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Ravens have same problem as UoL

honestly, they screwed last year up by trying to bring back mark andrews to quick and forced him into the lineup and tried to give him the ball instead of likely. same thing happening this year, getting the ball to andrews is actually tightening up the offense. but the reality is two things, lamar keeps choking under pressure in that he constantly fumbles or drops the shotgun snap. i'm his biggest fan and no way he'll ever win a SB becasue he brain farts in pressure situations. oyu can go all the back to last uk game when he fumbles at the 5. yesterday, up 9-0, he had a wide open receiver w/ no one within 10 yards and would have been a td and he blew that easy throw then he fumbles the next snap and they're in 3-19. they don;t make it and philly scores two str4aight td's. they should have been up 16-0 but lamar choked. and in every big game he has a fumble he just gets some back. it's like watching Farve, he was great but you always knew he was going to screw up. lamar is always going to fumble or make a dumb play.

and lastly, they will never win with tucker as their kicker. he's lost it. like vanderjact of the old colts who could hit everything then he missed on vs pittsburg and he never was good again. if you look at all the ravens loses, i believe tucker has cost them 4 games because he failed to do his job at even a 75% rate. he cost them 7 points last night. that's the ball game. btu until lamar learns to concentrate 100% of the game, there's always the high chance he's going to brain fart and turn the ball over. and being a huge fan, it's gut wrenching to constantly see. he's so great in e very other area and could be the greatest qb in history, but will prolly end up like marino, the best who never won. i truly hope not, but until he adapts, he's got that huge fumbling/brain fart problem
Do you even like U of L sports?

Ravens have same problem as UoL

The Ravens have the number 1 offense in the freaking NFL. The Eagles have a terrific defense. Good defenses more times than not slow down good offenses. The Eagles shut down the Bengals too and they score on everyone.

I disagree with your opinion. Offenses need to be efficient but none are perfect. Playing calling from a coaches perspective is every play will be successful. The idea that when a play doesn’t work it is always a bad call is crazy. No, the defense made a play. Or in some cases the defense is just better.

Andy Reed maybe the best player caller ever but he has a QB that executes at a ridiculous level. Even then they don’t control every game.

Every play call that is blown up a player missed an assignment or missed a throw. Good example Shough misses Brown on a simple wheel route in 1st half. Perfect play didn’t execute. Shough makes a perfect throw to Bruce that is a TD Bruce drops the ball. Perfect play call. That is 14 points in the 1st half that where play calling was perfect but resulted in 3 points. A play I didn’t like was the reverse to Bell. They blew up but it was basically the same play Texas ran a couple weeks ago for a TD. Good concept bad execution. Good play by their defense.
Don't mix college and NFL, two different levels of players.

Nice Bow to put on the Season

1. The two sacks allowed against Pitt are the only sacks allowed back to the Miami game. Clean slates against BC, Clemson, Stanford and in Lexington Saturday. Outstanding work from Richard Owens in juggling the offensive line and working around a beat up group. And for Renato Brown to step up in addition to Monroe Mills who at times looks like he can't run. Michael Gonzalez was the constant all year at Left Guard and I hope he gets some postseason All-ACC recognition for it.

2. A lot is being made about how you manage NIL with Isaac Brown and Duke Watson but I'd add this...they have to keep Chris Barclay intact. They had to fend off Tennessee in the offseason and he will have no less suitors this year. And if there is any question you should carry at least Four RBs into camp you see why you have to have had that at minimum this year. It sorted itself out perfectly.

3. If there was a stat for maintaining composure and staying out of the types of extracurricular sideline activity that UK has engaged in under Stoops...we'd have dominated in that category. It was funny seeing Bell pulling Isaac Brown towards the huddle and out of the middle of their defense trying to goon him on the UK sideline.

The body language from UK was parts frustration and resignation; rewatching big chunks of the game I can tell you without any hesitation that Walker just went through the motions like he was in an All Star game and was trying to get to the finish line healthy.

4. We'll certainly see optouts for the Bowl, but I'm betting a lot of seniors you see defensively play in the front seven. Guys like Ramon, Griffith, Guerrard, Konga and Tramel Logan. Secondary we'll probably be light. I can't imagine Gillotte, Quincy Riley or Corey Thornton play and you'd think the same of Shough and Ja'Corey Brooks offensively.

5. Lastly, you can tell it's College Football Silly Season when a "Marrow to Louisville" rumor hits the Internet leaked out from a UK source. Marrow--and Stoops--play the Calipari game of wrestling more money out of Barnhart every postseason than they're worth. I don't buy it for a handful or reasons as it applies to us, not the least of which it's clear there is a commitment to recruit out of the Portal far more than the high school ranks; while I'd love to have a resource to pull the types of DTs they have out of Detroit the last seven or eight years, it doesn't fit our current Program MO at all. Beyond that, I've never been impressed with UK's TE production despite having some fairly regarded TEs out of HS.
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