I was looking at their record to find out certain reasons for the losses that they've had this year and something I didn't realize was that all of their losses came against really good teams whom are all in the playoffs and whom are some of the top teams in the league....
2 losses to the Steelers.
1 loss to the Titans.
1 loss to the Colts.
1 loss to the Giants.
Yikes! With that said, the old cliche, "Any given Sunday" comes to mind. I think Penny has to have a big day because they might be able to stop our run game like they did in our first match up with them, but if Penny has time to pick his spots wherever he can, that will be key. I hope Martin is playing and healthy because I think our tight ends could have a big day, as well as quick, short to intermediate throws to Bess.
Obviously, the other thing would be to get to Flacco and try to rattle him into some rookie mistakes, which he, surprisingly, hasn't made a lot of. His time is due. =D The lack of a consistent pass rush from us last weak makes me worry a bit. Joey P. needs to get to Flacco! They also have a lot of important guys whom are dinged up a bit, they'll be playing, but hopefully they'll be playing a little gimpy. JMO.
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The other side of the coin says they have problems against the better teams.The Ravens are good but we can beat them,I`m sure of it. I agree though,Porter must step up and pressure Flacco into some mistakes. He seems to have lost a step of late and is almost non-existent when we need a big defensive stop.Sceeto likes this. -
We've lost to:
1. the 9-7 Jets
2. the 11-5 Pats (second team in NFL history with that record and no playoffs)
3. 9-7 Cardinals (NFC West Division winners)
4. 11-5 Ravens (Wildcard winner)
5 the 8-8 Texans.
Point being, the teams we've lost to weren't scrubs, most made the playoffs, or had winning records as well, and for whatever reason, the Texans have our number.
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I see that list and come to the conclusion that they can't beat playoff caliber teams. Without Ferguson and Soliai (which is what we were when we faced them last) we aren't a playoff caliber team. With them...we are. :up:
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A lot of football is mental, and confidence, and no one is playing with more confidence than the Miami Dolphins right now.RGF, Sceeto and PhinsFanWife like this. -
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Also most Ravens fans have been wondering if we're going to be using our version of the wildcat (with QB Troy Smith playing Ronnie Brown). We've generally only brought it out against poor defenses or when we're winning handily. We're not sure if that's them practicing it for when it matters ( I.E the playoffs) or whether we're just to chicken-**** to use it when we're not assured of a victory.Springveldt and Sceeto like this. -
Pennington had his highest yardage total of the year at that point, a pick six was the difference,
The Raiders busted a punt for a TD, otherwise it would not have been close..at all, that game was the turning point for our Special Teams, in the last 6 games our ST unit has outplayed the Raven's ST unit.
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More crunching of the numbers showed me some things that we need to do to win this game on defense and offense. Defensively, number one is clearly pressure the quarterback. I listed his average statistics in the losses and in those games, he was sacked at least twice. That's a big number for us to achieve because if we don't provide any pressure, he will sit back there and pick us apart. Number two is stop their two-headed duo of LaRon McClain and Willis McGahee. Every time I watch McClain, I amazed at how quick his feet are for a 260 pound fullback. He's not your typical fullback because he can run right through you and he can leave you on the ground with jukes, etc. Willis McGahee is always banged up but he can break the big run as we witnessed in the Dallas game a few weeks ago. I believe he unleashed an eighty yard touchdown to seal the game for the Ravens. However, in their losses, the duo's average per carries are 3.6, 3.4, 1.6, 2.5, and 3.3. That averages out to 2.8 yards per carry, which is well below the league average.
On offense, we are going to need an efficient game from Chad Pennington. Seems like an easy thing for him but this is the Ravens ballhawking defense. Ed Reed will try to bait Quarterbacks to throw his way every play if he can. I'm not truly worried about Fabian Washington and Samari Rolle. Rolle doesn't have the footspeed anymore to keep up with players but he's still a good player but not the same one as he was in Tennessee. Watching Fabian Washington earlier this year, he jumps just about every route he can and he pays for it. In Washington, he gave an eight to nine yard cushion off the wide receiver and then tried to jump the slant route - eventually getting burned for a touchdown. In those games against the Ravens defense, the winning quarterback averaged a touchdown per game and 0.4 interceptions. The winning quarterback also had a completion percentage of 60%. In Conuficus great keys to the game, I believe he mentioned that we need to spread out the Ravens defense and then pick them apart with short passes, which I would agree with. Take the high success rate with the short passes but don't let Ed Reed fool you. The next thing that I noticed is that in each of those games, we're going to have to get a big play from someone. In the Pittsburgh games, their were passes of 49 yards and 30 yards. Without looking at the tapes of those games, I'm going to guess that with those long passes, the Ravens defense were on their toes and could not pin their ears back, therefore allowing short passes underneath and continuing drives. Moreover, in the Indianapolis game, Peyton Manning had a 67 yard touchdown pass. In the Tennessee game, their was a 26 yard touchdown pass by Kerry Collins. Not the longest pass but possibly enough to get the Ravens front seven to backup a little and keep it in the back of their minds. In the game against the Giants, there was no long pass play but their was a long run. A long run by Ahmad Bradshaw I believe of 77 yards.
In the end, we're going to have to establish the run by efficient passing in my opinion. I think that the Ravens defense is a very good one but can be worked on with the spread offense and the run game. I think if you have an opportunity of Ginn going downfield when matched up with Samari Rolle, who lacks the footspeed he once had IMO, I think you take the shot because its a 50-50 shot and if successful, you got something to build on.mnfinfan, Springveldt, brandon27 and 2 others like this. -
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All that said, I don't think we will this game because I don't see our run game going well and I'm not big on pinning everything on Pennington to win the game for us.Sceeto likes this. -
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The Cowboys sacked him 5 times in the first half,we still won.
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Also, keep in mind, if a rookie QB is going to make some rookie mistakes at some point, it'll probably be in the playoffs, if they get there that is... see Matt Ryan. It's just such a big stage. One in which they haven't experienced yet. Bowl games or not.
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Well look what the Cardinals are doing to the Falcons right now, who are a pretty good team , and look what the Cardinals did to us, we had to face the Patriots 2X, who are arguably one of the best teams, and I believe we were in a very competitive division.
We will win this game playing at home.....
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You're not going to get that from the Ravens.We rush more than anybody in the league.Flacco doesn't have to win the game for us,unlike Atlanta,we have a defense :pointlol:codizzle likes this. -
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giants lost to the cowboys twice in the regular season, beat them in the playoffs. lost once against the packers, beat them in the playoffs. lost once against the patriots and beat them in the playoffs. you never know when it comes January
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The Ravens fans who keep saying, "We dominated you earlier in the year," have to realize we are 100% better than the team we were earlier in the year. We were 2-4 after the Raven's game....we have won 9 out of 10 since then. All that matters is how we are playing right now. I know the Ravens are a better team as well, but I still like our chances at home with a more experienced QB.
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