Patriots - Ravens week 16 injury reports and updates

[SVN]

unrelated to this gme but
Adam Schefter ?@AdamSchefter 52s
Bills HC Doug Marrone said QB Thad Lewis will start Sunday vs. Miami due to EJ Manuel's knee injury.

affects chances of bills beating the fins.

 

[BradyFTW!]

I'm actually kinda okay with Mankins at LT. It's an interior of Kline-Wendell-Connolly that absolutely terrifies me. That has to be the worst starting C/G group in the NFL.

 

[Mack Herron]

No doubt OL injuries are a concern against a big, strong DL. Fortunately, Balt is not a high-scoring offense, we might get Thompkins and /or Dobson back, and, most importantly, Brady can compensate for a ton of ills on offense (as he has all year). Our prospects may depend more heavily on health on the other side of the ball where, in addition to the three big MIAs, Spikes, Talib, Dennard, Arrington and Gregory have all returned from injury but at performance levels noticeably less than what they were pre-injury.

 

[Patjew]

The interior is so soft. Why not keep Mankins inside and give the LT help by a TE all day.

 

[DefenseRules]

Going into the season, I had concerns about the depth on the O-Line. It turns out that I was right to worry. This line scares me to death. I just hope our QB survives. Suggs and them must be smiling from ear to ear. I agree with everyone about running that football. I hope all of our backs are up to it.

 

[dales804]

So everyone thinks the Patriots should run it at BAL? We'll probably see Brady throw it 50 times Sunday afternoon then.

 

[Mack Herron]

So everyone thinks the Patriots should run it at BAL? We'll probably see Brady throw it 50 times Sunday afternoon then.

I don't really see the running thing with a struggling OL. Ravens stout against the run (7th in NFL in YPG) and poor against the pass (20th in YPG). Brady the best at getting it out before the cattle arrive.

 

[Kontradiction]

Going into the season, I had concerns about the depth on the O-Line. It turns out that I was right to worry. This line scares me to death. I just hope our QB survives. Suggs and them must be smiling from ear to ear. I agree with everyone about running that football. I hope all of our backs are up to it.

I think Mankins can handle Horse Face. Ngata, on the other hand, will probably have a big grin on his face as he drives Wendell five yards into the backfield time and time again.

 

[PatsFan2]

The interior is so soft. Why not keep Mankins inside and give the LT help by a TE all day.

Our TE's are aren't good receivers keeping a TE blocking consistently will free up Vereen to run routes from our backfield.

 

[Archeryaddict12]

Maybe scar can reshuffle the line to give us optimal protection because Tom needs it more than ever.

 

[PatsFan2]

One thing to note the last Time Aaron Dobson came off a layoff he played a miserable game. That one being his First Game against the Jets lets just hope we don't see a duplicate of that.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Looked like it was Kline that whiffed.

Yeah, he turned outside to block a phantom blitzing dolphin....and the blitzing dolphin went right where Kline vacated.....clear shot to Brady.....ouch, that was UGLY.....

Our line scares me this week, with Suggs and Elvis salivating on the d line.

 

[PatsFan2]

Yeah, he turned outside to block a phantom blitzing dolphin....and the blitzing dolphin went right where Kline vacated.....clear shot to Brady.....ouch, that was UGLY.....

Our line scares me this week, with Suggs and Elvis salivating on the d line.

I hope Marcus Cannon uses that Big Body to his adavantage when facing Elvis I am all for giving help to our LT via our TE.

 

[JMC00]

One thing to note the last Time Aaron Dobson came off a layoff he played a miserable game. That one being his First Game against the Jets lets just hope we don't see a duplicate of that.

Come on, really? I think Dobson has shown a decent amount since his first NFL game which happened to come on a short week and was just a bad sloppy wet game all around.

Although I seem to recall him scoring a 39 yard TD on his first reception in that game.

So in that regard I hope to see a duplicate of a long TD.

 

[SVN]

One thing to note the last Time Aaron Dobson came off a layoff he played a miserable game. That one being his First Game against the Jets lets just hope we don't see a duplicate of that.

we scored 13 pts in that game.everyone was miserable.

 

[Rob0729]

One thing to note the last Time Aaron Dobson came off a layoff he played a miserable game. That one being his First Game against the Jets lets just hope we don't see a duplicate of that.

Kinda of a stretch here. Can you explain to me how you can come off a layoffs when you never played in the NFL before? Seriously?!? The first Jets' game was Dobson's first game of his career. He had a miserable game because he was in his first NFL game (and some of the reasons JMC00 mentioned), not because he missed the first game of the season.

 

[Kontradiction]

Come on, really? I think Dobson has shown a decent amount since his first NFL game which happened to come on a short week and was just a bad sloppy wet game all around.

Although I seem to recall him scoring a 39 yard TD on his first reception in that game.

So in that regard I hope to see a duplicate of a long TD.

That was actually the first reception of his pro career.

 

[Aßßynormal]

Running the ball extensively takes our best weapon out of the game, Brady. Run not more than 50-50, IMO. This time we need to throw some bombs or we risk safety blitzes.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

One thing to note the last Time Aaron Dobson came off a layoff he played a miserable game. That one being his First Game against the Jets lets just hope we don't see a duplicate of that.

he's a rookie and he has missed valuable time with brady...there will be rust


Flacco will be wearing a brace sunday

 

[hwc]

Flacco will be wearing a brace sunday

So will Brady.