Oh, this might get ugly.
"It is nothing that we haven't been through before," said Harbaugh, of back-to-back losses. "It is a tough loss and it is going to be a fight to the division championship and that is what we are fighting for right now. We have to bounce back next week with a very good Denver team in our stadium."
It's not just defensive problems, but offensive problems as well. Quarterback Joe Flacco is horribly inconsistent and seems to have hit the ceiling of his career in Baltimore.
He had a strong performance in the first half and wasn't much of a factor in the second except for turnovers. In other words, just another day at the office for Flacco.
His most costly turnover occurred with 5:42 left in the third quarter on third-and-6 at the Washington 11. The Redskins overloaded to one side and outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan blindsided Flacco which resulted in an interception by London Fletcher.
Flacco said he should have thrown to Rice immediately.
"I was enamored trying to get Ray something over there and it was my fault," Flacco said. "It was easy. I should just throw [him] the ball."
Flacco has poor pocket presence. He doesn't know when to get rid of the ball or step up in the pocket. The problem is compounded because Ravens offensive tackles Michael Oher and Kelechi Osemele have problems with speed rushers, and left guard Jah Reid can't stay on his feet.
At least the Ravens stayed with the run Sunday handing the ball off to Rice, but after a while they had no other choice because the Ravens couldn't figure out how to pass block the Redskins.
It's all troubling. Even the special teams, the strength of this team, allowed a 64 yard punt return to set up the game winning field goal.
It's so bad right now, that even Lady Luck has abandoned the Ravens. Maybe they used her up in the first half of the season.
If this continues, the Ravens might have to crawl into the postseason instead of walking in after kicking down the door.
Beep, beep, beep……

