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"... but put up 27 points against the Philadelphia Eagles, 23 versus the New England Patriots and 28 against the Dolphins in the past three weeks."

It was 38 against the Dolphins.

All we need is one to win. I see this as a low scoring game under 40 total.

  20 hours ago, OLD SCHOOL SMASH BALL said:

Dont get your hopes up, I have seen this movie before. Its all set up for Squeelers to win. This is what the Nfl wants, you will see the refs working against us this game. 

The only way we win, is to play mistake free football, complete execution, and overcome the fact that the Nfl is preparing us to be the sacrificial ham for Christmas. 

It's unfortunate that you're 100% correct, expect bias officiating.

However, the officials could keep the game score to the spread if that was the case.

most "experts" have the Steelers winning tomorrow anyway. If they do win tomorrow they have the Bengals/AJ Green the next week. We are gonna find out how good this team is.

We have the Bengals for the last game with Green possibly sitting. They would never cave in and win play for pride just as the Steelers will do later today. If we take these two games,we would still have to deal with the gate keepers "The Patriots".

Steve Smith should take this game as a head hunter collects skulls.

On 12/23/2016 at 4:40 PM, hen826957 said:

Just put Tavon Young on Brown. Brown is only one inch taller than Young so he's our only best corner that we could trust. Luckily Brown isn't 6'0 plus or we would have issues. Shareece Wright or Powers shouldn't be sticking Brown.

Why Not?  Try TY on AB and if he gets burned then Wright plays him the whole game.  It's not height that gives Brown the edge. His speed and ability to get open gives him the edge . This guy is phenomenal and his fusion with.Ben is in sync most of the time. Playing in front of their home crowd is the big factor for that team today.  We have the ability to win but it won't be easy to face any team that holds the division win total and is the center point of Christmas sports.  

With dipping ratings, the NFL should schedule these games as one of the Thanksgiving games and then always set it as the last Monday night game week 17.

If they were smart they would have a Ravens Steelers game in England in 017

Oh Boy Oh Boy I'm "salivatin" for this game.

GO RAVENS!.  I hope we establish the run with West and Dixon. 

While watching UTube,I noticed Joe Flacco during the 2012 and 14 seasons. His footwork and desire to step up and out of the pocket was crisp He should have developed more play making from the shotgun, so the Steelers don't end up in his helmet grill. I hope he takes it to them. Go Ravens

  3 hours ago, terpmaniac said:

I know I am in the minority here in Bmore but I don't hate the Steelers. I wish we WERE the Steelers(6 Superbowl win, seriously)? Plus we have had some relative success against them recently, at home and on the road. For some odd reason Joe plays some of his best ball against this team. Go figure. Now the Bengals drive me freakin nuts. For Godsake Bengals fans..WIN SOMETHING and Redskins fans who still think they are back in the 1980's when there team actually WAS good.

6 Superbowls in 83 years vs 2 Superbowls in 20. The Squealers SB wins in the 70s are like Barry Bonds' HR records......

They won the majority of their SB's when most of you were never born So how is it relative? .

Really Good . I like Christmas Story with the soap bar

We Do Not Need Blitzburgh's comments in our article. Once some idiot calls us [a derogatory name], my pulse is up and my fight is on.

  4 hours ago, PersianRaven said:

As long as we keep Bell and AB in check, and sack Ben when we are close enough to him ( we all know how he is the best at evading sacks ), we'll have a shot at the W.

You make this sound easy.

You forgot about their D and Special teams. DeAngelo Williams may start too. We are in Pittsburgh. Santa will use that ridiculous Terrible Towel Since they came behind and beat the Bengals that misfortune can happen to us as well.

Bringing this story up at this time is not good. All the superstitious fans are avoiding or strategizing all their dilemmas now.

Is it just me or is the biggest snub Zachary Orr? How do you have at this point 85 solo tackles, 3 pass defends, 2 INTs, 1 forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries and you started out your career as a rookie free agent and don't make the Pro Bowl?

I also noticed his efforts. and you have a valid point

If Harbaugh could use Bellichicks schemes we may be able to to win the last two games. Camp used as a "Welker" could succeed with short dump passes and slot work. We need trickery and deception. The Offense tends to play bland and conservative.

That interception would have been avoided if Joe thought about this game as the best team rushing game of the season and depended on that fact.. The sportscaster Daryl Johnson gave more credibility to Dixon and West than the coaching staff j

Now that Camp is back, he needs a holistic doctor to keep him cured. Good Job Glad to see his return. Who took #15

17 hours ago, BiggMack91 said:

it was a gut wrenching game but in the end we won now on to the squeelers and I'm confident we will beat them on match ups alone go ravens

Unfortunately, it's Christmas day in Pittsburgh with every fan wanting a gift.  I hope our players take an attitude away from home on the most blessed day of the year.  

Joe's interception direct to the hands of an Eagle disturbed me. With little time left and in FG range he should have snapped out of his day dream. He checked down to an Eagle or he didn't follow progression at all. Waller knows.

  4 hours ago, Grapple Raven said:

From the article:

"So what did the Eagles do to gash the Ravens’ seemingly impenetrable wall?

They brought their zone-stretch run scheme to Baltimore, which they have employed since the days when Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh and Offensive Line Coach Juan Castillo were still in Philadelphia. They do it well.

“I think they did a good job of scheming us up and just blocking us,” Harbaugh said. “It’s a stretch-zone scheme and they were doing a great job of reaching our guys and cutting us off on the backside.”

 

This begs the question, shouldn't we have been able to handle their "zone-stretch run scheme" if Harbs and Castillo were so familiar with it? Marty was there in Philly also.  Appears this is the second week in a row our coaches were outcoached.

Just because you know something doesn't mean you can stop it. Everyone knows that Tom Brady is going to pass, that Zeke Elliott is going to run and Ben is going to throw it to Antonio Brown. Yet, it still happens week after week - it appears all coaches must get outcoached every week.

Players have to make plays. Orr gets a bonehead penalty to keep the Eagles drive alive. Weddle gets punked by a rookie QB 1-on-1. That's not making plays, that's causing your team to lose.

That first Orr penalty was observed by Moose Johnson (decent TV analyst-better than Aikman). He thought it was bogus call. "Out coached" is an excellent opinion and I agree. Matthews played great and he did what you said. He did not care if we were number one run D or the tenth ranked team. The scheduling of our game in the dinner hours of Christmas day is cruel.

All the excuses could be made regarding the Eagles stretch zone scheme. The bottom line is that we achieved that victory by pure luck. We should have contained and beat them by two TDs and without a last gasp of air on the one yard line with a 2 point conversion shoved down our throats with 4 seconds left. Joe does not do well in the 1-15 yard range on first and ten. Those running plays cause me to have involuntary curse phrasing. I hope Steve throws his helmet right at the D side Tuesday. IMO We do not exhibit the edge to win 5 in a row and a SB. A stroke of luck may occur but I'm feeling an 8-8 season..

On 12/17/2016 at 9:45 AM, BR News said:

The Ravens expected to upset the AFC's top-seeded team, but didn't measure up. However, a win against the Philadelphia Eagles will put them right back where they expected to be, and that would improve everyone's mood.

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The phrase "measure up" is well stated.  The NE team Is better in situation football schemes than we are. Watching Hogan score without an escort really ticked me off.  I hope we can succeed and win  three in a row. 

Our season future looks questionable because we do not have Ray Lewis out there. Four years seems like a decade ago.

Bring in a CB, dont wait. This thing could get real ugly if Young twists his ankle. Why would the Ravens wait when the playoffs are in the picture and Smith has been down twice. The team is not as strong without him that is obvious, lose another valuable player and it they could be out before they get a chance to get Smith back. Imagine if they pick up a decent 2nd or 3rd guy who comes to life....that could mean going deep in the play-offs. Go for it Steve, what do we have to lose? a back up player and some salary cap foe a shot at the playoffs...take it.

Why not? We should exercise all options.