The Ravens

Not counting on Ingram being out for divisional. Obviously depends on severity.


Strained calf muscle

I wish it was Lamar.

Patstastic said:

Good point. I agree KC is more of a threat.

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VrabelJr said:

Great news: we’re likely going to need to beat both KC and Balt If we want to go to the Super Bowl for a rematch with Seattle.

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How is that great news? The road is much tougher facing those two teams. Unless you mean they will be battle tested by the time a potential SB rolls around. And Seattle is a very flawed team. They've lost at home to some bad teams. They barely beat other bad teams.

In the end, I'd rather face Baltimore. We know KC can play from behind. What happens when the Ravens fall behind 10-0? And they are forced to abandon the run? If I had to choose to play one of the two it would be Baltimore. I'll take my chances stopping Jackson over Mahomes.

But again, it doesn't matter who the opponent is. Nor does it matter where the game is played. This team needs the offense to play like they did Saturday. Your not going to be facing scrub teams in the postseason that will throw up on themselves. Meaning it's highly unlikely the defense forces a whack of turnovers.

venecol said:

Not counting on Ingram being out for divisional. Obviously depends on severity.

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Well he won't be at full speed and he could still reaggravate it on a routine run and tackle.

venecol said:

Not counting on Ingram being out for divisional. Obviously depends on severity.

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Doubt he gets all the snaps if he plays.

vuudu said:

Seattle? all of these may not com true. The Ravens reminds me of the Patriots team that lost to the Jets in the playoffs. They will get the Texans and the Texans will beat them.

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In what way?

I have been going over their games ... its amazing - they telegraph each and every pass play - watch the tackles - and yet they are still so productive.

better minds will have to figure it out... im at a loss as to how to stop their attack. Their line moves so fluidly, get to the second level of blockers way fast ... just looks like everyone is afraid to commit, fearful of their options or Jackson making something out of nothing.

Ingram was in a walking boot after the game I hear...

patsfanincleveland said:

I was at the Sunday night Baltimore game.

If Watson would have caught the pass the play before the the Thomas INT, I have no doubt we would have won.

By the end of Q1 the defense started to figure it out. KC is more of a threat.

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I dont think KC is a bigger threat. We were 3 blown calls away from tying that game with our offense in shambles. They are both going to be tough teams to beat, but right now the ravens are better overall

drewskie said:

Ingram was in a walking boot after the game I hear...

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Yep and Harbaby says it was a cramp.

That is one helluva cramp.

Best strategy is to control the clock, keep LJ off the field. Obviously, can't turn the ball over. Pats were in the game until the Edelman fumble. That changed everything. Long, sustained drives with the run game. Keep the defense rested to contain LJ.

Patstastic said:

In what way?

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In their heavy reliance on three TEs and how that team blew out some teams in the regular season.

Ravens will be tougher as we do not have HFA for them. If disaster happens this weekend the Chiefs in Arrowhead will be tougher for us.

vuudu said:

In their heavy reliance on three TEs and how that team blew out some teams in the regular season.

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I think that Pats team had a suspect defense too. But they blew teams out consistently. So the defense was never exposed. That is until the offense struggled against the Jets in the postseason. Then the defense was truly exposed.

robertweathers said:

Yep and Harbaby says it was a cramp.

That is one helluva cramp.

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If its a KD level calf strain then Ingram wont be back anytime soon.

Pape said:

I have been going over their games ... its amazing - they telegraph each and every pass play - watch the tackles - and yet they are still so productive.

better minds will have to figure it out... im at a loss as to how to stop their attack. Their line moves so fluidly, get to the second level of blockers way fast ... just looks like everyone is afraid to commit, fearful of their options or Jackson making something out of nothing.

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By watching it live, my guess is that that offense is unique and calibrating Jackson in is why that's so. On the second drive, when Ingram had the long run......I pointed him out to my son and wondered why that idiot was running so fast.

Twenty yards later......I realized he had the ball.

Except for the Browns and Bengals, nobody they have played has been in for a second round.

My guess is once the code gets cracked....it will die a Wildcat death.

SF did well in H2 in their game. Besides, what defense could possibly hold the Rams to 3 points in a big game?

sb1 said:

Ravens will be tougher as we do not have HFA for them. If disaster happens this weekend the Chiefs in Arrowhead will be tougher for us.

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If we lose to the Dolphins at home, we have bigger things to worry about than the Chiefs lol.

Antdawg said:

Best strategy is to control the clock, keep LJ off the field. Obviously, can't turn the ball over. Pats were in the game until the Edelman fumble. That changed everything. Long, sustained drives with the run game. Keep the defense rested to contain LJ.

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After Jules fumbled, we marched down, scored a TD and the score was 24-20.

The killer was when we got the ball back and the seam route to Watson was not caught. Catch that and we go up 27-24.

The next play was the Thomas INT.....crowd goes wild and then they go up 30-20.

Their other drive was extended by a very dubious hands to the face.

The plays that seemed to kill the defense was 5-6 yard TE out patterns for 1st downs. Ofcourse, the team looked exhausted so who knows...(maybe like last year in Tennessee)

Somewhat related to this topic, if history is any indicator, the Pat's should get the Saturday night divisional game this year as the 2 seed, forcing Baltimore to play on Sunday...if we can win we get another extra day to prepare for the AFCCG