09-14-2018, 10:52 AM
(09-14-2018, 09:49 AM)thillan Wrote: First off, what a great win. Baltimore is a GOOD team this year, and that was an impressive showing by the Bengals. Now for some things I saw:
- We underestimated how good our receiving core could be. Boyd is playing like a legit #2, and Ross really isn’t playing too bad. I just think he isn’t getting enough targets to feel comfortable.
- I’m most excited by the fact that this team is able to stop the momentum! The Ravens were showing all the signs of a comeback, and both defense and offense stepped up in big situations.
- I think I’m 50/50 on the decision to pass when we were up 28-7 with around 1:20 left in first half. I would’ve rather ran the ball, make them use timeouts, and force Flacco to drive the field since we got the ball in the 2nd half anyway. But we can’t say Marvin was passive!
- I know AJ played out of his mind.. but I think Mixon is our MVP. My god does he take over a game. I’m so happy we have this kid, he is SPECIAL.
- Dre played better than I expected. And it’s cool when you notice that you saw Dre on the screen all night, but I saw WJ maybe 2-3 times? Crabtree was silent when he went to WJ3.
I could say more, but it was just a great all around game. Those 2 wins were important, because Carolina and Atlanta and going to be TOUGH! If we win one of those, we are doing really well.
One of the things that many, if not most, board members have complained about in the past is that Marvin would tell the OC to go "conservative" at the end of the half and/or game.
We'd ***** and complain that when we had another team down, we wouldn't "step on their throat" and go for the kill. So Marvin had the opportunity to change the narrative last night ... and he took it. It didn't work out as planned, but at least he was aggressive.
My larger complaint, though, is that the team STILL let the Ratbirds back into the game at that point. The "D" couldn't get the job done when the Ravens got the ball back with 2:00 or so left to go. That's what concerns me the most.
