

The Zay and Lane situations completely ruined the win for me. Lane's sounds like he's gonna miss a lot of time (broken wrists are like 1-3 months!). Receivers looked like crap without Zay, and hamstrings can linger, smh For ONCE I'd like a Baltimore team to not have bad luck. We have had enough of it to deserve good things now

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Hopefully this works out well.

I mean they got Pocic if it doesn't...that's not too bad!

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

He sucks dude. Time to clean house.

Yes to the second sentence, lol But people are about to find out how much of a problem Elias was. And if I had to bet...Alby stays. But if he doesn't, it's a shame. Dude never got the chance 90% of other rookie managers get. They should've fired Elias last year and started fresh THEN--but now they gotta humiliate somebody just coming in while cleaning house, smh

14 minutes ago, Chris78 said:

If you clean house with the front office,  I would think the new GM would want to hire his own manager. Maybe Albernaz stays if the new GM has past ties to him but any new GM is going to want his own manager. Not someone with the past regime's stink on them.

I would think ownership is gonna have the final say on whether Albernaz stays. And I am skeptical they wanna have their 4th manager in two years either...that's what makes the situation rather unique.

Alby hasn't been here long enough to be considered part of the "stink", imo And that's what I keep coming back around to: the prospect of firing someone who walked into a lot this mess.

This ain't fair, man. I'll preface this with I am not fully convinced by Alby; I just don't believe in axing a coach after one rookie season. To me, that is not a fair chance by any means; ESPECIALLY when it's not all his fault. Veteran coach would've been better, but they hired Albernaz. But see any other rookie coach would get a minimum of two years, though! And what sunk this season ain't all on him--the bullpen decisions absolutely are. But it's possible that part can get better! The main bulk of what led us here is on Elias/Sig...including the lineups and of course all the analytics. Alby walked into a mess, and being inexperienced got him the ire of the fanbase and possibly a humiliating one and done. Not the most fair thing in the world, and he could very well improve and do well elsewhere if we fire him. I mean frickin' Joe Maddon praised the hire (along with others). Hard to believe they were all wrong and this is as good as Alby gets.

3 hours ago, bncho said:

I wouldn’t be too down about it to be completely honest—with all our super Ninos, whether they were basin wide, east based, whatever—we always needed luck. The way I see it is what many other good posters have said on here, it’s essentially a coin flip as of right now and it’s impossible to tell which way it’ll go until winter arrives

It indeed has been. However for some random reason that coinflip has been remarkably consistent in that it is only every other super that snows...(65-66 yes, 72-73 no, 82-83 yes, 97-98 no, 15-16 yes). That's not meteorological but it still bothers the heck outta me for this year, lol

3 hours ago, Terpeast said:

Looks very much canonical east based nino. Will be interesting to see how the -pdo base state interacts with it.

Dang it man...just dang it. I'm not sure we in the central MD/DC part of this forum are realizing what failure this winter means for the next 2-3 years...we'd better pull a miracle or the next big snow can't happen until 29/30 at the earliest. Super nino this year...nina next two years, smh That is not dooming: It is the reality of climo. We need to break the snow drought THIS year.