Defending Consistency

It may seem like the theme of my Raven blogs are similar, and they are. The reason: This team is at the very least consistent and like most know, it starts with the D. Ray Lewis gets lots and lots of love and rightfully so, but did you notice just how much face time our boy Ed Reed got on MNF? Tons and that man needs it and deserves it, although he may not want or like it. Is there a more silent, laid back, stone cold beast in the defensive back field... I don't think so. Glad the people at ESPN showed some equal love. Ok so on to the football, we knew the game was to be physical but it bordered on dirty. Sure I'd like the Ravens to win all of their game, you could even say I'm a fan, but damn anyone could see the Steelers were playing a bit dirty. That said the Ravens matched the intensity, played hard and kept the Steelers on their heels almost all night long. While most look at Reed, Lewis, Kelly, Suggs and others... don't over look a 6-4 345 nose tackle named Haloti Ngata. That guy is a monster. He fills holes in the run game, takes on two guys with ease, gets down field when needed. Hands up in the pass game and comes up with interceptions when most would, maybe, get a deflection. This team / franchise does such a fantastic job of drafting on the "other side" of the ball. They have a high draft pick who turns out great, they grab mid round guys who turn out good and they take flyers on late round guys who show up huge on specials and in reserve. Now with a new staff and a realistic approach on Offense I see no reason why this team going forward will not be consistently in the playoff picture. Yes, they lost to the Steelers in a tough game that Baltimore should have, could have, won. Yup it hurts, but it's life, it's football, it happens. Not everything goes our way all the time, but don't get the results confused with what we all saw. The Ravens are a pretty strong bunch, they are growing with a young QB and he will take his lumps. We saw it Monday, but Rome was not built in a day and he seems to not make the same mistakes twice. That's about all you can ask of him three games in. Three games people. I'm not sure about you but I'm in this for the long haul. Just like the stock market, it has ups and downs but in the end this team has the right approach for long term success.

Glenn Younes
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