Even acknowledging the make-shift O-line, it was sad that the WRs and Cassel had such a poor night. Especially sad for CJ Jones. Hang in there buddy!

Good night for Ben-Jarvis Green-Ellis (why does that name sound familiar….) and the Dline and linebackers who all showed up… except for one, Victor Hobson… did we hear his name even once?

Crable seems like a cross between Vrable and Willie McGinest. Obviously an overstatement but you have to like what he was showing. He and Mayo definitely showed that they belong, and Woods looked good too. Even Alexander had some plays.

Convenient that Baltimore didn’t even try to run so I guess we find out how Mayo holds the point against the run in the next couple of games.

Awesome helmet-separating decapitation shot by Mayo on the raven’s running back.

Two offensive players who were disappointing last night were Maroney and Chad Jackson. Kind of hard to judge Maroney because the O-line didn’t open any holes for him, but he didn’t do much to make something out of nothing so to speak.

As for Jackson, he didn’t get many good opportunities either. The Ravens snuffed out every bubble screen they tried to run, and the other passes to him were uncatchable. But the most concerning thing is that the overriding criticism we’ve heard about him in camp – that he is often not on the same page as Brady in route reading/running – seemed to show up in a game when he didn’t break off his route which led to Cassel’s interception.

Overall, much more promise shown by the young guys on defense than anyone on offense (Jordan excluded) in this game.

wheatley gives too much cushion for my taste. he reminded me of ellis and not in a good way.

slater was disappointing but game for anything. what is it with ray ventrone? why is he even out there?

the backup QB’s were difficult to watch. none of them could step in for Brady and i suspect we will be picking up some vet soon.

maroney didn’t look like he really wanted to play. lamont jordan is a load and that looked promising. faulk will be as good as ever.

it looks like we will be upgraded by the new additions.

The pros still outweigh the cons with Gutierrez.
Pro: bald, cheesy mustache, looks like he’s late 40’s with his helmet on
Con: made the mistake of thinking Chad Jackson could make plays.

I can’t really blame him on the con, he didn’t put Jackson out there.

- Woods played like a man possessed. He had constant pressure on the QB and was involved in a ton of tackles. Even if he was out of the play at the beginning (if it was run to the other side, etc) you’d see him right there at the end of the play assisting on the tackle.

- Mayo… wow. At some points in my mind I was actually rushing the Pats Offense off the field (which didn’t need much encouraging to do so) so I could get some extra Mayo (Ok, it’s early, I promise I won’t do that anymore).

- Crable – I liked what I saw here too. This guy is huge. Much bigger than what I expected. I’d seen him in camp some and out of pads but on the field with all the other guys he still stands out.

- CJ Jones – Not just a bad special teams game but just a bad game overall. O’Connell worked his way out of trouble in his own endzone, buys some time and finds Jones only to have him bobble it and cough it up into an INT.

- Cassell is just terrible. He’s almost crossed the line into completely useless now. Gutierrez didn’t have a great game by any stretch of the immagination but I still then he was better than Cassell.

- The O-Line: