Uninspired

The above headline just about sums up tonight's 29-3 loss to the Ravens. Tonight's game was pretty much a debacle played by a bunch of guys who left their legs back up in Lehigh.

About the only guys who showed up were Brent Celek, whom I will never warm up to, and the Aussie punter. He killed the ball tonight with punts of 56 and 65 yards, but he later got belted with a cheap shot because he did not have his head on a swivel while running down field on punt coverage. I suppose he wasn't used to cheap shots like that back when he was playing Aussie Rules Football. The pretty boy kick returner, Jeremy Bloom, was not horrible, but I did expect to see more explosiveness. My wife was quite excited to see him on the field finally. If Bloom turns into a better than average kick returner, I'd say the odds of my wife buying his jersey are 98%.

Since this was only the first preseason game of the year and starters played limited minutes, you can't get too upset. However, the most disheartening issue was watching our #1 defense getting pushed around by the Ravens' starters. They couldn't stop the run and got limited pressure on the quarterback. Sounds awfully familiar, huh? I need to see improvement on Friday night before I start getting comfortable wit these guys.

The backup offensive line looked pretty terrible also and Tony Hunt really needs to work on his blitz pickup. He might get one of the QB's killed. On the bright side, the Birds didn't seem to get too beat up. Moats broke his ankle, but chances were slim that he was going to make the team. Let's also hope that Bloom and Ramsey's injuries are minor.

Overall, I wouldn't get too alarmed by tonight's game, but there wasn't much to get excited about either. Let's forget this game ever happened and move on to Friday's game.