Agree to disagree on the Reed one. Not sure what else he can do when Ward is climbing all over him other than try to push him away.

Is it just me that thinks Ike Taylor is a little barsteward?

This ia a penalty fest, it could take a while to finish this game

Play to the whistle

That's a fumble

Great play by Redding can't believe no one else didn't notice the whistle hadn't been blown, I realised straight away

Carlson is without doubt the worst analyst/studio guy ever.

My favourite has to be Charles Davies. We never seem to get the games he is commentating on but I like him on the draft and he seems really knowledgeable and quite funny too.


Great play by Corey Redding. You play to the whistle. T-Sizzle is great but I really don't like him!

No challenges

I wish our game was tonight the nerves are starting to kick in now

Exactly how long does Flacco want in the pocket at the moment?

This games getting tasty now can see it boiling over into a brawl

Flacco looks like a rabbit in the headlights. Why are the Ravens throwing non-stop? Seem they are trying to throw the game away.

Carlson's jokes might be bad but he makes Cadle and Halling look amateur

They are

Sorry, I meant to type 'even more amateur'

Well Baltimore have fallen apart. Can't see them coming back from that.

Jesus this is some turnaround, like EPC just said Flacco looks lost

I disagree.

Cadle and Halling (particularly Halling) are bad at times, but at least they are trying to be professional, the fact they are often wrong is quite annoying though. That said Carlson is just completely terrible. He constantly makes really poor jokes which is made worse by the fact HE thinks he is hilarious (I remember he was over-joyed with the nickname Atari "Video Game" Bigby for an entire broadcast). Plus he just comes across as completely unprofessional.

Maybe I just don't get his humour but I think even if I did there is alot to be said for coming across professionally.


The Ravens are falling apart here but I hope they hold on.

I don't find his jokes funny either. His constant references to players playing in NFL Europe gets annoying as well. It's worth putting up with that though for his analysis because he's spot on with what he says most of the time and sees things on the field that Cadle and Halling would never be able to notice. They either point out the blatantly obvious or just talk absolute crap half the time.

I'd say that's pretty much spot on. Carlsons analysis is brilliant.

As much as I dislike James Harrison the bloke is a beast!!

Carlson is a decent analyst but not that great. Certainly not enough to off-set the rest of his failings IMO.

Cracking dive by the Steelers player there

How was that holding? Looked like he got pushed over, not pulled down to me.

Does anybody else think Polamalu is over-rated?

Sure he is a highlight reel machine with his hits but nearly every time i've seen the Steelers he is beaten a couple of times by trying to make ridiculous hits.