Senser81
VSN Poster of the Year
Since I had to stay up late on a work night to watch this game, I figured I might as well make a thread about it. Here are my thoughts...
*Dennis Dixon played as well as he possibly could, but he really can't pass. At all. He is like a skinny, frail version of Steve McNair. He kinda shot-puts the ball in the direction of his receiver and has no velocity. He made some decent/lucky throws in the 1st half (like his TD pass to Holmes...shoulda been INTd), but the torch went out in the 2nd half. It was just a matter of time before the Ravens won.
*Ray Rice seemed to be the difference in the game. I thought Mendenhall ran pretty well, but the Steelers seemed intent on working some passes into the gameplan, which ultimately cost them.
*Steelers special teams still need some work.
*I was amazed that the Ravens were able to get their FG team onto the field at the end of regulation. The FG looked good when Cundiff hit it.
*The reflection off of Dixon's face shield coupled with Dixon's large nostrils made it seem like he had two huge snot bubbles whenever he was on camera.
*I enjoyed the Ravens bird-thing mascot. Very involved in the game. One time, Cundiff made a FG, the ball starts tumbling down the net and a ball boy gets in place to catch it, but the bird-thing starts spazzing out and hits the ball out of the ball boy's hands. Great stuff.
*Dennis Dixon played as well as he possibly could, but he really can't pass. At all. He is like a skinny, frail version of Steve McNair. He kinda shot-puts the ball in the direction of his receiver and has no velocity. He made some decent/lucky throws in the 1st half (like his TD pass to Holmes...shoulda been INTd), but the torch went out in the 2nd half. It was just a matter of time before the Ravens won.
*Ray Rice seemed to be the difference in the game. I thought Mendenhall ran pretty well, but the Steelers seemed intent on working some passes into the gameplan, which ultimately cost them.
*Steelers special teams still need some work.
*I was amazed that the Ravens were able to get their FG team onto the field at the end of regulation. The FG looked good when Cundiff hit it.
*The reflection off of Dixon's face shield coupled with Dixon's large nostrils made it seem like he had two huge snot bubbles whenever he was on camera.
*I enjoyed the Ravens bird-thing mascot. Very involved in the game. One time, Cundiff made a FG, the ball starts tumbling down the net and a ball boy gets in place to catch it, but the bird-thing starts spazzing out and hits the ball out of the ball boy's hands. Great stuff.
