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Why the Baltimore Ravens won’t make the playoffs

Found December 06, 2012 on The Penalty Flag: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Ray Lewis,  Joe Flacco,  Ray Rice
TEAMS: Baltimore Ravens
Following the pre-season hype of the Baltimore Ravens and how their new offense would overwhelm every team they played and their perennially powerful Defensive squad would continue to dominate, the cracks have shown, and they aren’t mending. The problems of course started in the preseason when Defensive Player of the Year Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles and was expected to miss either the season or most of it. Things continued to get worse when future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis tore his triceps muscle in Week 6, the squad also lost its best cover corner that week when Lardarius Webb tore his ACL.  As if those weren’t enough both Safety Ed Reed and Defensive Lineman Haloti Ngata have been playing injured and aren’t as effective as they can be.… Read more
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  • I was at the game, what a bunch of sore losers.
    by ravenhater   December 10, 2012   Reply    
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