True, but that was just an intuitive feeling we were due for another blow out against them.
The Ravens are so depleted in their secondary, I really see no possible way for them to come into Gillette stadium and stay in the football game. Have they even ever faced a 100% healthy Gronkowski before? I'd have to go back and check, but it seems like every time we see them, Gronk is out. Maybe for part of the 2011 game, before Pollard wrenched his ankle.
The biggest difference in this game is the difference in the secondary, theirs as well as ours. The Ravens are so banged up here that I'd be impressed with anyone who can name everyone back there without first looking it up. There will be zero excuses for Tom & Company not to be able to score points against this Ravens team. If (when) the Ravens fall behind, it'll be over. There is no way the Ravens get forced into a one dimensional football game against our DB's and win. At that point it'll just snowball for them.
That's a huge change from previous years when Flacco could just start throwing bombs to insta-win Baltimore back into the ballgame.
After the score hits 17-3 or 21-7 or 24-10 in favor of the Patriots, with second half defensive adjustments incoming, the game is just going to spiral out of control for Baltimore.
That's what I see going down!
