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I try not to get overconfident, but I think the Pats will dominate this time.
I just think the timing is right this season.
It's amazing how different in terms of personnel the team in this game was compared to who will be playing on Sunday, whether it be through injuries or turnover....
Ravens fan here. I'll be at the game Sunday to support my boys but my objective view is that the Pats will win, to be honest. Won't stop me from going to the game.
I think the Ravens will be fine on offense. They'll move the ball fairly easy but they can't settle for FGs in the red zone. The part of the Pats D that scares me, as should come to no surprise, is Wilfork. Dude might be the best player at their own position right now. He manhandled Birk last year. We're gonna have to double him most of the time to tame him as best we can.
Onto the topic of slowing the Patriots offense. The only chance we have of slowing you guys down is pressure. Pressure, pressure, pressure. Force Tom to make a mistake. Kruger is getting a sack a game for a long stretch of games and Suggs is regaining his old form. Upshaw is coming into his own as well. If we don't get pressure, it could be a long day for the Ravens, as well as for me. Our LBs in coverage are very, very weak. You guys should have the middle of the field open pretty much all day. Our DB play is pretty solid on the sidelines and can only do so much.
All in all, I think the Pats ended up taking this game by 10 or so. Obviously I hope I'm dead wrong but I'll be there supporting my boys just like you guys will with the Pats. But I will say, despite what happened last year, if the Ravens are down by less than 7 points with the ball under 2 minutes in the 4th...I like our chances.
Good Luck, fellas.
Ravens fan here. I'll be at the game Sunday to support my boys but my objective view is that the Pats will win, to be honest. Won't stop me from going to the game.
I think the Ravens will be fine on offense. They'll move the ball fairly easy but they can't settle for FGs in the red zone. The part of the Pats D that scares me, as should come to no surprise, is Wilfork. Dude might be the best player at their own position right now. He manhandled Birk last year. We're gonna have to double him most of the time to tame him as best we can.
Onto the topic of slowing the Patriots offense. The only chance we have of slowing you guys down is pressure. Pressure, pressure, pressure. Force Tom to make a mistake. Kruger is getting a sack a game for a long stretch of games and Suggs is regaining his old form. Upshaw is coming into his own as well. If we don't get pressure, it could be a long day for the Ravens, as well as for me. Our LBs in coverage are very, very weak. You guys should have the middle of the field open pretty much all day. Our DB play is pretty solid on the sidelines and can only do so much.
All in all, I think the Pats ended up taking this game by 10 or so. Obviously I hope I'm dead wrong but I'll be there supporting my boys just like you guys will with the Pats. But I will say, despite what happened last year, if the Ravens are down by less than 7 points with the ball under 2 minutes in the 4th...I like our chances.
Good Luck, fellas.
But does one bad decision mean you played horribly?
Maybe yes, if you're Brady. And when he said "I sucked" people didn't really get that he's his harshest critic, and the throw to Slater was one of the worst of his career.
One throw can make you say, "I sucked." Even if the reality is that you played well most of the game. And he did. 2 bad INTs can make a good game into a horrible game (unless you're Peyton Manning). The thing is, Brady's criticism of himself is the thing most remember, whereas the same standards are considerably lower for other QBs.
I blame the offensive sputters on O'Brien and some bad running play calls, a problem which actually continued into the Super Bowl. I blame last year on O'Brien almost totally anyway. So glad that Josh McD is back.