If any of you have spent some time in the game threads, you know I'm usually intense. I say a lot of things, and most of them I don't mean. It's in the heat of the moment where I lose myself all too often. For that, I apologize Bronco brethren. Admittedly, I've been quick to yank my hair out by halftime, and given our teams lack of presence in the first half, I feel like I'm not the only one. However, McD usually finds a way to make things alright. Not today though.

I'm ok with a loss, but I'm not ok with giving up. I feel like this team gave up towards the end of the game. I don't know if it was crowd noise, or elongated drives for the Ravens offense, or maybe it was the Ravens defense keeping Orton off tempo all day long. For whatever reason, this team lost and lost pretty badly today. I'm not ashamed in a loss, but I'm ashamed of getting beat down. Were the penalties questionable? Sure they were, but it's part of the game. All we can do is hope the league takes a good look at the calls, and although it's not likely, they might just admit they blew a lot of calls.

I want to just point out 3 things that I noticed that were wrong today. They weren't "eh", they were flat out bad.

1. Mitch Berger. I don't know who the hell decided he was a better fit than Kern, but he's got to go. I doubt Kern would have done much better, but anything is better than what seems like a 25 yard punt average. That's terrible. I'm hoping McD and Preifer reassess his future in Denver. That kind of punting will kill you faster than any questionable officiating.

2. Offensive line. I know Ryan Harris' injury early on hurt the line, but to get blown apart THAT bad is inexcusable. I have no idea what happened to the O line today, but something needs to change. If you think Baltimore is daunting, wait until James Harrison and Co. roll into town.

3. Playcalling. I know it's hard to stretch vertically when your line isn't giving you enough time to make something happen, but I saw one fairly deep vertical attempt. ONE. The only reason why it mattered is because Foxworth got called for pass interference. Aside from that one attempt to make the passing game happen, there was nothing. I understand the idea of short screens and safe passes, but Baltimore isn't the Raiders. They know how to stop that. Oh, if you don't know, so does Pittsburgh.

Not all is bad, although there wasn't much to be happy about today. There is 2 things that made me feel a little bit like this team is going to keep getting better and advancing.

1. Including Peyton Hillis in the game plan. I have no doubt that Larsen's return made this more possible than any idea of Hillis being in the doghouse. Was Hillis in the house? Sure he was, but Larsen being out for 6 weeks will also have an effect on Hillis' inclusion in the plan.

2. Mario Haggan. He was all over today, and in my opinion, he definitely earned his check today. He made a few tackles for loss today, and that kind of play makes me understand more why he's a captain.

It's been a long day, both during and after the game. I don't really care if anyone replies to this, I just had to get things off my chest. My apologies again for the game threads, days like today would be better for everyone if I didn't have a keyboard to release frustration.