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The Bengals have reached the playoffs a club-record five consecutive seasons, and that streak is about to get snapped.We know some things have to break our way now, coach Marvin Lewis said on Monday .Also, they know they havent played well enough at any point this season to consider themselves playoff-worthy.That was the case again on Sunday in Baltimore, where they played well enough to stay in the game but no more.Dalton has been under constant pressure during the season, getting sacked 32 times -- fourth most in the NFL.Even when theyre not getting to Dalton, defenders are making it tough on him. Four of Daltons last eight passes were batted down at the line as the Ravens set their defense to take away the downfield throw and focused on knocking down the short ones.Four of eight passes knocked down? Mind-boggling.Those things happen very, very rarely, offensive coordinator Ken Zampese said on Monday. I mean, this was the first time that came up, it came up in a big way, and it ended up hurting us, so here we are talking about it.The game in Baltimore was in some ways their worst yet at protecting the quarterback.Dalton had four fumbles, losing two of them. The most costly came on a play from the Baltimore 16-yard line in the first half. Dalton was changing the play at the line of scrimmage when center Russell Bodine snapped the ball, causing the turnover.The Bengals switched from Bodine to backup center T.J Johnson for a couple of series in the third quarter.To calm the troops a little bit, Lewis said.Three times in the second half, Dalton was sacked and fumbled. The last one came when the Bengals were driving for a potential tying touchdown in the closing minutes. Dalton was sacked by Elvis Dumervil and fumbled, allowing the Ravens to close it out with a safety that ran out the clock.And it wasnt only the passing game that involved struggles by Bengals blockers. 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I dont think any team in MLS can lose three -- really, weve lost four -- centre backs and be fine." OBrien went down in the 62nd minute with a hamstring strain. He said he felt it stretch when he reached for a ball. Not helping him was the field surface, temporary grass laid on top of the artificial turf at CenturyLink Field. With OBriens injury, Vancouver will now miss him, Jay DeMerit, Brad Rusin and Carlyle Mitchell at that position for the foreseeable future. "I dont think (the field) was great in the sense that it probably contributed to my injury," OBrien said. "It was unpredictable with the bounces, and its not ideal." Goalkeeper Brad Knighton went further in condemning the surface. "The field was ridiculously terrible," he said. "Its heavy, its bumpy, the turfs coming up. Its a weird surface to play on, and anytime you put grass on top of turf, youre going to get that." Neither OBrien nor Rennie could estimate how long the veteran defender would be out of action. Greg Klazura entered the match for OBrien, and he had to play out of position. Normally a wide defender, Klazura looked out of place in the middle. He conceded the penalty kick that tied the game after Vancouver took an early 2-1 lead. Camilo Sanvezzo gave the Whitecaps that lead with two headers, assisted by Russell Teibert. Both goals came in a 16-minute span in the first half. "There are loots of things for us to build on from this game," Rennie said.dddddddddddd"Camilo also had a fantastic free kick that was rebounded that we really had a good chance to make that 3-1. At that point, it would have been hard for them to get back." Sanvezzo added: "Its positive that I scored, but I think the team played well. a I think everybody had a good game, and we just need to pick up from here." However, Vancouver failed to capitalize on Sanvezzos free-kick opportunity, and in the second half, Seattle scored two goals of its own in a 10-minute burst to tie and win the game. 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