Secondary: F

Where do we begin? Every cornerback the Ravens put on the field got lit up by the Chargers, especially rookie <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT000009815" title="Jimmy Smith (football)" href="/topic/sports/football/jimmy-smith-%28football%29-PESPT000009815.topic">Jimmy Smith</a> (pictured), and safety <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT008421" title="Ed Reed" href="/topic/sports/football/ed-reed-PESPT008421.topic">Ed Reed</a> was indecisive at times. The best player in the secondary was safety <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT0012891" title="Bernard Pollard" href="/topic/sports/football/bernard-pollard-PESPT0012891.topic">Bernard Pollard</a>, and even he had no answers for passes over the middle.

( US Presswire / December 18, 2011 )

Where do we begin? Every cornerback the Ravens put on the field got lit up by the Chargers, especially rookie Jimmy Smith (pictured), and safety Ed Reed was indecisive at times. The best player in the secondary was safety Bernard Pollard, and even he had no answers for passes over the middle.

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_____________________ at 5:28 PM December 19, 2011

Cary Williams should do nothing but ball skills / tip drills during practice for the rest of this season. His coverage seems to be there (he has the speed/quickness), but it looks like he's allergic to the ball.

_____________________ at 5:26 PM December 19, 2011

The thing that has me most worried about Jimmy Smith is that I'm not quite sure what being a rookie has to do with getting beat deep regularly. That's playground stuff (keeping the guy in front of you if you have single coverage). Patience, yes, but also a little bit of concern.

Jimmy will bounce back...

jmcguirePgh at 8:15 AM December 19, 2011

Same old Ravens - the cracks are showing - peaked in 1st game - time to git rid of big mouth Ray Lewis and blank face Falco and try to build around whats left. They seem to think the Wild card is a bigger prize than the Superbowl - looks like #7 for Pittsburgh.

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