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Thanks. I didn't know that.

I remember watching a game between the Cowboys and the Eagles in the Fall of 1986, and the clock ran out in the first half with Herschel Walker lying in the middle of the field deep in Eagles territory, waiting for an Eagles defender to touch him.

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Tough loss. Defeat, snatched from the jaws of victory. Last night, I toggled my TV between the Colts/Ravens game and my Giants in a playoff game against the hated Dodgers. Once the Colts blew it, I gained satisfaction watching the Giants shut out the LADS. If the Colts could have played D to 1% of the D the Giants demonstrated, they would have won that game.

Seriously?

Next time call out the bad call real time before the play in the game thread. Can't use hindsight.

It didn't matter. The Ravens also failed on a 2 point conversion. The analytics call for the 2 pointer given the score difference. Had they kicked and made the EP the Ravens would have also kicked and not gone for it. The difference in the score would't have changed. Ravens would not have had to take a chance and ran a 2 pointer to keep the score within reach.

The Defense lost 3 players in the secondary and they couldn't stop them so they passed it all over the yard. The D was spent but we still had a chance to win and The kicker missed the game winner at the end of the game.

Only chance in OT was to win the coin flip and score a TD. As soon as Wentz called heads I knew we were done.

I don't feel nearly as bad about that loss after a night's sleep and the realization that the Colts played about as well as possible, there was no lack of effort, especially by the defense. Andrews is a beast and the Colts had no answer for him last night...if Blankenship is healthy the Colts win this game, but the schedule gets a little easier, winning 4 of the next 5 could still give this team a chance to make the playoffs...I haven't given up on this season yet!

I am with you... I also say if we had better coaching decisions this team is no worse than 3-2 right now... Players are giving it their all then you put them in a position to lose by calling the worst plays.

Reich is easily one of the worse game day coaches in the league.

Kinda wonder what the board would be posting had Rodrigo made the game winning FG with 6 seconds remaining.

I have to call it out? I’m watching the game, not caring about making a post about every single decision.

He does this every week. He goes for situations he doesn’t have to. These games are decided by very few points and he is costing us those games. You don’t need to go for two in the middle of the game, you delay it because it is a bigger risk, common knowledge. All other coaches do this, especially with a lead. Been doing it for years. The Ravens did it because they were behind and HAD to. As usual the Colts can drive it down the field but can’t get it into the end zone, or have you not been watching this year.

Dline is healthy and has depth, yet they can’t seem to close the pocket and put pressure on Jackson.

That they almost let it slip away. They deserved to win that game. Ravens looked uninspired.

Okay, we get it. You have no faith in the coaching staff.

BCN = Barcelona Spain. ;)

I actually had some insomnia and caught a feed from the 2nd half. Jeebus H Keyrist on crutches! So much adrenaline on that roller coaster ride and also seeing the breaking news on Chucky stepping down... Bank holiday her today but sure a shell paying the price for sitting up and watching utnil 05:30 or so this morning!!! Was hoping we at least had a possesion in OT and hate the sudden death part. :mad:

On a positive note if there is one, Wentz played a hell of a good game.

I'm not ready to call for any coaches to be fired (after reading the last few pages of this thread).
We had Odum playing CB, plus Keyes, Sendejo, and one other 3rd to 4th string level players playing the entire 2nd half. We had to rotate Moore out to CB so that one of these guys who have it easier in the slot.

They say injuries are no excuse, but when you're down to PS players who just got activated, they are going to get abused. Keyes got burned badly but how can you blame him? He wasn't ready. We just didn't have the depth.

A healthy secondary wins this game.

(but so does kicking the PAT instead of going for 2 which didn't make sense mathematically at the time)

This is where I get fucked up with the coaching.

I'm not surprised at what happened defensively. Even from a schematic standpoint, my perception has always been they are essentially trying to mimic the Dungy era defenses. If Irsay wants Eberflus out because he can't stomach the scheme anymore, I completely understand. Calling for the DC's head because the team got fucked up in the worst possible way at the end of the game is somewhat dense, at least IMO.

But, the consistent mistakes in relation to passing up field goals and extra points in favor of aggressive moves is no longer excusable by ignorance. These types of decisions consistently hurt the team more than it helps and it's starting to get stupid.

That he bailed the Colts out despite bad coaching.... Can't deny that they have been bad...

After a half a day to reflect on this game, it just was a perfect mix of sucky circumstances.

A kicker who was hurt (I think anyway, but also a kicker who doesn't have much power even when he's healthy)

A secondary decimated by injuries

Pretty conservative playcalling down the stretch and poor clock management at the end (to me, the risk of the Ravens running out of time vs. the reward of having more time to get a FG is heavy on the side of having more time to get into FG range, or even possibly a TD)

So while I'm still irritated with Reich, he was dealt a lousy hand with the first two cards there.

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Ravens’ Streak of 100-Yard Rushing Games Ends at 43 vs. Colts, Tied with 1974-77 Steelers for All-Time Record

(By Ryan McFadden)

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...bim-story.html

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Why would Lamar run when he could just throw it past UDFA CBs? He threw for 442 yards and 4 TDs, who cares that they didn't get 100 yards rushing?

Yea at the end they weren’t even trying to pass rush they literally stood there and waited for him to take off

What pass rush, they were just standing around because they were gassed!! Ballard has put together a team that has NO pass rush !! Turay and Banogo suck!!