Shame of the Game - at Ravens

[Tenshot13]

This.  Vontae was not good, but this is a pick 6 all the way and would have had Miami right back in the game.  Remember this guy was a WR in college.  I know why they converted him to DB.  Hands of stone.

I was ecstatic when we drafted Smith, because I thought he could be that FS we needed.  I was a little disappointed to see him as a CB.  Watching him at Utah, he was a ball hawk.  The guy made one handed INTs like they were nothing.  I was a little shocked when we took Clemons too, but that seems to be panning out nicely.  What has me scratching my head, is how Smith made one handed INTs in college, and can't catch a cold in the NFL.  You don't forget how to catch a football.

[Brian Fein]

Don't forget he made a helluva pick in preseason of his rookie year, which is what won him the starting job across from Will Allen.  One handed with his back to the ball.

Sometimes guys see 6 points before they even catch the ball and get too excited to make the play at all.

[tepop]

It is hilarious the people who give it to sean smith this week, but didn't give it to clemons last week when he handed the bengals 7 points.

[JVides]

^^^Why?

The Clemons thing was a guy losing his balance as the ball got to him.  It was a fluke that it happened to bounce off his foot and into the air.  Smith was "in balance", I guess, and had he used his hands to catch the ball instead of his body, would have had a pick-6.

One's a fluke caused by fighting for position and losing your balance, and the other is a complete lack of focus.  (And don't get me wrong, I'm a full Sean Smith supporter).

[jtex316]

My shame of the game goes to Brandon Marshall.

He is the highest or 2nd highest paid WR in football. He has been under-producing by a lot this season with only 1 actual good game under his belt. The team needs someone to step up on the offensive front and it needs to be Marshall.

At some point, you can't blame Henne or the play-calling or the lack of the Wildcat. At some point, Brandon Marshall just has to find a way to get open and make plays for his team. At some point, Marshall just has to run better routes, exploit defenses better, and beat the coverage. At some point, he's gotta make that high pass catch and that one-handed beauty on the sideline to keep the drive alive, or that leaping fade in the back of the end-zone for a TD. This game was that "at some point", and Marshall didn't even come close to delivering.

Of all of the players on the Dolphins, Marshall has been the one who has been under-performing the most, when compared to his abilities and past performances. They absolutely needed his so-called studliness and his 21-catch game-like skills against Baltimore to not only keep the road winning streak alive, but to finally beat one of the really good teams in the AFC. Marshall did none of that. It's about time he gets his share of the blame for the Dolphins' 4-4 start.

[Pappy13]

It is hilarious the people who give it to sean smith this week, but didn't give it to clemons last week when he handed the bengals 7 points.

It's actually quite simple.  We won against Cincy despite Clemons play AND this is now 2 weeks in a row that we have simply given away points on the defensive side of the ball.  On top of that Smith was supposed to have good hands, no I take that back, he DOES have good hands, he just flat out dropped the easiest INT he'll ever get in his entire career.  Yeah, it happens, but when it happens in a big game where you could have really used those points, it just compounds how big a deal it was.  Even Smith knew.  He was one of the last ones out of the locker room, just hanging his head.