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Seriously though, what happened to the defense?

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It wasn't at all shocking to see the offense look like a high school team, I mean it's happened in half of the games this year, but why couldn't the defense stop a banged up Ravens O-Line and some 3rd string running back?

Based on what I've seen this year, it makes no sense.
 
Ummm they looked great until the offense gave them no rest. They got burnt out and also were put at mid field all game. Looking back the defense played good enough to win. We might have the worst offense in NFL history with an Offensive head coach god help us.
 
That and I don't think we were that good to start with. I think we were hoping we were better than we are but reality set in.
 
The defense has been poor all year in the most important area. You can't surrender an opposing passer rating of nearly 103 on the year and expect to stop other teams from scoring over the long haul.
 
Alex Collins is good. I was surprised he wasn't drafted higher. I really liked that kid at Arkansas. It sort of reminds me of when Priest Holmes played for the Ravens and they didn't think he was any good so they let him go...went to the Chiefs and freakin dominated.

Regardless the Ravens have a knack of turning all of the Dolphins strengths into a weakness and all of their weaknesses into a strength. 32nd ranked run D of the Ravens shutdown the Dolphins running game. Ravens poor overall offense, turned into a juggernaut against our defense...particularly the running game where we had been giving up just 87.2 ypg...Ravens smashed that. One of these days we'll get to play them in Miami when Robert Kraft allows it to happen.
 
Hahaha serious?

I felt bad for our defense to be honest.

Our drives lasted about 55 seconds before they had to trot out there again, oh, and let's make sure we only punt it 35 yards while we're at it. Absolutely pathetic.

Defense is fine. Fix the offense.
 
Can't expect the D to hold up after all of those 3 and outs. Despite the offensive ineptitude they surrendered 26 points which isn't good but it's not disgusting either.
 
What do we have to do to make a dramatic turnaround on offense? We can't run for anything with one of the best backs in football, and can't catch anything with some really good receivers, and seriously Moore/Cutler wouldn't be this horrible let's be real we have Mcown going off in NY and those two are much better than him. We all want cuts to the OL yet we don't have clear cut options to replace anyone. We need to really change up the dynamic of the line as well as just the overall style of running/passing concepts out of it.

We should just play James and Tunsil on the same side, at least we know Tunsil was an above average guard last year and makes Pouncey better with better talent next to him. Give Asiata a chance at RG, where he could be a better fit since he's at least got some strength to him, and play Bushrod/Davis/Young at RT.

If we're going to potentially have to pay Juwan 9m/yr he better be able to slide to the left. Major time for everyone to know what they bring to the table next game on everyone. I'm still not giving up, but the time has come to see who we really are right now.
 
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