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Ravens vs. Vikings: 3 things that drove us crazy in this game

By Chris Schisler

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 22: Danielle Hunter #99 of the Minnesota Vikings sacks quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter of the game on October 22, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 22: Danielle Hunter #99 of the Minnesota Vikings sacks quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter of the game on October 22, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 22: Danielle Hunter #99 of the Minnesota Vikings sacks quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter of the game on October 22, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – OCTOBER 22: Danielle Hunter #99 of the Minnesota Vikings sacks quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens in the first quarter of the game on October 22, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

Consistent 3 and outs:

At one point in this game Joe Flacco was 12-16 for 66 yards. When you complete 12 passes could you have more than 66 yards? I mean really, could you? I looked at the stats and I wanted weep. At one point Flacco basically fell on himself during a third down. There was a tight end screen where Flacco couldn’t even connect on the pass. The Ravens didn’t earn a ton of first downs and some of them were given to them by Vikings penalties. Use whatever excuse you want to. The Ravens literally have every excuse in the book they can turn to. This offense is a special mix of horrendous and horrible.

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It took the Ravens to late in the third quarter to put together a nice looking drive. It was after the Ravens defense gave up a long touchdown run and they were in an 18-6 deficit. Guess how the drive ended? A Justin Tucker field goal.

This is so hard to watch:

The Ravens offense is incapable of getting the job done. There isn’t a lot of talent on the offense. I get that. However Joe Flacco is paid like a player that can elevate the level of play around him. He can’t. The offensive line got beaten like a drum in a punk rock song. Flacco didn’t have a chance any way but his performance wasn’t good enough. You don’t have to pin every bit of the blame on him to understand that 186 yards isn’t good enough.

This offense is unbearable. Joe Flacco isn’t a good quarterback. He was at one point but it’s been a while to say the very least. The Ravens offense gained only 208 yards. How does that even happen? It’s almost like they had to try to be that bad.

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