patsfanincleveland

What excuse?

Actually watch the game. Raven drives were extended by bogus penalties. Sorry to bust your bubble with a reality pin.

Are actually a fan? If so, what's this burning need to double down on stupid?

RhodyPatriot

Exactly!! Funny how nobody ever talks about how poorly Tom Brady played in that game last year. It's all about the mistakes the Ravens made and how they won't do that this year. Yeah right!!

FredFromDartmouth

Oh baby...bet the house on the Patriots...

PATRIOTSFANINPA

With your stupid logic then I guess the Arizona Cardinals should have been the #1 seed last week with that top ranked defense they had by the end of that same week 3

I find it amusing that some fans see stuff early in a season and expect little to no changes along the way.

Some Teams get better......Some Teams get Weaker......No team stays the same all year.

Wake up,Man!

augsnod

There's nothing wrong with Felger picking the Ravens. I was watching much of the broadcast and he was NOT making the Ravens out to be the second coming of anyone. He made it clear that he is not good at picks and he will probably be wrong. There was a heck of a lot of self-deprecation involved. The guys joke around a lot and I see their contrary picks more a matter of attempts at objectivity than attempts at riling people up.

I don't understand why people can't see it as an opening for an honest discussion of the games they played and the game they WILL play. There are a lot of questions about past games on both sides and there are match-ups to consider in the up-coming game. I'd rather see the more sobering treatments of the subject instead of the over-confidence of homers. That just leads to painfully crushing surprises.

There is one concept that threatens every game: "any given Sunday."

PatsWickedPissah

Right
And Brady is oblivious and does not care about his dwindling remaining years

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patfanken

Not the worst host, but certainly the most annoying...and THAT'S what he's trying to be. Like a previous poster mentioned, I caught a bit of the TV feed of his show and he could hardly keep a straight face when he kept telling the audience he was picking the Ravens. He knows what he's doing and the 80 odd responses he's evoked here in just a couple of hours just proves he's doing the right thing.....for him and his show.

DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS

RhodyPatriot

Yup!!

Last year the Ravens had a bye in the 1st round of the playoffs, were coming into Gillette full of confidence having whooped the Patriots the year before in the wildcard game at Gillette, had Tom Brady playing one of the absolute worst playoff games of his career (22/36 239 yds, 0 TD 2 picks and a QB rtg of 57.5) and yet with all that going for them the Ravens still needed a last second 39 yd FG to win the game.....and didn't.
Brady had a really bad game, they lost Gronk during the game and had to adjust on the fly and somehow still managed to score 23 points on the '85 Bear...errrr I mean that vaunted one year younger and far more rested Baltimore Raven defense.

This is the team we should all fear on January 20, 2013????

I think not!!!

The Ravens are one year older, much more fatigued and facing a Patriot team that is much better on both sides of the ball right now than they were last year at this time.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

I am not suggesting that Baltimore will win but for those who think the game will be easy,it won't as both teams have legitimate chances to win.

Read between the lines.......

RhodyPatriot

Game won't be easy. Few NFL playoff games are. But it won't be that close.
I like the Patriots 35 to 17.
Brady was god awful last year and the Patriots still put up 23 on a much more rested Raven defense.
You want to say Flacco is better this year? Fine! The Patriot defense he's going up against is also better than last year so we'll call that a wash.