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Old 01-18-2012, 03:41 PM   #6201
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that well known NFL Insider Rob Lowe on Twitter claiming Peyton Manning will retire
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:41 PM   #6202
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:53 PM   #6204
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Imagine if it wound up being true somehow? Such a sudden end to a career.
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:54 PM   #6205
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Rob Lowe has inside knowledge from his White House experience.
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Old 01-18-2012, 03:57 PM   #6206
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:09 PM   #6207
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They're all pretty good about defending the team, and Flacco is part of the team. Just think we'd be better off with a different QB.
You put a different QB in there who gets it in their head that they want to pass for 500 yards a game and the Ravens wont even win 8 games that year.
Aside from the fact that the Ravens dont have the receivers to pull that off anyway, it gets away from the fundamental basis of Ravens football for the last decade plus, which has always been run the football and play defense.
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:18 PM   #6209
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Its a shame the game wont be on Satur-day, its supposed to Snow in MA all day.
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:29 PM   #6210
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The Pats play well in the snow.
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:39 PM   #6211
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Yeah, but its gonna rain on Sunday, and that field turns into mud way too easy. So Snow> Rain. Remember the Ravens/Pats game from a couple years ago where it rained the whole game and there was like 2 inches of mud for a field.
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:45 PM   #6212
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:46 PM   #6213
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:48 PM   #6214
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Also supposed to rain in SF. Sunday Muddy Sunday?
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Old 01-18-2012, 04:57 PM   #6215
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:01 PM   #6216
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Oh, it is..well, it wasn't back in that game obviously
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It's been turf since 2006 when this happened:



So yeah, a bit longer than "a couple of years ago."
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:07 PM   #6218
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Hmm. 3 of the Ravens 4 losses came on Grass field (Titans/Jaguars/Chargers). Ravens were 10-1 on turf (8-0 at home), 2-3 on grass.
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:10 PM   #6219
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Tom Brady left missed practice with a left shoulder injury..and Eli Manning has a stomach virus and didnt practice either

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Old 01-18-2012, 05:16 PM   #6220
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:42 PM   #6221
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You put a different QB in there who gets it in their head that they want to pass for 500 yards a game and the Ravens wont even win 8 games that year.
Aside from the fact that the Ravens dont have the receivers to pull that off anyway, it gets away from the fundamental basis of Ravens football for the last decade plus, which has always been run the football and play defense.
500 yards a game isn't even realistic so I won't touch that.

I could go hand the ball to Ray Rice, if that's all we needed to do. We need options. Smith and Boldin are fully capable.

Flacco has been capable of sick 90 yard drives, using only seconds on a game clock. He's been capable of handling pressure. Just not consistently. For that matter, our offensive line isn't consistent either. Flacco needs to stop getting happy feet. Either that or stop trolling games.

Rice ran for what last game? We only won because Arian Foster's shoulders got tired and Houston has a rookie QB.

We can't stake our whole game on Ray Rice, and just say that Flacco is consistent because all that needs to happen is run the ball and have solid defense. That's stupid.
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Old 01-18-2012, 05:44 PM   #6222
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An opponent's defense should be more of an indicator on whether or not we throw the ball, by the way, not the Ravens' fundamentals.
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:12 PM   #6223
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:19 PM   #6224
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I just watched the special on the 2000 Ravens. As great as the defense was that year, the offense was awful for the first half of the season before Dilfer got in. They went all of October without scoring an offensive TD and still won 2 games out of 5. With Dilfer they scored fewer than 24 points 2 out of 11 games.

Was looking at the stats and the 2011 defense gave up only 655 more yards than the 2000 defense and only 143 more on passing (512 more rush yards) They gave up the same # of passing TDs (11) but 5 more TDs than 2000 (10-5). 2000 had more Ints though (23-15), but the net yards per pass attempt was basically the same (5.4 vs 5.3 this year). Ravens had more sacks this year (48-35) and more forced fumbles (23-19) I think what Im trying to say here is that the Ravens pass defense this year is as good as the pass defense was in 2000, and while they were no where close to the rush defense of 2000, it was still ok. I dont think the worse run defense will matter much in NE as I dont see them running the ball very much.
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Suggs is stepping up to position himself as the leader of the defense and take Ray Lewis' spot when he retires.
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Baltimore is known as "Charm City," but its football team hasn't charmed many fans across the United States. In fact, I saw something on a network website this week that identified the ideal Super Bowl matchups as New England vs. San Francisco and New England vs. the Giants.
There was no mention of Baltimore, and now I know why.
"The sexier story is Tom Brady and Bill Belichick," said former Washington GM Vinny Cerrato, now a radio talk-show host in Baltimore.
That's one way of putting it. Another is this: Most of NFL Nation really doesn't like or care for the Baltimore Ravens. It doesn't believe they can beat New England this weekend, and, deep down inside, it hopes they don't.
I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is. Or, at least, that's just the way it seems.
"And I can tell you why in two words," said a friend of mine in San Diego. "Ray Lewis. People are tired of him. They're tired of his dance, and they're tired of his story. People just don't like him."



Maybe, but then they're missing out on something bigger, and that something is a decent football team. I understand why people enjoy watching Brady. I enjoy watching him, too. He's the best quarterback in the game and the most successful. I also understand why they would like to see a rematch of Super Bowl XLII with the Giants and Patriots. I mean, if you can replay one of the most memorable games in Super Bowl history, why not? I even understand wanting to see San Francisco and coach Jim Harbaugh, just because their stories are fresh.
But why not Baltimore?
The Ravens have one of the league's premier running backs in Ray Rice. They have one of the league's top defenses. They have future Hall of Famers in Lewis and safety Ed Reed. And they have a Defensive Player of the Year candidate in Terrell Suggs. Heck, they even have a Harbaugh of their own, Jim's older brother John, who has taken the team to the playoffs in each of his four seasons with Baltimore and is one of the game's most likeable individuals.
But there's something more. If Baltimore were to win Sunday, fans there would have an opportunity to do something they've been waiting on for decades ... and that's to parade through the streets of Indianapolis, the city that stole their Colts.
OK, so that's overdramatic, but, trust me, that's how Baltimore feels. I know because I not only lived in Baltimore in 1984 when the Colts left town; I had been covering the team.
"There's a lot of angst here," said Nestor Aparicio, CEO/owner of wnst.net.
I get it. What I don't get is why there's not a lot of love everywhere else. I've seen the Ravens this season, and there's a reason they're 13-4. They're a good, solid, physical team that can beat you on both sides of the ball. They beat Pittsburgh twice. They beat Cincinnati twice. And Houston. And San Francisco. Put them together, and what do you have? I'll tell you: They're all playoff teams.
Now, quick, tell me how many playoff teams New England conquered this season? One -- the Broncos. In fact, it didn't beat one opponent that finished the season with a winning record. Baltimore, on the other hand, was 7-1 vs. winning clubs. Yet the Patriots not only are 7½-point favorites to reach their fifth Super Bowl with Brady; they're the People's Choice, with fans everywhere pulling for them and against the Ravens.
"One reason," said Aparicio, "is that it wasn't often that people saw the Ravens on national TV, but, when they did, they stunk. In the Jacksonville game they were awful. In the San Diego game they were awful. And they were less than impressive in last weekend's victory.
"But I think there's something else, and that's what it says about the country not liking Ray Lewis or some of the other players. It's kind of a winning-ugly scene."
That goes beyond Lewis to quarterback Joe Flacco, and, granted, there's a big difference between what people see in him and what they see in Brady. Flacco looks good one day, not so good the next, and he didn't look so good last weekend. Brady seldom is anything but Tom Terrific, throwing for six touchdowns and 363 yards in last weekend's demolition of Denver, and tell me you were surprised.
It's Tom Frickin' Brady, for crying out loud.
It's also entertainment, and that's what people want. But it's not necessarily what wins ballgames, and maybe it's Brady or maybe it's his 9-2 home playoff record or maybe it's Baltimore going 4-4 on the road this season that has people down on the Ravens ... I don't know. All I know is that few give them a shot, and most would be glad to see them go away.
"I think," said Cerrato, "it's because people don't think Flacco can keep up with Brady."
Maybe, but he doesn't have to. In fact, when Baltimore went into Foxborough in the 2009 playoffs, Flacco completed all of four passes ... and the Ravens won by 19. That can happen when you run for 234 yards, which the Ravens did that afternoon. It can happen when you frazzle Brady, too, which the Ravens also did, sacking him three times and intercepting him three times.
Apparently, nobody thinks that will happen again. I think it could. Some people hope it doesn't happen again, and, sorry, I don't get it. The Ravens don't have Tom Brady, but they do have a team worthy of reaching a Super Bowl. The problem is: Few believe in them, and fewer still want them.
"This is an emotional thing," said Aparicio. "It's warfare for the city."
Now, more than ever, I can understand.

Really good article.
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lol Red Sox fan here guy...

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Its time for the Baltimore Ravens STAT FACTS of the Day

#1: The Baltimore Ravens in their 16 game postseason history have never allowed a QB to pass for 300 yards. They had never allowed a 100 yard rusher prior to the game vs Houston.

#2: The Ravens are 10-1 in Postseason play when posting a Positive Turnover ratio (0-5 with a negative turnover Ratio) Since 2000 they've forced 46 turnovers in the playoffs, the most of any team since 2000 in the playoffs.

#3: The Baltimore Ravens defense has allowed a record 16.5 pts per game in 16 all time post season games, the fewest since 1970.

#4: The Baltimore Ravens are 5-0 all time when scoring first in the playoffs, 10-2 all time when leading or tied at the half.
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Its time for the Baltimore Ravens STAT FACTS of the Day

#1: The Baltimore Ravens in their 16 game postseason history have never allowed a QB to pass for 300 yards. They had never allowed a 100 yard rusher prior to the game vs Houston.

#2: The Ravens are 10-1 in Postseason play when posting a Positive Turnover ratio (0-5 with a negative turnover Ratio) Since 2000 they've forced 46 turnovers in the playoffs, the most of any team since 2000 in the playoffs.

#3: The Baltimore Ravens defense has allowed a record 16.5 pts per game in 16 all time post season games, the fewest since 1970.

#4: The Baltimore Ravens are 5-0 all time when scoring first in the playoffs, 10-2 all time when leading or tied at the half.
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