Ravens v Commanders game thread

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Was reading a Ravens site after the game and they were making fun how excited the players and fans were about winning a preseason game.

Sure, they wanted to win, especially after having joint practices together. But that was just a part of it.

1st home game with no Dan Snyder and winning in that fashion, was like another huge piece of weight being lifted off of the franchise. Just a fun way to win and nice to get the 1st one at home, that had mostly fans of our team, even if just preseason.

I haven't verified this, but a friend of mine who is an Eagles fan said that Harbaugh popped champagne after beating the Eagles last week, so he was rooting for us. He said "it felt dirty rooting for the Redskins last night...but I had to"

Dumb streak - and it's over so we don't have to hear about it anymore - thank goodness.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I haven't verified this, but a friend of mine who is an Eagles fan said that Harbaugh popped champagne after beating the Eagles last week, so he was rooting for us. He said "it felt dirty rooting for the Redskins last night...but I had to"

Dumb streak - and it's over so we don't have to hear about it anymore - thank goodness.

The streak is over, the other 31 teams can rejoice. And it looks like McLaurin is fine. All around, great night.

[sdskinsfan2001]

You'd think Jaminson Hensley actually played for the Ravens. What a sniveling, whiny, bitch-ass article.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...treak-24-games

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

You'd think Jaminson Hensley actually played for the Ravens. What a sniveling, whiny, bitch-ass article.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...treak-24-games

It really was our A/B team vs their B/C team. Im glad fans showed up. Im glad that Howell looked good. But, honestly in a regular season game…A team vs A team they would blow us up. We still have a lot of work to do, which will happen now that Douche bag is gone. We are still a year away from actually contending for anything. Our LB’s and O line are completely meh.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by punch it in

It really was our A/B team vs their B/C team. Im glad fans showed up. Im glad that Howell looked good. But, honestly in a regular season game…A team vs A team they would blow us up. We still have a lot of work to do, which will happen now that Douche bag is gone. We are still a year away from actually contending for anything. Our LB’s and O line are completely meh.

We still can't cover tight ends on defense. So damn frustrating.

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by punch it in

It really was our A/B team vs their B/C team. Im glad fans showed up. Im glad that Howell looked good. But, honestly in a regular season game…A team vs A team they would blow us up. We still have a lot of work to do, which will happen now that Douche bag is gone. We are still a year away from actually contending for anything. Our LB’s and O line are completely meh.

Agreed. Overreacting to pre-season works both ways: don't panic when we look bad, but don't pop the champagne just yet when some of our starters on D got embarrassed by a bunch of 2s and 3s, and when all our 1s on O couldn't get it in the endzone against their 2nd and 3rd stringers...

Watched the 1st quarter so far, Sam looked pretty good, minus that really bad sack he took on the first drive. But yeah, he looks confortable, throws a good ball, seems to have a nice connection with both Terry and Cole Turner, makes good decisions. Promising for sure.

Oline is worrying, they looked decent only because they were facing back ups. Sam Cosmi was man handled on the first play of the game. My worry is if we're not able to establish a run game, we'll end up asking too much from Howell, which could cost us against good defense.

It's only the pre-season but I didn't like seeing both Forbes and Jartavius Martin missing tackles on the first drive (Forbes made up for on the next drive).

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

Agreed. Overreacting to pre-season works both ways: don't panic when we look bad, but don't pop the champagne just yet when some of our starters on D got embarrassed by a bunch of 2s and 3s, and when all our 1s on O couldn't get it in the endzone against their 2nd and 3rd stringers...

Watched the 1st quarter so far, Sam looked pretty good, minus that really bad sack he took on the first drive. But yeah, he looks confortable, throws a good ball, seems to have a nice connection with both Terry and Cole Turner, makes good decisions. Promising for sure.

Oline is worrying, they looked decent only because they were facing back ups. Sam Cosmi was man handled on the first play of the game. My worry is if we're not able to establish a run game, we'll end up asking too much from Howell, which could cost us against good defense.

It's only the pre-season but I didn't like seeing both Forbes and Jartavius Martin missing tackles on the first drive (Forbes made up for on the next drive).

I'm not sure how you can come away from that game with the idea that the O-line is "worrying". They dominated. Does that mean they will dominate against the Ravens #1s, or anyone else's #1s? Maybe... Maybe not... But the fact that they did dominate, is encouraging.

[EdmundDorf]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I'm not sure how you can come away from that game with the idea that the O-line is "worrying". They dominated. Does that mean they will dominate against the Ravens #1s, or anyone else's #1s? Maybe... Maybe not... But the fact that they did dominate, is encouraging.

I think the interior is better than some give it credit for, but the tackles still worry me a bit. They are not much better than Lucas, if at all, which begs the question of their offseason strategy. Still bugs me that we could have taken Darrisaw when we drafted Jamin Davis. To my mind OTs are far more valuable than LBs in the first round

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I'm not sure how you can come away from that game with the idea that the O-line is "worrying". They dominated. Does that mean they will dominate against the Ravens #1s, or anyone else's #1s? Maybe... Maybe not... But the fact that they did dominate, is encouraging.

I have now watched the full game and I wouldn't call what I saw from the Oline "domination".
Pre-season is for individual evaluation, but to get a sense of where a squad is at, I tend to focus on the first drive, when they're more likely to face NFL-ish opposition... And that first drive didn't look good for them. I liked that Sam overcame the sack and all, but against subpar opposition, I don't think the Oline looked great.
From the second drive only, once Baltimore only had 2s and 3s in there, they managed to give some time to Sam on most snaps.
Plus there's wasn't any clear lanes in the running game, just watch our first two snaps... we were worried about our left side, but our right side seems to be struggling the most, Wylie hasn't looked great so far and I'm not sure Sam Cosmi is better suited to play guard.

If you wanna say that "worrying" is too strong of a word, that's fine, but with our offensive weapons, and how well Sam seems to be developing, I don't like the idea of potentially not having a reliable run game and not being able to handle NFL level pass rush.

[punch it in]

Nope. Got no LB’s. Our Oline will be exposed big time too. But as others have alluded too the dark ages are gone. New ownership group is pretty much playing the hand they were dealt. For now. One year away. Been waiting for 30. One more isn’t going to kill me. Lol

[EdmundDorf]

Ian Rapoport on Twitter

Good news out of the MRI: Sources say there is optimism for Week 1 for Terry McLaurin. More day-to-day than anything, with the scans showing no major injury.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by EdmundDorf

Ian Rapoport on Twitter

Good news out of the MRI: Sources say there is optimism for Week 1 for Terry McLaurin. More day-to-day than anything, with the scans showing no major injury.

[sdskinsfan2001]

[Ruhskins]

I think Nick Gates has been a low key great acquisition by the team.

https://twitter.com/BrandonThornNFL/...58684303777952

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I think Nick Gates has been a low key great acquisition by the team.

https://twitter.com/BrandonThornNFL/...58684303777952

Good stuff! Yeah man I like his nastiness, it’s needed on the Oline. I hope it rubs off on Cosmi