Five Things We Learned From The Ravens-Bengals game
1. It's time to admit it, this team lacks discipline. For the most part, players are to blame for penalties, but when it becomes a reoccurring problem, week after week, it's time to start asking whether the coaching staff made some mistakes in training camp this year by forgetting fundamentals. Holding calls, pass interference calls, roughing the passer calls -- it's all adding up. And this team doesn't have a margin for error anymore. At some point, blaming the referees is counter productive. Let the fans buy into conspiracy theories, but the players and coaches need to look in the mirror. There might have been some bad calls against New England, but crying about it seems to have backfired. Most of the flags thrown today were deserved. Fabian Washington can't run down the field holding hands with Chad Ochocinco. Jared Gaither needs to let go of a pash rusher if he has his hands under the shoulder pads and Joe Flacco starts scrambling. Lardarius Webb can't be bumping guys in the back when he's blocking on punt returns. The question now becomes: Can you make a team more disciplined in a short time span? Doubtful. Those things happen during training camp.
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