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Call A Spade A Spade, The Ravens Are A Bad Team

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:05 p.m. ET

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Oct 23, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa (81) runs for a touchdown after catching a pass from Geno Smith (not shown) during the first half of their game against the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

The Baltimore Ravens just lost their fourth game in a row:

We have to be blunt here; the Baltimore Ravens are a bad football team. They lost to the 1-5 New York Jets. The same Jets team that got beaten down 28-3 by the Arizona Cardinals beat the Ravens 24-16. The Jets were being talked about as the worst team in football. Now, the Ravens are getting too close to that conversation. Call a spade a spade, the Ravens are a bad football team.

When you can’t beat bad teams, you are a bad team. When you are ranked 24th in points scored per game, you’re not exactly a well oiled machine. The Baltimore Ravens are making things as hard as possible. They are 19th in yards gained per game. Everything about this team is screaming average, maybe even mediocre.

The Ravens got off to a 10-0 lead in both trips to East Rutherford, New Jersey. They lost both games. That is something that only bad teams do. The Ravens outscore the Jets 10-0 in the first quarter. The Jets outscored them 27-13 in the next three quarters. How many times can this team fall apart before we call this team a flaming hot mess?

Oct 23, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa (81) runs for a touchdown after catching a pass from Geno Smith (not shown) during the first half of their game against the Baltimore Ravens at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports

The Mark Of A Bad Team

Joe Flacco threw two horrible interceptions late in the game. He threw it 44 times. Marty Mornhinweg only called nine running plays. The purple and black, were 3-14 on third down conversions. A lack of balance is a bad thing to have. A lack of third down success is the mark of a bad football team. The Ravens have shot themselves in the foot so many times this season that we really ought to find out if they still have any toes left.

The Jets benched Ryan Fitzpatrick for Geno Smith. Geno Smith was injured and Fitzpatrick made the Ravens look bad. Matt Forte had 100 rushing yards and 54 receiving yards. The Jets scored one of their touchdowns on a screen pass to Forte. Later in the game the Jets ran the same play for a big first down.

The penalties were actually under control in this game. When they played the Giants, the Ravens were penalized 16 times. Today we have only four penalties however one of them was telling. Za’Darius Smith celebrated like he just made the play of the century on a play where he was penalized for roughing the passer. It was almost as bad of a look as Timmy Jernigan fumbling back the ball to the New York Jets. These are things that good teams just don’t do.

Oct 16, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh during the first half against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports

No More Excuses

First it was the offensive coordinator. Marc Trestman was fired after the Ravens second loss. Next it was injuries. What excuse will we give to the Ravens for losing to a bad Jets team? We have to wake up and settle with the fact that the Ravens are playing horribly right now. We have run out of things to blame. It remains to be seen if this nightmare can end, but the Ravens have to change. If the same thing happens every week, fixes are needed.

They lost to the Raiders because they didn’t turn it on until it was too late. They lost to the Redskins after ignoring what worked offensively. Next they lost to the Giants because they unraveled before our eyes. Now they have topped themselves. The purple and black made a horrible 1-5 team look like Super Bowl champions.

The Ravens allowed Quincy Enunwa to take a short pass for a 69 yard touchdown. It was just one big play after another today. The defense has had impressive moments this season however big plays are killing Dean Pees’s unit. This was a team loss. The Ravens have beaten themselves at every turn and on offense, defense and special teams.

The Ravens are completely to blame. Joe Flacco gets blame. John Harbaugh gets blame. They all get blame. It seems like this team is without any energy whatsoever. Now more than ever we have to acknowledge that things are going in the wrong direction. I don’t have much faith that things will turn around, however the first step is admitting that you have a problem. The team better get busy, because they have many problems.

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