That was a "bad job"? What an understatement. Everyone in the stadium knew it was a first down. Absolutely ridiculous. But, we didn't deserve to win in light of the missed 30-yard field goal, the inability to score a touchdown with first down inside the 2 and Flacco stupidly forcing that pass in to Rice. We have five losses and should only have one. That's why we won't make the playoffs.

Fire Harbaugh!!

(not a knee-jerk reaction. I've been saying it all year)

He has no grasp of the rules or time management and makes Flacco look like an idiot out there in pressure situations!

How many times are we get the same old excuse from coach Wonderful that he needs to do a better job. Stevie needs to place accountability where it belongs and move the coach out of our misery.

How many times are we get the same old excuse from coach Wonderful that he needs to do a better job. Stevie needs to place accountability where it belongs and move the coach out of our misery.

How many times are we get the same old excuse from coach Wonderful that he needs to do a better job. Stevie needs to place accountability where it belongs and move the coach out of our misery.

How many times are we gonna ge tthe same comment from Ken?

Evidently, Harbs didn't see the replay, so he must be getting the info from upstairs to challenge the call. What are they looking at? Ridiculous challenge!

Nice one Coach Wonderful!

By the way - THE SKY IS FALLING!!one1!

Seriously though, it's kind of funny to see the same fans who are complacent with a decade of losing by the orioles get all up in arms over ravens games.

What I would like to know though, is why can't the ravens have any consistency from year to year? It seems like in recent history we've had a winning season followed by a losing season followed by a winning season etc. I don't know who, if anyone, is responsible for this, but it hurts to see other franchises (see pittsburgh, the "indianappolis professional football team", and patriots) manage to have consistency.

I will say this though - hopefully the fans who want to fire everyone from Ozzie down to the ball/water boy get some perspective over the holidays. I'm a big baltimore sports fan personally, but i don't let it run/ruin my life. There are other more important things out there...

Bottom line--the Ravens do not have the will this season.

They have only shown the killer instinct in the first game against the Browns. Yes, they played well against Denver, but other than that, they have not shown the will to put games away.

As it is said, they were lucky to get out of San Diego alive, and they could easily have lost to the Chiefs.

When a team is on the 6 inch line, they have to score. Why run 3 dives up the gut, when the outside was effective all day long.

What a shame. All that talent wasted by iffy play calling, lack of heart, and what seems like no sense of urgency. The time out call also made no sense--use the Two Minute Warning as a time out, and leave the team time outs for when you get the ball back.

I think Flacco, the O-Line, Rice, McClain, and Mason are the class of the offense--but for some reason they lack fire. Willis? He was Willis. Two or three tip toe steps, and flop. What happened to the guy who scored 7 toucdowns in the first part of the season.

What a shame--we have to wait 10 months to get a fresh set of games next year.

Even if we had a timeout remaining it would have been divine guidance to throw to field goal range.Then,knowing our luck this season(not all bad,but mostly)Cundiff would have missed wide right again.We found a kicker today and committed acts of self destruction in the process.Hardball is taking some medicine like a man;I wish some whiny fans would do the same(they're probably Steeler fans) on these blogs.I accept his truthfulness about that lost timeout;now everybody go take a shower if you're not happy about his response.

Where is last year's offense?

The Ravens did not make a single pass attempt into the end zone despite favorable field position all day.

When you try not to lose instead of trying to win, this is what happens... especially against the best team in the AFC.

Meanwhile, the rest of the division tried to help us back into the race and we blew it by playing scared and playing dumb.

What a bunch of fickle candy arsed fans. Harbaugh was the toast of the town last year but now all the hypocrites are screaming for his head. The entire NFL knows that Ravens "fans" are the most stupid in the entire football world and these posts just prove it.

Pete, How do we explain Harbaugh's brain glitch? On one explanation makes any sense: He was channeling Bill Belichick.

The similarity to the Patriot's loss to the Colts really is uncanny. No matter how good a team may be, few of them can afford their coaches throwing away time outs late in the game against Peyton Manning and Co. That's just football suicide.

"...Ravens 'fans' are the most stupid in the entire football world..."

Most stupid? I suspect Idiot Finder never has to look far. Maybe only as far as the mirror.

Anyway, what I actually came here to say:

One freakin' touchdown could've beaten the Colts, put the Ravens in a tie for second in the North and just one game back of the Bengals, and that was our desperate team on the ropes effort? Pathetic. Throw deep. Stretch the field. Take chances. There's no need to play it safe when you're on the outside looking in. It's absolutely maddening to watch a team with so many good pieces have no idea how to assemble them. I want last year's offense back.

Pete--When Ray Lewis stuffed Darren Sproles in San Diego to end the Chargers' final drive, it looked like the Ravens were on to big things this season. That was a close game against a strong opponent that was won on the road.

Four of the five Baltimore losses this season have been by a total of 13 points.

This loss today was one of the worst I've experienced as a Ravens fan.

Not being able to make plays in the red zone, not being able to score a TD on first and goal from the one, and then Joe Flacco finding the wrong Rutgers grad (Gary Brackett instead of Ray Rice) for a horrible interception, keeping the team from taking the lead.

Indianapolis was ripe for a loss today. We blew this game.

A win coupled with the upset defeats suffered by the Steelers and the Bengals would have been a boost.

Oh, and I guess you know that I detest losing to the team from Indianapolis--do you notice how so few commentators bother to call them that, can't seem to handle six syllables--whose team (history and colors) was stolen from Baltimore.

As a fan of the game it just bothers me to no end that the Ravens had a chance to make Peyton drive 80 yards for the win and blew it. That would have been the perfect bookend to last weeks Colts / Pats game and Bilichik's controversial call.

All in all the Ravens played way better than I expected. That is no consolation to the true black and purple who saw their team lose a game they should have won. On the other hand I've seen the Ravens play this same game quite a few times in the past several years. They used to win these contests. Why not now?

You can point to this or point to that, but if you can't score a touchdown, you ain't gonna beat the Colts! The Ravens are not an elite 1st tier NFL team. They are a very good defensive team and an erratic at best offensive team.

As I sat in the stands yesterday watching Flacco hand off and dump off constantly to Ray Rice I had a flashback to 30 years ago....watching Bert Jones constantly hand off and dump off to Lydell Mitchell.

Cam Cameron may have outsmarted himself on the series from first and goal at the one. Willis Magahee did not attack the line of scrimmage. The Colts seemed to know what plays were coming on more than one occasion, especially in the Red Zone.

Yesterday's failures in the Red Zone exemplify the Ravens need for a tall strong wide receiver who can work in space. I think when the Ravens look back on the season they will see the opportunities lost because they have no vertical game driven by a big, dominant wide receiver receiver to go to in situations down by the goal line.

Demetrius Williams got a surprising number of snaps yesterday but no looks from Flacco. It appears the Ravens use him as a decoy when he is in.

Priority one in the offseason is to cut Williams and Mark Clayton and find some large people who can catch a football and run through and away from tacklers. Clayton got no separation yesterday and was forced off his routes by stronger defensive backs.

Hey Pete, do you know, who on the Ravens staff, is the 'eye in the sky' that tells Harbs on the headset when to challenge a play?

Cameron is an IDIOT. He get's fired everywhere he goes.
Harbaugh is a nice guy but not a head coach.
Ravens owner, team, fans and city have a great opportunity to position themselves for the future.
Jon Gruden, Mike Holmgren, Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan are available.
Merry Christmas Raven fans.

That was a filthy catch by Dallas Clark in the corner of the endzone. Having said that (and being an Indy fan), the Ravens should have won Sunday's game. I was perplexed at how the coaching staff handcuffs Flacco. The kid can play. He was 20-28 for 240+ yards inside the 20's but in 6 or 7 red zone possessions he only threw the ball 8 times or so?? 8?? Playing not to lose is like buying a new car and not taking it out of the garage for fear that you may scratch it.

After sweating out Sunday's game I put the loss soley on the Ravens coaching staff. Restricting Flacco?? Not scoring on first and goal from the 6 inch line (play action anyone??). Wasting your teams final two timeouts on an OBVIOUS first down?? And calling a pass play on 3rd down at the Colts 14 yard line when you've played conservatively all day long?? As the game wore on I found myself becoming increasingly irritated. At first I thought it was because the Colts were playing poorly. but it was really the Ravens play calling and execution that was irritating me. Raven fan you have every right to be irate. Your team is a lot better than your record indicates. Hopefully the coaches realize that before your season is totally lost.

That was a filthy catch by Dallas Clark in the corner of the endzone. Having said that (and being an Indy fan), the Ravens should have won Sunday's game. I was perplexed at how the coaching staff handcuffs Flacco. The kid can play. He was 20-28 for 240+ yards inside the 20's but in 6 or 7 red zone possessions he only threw the ball 8 times or so?? 8?? Playing not to lose is like buying a new car and not taking it out of the garage for fear that you may scratch it.

After sweating out Sunday's game I put the loss soley on the Ravens coaching staff. Restricting Flacco?? Not scoring on first and goal from the 6 inch line (play action anyone??). Wasting your teams final two timeouts on an OBVIOUS first down?? And calling a pass play on 3rd down at the Colts 14 yard line when you've played conservatively all day long?? As the game wore on I found myself becoming increasingly irritated. At first I thought it was because the Colts were playing poorly. but it was really the Ravens play calling and execution that was irritating me. Raven fan you have every right to be irate. Your team is a lot better than your record indicates. Hopefully the coaches realize that before your season is totally lost.

That was a filthy catch by Dallas Clark in the corner of the endzone. Having said that (and being an Indy fan), the Ravens should have won Sunday's game. I was perplexed at how the coaching staff handcuffs Flacco. The kid can play. He was 20-28 for 240+ yards inside the 20's but in 6 or 7 red zone possessions he only threw the ball 8 times or so?? 8?? Playing not to lose is like buying a new car and not taking it out of the garage for fear that you may scratch it.

After sweating out Sunday's game I put the loss soley on the Ravens coaching staff. Restricting Flacco?? Not scoring on first and goal from the 6 inch line (play action anyone??). Wasting your teams final two timeouts on an OBVIOUS first down?? And calling a pass play on 3rd down at the Colts 14 yard line when you've played conservatively all day long?? As the game wore on I found myself becoming increasingly irritated. At first I thought it was because the Colts were playing poorly. but it was really the Ravens play calling and execution that was irritating me. Raven fan you have every right to be irate. Your team is a lot better than your record indicates. Hopefully the coaches realize that before your season is totally lost.

Sorry about the triple post. This page kept giving me an error message

After ten games, it's fairly clear that the Ravens are a slightly above average team this year--strong on defense, weak on offense, below average on special teams, below average on coaching. They're good enough to spring the occasional upset, and to beat what I consider to be average teams--Chargers and Broncos--and weak teams--Chiefs and Browns, but not to beat the league's best teams.

The GM and owner had a chance to improve the team in the off-season; they didn't do it. Instead, they weakened the team by not fighting hard to keep two great players--Scott and Stover--and by smugly ignoring obvious needs--a front rank receiver, a big, powerful running back, a top cornerback, a stronger offensive line. Part of this inaction seemed to stem from a desire to save a little money (Stover), but most of it from complacency and arrogance.

The results are predictable: disasters in the kicking game; an ineffectual running game when the chips are down; disasters on pass defense; and a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't passing game.

Add to this a persistent culture of undisciplined, ego-centered play--the Ravens are the most ppenalized team in the league--and they have to count themselves lucky to have won even as many games as they have.

There's no point in exhorting the team to play harder; I see a group doing its best with the weapons it has. It's just outgunned.

Among the puniest of those weapons are the coaches. The head coach does not seem to me to be temperamentally suited to his role. Watching him on the sidelines, I see someone so overwrought, so emotionally caught up in the action, that he seems to have stopped THINKING. From which, I suspect, stem the strategic blunders and brain-freezes recently on view, as well as the inability to instill discipline and control in his players. Channeling energy and harnessing passion in a group that one directs is complex business, and terribly hard--but it's the name of the game, and Harbaugh hasn't learned how to do it, yet.

The offensive coordinator, on the other hand, seems to me to be just inept--unimaginative, sometimes stupid, out of his depth. He seems incapable of designing an effective running game or an effective passing game against a good defense.

In two respects, the Ravens are beginning to resemble their hapless baseball counterparts across the way: 1)what does or doesn't happen in the off-season determines what happens during the season, and 2) the problems flow downwards from the top.

You da man, fan. Well said.