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Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

Depends on how much time was left. Gave them too much time today and it almost bit us in the ass. The fact that Harbaugh can't do basic math and constantly went for 2 was a factor in our favor.

There are reasons to play prevent, sure....but you gotta make sure the prevent is burning enough time off of the clock...not enough resistance in our prevent, been that way for a long time. Hope it gets better as the defense gels.

I think the offense has to bear some of that, too. We've got a kind of worrisome trend going the last two weeks in that we pile on yards and points in the first half, and then just sort of shut down after halftime. And we didn't really answer Baltimore drive-for-drive today, when they started to get on their roll late, which is not what you want for a team built around its offense. Now obviously part of that was the bad snap on 4th and 2, but still, we've either got an issue with second half execution, we've got an issue with second half adjustments, or we've got an issue where we're stepping off the gas when we feel comfortable with a lead (which is a Reid trait, historically).

Whatever the case is, it needs to stop. We're not a team built to win defensively, and that Ravens defense is not talented enough that they should be holding our offense to a field goal over a quarter and a half, much less the Raiders shutting us down for an entire half.

Not that there weren't some optimistic signs today. Real nice run on the FG drive, and when it looked like they were going to splutter and give Baltimore a chance to win in the last minute, that screen call that ended the game was just perfect, call and execution both.