"There were a few veterans who stood up and spoke, but after getting booed off the field at halftime, the Ravens' players mostly sat in silence as the shock washed over them.

For the Ravens, there was really no alternative, not after trailing a one-win team by three scores on their home field, not after their offense played in the same woeful manner for the first 30 minutes that it did six days earlier in Jacksonville, Fla., and not after hearing it from their fans who rightfully expected better.

"What are you going to say after a half like that?" linebacker Jarret Johnson said."