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  • hawaiiansteel
    Legend
    • May 2008
    • 35649

    Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

    JANUARY 19, 2011

    Ravens looking up at 'Gold' standard

    Set to play in their 15th AFC championship game – the most by any team since 1970 – and owners of five AFC North titles since the current four-team configuration was finalized for the 2002 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have literally set the “gold” standard for the rest of the division.

    Pittsburgh’s success is based on several factors, including making smart choices in the draft (2010 first-round pick Maurkice Pouncey, 2009 third-rounder Mike Wallace, 2008 first-rounder Rashard Mendenhall and 2007 first- and second-rounders Lawrence Timmons and LaMarr Woodley – to name a few – are starters), jettisoning veterans who have outgrown their value because of injury or off-field issues (Santonio Holmes, Nate Washington, Willie Parker), and building upon one of the more relentless defenses in the history of the NFL.

    Ravens coach John Harbaugh acknowledged that his team has some ground to cover to keep pace with the Steelers.

    “I think it has to do with the way they’re built, and they’ve got some veteran guys that have been doing that for a long time,” Harbaugh said Monday. “We’ve got some of that. If you look at a lot of the games we’ve won, it’s been [free safety] Ed Reed and [inside linebacker] Ray Lewis making those kind of plays. I think we’ll continue to build that on the offensive side. They’ve probably got a little more on both sides of the ball right now. I mean, their defense, they’ve got two outside linebackers and a safety that just come up with plays. And they’ve got a quarterback that creates plays. And I think that’s where we’re going. That’s what we’re trying to build, and we’ll get there.”

    But Harbaugh also maintained that his club can and will continue to be competitive with Pittsburgh, winners of three of the last four division championships.

    “I’ve got some ideas in terms of how we play them, but I think we play them very well,” he said. “We didn’t statistically play them very well on one side of the ball in this game – we had a bad third quarter – but you can’t turn the ball over. And I think the key with the Steelers is, they do a great job of forcing errors and by taking advantage of those forced errors. And you can’t give them the game. And when we’ve won, we haven’t done that, and when we’ve lost, we’ve basically done that. I can’t say that they’ve outplayed us dramatically in any game, and I think we’ve outplayed them most of the time we’ve played them. Yet we’ve won two out of eight because we’ve allowed them to make the plays that have turned the game. And we’re going to have to find a way to get that solved.”

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  • NW Steeler
    Pro Bowler
    • Dec 2008
    • 1391

    #2
    Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

    That is an asinine way to look at it. The games have been a push statistically. The Steelers made the big plays, the Rats did not. So the Steelers were the ones that outplayed them.

    Oh yeah, Coach Harbaugh,

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    • SanAntonioSteelerFan
      Legend
      • May 2008
      • 8361

      #3
      Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

      Team A Coach attitude check:
      " Yeah they made big plays, but we outplayed them for most of the clock time in the games, so that's a good thing".

      Team B Coach attitude check:
      "What's it like to play like a [insert Team B name here]? Win. That's all".

      Predict: Which team will come out on top in head-to-head matchups, till the end of time ("Forever and Ever, Amen" to quote Randy Travis)??



      We got our "6-PACK" - time to work on a CASE!

      HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO!

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      • anger 82&95
        Starter
        • May 2008
        • 667

        #4
        Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

        How magnanimous to “allow” the Steelers to make big plays. If the players aren’t focused or trained well enough to minimize mistakes, then get a better coaching system.

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        • Crash
          Legend
          • Apr 2009
          • 5008

          #5
          Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

          Sounds like Carson Palmer. They can't beat us but somehow they always out play us.

          It's amazing!

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          • Stewie
            Backup
            • Sep 2009
            • 360

            #6
            Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

            It wasn't just the big plays, it was also poor coaching. Flacco's attempted pass when Troy stripped the ball was one of the dumbest calls of all time. All the Ravens had to do was run three times and punt. But nooooooooooo, the Ravens put the steelers in position to make a big play.

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            • StarSpangledSteeler
              Starter
              • Feb 2010
              • 560

              #7
              Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

              Originally posted by Crash
              Sounds like Carson Palmer. They can't beat us but somehow they always out play us.

              It's amazing!
              Hahahahahahaha! That's exactly what i was thinking! He could get beat 45-3 and he still wouldn't admit his opponent was the better team!

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              • StarSpangledSteeler
                Starter
                • Feb 2010
                • 560

                #8
                Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                One thing Harbaugh is not taking into account...

                His two best defensive leaders are on their last legs. Reed almost retired this year. I give him one more year. Ray-Ray's lack of speed got exposed badly this last game. I give him one, maybe two more years. How's that future looking now?

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                • ikestops85
                  Hall of Famer
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 3724

                  #9
                  Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                  Originally posted by StarSpangledSteeler
                  Originally posted by Crash
                  Sounds like Carson Palmer. They can't beat us but somehow they always out play us.

                  It's amazing!
                  Hahahahahahaha! That's exactly what i was thinking! He could get beat 45-3 and he still wouldn't admit his opponent was the better team!
                  I thought that was TJ Whoseyourmama who always said the better team lost after we would kick their butts.
                  As many on this site think ... The Rooney's suck, Colbert sucks, Tomlin sucks, the coaches suck, and the players suck.

                  but Go Steelers!!!

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                  • Crash
                    Legend
                    • Apr 2009
                    • 5008

                    #10
                    Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                    TJ would always cry about the Refs or say they gave it away.

                    TJ on NFL Game of the Week for that 2005 playoff game was classic.

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                    • Steelgal
                      Pro Bowler
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 1286

                      #11
                      Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                      I've never been high on Harbaugh and this doesn't help. He just seems like an arrogant, little p r i c k. Rarely able to admit mistakes or give others credit. I hope he stays in Balty a long time because I don't think he's that great of a coach....

                      A little off topic, but did you hear their DC, Mattison is now at Michigan? They hired a new guy yesteday, but never heard of him.

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                      • plainnasty
                        Backup
                        • May 2008
                        • 191

                        #12
                        Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                        And when we’ve won, we haven’t done that, and when we’ve lost, we’ve basically done that. I can’t say that they’ve outplayed us dramatically in any game, and I think we’ve outplayed them most of the time we’ve played them.
                        You won when we had our back-up QB in and/or were resting players for the playoff. You've lost when Ben plays.

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                        • feltdizz
                          Legend
                          • May 2008
                          • 27531

                          #13
                          Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                          I actually think he has a point... you can outplay a team and lose. It sure seems like the Ravens do everything but win when they play us.

                          I think we outplayed the Ravens in the first game and still lost... we outplayed the Bungles at least 3 times and lost.

                          The Ravens find ways to lose to us... sure we make the plays but Flacco damn near gives us 2 plays everytime we play them that turns the tide. Fumbling a snap? LOL...
                          Steelers 27
                          Rats 16

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                          • Chadman
                            Legend
                            • May 2008
                            • 6537

                            #14
                            Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                            Steelers-Ravens games are so closely matched it's easy to come up with the belief that one team or the other 'outplays' the opponant.

                            Truth of it is- they are most likely very evenly matched throughout a season so it's just who goes out & makes the big plays when it counts.

                            Guess that would be the Steelers then, huh?
                            The people that are trying to make the world worse never take a day off, why should I?

                            Light up the darkness.

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                            • Scarletfire1970
                              Pro Bowler
                              • May 2008
                              • 1138

                              #15
                              Re: Harbaugh: Ravens outplay Steelers most of the time

                              I don't know how they think they outplayed us in this last playoff game on Saturday.

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