Week 8: Arizona Cardinals (1-5) at Baltimore Ravens (4-2)

[burnwood]

This is Joe's m.o. Up down
up down. Just look at his qb rating chart. So much volatility.

I'll take it though...all the way to Heinz Field.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlpimpmonsta

yeah...hes able to overcome those strong Arizona Cardinals..........

thanks for your valuable input.

[JBH3]

I was @ BW2s with my son watching the Cardinals run roughshod over the Ravens, and left at halftime....damn....what happened?

[andayaman]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBH3

I was @ BW2s with my son watching the Cardinals run roughshod over the Ravens, and left at halftime....damn....what happened?

Whisenhunt and the Cardinals offense is what happened. It's been broken ever since Warner, Boldin and Breaston left, and it wasn't great back then due to the horrid O-line. The Defense and ST laid it all out, but the extreme inefficiency of Kolb and receivers with the likes of Early Doucet and Andre Robert(shouldn't even be in football uniform in most leagues)delivered crap as usual. The defense got burnt in the second half, but it's hard to stay motivated when your offense is clueless about things like blocking, pocket presence, reading defenses, getting open, catching and first downs.

Hat's off to Flacco and the Ravens, they earned that game.

[wwharton]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBH3

I was @ BW2s with my son watching the Cardinals run roughshod over the Ravens, and left at halftime....damn....what happened?

You were jinxing us... thanks for leaving and setting things right!

Seriously though, the Cards got some seriously lucky breaks, paired with continued bad play calling and Flacco clearly playing like absolute garbage. They came out in the 2nd half and actually adjusted the game plan, calling formations that Flacco is more comfortable in and plays that got the ball out much quicker. Not to mention, give Boldin the damn ball if they want to play single coverage on him and blitz like the Jags did. I really hope Cam (and Flacco) didn't just "give that a shot" because Boldin was playing his old team. Play designs can be fancy but this isn't rocket science. Heavy blitzing? Look for the TE over the middle or your all star WR on the outside in single coverage... not deep throws every time, get the damn ball out.

There was even a point in that stretch where they put Joe back under center and called some play on 1st down that took a while to develop (like everything last week) and of course, they got nothing... another pass play on 2nd down and nothing, 3rd and long and then a punt. That crap isn't working and makes it easier for teams to load up to stop Rice.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by wwharton

You were jinxing us... thanks for leaving and setting things right! Seriously though, the Cards got some seriously lucky breaks, paired with continued bad play calling and Flacco clearly playing like absolute garbage. They came out in the 2nd half and actually adjusted the game plan, calling formations that Flacco is more comfortable in and plays that got the ball out much quicker. Not to mention, give Boldin the damn ball if they want to play single coverage on him and blitz like the Jags did. I really hope Cam (and Flacco) didn't just "give that a shot" because Boldin was playing his old team. Play designs can be fancy but this isn't rocket science. Heavy blitzing? Look for the TE over the middle or your all star WR on the outside in single coverage... not deep throws every time, get the damn ball out. There was even a point in that stretch where they put Joe back under center and called some play on 1st down that took a while to develop (like everything last week) and of course, they got nothing... another pass play on 2nd down and nothing, 3rd and long and then a punt. That crap isn't working and makes it easier for teams to load up to stop Rice.

Yeah, they hit Pitta and Dickson 6 times apiece, and Flacco made some great deep throws to Bolden and the one to Torrey Smith to set up the game winning FG.

[BlueNGold]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBH3

I was @ BW2s with my son watching the Cardinals run roughshod over the Ravens, and left at halftime....damn....what happened?

Anquan Boldin happened.

What was with the guy's pants though? I think he had a harder time fighting to keep them on than he did going up against the Cards' DBs.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueNGold

Anquan Boldin happened. What was with the guy's pants though? I think he had a harder time fighting to keep them on than he did going up against the Cards' DBs.

Wasn't able to see the game-followed most of it on the NFL tracker including video highlights-didn't know that was a problem.