Virgil

I agree with you. But when are are going to be able to start games without having to build up our starting quarterbacks confidence. He should have been ready to roll after his last three games. I think that’s why I am so disappointed in how he came out of the gate.

We tried a few quick passes to the outside and got blown up immediately

Yes, if we win out and the Pats drop either of their other two games

Just watched this play again. Beasley was in the middle of the spin to break free when Allen makes his decision to throw to Brown. At the moment of decision, Beasley was still covered. That .5 seconds of this pic made all the difference

I can’t stand Lamar so it’s hard to admit this. His deep balls downfield at least hit his players in the hand. The TE who was wide open was a completion. So yes, his throws were better I just can’t say they are even in the top 3 for reasons we lost today. I’m not saying they were great. They were as expected for me

He's not worth that much as a backup

Daboll runs an offense similar to the rest of the league. The passing plays were well called, but poorly executed. If Allen is accurate on 3 of his passes and Knox, Singletary, Brown, and Beasley all pull in one of their throws, we are talking about Daboll the genius. Daboll made adjustments when he realized Allen didn't have it and we went back to the rushing game. Show me all the drives where we stalled because the play called was bad vs bad throws or drops. I promise you there aren't that many. Allen needs to hit on at least one of those deep throws or he needs to not be a starting quarterback. He will tell you all day he needs to make those throws The Ravens have a good defense and two of the sacks came from Allen holding onto the ball for an eternity. They sent a lot of zero blitzes that I can't fault the offensive line for breaking down against. Allen has to see it and get it out quick. Allen had just as many plays where he had a lot of time to throw and the running game was sound. I think the offensive line did okay for the team they played, minus a few plays here or there (Knox and Ford whiffs)

Yes, it’s a fact. We win next week and we are in. We can also help the Pats need to play a wildcard game and need a win in week 17. That feels good

Going into today’s game, we had the leagues 4th best return game

This should be a fun one to read the reactions as emotions are typically high after a loss. There were quite a few holding out for a potential one seed throughout the playoffs. There was the media talking how we still don't have our big win over a quality team (now that the Cowboys got crushed again). Then there are just the fans who's season lives and dies by every loss. For me, I honestly wasn't expecting a lot out of today's game. I wanted a win, being that I live in Baltimore, but I also know this was our toughest game and wasn't going to crush our season with a loss. Also, we were going up against a team that very few have kept it close against since starting 2-2. Either way, I'm sure there's going to be a lot of different perceptions about why we lost this game and who is to blame. Judging by the other threads post-game, I expect some lovely responses. 1 - Allen - I have to start here because this was arguably his worst game of the season. However, many other players had some bad moments that also could have cost us this game. But this is our starting quarterback, so he will take most of the heat; fair or not. Allen was downright awful in the first half. While Baltimore's defense got pressure at times and even caused a fumble, Allen still had plenty of throws with time and to guys who were open. On the first three drives, he had a player open 20+ yards down field and missed him by almost 5+ yards each time. On two of them, I got the impression that Allen was assuming the receiver was going to break a different way. Regardless, two of them could have gone for touchdowns. If he hit even one of them, it's a very different game. In the second half, Allen had at least two plays where he held onto the ball for 5+ seconds and took a sack. one of them knocked us out of Field Goal range today. But like I said earlier, others contributed to his bad game with key drops. Knox dropped a pass because he was already looking downfield, but we still got 3. Singletary dropped one because he got excited about the open field ahead of him if he could beat one guy. Beasley technically dropped a deep pass, that yes a millionaire receiver should catch, but was still not easy. Overall, Allen hits just 10% more of his passes and we are either tied at the end or winning. He played bad against a good defense and I think even he will tell you that. but again, we had the ball with a chance to tie by the end. 2 - Defensive front 4 - I can't tell you how impressed I am with how well our front 4 contained Lamar. Jackson had some solid runs, but none were from him breaking contain on passing plays. Shaq had another great game tracking him down and even Oliver held contain well on a few plays. I don't blame the Ingram plays on these guys much as I don't believe their job was to do more than hold their ground, take the tackles that came their way, and absolutely make sure Jackson didn't escape for a big run; something that no other team has been able to do. Great job by that unit. 3 - Defensive Mistakes - Watching the Ravens a few times this season, they do a great job of capitalizing on defenses that over-commit to a play or don't hold their gaps. Today, the Bills did an overall solid job of limiting those mistakes. There were a few plays were Edmunds and Milano assumed the play to the inside, but they weren't burned badly on those plays. The only huge mistake was on the long TD pass to their TE. Poyer was left to cover two different players and he picked the wrong one. He also seemed to be covering the shallow crossing route, and seemed caught off guard when the TE went deep. You take that play out of this game and Jackson doesn't break 100 yards passing as we are kicking a field goal to win at the end. I'm not dumping on Poyer at all as I don't know if he was supposed to have more support, but that was are only major mistake of the game and you could argue the true difference maker. I'm more annoyed that it made Lamar's day look a lot better than it was. 4 - “We end in tears. That’s because we invested so much in each other,” Dawkins told his players. “I love you guys. It’s been amazing coaching this group, and for us, we got a lot of good memories, we accomplished a lot of amazing things this year.” 5 - Singletary - I'm sure that many are going to complain that Motor wasn't used more in this game on the first 3 drives, but I'm not one of them. While the Ravens run defense has been suspect, the NFL is game of chess and points. We came out throwing and had the right plays called on those first 3 drives, Allen just missed his throws. Allen and Daboll will both tell you that they'll take those opportunities 10 out of 10 times. After that last drive, we went with what works and Singletary had a strong game. Motor had his longest run of the season and really showed some explosion. His two drops hurt in the catching game, but he was easily our best weapon on the field today. The key 3rd down play where we has tackled for a loss was a complete whiff block by Ford, simply inexcusable. 6 - Special Teams - The punting game was rough today but I can't completely blame Bojo. There were at least two bad snaps that Bojo did a good job fielding, but he still could have gotten off better punts. Whether the wind was at his back or not, he wasn't hitting the ball clean and gave up decent field position a few times. Roberts also made some poor choices to return a few kickoffs out of the endzone and tackled well shy of the 25. The lone bright spot was Hausch Money as he was back today. All of his kicks were solid and no-doubters. That was a much needed pick me up after his last few games and hopefully he's knocked the kinks out. 7 - Judon - If there's only player who I really respected out there for the Ravens, it was the play of Judon. He absolutely blew some plays up against us. On the sack-fumble, we tried to let Knox block him 1 on 1 and you know how that went. He was solid in both coverage and blitzes. If Shaq Thompson got that contract, I'm afraid to see what he will get. Judon was the best player on the field for them and a game changer at times. I'm a little surprised we didn't account for him more. Others may have gotten pressure, but that was more scheme that winning a matchup. 8 - Refs/Replay - Man, I hate going to this well after a loss but today was bad and I genuinely think the NFL is trying to protect them. Outside of our last drive, there were multiple plays that prevented points for the Bills and helped the Ravens score. On the missed 12 man in the huddle call, I've never seen McD so angry since he's been here. If that is called, Jackson may not be throwing that touchdown from 5 yards further back. The missed offensive PI call against Foster was terrible and the replay process is such a joke in that category that McD didn't even try to challenge. Even if we don't get another yard, we are in field goal range. As for my NFL comment, it's maddening to me that they didn't show any of the personal foul calls on replay. If this has been an all season thing, I apologize, but I can't remember them not showing us the infractions. I have no idea what Hughes did nor what the Ravens did at the end of the game. I'm sure Hughes reacted to the defensive holding penalty called against our Star (seriously btw, a DT?!), but I don't know. Hughes deserved to be pissed because he had his typical game of being held the entire time but not called for it. Nor were many of the holds downfield on their 10+ yard runs. 9 - Smoke - This is now two games in a row where we really didn't hear Brown's name. Granted, the first missed deep ball was to him, but he still didn't show up afterwards. I look forward to the All-22 replay to see what happened to him, but it's alarming how much he's disappeared. If you want to blame Daboll for not getting him open, you may have an argument, but I really don't know what's going on here. In a game where too many players are making drops and Allen is shaky, Brown needs to be found to get the ball moving and confidence growing. I hope this is something that gets addressed going forward. 10 - Frazier - The Ravens were held below almost all of their season averages in this game. Lamar threw his first interception in forever and was sacked quite a few times. We only gave up one large play, which if you remove that from the stat line, would've made the Bills offense the better on the field. He had some great timed blitzes today and was so effective in his pressure scheme that the Ravens were forced to result to multiple screen passes. I noticed on a few plays that Frazier had the entire linebacker unit shift to strong or weak side pre-snap which seemed to really do a number on Lamar. Just a great scheme. If there's a play book for how to bottle up the Ravens defense, I think Frazier wrote the first chapter today. Random Play Thoughts: Any play were Allen immediately slid to one side of the field after the snap didn't work at all. Each play was brutal Brown's last play felt strange that he didn't cut harder on the slot, creating more separation between him and Peters Singletary swing pass after 5 straight runs on the fourth drive. Trying to mix it up, but then goes right back to him Offense aside for the first half, I think we played the best team in the league incredibly well. We were in position to tie the game at the end and I think the score reflected the game well. Great game and still a Bills win next week, and Titans win this week, from clinching a playoff birth. 9-4 with a dominating defense. And hey, with how we play at home, maybe it's best we are going on the road. Go Bills!

Look at how far off he missed his deep throws on the first three drives. It was by more than 5 yards on two of them. Having a big bodied receiver wouldn't have changed what happened for those plays nor would the drops by Singletary, Knox, or Beasley. This thread was made in regards to the Ravens game. Size was not the issue for our passing game

I don’t view the last one to be a drop as much as good defense by Peters. However, I do challenge why Brown wasn’t cutting in more allowing Peters to stay with him

Are there 20ft tall receivers in this draft that I’m unaware of?

Please, show me the video on his missed deep throws on each of the first 3 drives where his protection was the problem. I'll wait

Every play isn’t going to be a home run. Each punt in the first half was because Allen missed a throw or had a drop. The plays were right. In the second half, we ran the ball well and simply got beat on a few plays. Overall, I had less than a few head scratching calls. The only thing I didn’t like were the roll pit passes that didn’t work all game.

Is Allen going to magically be more accurate to them?

This game was winnable with the team we had out there against one of the best teams in the league. Players who will be on this team next year simply didn’t play well enough.

Drives didn’t end because guys were covered. Drives ended because of drops or Allen missing open receivers downfield. If Allen is even 50% accurate on deep throws, we have an additional 14 points in this game

Another legend game where we lose. They need to stop doing those

Daboll wasn’t the problem

The refs helped them on the last drive. They absolutely ***** them before that on key plays. The refs gave them plays that took points off the board for and made it easier for them.

Are we done rioting over Duke being inactive?

Mods, please let this thread live. It’s the thread we didn’t know we needed

How dare you win title of the year?!

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