Bruce_Almty

Ravens play the Browns, Jaguars, then the Raiders. We lost to all 3 of them last season. If we can right those wrongs and be 4-0 only then will we become a blip on someones radar. Until then, I'm happy to let last years IR players get back into game shape.

So nice reading this site yesterday and today and not seeing a list of injured Ravens. Wishing n Hoping they stay healthy this season. Re the Ravens offense ... yes, it was offensive, and if 20 points per is the best they average this season, well then, we're in trouble. This is an offense-oriented league and if they can't average 27 ppg, they will not be playoff contenders.

Every week our wounded warriors can play, contribute and not re-injure themselves is a huge positive for the Ravens. We had so many go down last year that I let out a huge sigh of relief after yesterday's game. Stay Healthy Ravens

46 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

Don't bother. Their mods appear to be rather quick. They had removed my posts within minutes and sent me several warnings. I don't think they appreciated me individually calling out people who had the worst predictions.

 

The censorship on this site is ridiculously Machiavellian.

Big sigh of relief from me that Joe could take the hits and keep going. Pees and the D looked good, receivers looked good; O-line withstood the pressure and everyone stayed healthy. Well done Ravens.

22 hours ago, Sami84 said:

Heres the good thing. If we are as awful as some people say here

 

Myles Garrett 

 

Myles Garrett may make it to the AFC North but it will most likely be with the Cleveland Browns.

The onus for a successful Raven season rests with the coordinators. On paper, the talking-heads, in general, rate us as a .500 team. It's up to Trestman and Pees to build the game plans that take us to the playoffs. Rex Ryan and the Bills will give us a great indication of who we are and I'm cheering for a 'W'.

I hope Justin Tucker doesn't set an NFL record for most FG attempts this season; that would be totally deflating.

Ravens got the 10 PS players plus Butler and Ochi are still available to us if the need arises, though we'd have to poach them from another team's PS.

All very exciting and on-going. Check back Tuesday.

John said it all in the 2nd sentence ... there are so many unknowns it's hard to predict with confidence. I'm not from Missouri but you can list me in the Show Me column with this offense.

Bring on Rex, TT and the Bills; let's get this party started.

13 minutes ago, Moderator 3 said:

Our "starting defense" has yet to include either Suggs or Dumerville.  Not really the starting defense.

People are putting way too much hope and faith in the play of Suggs and Dumerville. They may be an upgrade over the preseason starters but neither is a worldbeater anymore.

Without reiterating everything said previously on this thread, I'm still underwhelmed with our team both offensively and defensively. They may be an improved team but still look like an 8-8 team, plus or minus 1 game.

A 12 ranking seems appropriate and puts us at a 9-7 record. All our NFC opponents are ranked lower and I'd love to sweep them.

5 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

 

that makes it 10-6. it wont be good enough to win the division, and with teams like pit, kc, den, sd, hou, ind, jax, and oak, i dont know if we are gonna be pulling through for a wild card. the 5 and 6 seeds will be extremely crowded this year, if tiebreakers allow it, then we may get in, and if we do i think we are good enough to make a run possibly as far as the AFCCG, we will need to be healthy and we will need to get hot at the right time, but ultimately i think we fall just short of a wild card.

Very nice analysis flex; though I disagree here and there (sweeping the Steelers, 2 years in a row, I don't think so). They have lots of potential but until proven capable, that's all it is. DBs are improved but still questionable, pass rush (Suggs/Doom) looks good on paper only , LBs, even Mosley, are suspect. Offensively Flacco and the Ravens have never been prolific and always take the FG instead of the TD -- we lose close games bc we can't punch it in. Lots of potential but still a team in need of pieces -- the Ravens, to me, look like a 9-7 team.

Having read the article, dameshek is pretty much on point with all that he said about the ravens players. We may not like his ranking system and his projected triplets but we're still in the dead-zone for NFL reporting and any story, no matter how inane, draws eyeballs.

8-8 until they (hopefully) prove themselves a more formidable team.

i truly believe leslie frazier will have some input in the defensive schemes. smart move by harbs to put pressure on pees. d-line will be a strength for us which will help the secondary

I sure hope you're right about Frazier and the D schemes. Pees has never been creative with his game plan or in-game adjustments. Perhaps the addition of Frazier to the staff will rectify that.

1 hour ago, usmccharles said:

Hearing this affected me as much as i miss the duck i came across at the park the other day

That wasn't a duck, that was a pig.

All in for day one....sounds familiar. Hope the O-line protects him.

I know everyone is commenting on the fact that Joe has his feet up with shoes on.....but something else concerns me. Does anyone notice the size off Joe's left knee compared to the right.

And his left foot is twice the size of his right. Must be photoshopped.

I think Cliff Brown nailed it, “If the Ravens make the playoffs, nobody should say they didn’t deserve it. The road to the postseason looks anything but easy.”

Ok, that was stupid.

9 hours ago, 757RavensFan said:

Jeff Zrebiec ‏@jeffzrebiecsun  9h9 hours ago

Bronson Kaufusi (back strain) and Kenneth Dixon (hamstring) did not participate today.

10 hours ago

And so it begins...