Joe Flacco

[cj's dad]

Joe is out for the year ! Torn ACL. The Ravens season was going nowhere and now it will only get worse. The Ravens also lost their best running back when Justin Forsett broke his right arm on a cheap body slam by a Rams defender.

[Valuist]

This team has been completely decimated by injuries, and amazingly is actually 3-2 in their last 5 games and 4 points away from being 5-0. Ok, the schedule has been a who's who of lousy teams: Miami, Cleveland, St Louis, Jax and San Diego, but Harbaugh has done a great job keeping this team competitive. The bettors have noticed.

[cj's dad]

This team has been completely decimated by injuries, and amazingly is actually 3-2 in their last 5 games and 4 points away from being 5-0. Ok, the schedule has been a who's who of lousy teams: Miami, Cleveland, St Louis, Jax and San Diego, but Harbaugh has done a great job keeping this team competitive. The bettors have noticed.

100% correct- best QB, receiver (Smith), running back (Forsett) and defender (Suggs) out for the year All 12 of their games have been decided by 8 or fewer points, an NFL record.

[Kash$]

100% correct- best QB, receiver (Smith), running back (Forsett) and defender (Suggs) out for the year All 12 of their games have been decided by 8 or fewer points, an NFL record.

John Harbaugh can coach his ass off no quit from the Ravens.

[tucker6]

lol. In the meantime, Pittsburgh lost their running back for most of the year, their #2 receiver for 4 games, and their QB off and on for most of the year and are 7-5. That is with a subpar defense that most Raven fans thought would be very poor this year and are. The truth is that the Ravens mentally fell apart on defense when Suggs went down, and Flacco had a subpar year. That combination, along with Harbaugh's inability to coach the rest of the players up has led to your record.

If you don't believe that story, compare yourselves to Dallas' or New England's injury situations, which are worse than yours. Whining about injuries is sad, and everyone has them. Harbaugh has not done a credible job this year.

[ronsmac]

lol. In the meantime, Pittsburgh lost their running back for most of the year, their #2 receiver for 4 games, and their QB off and on for most of the year and are 7-5. That is with a subpar defense that most Raven fans thought would be very poor this year and are. The truth is that the Ravens mentally fell apart on defense when Suggs went down, and Flacco had a subpar year. That combination, along with Harbaugh's inability to coach the rest of the players up has led to your record.

If you don't believe that story, compare yourselves to Dallas' or New England's injury situations, which are worse than yours. Whining about injuries is sad, and everyone has them. Harbaugh has not done a credible job this year.If they're lucky, they'll win 1 more game this year.

[Rise Over Run]

lol. In the meantime, Pittsburgh lost their running back for most of the year, their #2 receiver for 4 games, and their QB off and on for most of the year and are 7-5. That is with a subpar defense that most Raven fans thought would be very poor this year and are. The truth is that the Ravens mentally fell apart on defense when Suggs went down, and Flacco had a subpar year. That combination, along with Harbaugh's inability to coach the rest of the players up has led to your record.

If you don't believe that story, compare yourselves to Dallas' or New England's injury situations, which are worse than yours. Whining about injuries is sad, and everyone has them. Harbaugh has not done a credible job this year.
Cool story. Lest we forget that the almighty Stillers lost... at home... to the Ravens this season.

[tucker6]

Cool story. Lest we forget that the almighty Stillers lost... at home... to the Ravens this season.
That was your super bowl this year :D

[Kash$]

That was your super bowl this year :D

Michael Vick was the qb

[cj's dad]

lol. In the meantime, Pittsburgh lost their running back for most of the year, their #2 receiver for 4 games, and their QB off and on for most of the year and are 7-5. That is with a subpar defense that most Raven fans thought would be very poor this year and are. The truth is that the Ravens mentally fell apart on defense when Suggs went down, and Flacco had a subpar year. That combination, along with Harbaugh's inability to coach the rest of the players up has led to your record.

If you don't believe that story, compare yourselves to Dallas' or New England's injury situations, which are worse than yours. Whining about injuries is sad, and everyone has them. Harbaugh has not done a credible job this year.


The Ravens have 18 on the IR list- most in the NFL.

[tucker6]

The Ravens have 18 on the IR list- most in the NFL.
All kidding and ribbing aside, the Ravens should have been better on defense than they were. I throw out all records from the point where the QB goes down because the backup is usually a far inferior QB to the starter. However, I maintain that when Suggs went down, the defense fell apart. That to me says that the DC didn't adjust the defensive game plan to use the remaining skill sets he had. The Steelers have a terrible secondary this year, but have been able to mask it most of the time through good schemes. Why couldn't the Ravens defense mask the lack of pressure they were getting once Suggs went down? So I believe coaching let you down this year and not injuries. That isn't to say that I think the Ravens would be playoff bound, just that I think your record could have been better.

[ReplayRandall]

The Ravens have 18 on the IR list- most in the NFL.

2nd most in the NFL with 17 is the NE Patriots....Yet they manage to be 12-2.

[Secondbest]

If Brady went out with all the other injuries they would not 12-2 or even close.

[ReplayRandall]

If Brady went out with all the other injuries they would not 12-2 or even close.

Absolutely true, just thought I'd point out what a heck of job they've done to have such a record with that many injuries....

[Secondbest]

Just shows how great Brady really is.Also the coach

[tucker6]

I give more credit/blame to coaching than most people. Too many coaches cannot modify their scheme and game planning to fit the changing personnel throughout an nfl season.

[cj's dad]

Michael Vick was the qb

Not today - Big Ben looked like crap !!!!!! Ravens dominate the game. Vick who ?

[tucker6]

Not today - Big Ben looked like crap !!!!!! Ravens dominate the game. Vick who ?
Agreed. They came out flat. I had a bad feeling about this divisional game. The Steelers under Tomlin have a habit of rising and falling in their intensity levels moreso then they did under Cowher.

[PhantomOnTour]

A devastating and possible season wrecking defeat for the Steelers.

Curtis is right - Ben played terrible, and the Steelers laid an egg when they could least afford to.
Now we gotta hope Sexy Rexy and the Bills come up big and beat the Jets, but that looks unlikely the way the Jets are playing.

[Tom]

Local news is full of excuses and finger pointing as to why the Bill never make the playoffs (16 years now).

One of the Bills summed it up quite nicely..." We lose too many games."

OK, Eintstein......thank you for that.

[tucker6]

A devastating and possible season wrecking defeat for the Steelers.

Curtis is right - Ben played terrible, and the Steelers laid an egg when they could least afford to.
Now we gotta hope Sexy Rexy and the Bills come up big and beat the Jets, but that looks unlikely the way the Jets are playing.
most people said the same thing just before the Steelers-Ravens kickoff. In any divisional game, nothing is a sure bet.

[rastajenk]

Especially this time of year.

[Valuist]

It's been a few years since the Ravens got their SB win, and that playoff run by Flacco was truly an outlier. Maybe injuries are partly responsible, but he's no good. Another poor performance earlier today.