Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

[Sanchez_Mareno]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Nothing like swaping your starting QB and RB after 1 week. Nice to see it worked though

[rdnk]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Not sure, but I think Ngata is better at tackle than end.

[jayenomics]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

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M&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore, Maryland
9.21.08
1-1 | 1-1

3-3-3-3-12
0-3-7-0-10

Inactives
BAL - M. Smith, C. Ivy, C. Ross, L. Divens, B. Ayanbadejo, T. Zbikowski, R. Hoover
CLE - B. Bollinger, I. Sowells, K. Dorsey, S. Heiden

Injuries
BAL - Lorenzo Neal
CLE- Willie McGinest, Andra Davis

First Quarter
Very Rainy and Windy Conditions, Baltimore elected to receive the opening kickoff. I predict a lot of running plays. Quick three and out for the Ravens though.
Browns start at the 30, but just two plays into it Braylon Edwards catches a ball for a first, but is drilled and fumbles, picked up by the Ravens deep in Cleveland territory.
The Ravens would strike first, picking up a short Matt Stover field goal. 3-0 Ravens
Back and forth after the field goal, but nothing else to report.
Second Quarter
Cleveland moved the ball well, but got stuffed in the red zone by the Ravens defense, forcing them to tie the game with a short field goal which barely squeaked through. 3-3
A lot more back and forth football until the final minute of the half, when Matt Stover would hit from 51 yards to put the Ravens up 6-3.
The Browns would drive, but another big fumble by Braylon Edwards cost Cleveland a short field goal attempt, and that would end the half.
Third Quarter
Common themes continued to occur, as Ed Reed laid out Joe Jurevicious, forcing the ball out. Dawan Landry would land on it. And again, Matt Stover would cap a drive. 9-3 Ravens
Josh Cribbs would take care of that with a kickoff return for a TD, giving the Browns their first lead. 10-9 Browns
Fourth Quarter
The Browns were driving to put more space between the teams, but ANOTHER forced fumble at the Ravens 12 killed another solid scoring chance. Mr. Automatic Matt Stover would cap a long drive with his fourth field goal. 12-10 Ravens
Cleveland would get back to the 50 with about a minute to play, moving the ball well, but Derek Anderson would be picked off by Dawan Landry. Flacco and company would just have to kneel the clock out.

Vital Statistics
Joe Flacco 17-26 199 Yards
Willis McGahee 33 Carries 110 Yards
Derrick Mason 6 Catches 77 Yards
Todd Heap 3 Catches 47 Yards
Ed Reed 10 Tackles 2 Forced Fumbles
Terrell Suggs 8 Tackles 3 Tackles for Loss 1 Sack

[jayenomics]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Willie Anderson Lost for Season

Willie Anderson went down early in the third quarter with a ruptured ACL, and will be lost for the year. The anchor on the Baltimore line has played in just 1 and a half games this season, missing the opener against the Bengals with a hip flexor.

[jayenomics]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Ravens Sign Two, Release One

The Ravens announced today that they have come to agreement with free agent quarterback Chris Leak on a 1 year deal. Terms of which have not been released. The Ravens also came to terms with rookie tight end Kellen Davis.

The Ravens have also announced that they have released third string right tackle Mike Kracalik.

[jayenomics]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

@
Heinz Field
Pittsburgh, PA
9.29.08
2-1 | 2-1

14-10-3-7-34
7-10-7-7-31

Inactives
BAL - K. Davis, C, Leak, R. Hoover, B. Ayanbadejo, P. Burgess, J. Leonhard
PIT - D. Dixon

Injuries
BAL - Lorenzo Neal, Trevor Pryce, Willie Anderson (IR)
PIT- Rashad Mendenhall, Nick Luchey, James Harrison, Willie Parker, J. Hartwig, T. Hills, T. Kirschke

First Quarter
Another coin toss, another win. Another rainy night. Three and out.
Three plays later Roethlisberger to Hines Ward for the 53 yard touchdown. 7-0 PIT
Flacco finally throws his first NFL touchdown on a beautiful play action pass to Todd Heap for a 69 Yard score. 7-7
The suddenly high scoring Baltimore offense put in another one after a Pittsburgh three and out, this time Willis McGahee punched it in from 11 yards. 14-7 Ravens
Second Quarter
As Pittsburgh tried to get something going, Haloti Ngata dropped back in coverage, unseen by Big Ben as picked him off near midfield.
Roethlisberger would once again find Hines Ward. 14-14
Flacco and Heap would say not so fast, as on the first play from scrimmage Flacco and Heap would hook up for a 77 yard strike 21-14 Ravens
Pittsburgh looked as if it would quickly go in to tie, but were forced to kick a field goal after Ray Lewis sacked Roethlisberger on 3rd and 2 from the Baltimorw 9. 21-17 Ravens
AutoMATTic would tack on his own field goal for the Ravens and a 24-17 lead.
Third Quarter
The first play of the third quarter would not go Pittsburgh's way as Baltimore would force the fumble, and Ed Reed would fall on it. Baltimore would turn it into points, as Matt Stover would once again drill a short one. 27-17 Ravens
Gary Russell would finally break through for the Steelers with a 58 yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 3. 27-24 Ravens
Fourth Quarter
Back and forth the 4th would go until Antwan Barnes stepped in front of an errand Ben Roethlisberger pass. Joe Flacco and the offense would capitalize, as Flacco would hit Demetrius Williams for a 7 yard touchdown and a 10 point lead. 34-24 Ravens
Hines Ward and Roethlisberger would hook up for the third time to cut the lead to 34-31 Ravens.
Willis McGahee and the running game, which hadn't done much all game finally got moving on the final possession to keep the ball out of the hands of the Steelers.

Vital Stats
Joe Flacco 16-28 337 Yards 3 Touchdowns
Willis McGahee 28 Carries 93 Yards 1 Touchdown
Todd Heap 4 Catches 182 Yards 2 Touchdowns
Derrick Mason 5 Catches 84 Yards
Ray Lewis 8 Tackles 6 Tackles for Loss 2 Sacks
Antwane Barnes 11 Tackles 3 Tackles for Loss 1 Interception

[Sanchez_Mareno]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Anderson is a big loss

[Joshua1207]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

Anderson is a big loss

Should of traded him, he gets injured so much.

[jayenomics]

Re: Defense Comes First: The Real Danny Zane [HC 09]

my young guys are doing a great job protecting Flacco and the run game.