Things Tim Howard could save.... NFL Edition, GO!
Roger Goodell's balls. That guy really flings them around.
Brazil? NOT!
retired pro athletes from bankruptcy?
Ray Rice's NFL Career..... and it's gone. Tre Mason anyone?
he hasn't been convicted cool your jets bro
As done as Michael Vick was....
Nonsense.
This year might be our best shot we have had at Home Field Advantage. Steelers, Patriots both have secondaries that are questionable. Br*dy is suspended first four games. Denver is praying Manning's arm can hold up through the season. That just leaves us.
Yes Colts look like a great contender this year.. I can see them as a 2-3 seed this year
Colts? Breshad Perriman, Steve Smith, Maxx Williams, and Forsett. Against their putrid secondary? Don't think so.
Their secondary isn't THAT bad, sure they aren't shutting anyone down but Davis is legit. Perriman and Williams are both rookies so lets not act as if they're guaranteed to put up big numbers. I'm not saying we can't win against them but they are more of a challenge than you are making them out to be. Plus, if they force the game into a shootout they have plenty of weapons to beat lots of teams.
Our 8th victory means the worse we can finish is 8-8. Meaning in 7 seasons with us, Harbaugh will yet to have a losing season. Congrats Harbs!
It's quite funny the ones who want him gone every time we lose don't realize this fact.
lol@ Inqui for the Atlanta reference
If we could +1 comments I would for that lol.
Apparently people are mad that we didn't Punt on the final play. I'm sorry but that's called playing smart football. Not cheating.
Look at it this way: BB does this type of thing to find a loophole in the rules and it's dirty and cheating. The Ravens do it and it's brilliant.
Think of how other fanbases feel.
Do you mean the media? Because I've seen nothing but praise for Harbs and how smart he was on that play. Haven't seen anything about it being cheating.
Mostly from fans, I've seen nothing but praise from the media as well. Just fans upset and Patriots fans in the comment section on PFT saying how if they did it, Harbaugh would whine, etc. Stupid fans, that's all.
To quote Chris Jericho, I wish Colin Kaepernick would please shut the hell up. First he is playing the what if game about the NFC Title game, now he is spewing some "what if" stuff about last year's SB loss.
Guess it's true when they say the team takes on the persona of the head coach. Who cares anyway - if he wanted to win, he should have played better. One play doesn't change the fact that he thew a pick in the Superbowl and completed under 60 percent of his passes.
Yeah seriously Kap and friends. Torrey and Pitta mugged numerous times but the refs supposed to change their ways on the last play. If the game was called straight (as Kap wants) the last play wouldn't have mattered. Ravens way in a rout!!
They all need to get the heck over it.
Ravens-Patriots flexed OUT of Sunday Night Football? There is no other game worth being played on SNF. Guess the possibility of another manure chant scared NBC away.
Monday night games can't be flexed for obvious reasons ravensdfan. That said, its pretty ridiculous that BOTH CIN/PIT matchups are primetime games...
Cincy/Pitt is a Sunday night game.
Bears vs Eagles will be high scoring at least
When we beat the Chargers... Ray gave the team a pregame speech. We beat the Rams... Ed Reed gave the team a pregame speech. This truly shows we are missing a leader in the locker room. I believe if Suggs didn't get hurt, he would be that guy. Then when Suggs retires, we again have nobody. We need to find a locker room leader for 2016.
I think so as well, he's still only 23. CJ has come out of his shell a lot this year, in a few years I think Daryl is going to hand the defense over to CJ and he will hopefully run with it.
Or just add Ray and Reed into the coaching staff!
My hopes are up for CJ. He'll get there eventually, with more experience and more commendations in his CV. Timmy Jernigan has some of Sizzle's sass, but not his leadership. He'll be the player we'll enjoy and other fans will love to hate. Ed Reed - it'd be great if he eventually made it into Ravens' coaching staff.
Ray Lewis - 26th Pick. Ed Reed - 24th Pick. Marshal Yanda - 86th Pick. Flacco - 18th Pick. Webb - 88th Pick. Pitta - 114th Pick. Brent Urban - 134th Pick. Timmy Jernigan - 48th Pick. Brandon Williams - 94th pick. Point being... we can find great players in any round so please stop complaining that winning will ruin our draft spot.
winning confidence carried over next year, so it matters.....
The same people that say it does not matter what draft spot the ravens are in are the same people defending Ozzie's inability to find pro bowl talent because of the ravens later draft positions. It's about getting a plug and play player. This isn't a deep draft to begin with. When you watch Bosa take the NFL by storm and the ravens end up with a slightly better than average player or yet another Elam or upshaw hope you enjoyed the win in Cleveland. And allnthre homers will defend...
Competition Committee... you suck! Stop trying to ruin the NFL.
Ahhhhhh (exits stage left struggling with fans who are dragging him due to no police escort)
Hopefully he got the message.
I agree. It's not about the money, it's about sending a message. Everything burdens the game
At some point, you have to look at the scheme and play calling of the defensive coordinator. Wade Phillips has done wonders for Denver in just four games plus they switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4 and are this good. That proves a DC change can do us wonders.
Who's out there and can we afford to hire a new DC?
Jim Schwartz
At this point we should hire a general from the pentagon
I'm officially done with Profootball Talk. In their article about Ray getting a statute, and I quote.. "Knocking a woman out concisous gets you a standing ovation. If you want a statue you have to obstruct justice in a murder".
Your guilty until proven innocent .. but still guilty on PFT, they are a joke.
I guess Tony Stewart getting a standing ovation will be his next article? Oh he only talks about us Ravens I see.
There are so many troglodytes masquerading as humans trolling that site from all 32 fanbases, its probably the single largest collection of sports related internet losers. I don't even bother looking at the comments if I go there..unfortunately their "writers" aren't much better.
Harvard released a new study that says the Seahawks will face.... The Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl 50. Yet they give us 9% chance of making the playoffs? Everyone at Harvard needs to be drug tested ASAP.
Now you can see my problem with analytics. Things don't just happen in a vacuum.
The STUDENT who wrote it is plainly stupid: he used fantasy numbers to predict playoffs! I wouldn't call that 'analytics'... more like the playing house version of it.
His view is limited and counter to our beliefs.
Welcome to Preseason Football. Where the Hype train begins and the wins don't matter.
"Miami 90210-Cleveland Browns 3"-Drew Carrey
^Colin said that
It must have been both then because I know Drew said that
According to the 2012 formula, we got our last loss of the season tonight. We finished 10-6 that year and won the Super Bowl.
I haven't lost hope. Just get in to the playoffs and anything can happen
I hope this season does not mirror 2013. Playing .500 ball is Not Ravens. However,, it is better than last year
If it makes you feel better, go to the Colts forums. There's a thread on who should replace Pagano, Andrew Luck being overrated, someone making a schedule conspiracy thread, etc. You think it be the end of the world reading their forums.
It's week 1, fans around the league needs to chill, both overly positive and negaltive
Eh I've always felt Luck was overrated. Might not be overrated long term, but is way overrated at his current level. We'll see how the season progresses.
If the colts fire Pagano I fully expect him be hired somewhere else by the end of the week. Not his fault the GM has given him nobody on the defensive side of the ball. Like what happened to Rex in NY
Look at our schedule. 0-3 to the 6th Seed is entirely possible. Including winning the next three in a row against PIT, CLE and SF.
If the choice is between a likely first round exit as a 6th seed and No Pees/high draft pick for Bosa, give me the latter.
Ravens have no shot of Bosa unless they're a top three pick. That said, I would prefer missing the playoffs over being one and done at the 6th seed.
I know that...which is why I'm looking forward to drafting Bosa.
Man, Pagano is getting as bad as Rex. Go ahead and over pay McPhee and we'll take that very good compensatory pick in return.
To be honest, Pagano had plenty to do with McPhee's success, I'm certain Indy would be ideal for McPhee considering that he'll be joining former teammates and I'm sure he likes Pagano a lot.
Yeah, just like Cleveland and Miami picking up our guys. Hope he shows up for them, not like Ellerbe, and I'm certain Cleveland regrets giving Kruger all that money,
Kruger was actually really good this year but I felt they didn't have to give a contract that lucrative.
Wonder if I'm the only one who likes the Extra Point being moved back. With this passing league, I was positive the Kicker position would turn into a dying a breed and be phased out. Now the NFL just put emphasis on having a good Kicker and made it more important of a position for the full 60 minutes, not just parts of the game.
I don't totally agree because, unless this equates to higher pay for kickers, I think it just means there is a higher incentive to go for 2.
I think it's a terrible change because games are now going to be won and lost by what happens after TDs. What if a game comes down to a kicker missing a 33 yard FG? What if it comes down to which team makes for 2 pt attempts? Not how games should be decided.
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Anyone know good video game forums? Apparently Operation Sports consists of ban happy Mods. Just got banned for mentioning Joe Montana Football 16 for no reason. So yeah... need a new video game forum to go on.
Thanks. I was thinking IGN or Gamespot, anyone know how their forums are?
GameSpot when I was on it 10 years ago was full of trolls.
Ign seems to have a good one tho.
Xboxachievement.org. Seems good for me. Lookin forward to forza 6, Tomb Raider and Mad Max the most.
The Draft has officially been confirmed to take place in Chicago. Darn it, a trip to New York for the draft sounded fun, Chicago, not as much.
Hahaha ludy51...
@ludy walking the line man, walking the line. lol
yeah. but look at the facts. highest count of homicides of all american cities i believe. at least in 2013
Steelers or Bengals? Who you rather face in the Wild Card Round?
I'd like to play Denver in their current state. Hard matchups all around, but that's the one I want.
Steelers
We could play the Colts maybe too.
It's time for Bisciotti to step in. 3 of 4 years we've missed the playoffs. Clean house.
I also totally agree. We have plenty of playmakers. They are just always under achieving. I only enjoyed watching one game this whole year. It was more because the Dolphins didn't come to play than our execution.
This was probably the easiest schedule we've seen in years. We had healthy players throughout. You can fire all the coordinators you want but at the end of the day Harbaugh has to be called out.
I'm not sure what is going on but as I've said before, if we trust in Ozzy for good players than it must be the coaching of those players that is the problem. I think if we had any other GM in the league picking players this team would be far worse.
I agree Steve needs to step in and start seriously re-evaluate everyone!.....
agree entirely harball had its run.
ozzie in my opinion needs to join the exodus, complete rebuild
Wade Phillips' contract with the Broncos is up. Should we sign him... YES. Will we? No.
hell yes but Elway wouldn't let him go...
I know Ozzie can't simply get whoever but for years we have accepted mediocre when upgrades have been available. Wade is a HUGE upgrade over Pees and to continue with Pees without even giving Wade a offer would show mediocre is the norm. How many better OCs did we pass on, etc. I agree Elway wouldn't let him go but if he did, at least take a shot.
Wonder Wade gonna get interviewed for Denver HC? May be Sean Payton goes to Denver and Kubiak takes Wade with him to B-more? /drool....
Aaron Rodgers & Matt Ryan, you have one job. Put up a 50 berger in the Super Bowl and embarrass the Steelers or Patriots.
Same @ravensdfan
You gotta go NFC this year. That's for sure.
Got my cup ready for Steeler/Pat tears.