I think those rumblings were your stomach Mike. Maybe you need to eat more, so you'll be inclined to sit more and therefore, write more of this BS you spew...

If the Ravens continue to play Read and React on defense it will be a long game.... In the NFL today you must play a attacking defense.I am sure the coaching staff knows this by now. I HOPE!!!

We are going to see the coach who should have come back to BMore as the D Coordinator this sunday. Instead we get a family friend D Coordinator who runs a college scheme and expects wonders from run stopping D Linemen. PRESSURE, PRESSURE, PRESSURE OR MATTISON NEEDS TO GO!!!!

Well Harbaugh did this to himself he chose Greg Mattison as his D coordinator unless Ozzie had a hand in it as well. He Mattison likes to run a vanilla 4-3 base defense and in the NFL you can not run that in college against spred offense yes in the pros no.Vic Fangio should have been named D coordinator or an attempt to bring back Nolan should have been made.Mattison hopefully will adjust if not he will be out of a job and Harbaugh might be on his way to loseing the locker room players got the last coach fired remember the pieces are in place for that.

Mike -

Please find some new material. You've worn out the articles on the secondary, needing more athletic lineman, and potential "fires".

It seems like Preston has no actual contacts anymore. I guess all his inside leaks like C-Mac are gone, and Preston is nothing but a small time high school coach giving his "insight" on the big boys.

Just got back from the bar. Heard some Ravens defenders over in the corner talking about how they do not like Bisciotti's hair and they think Ozzie is an over rated old bum. Seriously. I can't say who they were, but they said it. Seriously. Why should you believe me? Because I wrote it on the internet. That's why!

Clarence Brooks should have gotten the job, thets who the defense wanted.

Everyone knows, the ravens with a few less bad breaks are 6-0 or 5-1 so preston needs to stop with the fire negative crap.

I've said all along that Harbaugh is in trouble. I just get the feeling he took the defense for granted. It was just there and would always be there. Then stupid statements like now that we have an offense, we don't need a dominant defense. Ah wrong!!!

Mattison is the problem and the problem solver is supposed to be Harbaugh. Tomorrow will tell us a lot. I hope Harbaugh and Mattison make all of us doubters look really, really silly - I HOPE..

Fire Mattison and Promote Brooks already

Last I looked Rex Ryan has the same amount of losses as Mattison. Three of the Jets wins were against Houston, winless Tennessee, and 2-5 Oakland. Yeah they beat the Pats in NY and if Clayton catches a wide open pass in the numbers, the Ravens would have beaten the Pats @ New England. The Ravens lost to the Pats, the then 6-0 Vikings (another game the Ravens should have won), and the Bengals (ditto). The Mighty Rex Ryan LOST to Buffalo @ home, to Miami @ Miami and @ New Orleans. Last I looked the Mighty Rex Ryan got his arse kicked by the Colts last year 31-3. The problem isn't Mattison; it's mediocre players like Domonique Foxworth, Fabian Washington, Frank Walker, Chris Carr. They are not Mattison's fault. They are the brilliant Wizard of Oz's signings. Sign mediocre players, get beat by good opponents. Then there is the OLD cry baby Ray Lewis. Has he lost a step? More like a yard. Anyone who thinks Rex Ryan could get good results out of this mediocre secondary doesn't know football.

Yeh,and I heard the fans will start selling the remaining games tickets because the season will be over.C'mon,Mike, you were behaving like a team player until Stover left for Indy. Lighten up and let the D play the game,first.Are you going to go 'Billick Lite" on us,now?

I'm going to defend Mike Preston on this one because I've heard this same thing reported on other media outlets not connected with the Baltimore Sun or Mike Preston.

This is something that bears watching. Remember the last time Mike said there might be trouble in the locker room he was right and he called out guys like C-Mac.

Mattison should not be a coach in the NFL ... Period ... but c'mon Mike, don't start the somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody told somebody that some players are not on board with Mattison, unless you have some facts.

Jim Leonhard, Bart Scott, Chris McAlister, Matt Stover....

What would the Ravens' record be had Jim Leonhard been on Defense and punt returns this year, hmmm?
Lot of ghosts at M&T Bank Stadium this year...
A championship team has to figure out how to keep players like Jim Leonhard in Baltimore.

Likewise, they might want to try throwing some passes to Ed Reed. Odds are Ed Reed makes that catch on the final drive in the Patriots game.

We need to see some razzle-dazzle and gadget plays:
Flea flickers, Reverse, Suggs Package with Troy Smith, Mark Clayton throwing passes from an End Around handoff, let Ray Lewis take a few passes, hand off the ball to Haloti Ngata in the red zone, etc.
Even should they lose a few mores games, it will keep the game and product exciting, creative, imaginative, and enjoyable to watch. Heck, design a play that puts Ed Reed and Ray Lewis in on offense as receivers.