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Bring on the Colts
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Thank goodness, the Ravens did the victory kneel-down. We couldn't have taken much more.

Final: Baltimore 24, Cleveland 10

Man of the Hour, Day, Season
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I have been making this comparison all day, but here's the passing roundup:

Joe Flacco—10-of-23 for 158 yards, 6.9 yards per attempt. Rating of 66.9.

Colt McCoy—17-of-35 for 192 yards, 5.5 yards per attempt. One TD, One INT. Rating of 63.0

So, let's not blame the Cleveland passing defense for this loss. Once again—not the problem.

Thus far the Ravens have 22 first downs and the Browns have 13. Fourteen of those Baltimore first downs were on the ground.

One note one the rush: I just heard D'Qwell Jackson's name called for the first time today. Hmmm.

Now that Rice has his 200 yards and there are three minutes left, don't you think you'd have Rice on the bench for the rest of the day?

Looks like they are doing just that and using Ricky Williams for exactly what they brought him here to do.

The Ravens may be predictable, but it doesn't matter if no one can stop you.

Does anyone else think that the Browns should have mixed it up with their running backs? If Pat Shurmur is so at odds with Hillis, why does he turn the entire offense into the Peyton Hillis show every time the guy is available to play?

It seems as if, when you have three running backs who are reasonably healthy and reasonably good, that you should design a whole bushel-full of plays for them? God knows, you could at least use them in pressure pickups!

And the Browns score a touchdown.

Good for them.

Now, I'm not a NFL Head Coach. I don't want to be a NFL Head Coach. I'm crystal clear on that.

But, are we really reduced to talent-evaluation for the Cleveland Browns?

Is that all the coaches are coaching for? Don't you think it looked like that today?

The players have been trying hard, especially on defense.

But I don't see enough assertive anything from the coaching approach here.

Colt McCoy is throwing over 50 percent and Flacco is under 50 percent. Just goes to prove it isn't all about stats for sure.

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How can it be that Colt McCoy has only been sacked three times.

Doesn't it seem as if he's been battered almost the whole game?

And while I'm musing, Lardarius Webb takes it to the house.

And here I thought that he might be a weak link for Baltimore.

Remember when I said that it would be bad if Maynard had to tackle? Yeah.

Don't you sometimes wonder whether the refs stop calling fouls at some point? I wonder if they figure that the game is painful enough?

Six Ravens have caught passes today.

Six Browns have caught passes today.

Total passing yardage Baltimore—158

Total passing yardage Cleveland—114

That certainly tells you where this game has been won.

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Uh-oh, now the announcers are trying to sound optimistic. 

You know it's over. But, really?

There's more than eight minutes left.

An INT and some deep passes and it could all change.

Too bad that none of us really think that will happen.

"Some of these hardy fans remain." And the cameras steadfastly avoid shots of the stands.

Ouch.

Perhaps we shouldn't be so hard on the Colts' offense.

They had defensive head coaches for the past few years, resulting in a lot of really good young defensive players who are now coached by a very good coordinator in Jauron.

Maybe with a few years of offensively-minded Shurmur the offense will improve.

Hey, I'm trying to be uplifting here.

And the announcers are reduced to counting down Ray Rice's progress towards 200 yards.

That's sad.

They're even discussing the NFC Playoff Picture.

Have they forgotten that this is an AFC North divisional game?

Okay, that one was definitely Colt's fault. The offense looks like they've given up.

That's when I'll bet the D just wants to throttle them.

Ravens start mid-field.

On the other hand, does Shurmur believe that there are a finite number of clever, unique, creative plays to be called in the universe and he's afraid to use them up?

And another drop.

Hmmm. I'm guessing pass plays coming up?

Actually, as much as I criticize Pat Shumur, there's not much he can do with no balance. And it's hard to get balance with a porous O-line and fumble-handed WRs.

Oh, a Lee Evans sighting.

I guess it's Lee who is going to get the fourth quarter bombs. 

But it wasn't in bounds.

Punt.

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Six Baltimore players have rushed the ball. 

Okay, that does include Flacco once, which probably wasn't planned.

But that's 41 called rush plays. Result?

261 yards and two TDs

Peyton Hillis has carried the ball 12 times for 45 yards. Well, that would be great. In the first quarter.

And the Ravens win the challenge. Of course they do.

Cleveland gets a fumble recovery. 

Challenge. Oh dear.

At the half, Baltimore had held the football for 18 minutes to Cleveland's 12 minutes.

Now it's 27 minutes to 18 minutes.

At this rate, McCoy will have to throw the entire fourth quarter.

Run Ricky
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Vonte Leach is having the most fun he's had all year. Everybody's getting to run the ball today.

Sorry, misread the stat. Six first downs by pass. 20 first downs overall.

Oh, correction, I thought those bombs to Smith would be in the fourth quarter.

Geez.

In a game dominated by the fun, Baltimore has 20 first downs via pass.