Frame by Frame: Why We Hate The Ravens

Pull up a chair boys. We’re going all out this morning.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, what I’m about to show you today may be disturbing to some. You are going to see a grown man act as immature as a 5 year old…..an adult in such inner turmoil that he seeks your attention the way a puppy dog seeks your attention after you walk in the door from a long day at the office. You will also be shown images of violence, physical domination, injuries, head trauma, and more. If you wish to look away turn your browser to another blog at this time.

If you want to read on then fasten your safety belts, roll up your sleeves, grab a snack, put your cell phones on silent, and dig in. You are about to be enveloped by the longest Frame by Frame feature PostGameHeroes.com has ever put together. I also went on a bit of a Rant at the end of the Frame by Frame.

You’ve been warned.

Kreider Concussion

Kreider actually suffers a concussion on this play. Some backup OL in the game, Batch at QB, and Kreider at FB. At this point in the game the Ravens were giving an “all out effort” about every other play. On this play LB Bart Scott meets Kreider in the hole with a nice hit and we get to see a classy Ravens-like response afterwards.

Here we see Bart Scott taunting Kreider as he lies dazed and confused on the ground.

And a solid SEVEN SECONDS LATER Scott is still pointing at Kreider. How funny is it that the SCOREBOARD is right under him. Ha. If the Jumbotron had hands/arms it would have it’s finger pointed in the Ravens direction all night long. If anyone deserves to be mocked or taunted it is YOU and your entire organization. An effort like this on National TV after a bye week? Puhlease.

And finally we see Bart Scott walking away clapping and making gestures towards the Steelers bench. Notice that a good 13 seconds tick off the clock from his first “taunt” until now. Kreider stood up on his own, wobbled, nearly fell back onto the ground and was “caught” by teammates before he hit the ground. He was helped off the field. Not sure how many Steeler fans noticed this during the game, but he looked like a boxer who was about to go down for the count, all weak legged and whatnot.

The Bart Scott Chronicles

Dear Bartholomew,

You want nothing more than to get attention and accolades (whether deserved or not). I hate to “give in” and give you exactly what you want most in life, but I felt the need to share the following with my readers:

Here we see this running play is heading towards the sidelines with LB Bart Scott in half-hearted pursuit.

The play is clearly over yet he feels the need to go after Willie Colon with a cheap shot. Willie saw him coming last minute and held his ground without falling over. Notice Scott was smart enough (I know, I’m shocked too) to steer clear of Chris Kemoeatu #68 on the left side. That was about the best thing he did all day. Kemo would have eaten his children had he even breathed on him. Also, notice Marvel Smith (far left) sees the cheap shot.

Willie and Bart share words and Marvel looks on for backup. I wouldn’t be surprised if Smith is yelling at Scott as well.

Why So Mad?

So why so mad? Why the foul mood? Oh yeah, the scoreboard and the overall domination of your entire team. Let’s enjoy a nice, clean hit on LB Bart Scott by the one-and-only Hines Ward.

[note: Santonio Holmes hit a Ravens DB just as violently in this game on a similar play. I didn't put the pics up here but Ward has taught Holmes well]

And FYI, there is nothing dirty about a hit like this. If Parker slips by Ray Lewis (not very hard to do these days) and Scott gets put down then Parker is off to the races up the sidelines.

BOOOM!

Ah yes, Bart Scott with his feet above his head. The world rejoices.

Hey, is that NEO from The Matrix!? Oh wait….no, it’s just Ed Reed.

Trevor Pryce

During post-game interviews he called Willie Parker a “fraud” and other teammates said the Steelers got “lucky”.

Let’s watch as Pryce (who finished with ZERO tackles) puts his money where his big, fat mouth is.

That’s a SWING and a MISS, folks. Strike Three. Hey, love him or hate him, he might make a decent Pittsburgh Pirate.

I hear they’re re-tooling.

Bart Scott: Part Deux

As you read the following Frames keep in mind that the score is 28-0 and the Steelers are dominating in a fashion the world hasn’t seen since John Rambo was turned loose on an unsuspecting Vietnamese POW Camp in Rambo: First Blood II.

Let’s check back in on our good friend Bart Scott and see what he’s up to these days.

Here he reads the run, he BLASTS Kendall Simmons into the backfield and makes the tackle.

[Spoiler Alert: this is like when the Summer or Winter Olympics are held in Australia or Europe. If you don't want to know the results then turn away now. This play will earn Kendall Simmons a (-1) in my offensive line breakdown later tonight]

Remember: The time is 6:26 left in the 2nd QTR, Ravens down by 28. This was a 2nd and 7 play. Parker was tackled for -1 yard.

He makes the tackle, takes the mouthpiece out, and heads toward the Steeler sideline.

A few seconds go by and he turns to talk some more smack.

Scott turns YET AGAIN to say something. NFL Films why can’t you release gameday audio like this. I want to know what in the world he could possibly be saying right now.

On my TiVo I counted a solid 13 seconds of “bragging” to our sidelines. Do you know how long 13 seconds is after a play is over? I mean, seriously. Count to 13 Mississippi real quick. Yeah, longer than you thought, huh?. You probably got to 5 and quit.

Bart Scott: Used, Abused, then Confused?

Is this guy on drugs? I’m serious….

Here he gets mauled by a TE/OL combo. First a TE and then a miscellaneous OL finishes him later in the play near the “40″ marker.

I “circled” Ray Lewis #52 and Bart Scott #57 who seems to be crawling on the turf at this point. Notice where the ball carrier is.

Again, the runner is going down right here….Bart Scott and Ray Lewis are off to the side.

Naturally the dynamic duo that is Ray/Bart quickly find eachother and show a little Man Love.

Ray Lewis: “Nice play Bro.”

Bart Scott: “Actually I was on the ground, prone, with grass and paint chips from the 40 yard marker in my mouth”

Ray Lewis: “It’s AIGHT DOG, the cameras are on us, I have a fading reputation to uphold, just play along, chest bump!”

…..Not that there’s anything wrong with it…..

And to finish this play off we see the “real playmakers” walking away while Bart Scott ONCE AGAIN mouths-off to the Steeler sidelines.

Maybe he looks at the JumboTron scoreboard and thinks the team with the lowest point total wins? Hey, I’m just trying to figure this guy out.

I’m an Idiot. I finished the game with 4 tackles but I celebrated on the field more than James Harrison did. By looking at their “post-play behavior” alone….you would have thought Scott had the career day and the Ravens dominated the Steelers.

Whatever. We’ll take the WIN. Scott won’t be smiling in February when his coach is getting fired, his team is being re-tooled, and his aging defense is being gutted.

[in a public forum this is where Raven fan would make a wise-crack about Pittsburgh's economy.]

So Pretty. I looked good out there, regardless of my own play and the actual score of the game. Mission Accomplished.

Anybody else think Johnathan Ogden looks like Ernie Dingo aka “Charlie” from Crocodile Dundee? Remember him? The guy that does the Aboriginal dance, he’s actually “modernized” but lets on that he’s a native. Wore blue jeans. I hope you’re with me on this.

Sour Grapes

Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review has been one of my favorite Steelers and Penguins columnists for quite some time. On Wednesday he wrote a column titled “Reeling Ravens Left Bitter” which focuses in on the Ravens dressing room following their Beat Down on Monday night. His column was somewhat of an inspiration for this here blog entry.

Win or lose, it is never dull inside the Baltimore Ravens’ locker room.That was especially true Monday night, in the wake of the team’s worst defeat under ninth-year coach Brian Billick.

In the far corner, defensive linemen laughed as they swapped Willie Parker anecdotes. They weren’t real impressed with Fast Willie, who was held to 42 yards on 23 carries in a 38-7 victory.

Defensive end Trevor Pryce finally turned toward the showers and said, to no one in particular, “Willie (expletive) Parker. What a fraud.”

Let the record show that Trevor Pryce finished the game with an impressive 0 tackles, 0 assisted tackles, 0 batted balls, and so many missed tackles I dare not put the number in this blog entry for fear that my CPU won’t be able to handle the processing power needed to count that high; eventually resulting in my motherboard crashing in mid post. Did you know that Trevor Pryce was a starter for the Denver Broncos when the Steelers went MAN ON FIRE on them in 2005 en route to Super Bowl XL? Yeah, he had 1 tackle and 0.5 sacks that day. I guess I don’t blame him for hating on us.

And how about Ben Roethlisberger throwing five touchdown passes in the first half and finishing with a perfect passer rating of 158.3?”When you give somebody that many opportunities, anybody can make a play,” linebacker Ray Lewis said, referring to his team’s four first-half turnovers. “Now, come see us in Baltimore.”

A quick note: two weeks ago vs the St. Louis Rams Gus Frerotte threw 5 interceptions. A few of them were picked off and gave the Ravens a mere 35, 40, or 50 yards to go for a touchdown. How did they end up? They scored only 13 points on those 5 interceptions. So it seems, Ray, that ANYBODY can make a play except for you guys. And the Steelers TOOK the ball from you. They TURNED YOU OVER. You didn’t meet us at midfield in an “exchanging of the gifts” ceremony and hand us the ball. We took it. We stole it. Like candy from a baby. And are you telling me that the BIG BAD RAVENS DEFENSE can’t hold the Steelers to a field goal on any of these drives? Is it not possible for you to stymie our offense once or twice in the 1st half and make us settle for 3 instead of 6?

Somebody asked left tackle Jonathan Ogden — he has to be older than Cronkite — if the Steelers did anything different with linebacker James Harrison, who went Lawrence Taylor-crazy with nine tackles, 3 1/2 sacks, six quarterback hurries, three forced fumbles, one recovered fumble, an interception and a partridge in a pear tree (or least Ed Reed on a platter).Ogden made a face so bitter you’d have thought he swallowed a case of lemons. “No,” he said, before cutting off further inquiries.

Pryce called Roethlisberger’s precision passes “luck” and said, “Whatever their game plan was, it didn’t work.”

You know it’s not your night, Pryce said, “when a little 5-9 linebacker (Harrison actually is listed at 6 feet) gets four sacks. That will never happen again in his life. He knows that.”

Harrison didn’t seem overly pleased when that quote was relayed to him.

“Who is Trevor Pryce?” he said.

Reporter: “A defensive end for the Ravens.”

Harrison: “He’s entitled to his opinion. … What did he do?”

Well, besides ring up zero tackles, Pryce failed to wrap up Roethlisberger on one of those lucky touchdown passes.

‘Nuff Said. See you in Baltimore. It will be a sea of Black N Gold like always.

I hope you enjoyed the “longest Frame by Frame we’ve ever done.” I hope this entry spreads like wildfire to be honest with you. All Steeler fans should rejoice in a win like this against a rival and we should all point and laugh at the JackAss that is Bart Scott. I’m also hoping that Ravens fans pick this up and post a link to this on their forums/message boards as well. I would love to hear their response to Scott’s post-play antics during a loss like this.

Entire Starkey article can be found here: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/columnists/starkey/s_536614.html