Game Day Thread Official Game Day Thread- Week 9 Pats @ Ravens

We are on to Philly.

BradyFTW! said:

They're still the 1 seed even with the loss...

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For now. I said the Philly game will tell all. Because 2 losses with Dallas, Houston, and KC upcoming could be a huge problem.

Outplayed in every department. To me the game was lost when it was 24-20 ravens and this defense let Jackson marched down the field.

BradyFTW! said:

By the time the playoffs roll around Jackson probably won't be healthy with how they're using him

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That's wishful thinking.

If we had this guy and McD was coaching him up and designing plays for him our dynasty would last another decade or more.

9 minute td drive. Officially over. I voted for back2back super bowls instead of an undefeated season anyway.

One important thing happened tonight: Sanu is legit.

Goodnight fellas. We're onto the (much needed) bye.

NG Pats Fan said:

Jackson is a star. Nice job passing up on him TWICE in the draft B.B.

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Yeah Jackson will be great if he has wide open tight ends within 6 yards the rest of his career

In one way I am glad they lost, no more talk of 19-0. Time to re focus, I am worried about TB, something is just off with his demeanour !

honestly, this defense needed this wake up call...On the positive, great to see Sanu integrated so easily. No deep threat is a concern.

You can't PULL a ball carrier. You can PUSH. It's ILLEGAL to PULL.

Gotta be ready to go in Philly. Don’t want to give away home field

Ravens had a good game plan coming off a bye. Home field advantage. Won the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

Bill will figure it out if we play them again in Foxborough.

venecol said:

At least the stupid 19-0 talk can finally stop.

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This is exactly what this team needed. Greatest defense of all time talk just went down the pipes. It will be sad tale to tell the grandkids, but at least we will get a SB trophy as a consolation prize.

best thing for the team to have to think about the next 2 weeks

dreighver said:

Harbaugh and BAL were right. This team is soft in the middle. They established the inside run and went from there.

Barring the acquisition of a DT I’m not sure how they counter that.

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It's alot different playing a ruining qb... Closest next qb is Watson...

Play 4 d tackles... Where was wise?

BradyFTW! said:

At least people will stop talking about the defense like it's the 2000 Ravens, getting shot back down to earth is probably better for those guys

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You should go back and look at who the Ravens played in 2000. Not saying the Pats D is that good, but their opposition that year was horrendous, and they only beat 2 teams with a record better than .500 during the regular season.

Jlaff said:

What would we use Jackson for. The guy has one of the lowest Wunderlic scores of all time.

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Guys like his are fun to watch for the season or two they physically last

Le Numéro Douze said:

Ok, 17 down with less than 3. Now, I think it safe to say it is game over.

Jules's fumble killed us.

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Le Numéro Douze said:

Ok, 17 down with less than 3. Now, I think it safe to say it is game over.

Jules's fumble killed us.

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Nah they were done long before that.

Lots of takeaways from this game, and lots of whining about AB in this thread, but to me the lack of anything approximating an NFL-caliber TE is what’s really hurting this offense.

Outside of the first quarter I think the defense played fine. They just made dumb mistakes and rightfully got flagged for them. That kept drives going that should have stopped.