Harbaugh and the Ravens got beat at home by a rookie quarterback, and I must admit with all sincerity the better team won today. The Ravens were outplayed and out coached, and except for the special teams play there was not much to be happy about in this game. The Bears made it clear that they were going to run the ball (which they did 55 times) and the Ravens defense still could not stop them. The Bears won this game because they were the better tackling team and it was absolutely the difference today. This is gut check time for the Ravens and for the offense it is back to the drawing board who again have no rhythm on offense. Other rants on the game are below.

Ravens O line had a rough day and were pushed back by the big boys Goldman and Hicks

First play of the game Ryan Jensen gets a talking to by the Ref for being too nasty – you gotta love this guy’s intensity albeit he did not have a very good game

Sam Koch’s first punt of the game was a bomb! And it got it inside the 10 with not so much as a bounce

Ravens offense was 3 of 15 on 3rd down taking lame offense to a new level, they also didn’t score a TD today

La’Darius Smith got called for a PF which was absolutely a horrible call in spite of what you may heard from the Fox sports casters

Maybe it is me, but the picture on Fox TV is not a crisp as it is on CBS – just my opinion

Refs missed a blatant hands to the face from the nose guard on Ryan Jensen which ended up being one of many missed and bad calls on the day by the officiating crew

Apparently a punt returner who calls for a fair catch is fair game to have his jewels speared by an opposing player – without consequence I might add

Danny Trevathan is a stud and he was a menace to the Ravens all day long

When the Ravens offense starts sleepy listless – it tends to stay that way for most of the game

Penalties (8) again were a problem today for the Ravens and hurt them badly on both sides of the ball

Ravens front seven got beat bad today and the Bears ran all over them which is to say you should all be praying for Brandon Williams to return as soon as possible

Offense seems to have reverted to throwing 1 and 2 yard passes hoping for yards after a catch. It didn’t work last year and it is not working this year

I am officially calling the Perriman draft a bust – Ravens need to move on from him and give his reps to other guys. Mathews and Moore are not stud receivers but I like them more than Perriman

Red zone offense was pretty poor and it doesn’t help when your veteran quarterback has a delay of game

The Bears defense was the more physical defense today and they made the Ravens pay dearly when they caught the ball. If you don’t believe me just ask Williams, Watson, and Perriman

Jordan Howard had a big day against the Ravens and was the best offensive player on the field today

Matt Judon had a big day today and seemed to be around the ball all day long. Judon also had 2 sacks

Bobby Rainey runs a kick off back and it was all because he played until the whistle. I would like however to discourage Ravens players from tackling other Ravens

How about that Campy getting that punt return for 6 points to tie the game – well done!

I did learn one thing today, Justin Tucker is a much better tackler than Flacco

Both interceptions on Flacco were off the hands of receivers and you should know that he is officially starting another game streak for interceptions. I would be shocked if the 2018 draft did not include a quarterback in one of the early rounds

I would like to see Perriman make a few catches and build up his confidence. Nope – 2 targets no catches

I would like to see a game where there are no Ravens assisted off the field. Nope – None carted off but lost 2 more for the day

And finally, I’d like to a game where the Ravens don’t burn a time out because they can’t get the play snapped in time. Nope – In fact they had 2 timeouts because they ran out of clock

Game Predictions Game Statistics Score Ravens 24 Bears 16 Ravens 24 Bears 27 Turnovers Plus 1 Net Rushing Yardage Ravens 133 Bears 112 Ravens 125 Bears 231 Net Passing Yardage Ravens 242 Bears 177 Ravens 166 Bears 107

Miscellaneous Predictions

Trubisky runs for 42 yards, and throws a pick Incorrect, no picks but did have 32 yards

Collins breaks off a run of 25+ yards Correct – He had a run of 30 yards

Mike Wallace has 7 receptions for 83 yards Incorrect – just 3 catches for 30 yards

Refs make terrible calls Correct – all day long

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