The day after

Man oh Man was I wrong. Not only did the Ravens lose but they lose in a way I did not expect.

The Ravens defense did not get off the field on third downs and allowed the Bengals offense to sustain long scoring drives in the first half. Contrary to my belief, the Ravens did not play poorly because they gave up alot of big plays, they let Cedric Benson run rampant on them. Benson had another hundred yard rushing game with 117 yards on 34 carries. Although all of this was without Haloti Ngata, I honestly do not think he would have made a huge impact in this game. The defense was just embarrassed.

The Ravens offense was simply pathetic yesterday. Joe Flacco had two interceptions and no touchdown passes. The last attempt at a scoring drive Flacco took sack after sack virtually eliminating the slim chance they had of scoring. The only score Baltimore generated was two yard run by Ray Rice. Rice was the only bright spot on this side of the ball. He had 135 total yards from scrimmage.

Once again when the team is counting on him to nail the kick, Steve hauschka chokes! He missed a 38 yard attempt with 6:12 left in the game after Ed Reed forced a turnover to put them in position. Him making the kick would have switch the momentum to the Ravens favor and would have gotten the team that much closer to winning. What should the Ravens do with this guy? I am not saying that he lost this game but earlier this season versus the Vikings he had the game in his lap but he let it slip away. He has definitely become quite the liability and I don't think he has given the Ravens a reason to trust him in clutch time.

Overall the Ravens are showing how inconsistent they are and just made getting to the playoffs a lot harder. At this point they probably won't win the division. They have already been swept by the Bengals and they have not even played the Steelers yet. Baltimore you should be ashamed of yourself.