Today the Troy Smith Era began, and honestly I missed his first play, temporarily distracted by a bartender who put an orange peel in my beer (no thanks). Then, buried at his own two-yard line on third down, Smith scrambled about 10 yards to move the chains.
Not a bad start.
Unfortunately that's about all that went well for Baltimore today. There was no protection from the offensive line, and no cojones from Billick. You're not playing for anything except pride (and perhaps your job). Why so conservative? The secondary was a mess, but that was to be expected with all those injuries.
Seattle is a notoriously tough road game, so I wasn't expecting a win, particularly not after such a disastrous performance a week earlier 3,400 miles away in Miami. But it would have been nice to keep it close. At least make it interesting. It was one of the most terrible games I've ever watched. Oh, and Willis McGahee broke two ribs. Awesome.
The Ravens are a week away from locking up a top-5 draft pick, and about four months away from the NFL Draft, which at this point is about the only thing Charm City has going for itself. Fortunately the 49ers won today, which means chances are good the Ravens will be drafting ahead of the Patriots, who have San Francisco's first-round pick next April. It would be tough to have lost that Pats game the way we did, and then have to sit behind them on the Draft clock.
Hang in there, Ravens fans. One more week.
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The Patriots lost half-a-mil, but didn't lose that pick?
Egads.
The Pats lost their pick, at the bottom of the first round; they still have the pick they acquired from the Niners, who moved up last year to draft Joe Staley.
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