 Against the Houston Texans in week one Ravens got a lot of penalties called against them There was a lot of sloppy play But they were still able to score 25 points and take care of business against the Cincinnati Bengals in week two There was still some tic-tac-y penalties There was a little bit of sloppy play but a lot less than week one But they were going against a very tough Bengals team the Ravens were depleted with injuries But they were still able to overcome that but in week three Going against a coach team that had low expectations a lot of people considered it a trap game But I was feeling like oh no Ravens gonna take care of business in a major way They were just not able to overcome it. They had so many chances They had so many different opportunities to and yeah They have a long list of injuries right now even Raven Nation live pointed them all out and listed them all out for us JK Dobbins, Justice Hill, Gus Edwards, Keith Mitchell, O'Dell Beckham, Junior Rashad, Bateman, Tyler Wallace, Tyler Lindbom, Andrew Voorhees, Ronnie Stanley, Nick Moore, Marlon Humphrey, Damarian Williams, Trayvon, Mullen Marcus, Williams Ardarius, Washington, Adolfi away David Ajabo, Malik Ham, Tyus Bowser. Wow. That is a lot of people hurt, but That was not an excuse for Yesterday's game. You could blame it on the refs if you want to and yes There was some weird calls and toward the very end of the game the refs miss two big obvious calls One was a face mask on Zay flowers That would clear as day and that would have been a penalty that would have offset the Ravens penalty because they got called for an Illegal blocking it back and that brought them back But that the penalties would offset they would have been able to replay the down So that was a missed call and then at the very end when Ravens went for it on fourth down There was a missed pass interference called on Zay flowers again that they didn't call So you could blame it on that but that's not an excuse either The Baltimore Ravens has so many different chances to close this thing out, but they just simply failed They were their biggest enemy yesterday and that's not taking anything away from the coach because coach they took care of business They did their thing but the Ravens they just could not get it done and they had the chances Let's start off with Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson had a very weird game yesterday Because if you look at the numbers you look at the stats Lamar Jackson went 22 for 31 202 yards No, no touchdowns with no picks but and you could look at that Oh, that's solid and then he had a hundred yards on the ground 14 carries for 101 yards to touchdowns So it's like all right, he scored two touchdowns on the ground I contributed what not but the fumbles the fumbles are still an issue and they got to get that cleaned up the fumbles have been happening every game every game and That's a big big problem. We got to get that taken care of with Lamar Jackson yesterday The fumbles obviously an issue But then there was some bad passes to and not to say that Lamar Jackson's every pass is gonna be perfect Cuz it's not not every pass is perfect from every single quarterback, but yesterday. There were some missed opportunities big time Some of the ones that stood out to me the most there was that it was late in the game I don't remember if it was fourth quarter or overtime a lot of yesterday's game was a blur But where it was a pass where it was a corner back lined up they flowers in a slot I believe and there was a corner back lined up on him But that corner back blitz so I guess they was the hot read and Lamar threw it to him But he threw it behind them now. I don't know if it was just a bad pass So I don't know if Lamar anticipated they flowers just Get sitting on that first down I'm not sure what it was, but it just he missed them. He admit it was a missed opportunity So it was it was bad and then with Lamar Jackson, too It yesterday was a game where it brought out some bad habits And one of those bad habits were just holding on to the ball too long Especially in clutch and crunch time. There was an opportunity where the Baltimore Ravens They were in pretty good field position and then Lamar took such a bad sack I want to say it was an overtime, but it might have been at the very end of the fourth quarter I don't remember but he took a really really bad sack It was that play where he got sacked and then try to throw the ball away at the last lap after the last second But his knee had already hit the ground and it was just it was too late And that was one of them plays where it's like man Lamar We gotta live to play another down because it's not like it was fourth down anything like that Ain't no a with the pressure. It was coming in a lot yesterday But still that's a play that Lamar you guys to throw it away So that was tough and again, he did make some good plays made some good throws But it was a lot that was left out there on the field too and it just it was tough When we talk about Todd Monkham with Todd Monkham Yesterday was again not not his best game either Because the Blitz was coming in a lot and the Ravens just could not get it going and what the coach did a phenomenal job of They were like Ravens ain't getting no deep passes on us We saw it against the Bengals and like no we ain't letting it happen And even a little bit against the the Texans But the coach were like now Ravens ain't doing this and they did not allow any deep passes There were a couple shots or whatnot, but they they took him away And I really thought that uh with this game I'm like and and I've been saying it like it's nice how the Ravens they loaded up this team Because you got if your top guy goes out or one of your top guys goes out like Odell Beckham, Jr. Was out yesterday. Okay, cool. He's out Ravens still got to taking care of because they still got all those weapons and whatnot But those weapons were just They weren't there. They weren't used they they weren't a factor Ravens could never just they could never get it going Top monkey in this game. I'm surprised that we didn't see more screens We saw I remember one of them, but I'm surprised we didn't see more Because the offensive line they they did definitely struggle in the game yesterday big time Sam Mustapha, he had he had a low snap that resulted in a fumble It just contributed to to the fumbles Lamar had his fumbles already didn't a low snap that didn't help But the offensive line they they were just struggling yesterday So that obviously wasn't good The running game. Oh boy the running game It was weird because Gus that was early on he was looking solid as normal But then they stopped using them and it was like, huh? And then he came back a little bit and then he ended up going out with a concussion It's like man Ravens just cannot catch a break for nothing Melvin Gordon, he was in there and he did okay. Can Drake. Oh can Drake that was a Big momentum shifted right there. I know there were a lot of people blaming Ken Drake for the Ravens actually losing the game No, it was just it was not his fault alone. There were so many contributing factors But can Drake did catch that pass got a lot of nice. Yeah, it was looking good It's like all right jizzy and then boom that ball got knocked out and the Colts recovered it I said, oh man and at that point I was thinking oh, yeah, Ken That's a wrap for Ken Drake and we talked about how we expected the Ravens to release him because especially with him being on a Practice squad, but then they gave him more chances and whatnot and he did not necessarily redeem himself But he did do better didn't fumble anymore at all But steel with the injury to Gus Edwards the concussion and who knows how long it could be because with Anthony Richardson from the Colts He got concussed last week and didn't play in this week's game So with Gus Edwards, he got concussed this week So we'll see if he plays in next week's game. It's still to be determined just but just another injury on the Ravens long list of injuries and Again, we this is such a long list and it just it doesn't make any sense to me How they continue to get injury after injury after injury after injury after injury. I don't know what it is I don't know what's going on, but it's it's sloppy. I mean, it's not sloppy. It's just it's weird It's weird the game yesterday was sloppy some moments from the game The the kick the kick after the after Gardner men's shoe stepped out of bounds and the safety I'm thinking like oh, yeah, yeah Ravens got this in the bag, baby. It wasn't over, but I'm thinking Oh, yeah, yeah Raven's gonna take your business and about to be over Hardball said that there was a miscommunication. He said that initially when they when the Colts were doing a free kick that They told they flowers a just fair catch it because it was after the two-minute warning but then how boss said oh, then they added some time to the clock and It was before the two-minute warning, but he said they didn't have enough time to communicate that was a flowers Because I was wondering when he caught doing did a fair catch and I'm like why didn't he just run out those last couple of seconds? I want to take it to the two-minute warning But right there that's a lot of people saying oh rookie mistake rookie mistake. That's on Hubble that that that part right there That's on John Hardball because there was a time in the game where they did have good situational awareness Where it was when the Colts Was I think was late in the county remember when in the game it was exactly but the Colts they lined up to kick a field goal and when they lined up to kick a field goal It was on a fourth down obviously they line up to kick a field goal But then they did this mass Substitution where they brought the offense on the field and they were they were looking like they were gonna go for it I was like no, no, no We're not ready for this I'm calling the time out because we just want to prepare for that. It's like okay How ball good job calling the time out in that situation because you wanted to make sure you were prepared and you were ready So then the very next play they came out like they were gonna run a field goal And they did the exact same thing again They did this mass substitution But Ravens also did a substitution and then the Colts got a delay of game And that forced him to kick a field goal and that kicker I think Matt gay But he that boy was the baller yesterday that dude was kicking him Think he had four field goals over 50 yards something like this crazy man He did a phenomenal job yesterday But anyway, how about had great situation or awareness on that play but in the play was a flower It's like hey if if you need to communicate something to say that's going to be game-changing Call the time out call the time out it was at the very end of this very close to the end of Regulation and you're in control your team just went up three points And he about to get the ball back because they just got a safety call a time out and get it under control So he knows exactly what to do because those three seconds those were precious three seconds That could have made such a big difference a huge difference when it came to the time and the clock management and whatnot So that right there was on John Hubba But again, this was a collective effort. It was a collective effort of a loss by everybody Likely Isaiah likely. Oh, man, it reminded me of Anquan Bolton in the playoff game against the Steelers and I want to say 2010 I think was 2010 but anyway, I don't remember what year was I know y'all remember what year was when Flacco he threw the Anquan but he threw a touchdown anquan bolder now This wasn't a touchdown Isaiah likely, but it was a perfect pass hit him right in the chest and Anquan Bolton just dropped it. I was oh man, and it also reminded me of that that same game with a TJ Hoosman Zata Where it was the fourth and I think fourth and 11 very into the game Flacco hit TJ Hoosman Zata right in the chest and he dropped it but anyway This play to Isaiah likely reminded me of that because Lamar hit him and it was for a first down He's a big first down And he hit him and Isaiah likely just dropped it. He dropped it and I said, oh man. Oh It hurt bad. It really hurt bad With Zay flowers in yesterday's game He he was making a lot of smart play Can we talk about past catching now Zay flowers was making a lot of smart plays because something that I know From him throughout the entire game, which was a big positive he would catch the ball and there will be two defenders around them and Instead of trying to go around the defender and possibly lose yards trying to make them miss He would go forward. He would make sure he always went forward instead of losing yards And I guess he realized like man, this is a tough game We is a struggle for yards right now So let me do everything that I can possibly do to get positive yards whenever I got the ball in my hands And I really appreciated that from Zay flowers because those were some though. Those were some good moves Zay flowers had eight catches for 48 yards Nelson Aguilar he had four catches for 39 yards. He has a nice tough tough tough catches And he was out there trying man. He was out there trying so I give it to a mark Andrews I thought that he was gonna have a louder game today or yesterday, but he only had four catches for 35 yards They they took care of business against him. They took care of business against really everybody Melvin Gordon, he had a couple of catches Drake had a couple catches Isaiah likely he did have that one big catch But yeah that drop now Rashad Bateman Shaw Bateman extremely quiet game. I hadn't even I don't even remember when he got that one catch for six yards I don't even remember but Rashad Bateman. He they said he had a hamstring injury after the game and that's unfortunate because Hopefully it's nothing Rashad Bateman. I know he tweeted out He's like I ain't gonna let all the negativity all your negative people get to me this this time And it ain't gonna work. So hopefully he will be healthy moving forward, but he was very quiet very quiet I even try I joked around like during the game during the last year I said hey, they better get Rashad Bateman involved. Well, he's gonna request a trade man But Rashad Bateman was really quiet in the game for the This is just a sloppy game sloppy sloppy game for the offense as a whole for coaching It was it was sloppy, but defense see with defense they they they shared in the the wealth of Sloppiness a little bit like giving up a hundred twenty-two yards to Zach most they said they had a problem setting the edge all game long Big problem the runs up the middle They were holding that down for the most part But it was those runs to the outside where they just they couldn't do it they could not do it They could not contain them and that's where Zach Moss was getting most of his big breaks But even still even with that and Zach Moss, he did most Patrick Queen, too So that play was like oh, he caught him nasty They didn't they had got pressure on garden issue on that play too but garden issue did a good job and threw it up and that was that but even with all that being said I just I Can't put this on the defense. I can't I cannot put this on the defense yet They did have their mistakes obviously they did have their hiccups But I cannot put this loss on them because they continue to hold it down Time after time after time after time after time again They really did and they were doing overall a good job. Yeah, they were giving up some stuff here and there But they were they did enough for the Baltimore Ravens to win Even in overtime they gave the offense a chance to win. They gave them opportunities to win Offense just didn't take it off. It's just had the defense keep coming back out there over and over again And we hate to see that you hate to see that especially a game with Kyle Hamilton It's like a defensive player the year type of game The man had the three sacks had some tackles for a loss had a bunch of tackles had a force fumble had past deflection Kyle that was a defensive player the year type of game, but it all goes not necessarily for nothing But it's a loss it is a loss and that's got to be deflated in you could see I remember the point in the overtime when you could just see that the Ravens were just deflated especially on defense They were they were deflated and I think especially after that The fourth down where they went for it and they didn't call the pass and if they they were done They were done and you a hope that they could get a stop and then they did end up getting the stop But then it was a long field goal, but it was a field goal that was in a range of gay And he is making those all day Justin Tucker Justin Tucker's just no in the conditions were a little ugly But Justin Tucker he was off too It was off off. So again, everybody contributed me though Those are some long field but it was the ugly Justin Tucker because we got these high expectations for JT Super high expectations for Justin Tucker, but he he was he's missing so and again the conditions were the what the conditions were But it's still Justin Tucker. So he like, oh, yeah, but gay was making them But Tucker just he couldn't get that long but he did make he didn't make one of the longest But um, it was just an off game for the Ravens just everywhere Everywhere Brandon Stevens Just thinking about him there were he did make some plays that there was one play where I loved it because He had stripped the ball out of there stripped the ball out of there on a deep pass that got him in shoot through up But then there was another play toward the end of the game where he same thing He tried to strip the ball out of there. He was in position But he just could not make the play Michael Pittman, Jr. Caught it over him. So it was a struggle game man This game definitely made me miss Marlon Humphrey a lot more than we already had This man made you miss everybody Because while I did say earlier the the injuries were not an excuse for the Baltimore Ravens with this game They were not they weren't at all. They were not an excuse But with the end with if you got some of those guys healthy like they could have made a difference That they they could have made a significant difference here and there But the Ravens they just they got to be better man And I mean that's so easy to say but they they have to be much much better They all contributed to this loss They cannot continue to give games away like this They cannot continue to be sloppy one thing that I will say it is much better that this something like this is happening now Early on in the season because you don't want it to be happening late in the season They got to get the turnovers cleaned up though They they cannot continue to just give the ball away. They cannot continue to donate the ball with these fumbles They got to get it cleaned up and that's Lamar Jackson. He got to get the fumbles cleaned up for sure Past protection past protection. We know that we're working with backups two of these guys are not starters and last week's game Last week's game was great against the Cincinnati Bengals. They did an amazing job There was still some time where they let some pressure in but overall they did an amazing job, but this game They just they couldn't hold it. They couldn't hold up like they did last game so that will contributed to the loss to and just Raven's not taking advantage of opportunities miss communications and This stuff has no choice but to improve as the season goes on and has no choice But to get better as the season goes on But it's going to take them just doing a little extra a little extra than whatever they doing now It's gonna take them doing that much more work than whatever it is They're doing now, but the Raven should be able to take care of business I do not think that are all of a sudden. Oh, well this team. They're not a suitable team since they lost to the coast No, losses happen upsets happen They they they happen all the time To different teams to some of the top teams some of the love it is what it is any given Sunday But Ravens certainly they know what they need to clean up We know a lot of what they need to clean up and it's important that they take Aggressive action and getting it done because this game was not that