Spergon Wynn
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.So judging by "Playbook", the Patriots absolutely have no chance on Sunday. Why even show up?
Rodney sayz its Good to be the under dog.I'm actually shocked by all the "decisive" support Baltimore is getting. They conclude that the Pats just can't compete in certain areas. I don't get it.
I found it both funny and ridiculous when the NFL Network had the caption up showing Baltimore's rushing D at 20th in the league while the analyst (forget which one, but I think it was Billick) was saying the Pats would have a tough time running on the Ravens. I know it's Billick, but what a chump.
So judging by "Playbook", the Patriots absolutely have no chance on Sunday. Why even show up?
I'm actually shocked by all the "decisive" support Baltimore is getting. They conclude that the Pats just can't compete in certain areas. I don't get it.
Holy cow. I'm watching this now -- missed the first 20 minuts of the hour long show, but the last half hour has been like Ravens All-Access. And the next segment is on Ray Rice.
The more and more I see this crap, the more and more I think patriots by 14-17 points.
What the hell are these people thinking??
Where exactly did they conclude the Ravens would actually have an advantage?
I'm actually shocked by all the "decisive" support Baltimore is getting. They conclude that the Pats just can't compete in certain areas. I don't get it.
I purposely avoid the pre-game stuff during the week, as no matter how my team is portrayed, I tend to view it through purple-colored glasses, and feel like the Ravens are getting short-changed at every corner.
Some of you are wondering why anyone would pick the Ravens to win. I see the game as a coin flip, considering a) recent performances by both teams and b) recent games in the series between the teams. The Ravens faced a much tougher assignment than N.E. did last weekend, and really should've won going away if not for two completely out of character special teams breakdowns. Take those away and we wouldn't have needed a last-second miracle TD. New England, to their credit, did what they were supposed to do, dismantled an inferior opponent, who was clearing trending down in their recent performances, at home.
Honestly, I feel more confident of a Ravens win this week than I did last week. Mostly because I didn't have much confidence at all going into Denver! But the Ravens, like the Pats, are peeking right now. Their recently revamped OL is playing very well, which was NOT the case throughout the regular season. The secondary has gotten over the loss of Webb (no small feat), with Corey Graham becoming a very good corner (Cary Williams, on the other hand, still has his problems). And Flacco-to-Smith is becoming a deadly combination that few teams have been able to stop lately.
So, my confidence is based on:
1) Our defense playing better right now, with more proven play-makers than the Pats'.
2) Our offense playing at a high level - basically, the Patriots' offense's advantage over the Ravens' offense isn't quite as great as the Ravens' defense's advantage over the Pats' (hope that makes sense).
3) Our special teams are superior, and I expect they'll clamp down after last week's disastrous performance. Jacoby Jones could be a huge factor tomorrow night.
Could the Pats blow out the Ravens? Sure, their offense is capable of putting up 40-plus on any team. But recent history suggests it will be very close, and I feel like it's "our time," for whatever that's worth.
Hoping for a hard fought game, with no bad injuries and no horrible calls for either side to whine about all off-season! The one "good" thing about last year's Evans/Cundiff meltdowns was that we Ravens fans didn't do much finger-pointing toward the refs - we reserved all our venom for the chokesters in purple!