Anyone have the "announcer-less" game from Miami in '79? (I think) I remember Tom Newton jumping up exclaiming "Day-am!" after dropping a pass. They used special microphones all over the field to pick-up more player noise.
The Schotty happened? come on, that was on rex. Rex is scared of that Baltimore defense and he wouldn't allow Sanchez to play plus our D sucked allowing baltimore's O to control the game.
I'll agree to disagree. While We can blame either of them we'll truly never know but I'll say this. The playcalling was atrociuos and that isn't Rex's job. They held the ball for 40 Mins because we went 3&out all night! Also, the D Played a great game. We held them to 50+ yds rushing, caused 3 turnovers and held them to 10 pts.... what more do you want from the D? Sanchez threw 21 passes and Shotty refused to call anything deep...as I said, I've watched this game alot and we should have won this if we weren't so Pussy on Offense... :shit:
They held it for 40 mins b/c they converted a million 3rd and longs which never allowed our O to get into rythym. Our O played scared and I blame Rex for that b/c he is scared of that Baltimore D.
You are right and wrong. The defense gave up too many 3rd down conversions. However, that had nothing to do with why the offense was not in rhythm.
It certainly hurt the O to be standing on the sidleines so often, that combined w/ the ultra conservative gameplan b/c Rex was scared of the Bal D led to our offense being so awful. I blame the D on that one despite holding Bal to 10 pts.
The Offense was not affected by the defense not getting off the field. The offense was putrid that night and that was not the defense's fault. The loss was not on the defense despite them not playing as well as the 10 points would suggest.
The offense was affected by both the ridiculously conservative gameplan due to fear of the Bal defense AND the inability of our defense to get off the field. The loss was on the defense b/c Rex expected to win that game w/ defense and not turning it over. It didn't work b/c our D was shredded all night long including giving up a ridiculous amount of 3rd and longs to allow Baltimore to possess the ball for 40 mins of a 60 min game.
The defense had absolutely nothing to do with the ineffectiveness of the offense on opening night. The Defense forced 3 turnovers including handing the ball back to the offense on 2 of those inside Ravens territory. The first one at the Baltimore 11 where we ended up with only a FG and the 2nd one was a Greene fumble. The offense started inside Ravens territory four times and only came away with 9 points. That’s pathetic. I don’t disagree that the defense didn’t play as well as the 10 points indicate, but I totally disagree with you that the loss was on the defense when they only allowed 10 points. The offense early on was terrible. The offense not putting together drives had more to do with the defense wearing out in the 2nd half than the defense not getting off the field affecting the offense. The offense had two drives with a TOP of less than 1 minute. The first came after 3:18 drive that ended with an interception then followed by the Greene fumble and the second came after a 6 play 2:31 Ravens drive after the first half which the offense went 3 and out. A 3 minute drive and a 2 ½ minute drive should not be too much time on the bench for the offense to not be in rhythm. It’s a weak excuse for the offense when the fact is they did not execute well and the gameplan was extremely conservative.
Again, the inefectiveness of the D to get off the field on 3rd down combined w/ the ultra conservative gameplan had a HUGE effect on our offense. The O doesn't go blamless, they take their share but we lost that game on defense. rex went into it expecting to not turn it over and win, I think we had one TO but won the TO battle and we lost b/c the D was awful on 3rd downs.
Our D did allow an atrocious 11-19 3rd efficiency but our offense was a equally atrocious 1-11 on third down. Too many 3 and outs that put our tired D back on the field. That game was called SUPER conservative, very tough thing to watch.
The O definitely gets their share of the blame but most people see a 10-9 score and put all the balme on the O as if the D was great but that clearly was not the case.
3rd down conversion is actually one of the few weak spots we had last year. When I say weak it's just weak for Rex's standards. 10th overall 37% opponent success rate for 2010. Which is a a huge difference from 09 when we lead the league with 31.5% That 31.5% would've been good enough to lead in 2010 too, beating out the Giants 31.7% mark.
Our D was good, not great, last year. They played great in the first 2 playoff games but they were a bit up and down all year.
No argument here, the musical chair act for the DBs is where I put the blame. We rarely had the same starting group from week to week. Of course Revis being the largest missing piece.
We did not lose because the defense was awful on 3rd downs. At the end of the day the D's job is to not give up points. They gave up only 10 points. The offense was terrible and that had nothing to do with the defense. The offense was given the ball on average at their own 40 and only could put up 9 points. If the defense not getting off the field caused the offense to be ineffective then why did they only move the ball 21 yards in 9 plays on their first two drives when the Ravens only had the ball for 1 play? The offense was terrible against the Ravens. That's all it was. Blaming the defense for the poor play of the offense was and is still asinine.
The defense wasn't great. But that had absolutely nothing to do with how horrible the offense was that day. The defense's job is to not allow points. They played terrible but only allowed 10 points. It's up to the offense to put together drives to put points up on the board. They only scored that day when given the ball inside Ravens territory. The offense was awful against the Ravens and that's why we lost.
