MossWelkowski
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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 many people are just going purely on the fact they have beaten us here before in the playoffs. Which is a stupid way to go about it.
So many people are just going purely on the fact they have beaten us here before in the playoffs. Which is a stupid way to go about it.
You sure those people aren't going "purely" on Baltimore's biggest strength (front 7) is matched up against the Pats' biggest weakness (the OL)?
The Ravens are a great passrushing and run stopping team. They have exactly the type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). I don't think that's "stupid". The fact that the Ravens have beaten the Pats (recently) in the playoffs is relevant only insofar as those same matchup problems exist. If Brady is harassed, the Pats will struggle to score points. Anyone who pooh-poohs that notion is living in a fantasy world.
You sure those people aren't going "purely" on Baltimore's biggest strength (front 7) is matched up against the Pats' biggest weakness (the OL)?
The Ravens are a great passrushing and run stopping team. They have exactly the type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). I don't think that's "stupid". The fact that the Ravens have beaten the Pats (recently) in the playoffs is relevant only insofar as those same matchup problems exist. If Brady is harassed, the Pats will struggle to score points. Anyone who pooh-poohs that notion is living in a fantasy world.
Some of you need to re-watch the last time the pats and ravens played in the playoffs - 2012 AFCCG. The pats did well the first half. However, they made stupid mistakes. With 30 secs to go in the first half, hernandez catches the bsll for a first down and inexplicably does not go out of bounds to stop the clock. Pats burn their second timeout and arw later forced to kick a fild goal. They should have been up 17-7 at the half. For the most part they were able to move the ball fairly easily the first half against a defense better than the current group. Defensively, the pats did a good job on the ravens offense. Then talib went down early in the first quarter with a hamstring pull. Flacco then started to exploit the arrington on torey smith match up In the second half. This ravens team is not as good as the 2012 team.
The rhetoric was...The Ravens are a great passrushing and run stopping team. They have exactly the type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best).
You sure those people aren't going "purely" on Baltimore's biggest strength (front 7) is matched up against the Pats' biggest weakness (the OL)?
The Ravens are a great passrushing and run stopping team. They have exactly the type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). I don't think that's "stupid". The fact that the Ravens have beaten the Pats (recently) in the playoffs is relevant only insofar as those same matchup problems exist. If Brady is harassed, the Pats will struggle to score points. Anyone who pooh-poohs that notion is living in a fantasy world.
Before Week 7: The Jets had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 27 - Jets 25.
I fully believe they did not show anything versus the jets because of potential playoff matchups.
The rhetoric was...
Before Week 5: The Bengals had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 43 - Bengals 17. Oh...
Before Week 6: The Bills had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 37 - Bills 22. Oh...
Before Week 7: The Jets had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 27 - Jets 25.
Before Week 9: The Broncos had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 43 - Broncos 21. Oh...
Before Week 12: The Lions had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 34 - Lions 9. Oh...
Before Week 15: The Dolphins had exactly type of defensive front that has made Brady look pedestrian (at best). Final Score Patriots 41 - Dolphins 13. Oh...
Those were teams with defensive fronts as good as Baltimore's if not better that were supposed to make Brady look pedestrian at best, as you say, only to lose by an average of 37.5 to 17.8. If all these vaunted defensive lines are being beaten by almost 3 scores on average, clearly then beating the Patriots in terms of totality isn't all about just pressuring Brady. There are other phases to the game too, and as it stands the Patriots have a decisive advantage to the Ravens in all those areas, because if having a strong defensive front that could make Brady look "pedestrian" was all it took to beat New England, then those other six teams wouldn't have been blown out the way they were.
Baltimore hasn't played a defense this fast and physical all season. Using past ghosts from year's past as a barometer for this game is a faulty line of thinking.