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Old 12-08-2008, 01:50 AM   #1
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The Ravens are playing very well.. Now they could lose the next 2 , but who knows.. I think the best way for this team to go to the playoffs is the winning the afc east.. The Dolphins need to lose 1 more game, maybee San Fran or we might have to root for the jets the way things are going... But it looks like the Dolphins believe it or not will be the main competition.. I dont think the Bills could beat the jets, but stranger things have happened.. The Bills seem to be done for the year.. The Jets will lose 1 more game.. I know we dont have the horses like we did in the past but I just want this season to be decided in the last week... Lets make it to new years and let the chips fall where they may, the team is showing lots of heart with all the inj...
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Old 12-08-2008, 06:47 AM   #2
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I actually think there is a very good chance that the Ravens lose to both the Cowboys and Steelers down the stretch. That would open the door for the Pats.
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I don't know if the way the Ravens played last night speaks to how they will play down the stretch. The Redskins after a strong start has fallen apart losing 4 of their last 5.
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I actually think there is a very good chance that the Ravens lose to both the Cowboys and Steelers down the stretch. That would open the door for the Pats.
Not the Cowboys I saw on TV yesterday.
Totally banged up, totally crap.
I thought Romo was supposed to be a superstar QB.

We'd just better make sure we win our 3 games (I don't see us beating the Cards anyway) and let what happens happen.
We need to worry more about finishing 3rd in the AFC East than the Ravens losing.
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it looke the same for me

and i think that we will reach them only with an 11-5 (not easy, nor impossible either)
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Not the Cowboys I saw on TV yesterday.
Totally banged up, totally crap.
I thought Romo was supposed to be a superstar QB.

We'd just better make sure we win our 3 games (I don't see us beating the Cards anyway) and let what happens happen.
We need to worry more about finishing 3rd in the AFC East than the Ravens losing.
It's really an amazing transformation that the Cowboys went thru this year - On paper they should be one of the best teams in the Division, but each week they look like a team that's lucky to win or just plain bad.

Looks like Wade's "Get your Ring finger ready" speech will go down as one of the stupidest comments of all time - At least that's how I see it.

Lets hope they beat Baltimore.

BTW - I hate the Cowboys, probably a little more than the Jets. America's team my ass.
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Not the Cowboys I saw on TV yesterday.
Totally banged up, totally crap.
I thought Romo was supposed to be a superstar QB.

We'd just better make sure we win our 3 games (I don't see us beating the Cards anyway) and let what happens happen.
We need to worry more about finishing 3rd in the AFC East than the Ravens losing.
I wouldn't count out the Cowboys yet. The Steelers have made a lot of teams look that bad. Granted that game might have been a backbreaker.

As for Cards, have you seen them play on the East Coast this year? Their defense doesn't travel to the East Coast. Are they going to play any harder now that they have wrapped up the division title? I wouldn't be surprised that any key player less than 100% for the Cards doesn't make the trip to Foxboro.
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I wouldn't count out the Cowboys yet. The Steelers have made a lot of teams look that bad. Granted that game might have been a backbreaker.

As for Cards, have you seen them play on the East Coast this year? Their defense doesn't travel to the East Coast. Are they going to play any harder now that they have wrapped up the division title? I wouldn't be surprised that any key player less than 100% for the Cards doesn't make the trip to Foxboro.
To be honest the Steelers didn't look that great either but it's a D full of hard men and that always counts for plenty. The Cowboys seemed to have so many injuries and get so many penalties it was just unbelievable,totally overated.
Romo looks half fit and pretty poor.

As for the Cards, we'll see, we're looking pretty banged up ourselves,
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If we win out and finish 11-5 and either the Jets or Dolphins win out and finish 11-5, would we loose the division to some tie-breaker?

If so, does anybody know what has to happen to win the division?
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The really BIG game for the Pats this week is the Jets-Buffalo game. IF the Bills could somehow win this game, it would give the Jets another division loss. If this happens, then we actually root for the Jets against Miami.

In a three way tie, Miami is going to win, basically because they beat San Diego who has beaten both the Pats and the Jets. As long as it comes down to common opponents the Jets are screwed with losses to San Fran, Oakland, Denver.

If at the end the Pats are tied with the Jets and they have an identical division record as the Pats (let's assume everyone is 4-2 in the division), the Pats will win the tie because of a better record than the Jets versus common opponenets.

So the Pats could go 2-1 and Buffalo beats the Jets, and then the Jets beat Miami, the Pats will win the division.

Of course, all of this could change next week..........
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