We're on to Baltimore

I have expected the Ravens all along. I do believe we will win but our offense will struggle. Not really our entire offense, more just Brady. He struggles against calm defenses that come with well timed blitzes. It would be a different story if he could run like our rookie Jimmy but it is what it is.

For me anyway, no surprises have happened so far in these playoffs. Pats vs Colts Afccg then pats vs panthers sb like the 03 season. Crazy, I know but stranger things have happened.

Everyone R.E.L.A.X. Pollard isnt a Raven anymore...

It's pretty simple really, if you can't beat the 6th seeded Baltimore Ravens (who had a cake schedule and only beat two playoff teams: the Steelers and Panthers, lol) at HOME, then you had absolutely no shot against Seattle on a neutral field.

The game simply comes down to 0ur OL vs. their DL. If Stork contains Nagta and Solder does a reasonable job against Suggs, Brady can pick their secondary apart. I see no reason to fear the Ravens offense, especially with Revis on our side and Collins covering their TE Daniels. Hopefully Chandler Jones gets to school their undrafted rookie O-Lineman, like James Harrison did tonight for a little while, until old age crept in. Only concern is Browner being flagged down field, but I would hope that there's constant safety help throughout.

Oh and a little food for thought: the Ravens have NEVER beat a Patriots team on the road with a healthy Rob Gronkowski on the field. NEVER. The only time they've beaten a Pats team with Gronk suited up, was that awful road game in 2012, where Gronk was working his way back from injury, on a limited snap count and thus was only targeted three times. And even then, the Ravens only won 31-30 when the Replacement Refs (remember them?) deemed a clearly missed field goal as good.

In other words, let's not get our panties in a bunch just because the Ravens are coming to town......It's always nice to get a cupcake opponent in the divisional round, but as we Pats fans have seen the last several years, that doesn't exactly prepare you for when you have to face the cream of the crop.

I'm excited to see us draw Baltimore. Beat them, get revenge for 2012, beat Denver in the AFCCG, get revenge for last year, then beat either Seattle or Green Bay and get revenge on a previous regular season loss. Works for me.

My god, that avatar is amazing.

saspack said:

We are #1 seed, they barely made playoff. See the difference?

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The Giants barely made the playoffs in 07 and we know how that turned out for us.

I know as pats fans we are used to the Ravens playing us tough but honestly that's the only reason to be afraid of them this year. They do not match up well with this pats team. Revis and browner will take away flaccos ability to make big plays and then it's a matter of not letting forsett beat us. They absolutely have no answer for Gronk and Edelman and Jojo will have a field day in that secondary. This matchup is the easiest of all except maybe the colts. I for one am glad we are playing the Ravens cause I think it is very hard to dominate teams like the colts or Cincy twice in one season.

Guys guys guys guys.....we have a defense now and a healthy Gronk other than Mayo our leaders are healthy as well unleash the Gronk!!!

Our secondary needs to make the Balloon thrower pay for those heaves, he should've been picked off tonight, so aggravating...

Please just kick their ass, I hate the Ravens

Todd Bradley said:

If Stork contains Nagta and Solder does a reasonable job against Suggs, Brady can pick their secondary apart.

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If rookie Stork handles the inside pressure with Ngata, Vollmer/Cannon handle Dumervile, AND Solder handles the outside pressure with Suggs, we'll surely pick their secondary apart.

Of course...the concern is that may be a very tall order, however.

This is one of the reasons why I believe the running game will make or break us this postseason.

Bledsoehasaring said:

I for one am glad we are playing the Ravens cause I think it is very hard to dominate teams like the colts or Cincy twice in one season.

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I think we would have completely dominated Cincinnati in every facet of the game.

Im pretty happy right now. This was the result/matchup I wanted. We have got the legit worst team in the AFC playoffs in the 2nd round. Best case scenario. Pats have put up 30+ vs Bills and Lions who have much better DL's.

This week will likely be dominated by Pats OL vs Ravens DL talk, but tell me something... Who on the Ravens can cover any of our WR's? On the other side of the ball the Pats have shut down multiple offenses that have more threats than the Ravens do. Vegas has the line at like Pats -7.5. Conservative if you ask me.

We're going to crush the Ravens. Tom is going to have a great game. Let's see if Flacco can "outplay" the GOAT when he has to play a real secondary instead of that **** we were fielding in 2011 and 2012.

My guess is a big fat no.

Gronk gonna' be throwing Ravens outta the club and Lafell and Edelman are gonna' have big games.

The AFC North is trash and overhyped by their idiotic 80 IQ Spybaby fans.

I'm actually glad we got the Ravens and Denver gets whichever front running pretender that they get.

Sets up a very nice revenge/beatdown tour.

The Ravens were 1-6 against winning teams in the regular season, and they just beat the only one of those six again. So, they were 0-5 against winning teams not named the Steelers. With that, there's no excuse to panic. On the other hand....

The Ravens allowed 13 points or fewer in 7 of 16 games this season, and finished ahead of the Patriots defense in both points and yards despite the extra two losses, so there's no excuse to be ****sure, either.

ON OFFENSE:

I'm just so glad that the Pats were really clicking on all cylinders down the stretch. I'm confident they can score 13 points against the Ravens (perhaps with a TD off a turnover).

ON DEFENSE:

All the Ravens have is Flacco's trademark play. Close his eyes and heave it as far downfield as he can. I suspect Belichick will have one message for the boys: GTFB. If we can hold 'em to 10, we can win this game.

This Thread is SO "Jason Versus Freddy"!!

When i first saw the Steelers-Ravens score i was like: oh boy.

But, they have huge problems on D, their secondary isn't that good and we ought to be carefull with they DL only. I still think it's going to be a tough one but I believe we will come out as W. I think...

IcyPatriot said:

Yes ... suggs vs solder will be the key.

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If THIS is the key.....we are screwed. They better figure a way to give solder (and cannon when he is in there) help with an extra TE or something!!! Sounds a lot like 07' and 11'........going to be a tough one obviously

I doubt they can score more than 13-17 points on us, and this already contains the usual PI gifts.

Also we might actually see a pass rush, since there will be less emphasis on contain with Flacco (compares to Dalton, Luck)

Blount might be able to run on this boys. He's been able to run on a few good run defenses this year like Detroit.