As an avid fan of the Baltimore Ravens, I was extremely disappointed in the outcome of the Monday Night Football game in Week 13. The Ravens really needed to get a win this week to ensure their place in the wild card hunt for the AFC and failed to come up with the win. It is particularly frustrating to sit through an entire game where your team is struggling and making careless mistakes throughout.
The Ravens had many chances to turn the game around and failed to capitalize on the opportunities. Flacco had a particularly bad game throwing three picks with a dismal qb rating of 27.2. Whatever the circumstances you cannot expect to beat quality teams in the nfl when your qb is throwing 3 picks. Ray Rice also had a crucial fumble on the opening drive for the Ravens which resulted in a loss of a touchdown/field goal which killed the momentum for the Ravens early. The abscense of Ed Reed also presented real problems as the Ravens' secondary was torched throughout the game.
Give credit though to the Green Bay Packers for getting the win against our Baltimore Ravens who were playing well up until this game. The conditions did favor the Packers though in this regard. The Ravens are probably not used to playing games in 10-20 degree weather which is commonplace for the residents of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
With this loss, the Ravens drop to 6-6 and are in a three way tie of overall record with the Patriots and the Steelers. The Ravens are going to need to some help with Denver (8-4) and Jacksonville (7-5) currently holding the two wild card slots the American Football Conference. At this point the Ravens have been plagued by bad circumstances throughout the year but have definetly missed crucial opportunities to win games when given the chance. It will be a suprise to find the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs this year after playing in the AFC championship game last year against the Steelers.
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