Thinking alot about the game, and I'm not too worried about the defense. First game and in Denver air can explain away some of the second half fatigue, not to mention Peyton. He was unbelievable. His audibles were perfect, his ball placement was amazing; they were making plays even when we had good coverage. Pass rush looked ok, and rush D looked good (I know they were shitty backs, but they were shut down at least).
Now......the offense. I will say, losing Jacoby and Oher definitely hurt in the second half when we did nothing, but also, Caldwell called a bad game. We went to Flacco 30 times in the first half, before we were losing, and that was too much. We need Rice. We need Pierce. When they got the ball, they looked good, they just didn't get the ball. Dallas Clark and Ed Dickson are terrible. At least Clark had some catches to go with his drops, Dickson just made drops. And then there was Joe. Oh, Joe. Fuck you, Joe. You were bad. Bad decisions made and bad throws.....all....fucking....game. Come defend your boy, my fellow Ravens fans. I had an inkling of optimism heading into this game that Flacco just may be a better QB than I thought....that his performance in the playoffs wasn't flukey. It was. He had ZERO touch. He overthrew everybody, deep and short. He overthrew screen passes. He seemed bewildered. He basically was the exact Joe Flacco I thought he was. Fuck you Flacco.