Bat-mite

And huge for Flacco. His blind side is getting the protection it needs.

I guess this settles the Stanley vs. Tunsil debate. I think Castillo's system works when he has the right guys in the right positions, but it took us half the season to figure out what that looks like.

Never heard of "dab" before right now. I guess I miss a lot of pop culture.

For people (like me) who struggle to maintain a grip on the tie-breaking procedures, here is a little breakout of the top six, and where we stand right now. TO BREAK A TIE WITHIN A DIVISION If, at the end of the regular season, two or more teams in the same division finish with identical won-lost-tied percentages, the following steps will be taken until a champion is determined. Two teams 1. Head-to-head (right now we own this over Pitt., but if they beat us 12/25, this goes away). 2. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division (Ravens own right now, 4-0 to Pitt's 2-1). 3. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games (right now we're even 5-4 each). 4. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference (right now we own, 7-2 vs. 5-3). 5. Strength of victory (right now, Pitt owns by 5 pts.). 6. Strength of schedule (right now, Ravens tied for 19, Pitt tied for 23). Of course, these are in hierarchical order, and you only move down to the next one if the current one is a tie. But our having beaten Pittsburgh once, and being perfect so far in the Division are huge.

Or, Edelman dropping a pass in the endzone to lose.

Agreed! How many penalties did Tunsil get? It was at least three.

See steelcityraven's longer post above.

Agreed. I admit, I never thought Dennis would play again. And to see how well he is doing is just mind-blowing! He and Joe really do have something magical. As for Suggs, he is like a Timex watch. Nothing keeps him down for long. I can't imagine what it is like this year, playing with that torn muscle.

Perfect!

Oh, yeah -- and good for Joe for sticking it to Marty. Looks like whatever he said worked. And Suggs' crawling thing was just ... unpleasant.

I think we all agree that we need a good run/pass balance, and that Sunday was pass-heavy. HOWEVER -- when the middle of the field is wide open for the entire game, that philosophy goes out the window. The idea behind a string running game is to set up a string passing game. We had the passing without the running, and I don't blame them a bit for sticking with what was working. We scored 38 points by exploiting the middle of the field. Good work! Now, that doesn't mean we don't need to get back to a good run game against the Patsies.

We are in a "win, you're in" situation. If we can manage to keep winning, doesn't matter what anybody else does. It's a good place to be -- if we can take advantage of it. Never thought I'd be thinking "playoffs" right after we lost four in a row.

So, we criticize Flacco for not showing any emotion, and then we criticize Jernigan for showing too much emotion? I'd rather see a guy too psyched up than not at all psyched up.

I think if we beat NE, we win out.

If we can pull off a few more Superbowl victories, we'll see more and more fans popping up everywhere. Then we'll have to come up with a song, like "I Was Country when Country Wasn't Cool."

Feel bad for Forsett, but we have definitely improved at running back.

It is different when a fan rants on a forum than when a person of the notoriety of Ray Lewis does it in public. I don't think too many people disagree with what Ray said (some do), but he is not a nameless, faceless fan like we are, frustrated with a mediocre season. He is a paid professional, and supposedly Joe Flacco's friend.

I'll buy that!

I am getting stoked for this game! Sorry to hear about Gronkowski. He's a great player and I hope he heals well. But, of course, I can't help but be thrilled with the improvement of our chances against the Pats.

Justin Tucker is not an alien, but Justin Kicker might be.

SSS owes Tuck a ride in his Bentley.

I just meant that we ought to focus on improving the offense as opposed to trying to squeeze a few extra points out of long kickoffs.

Hmm, we have a kicker that does what no one else can do, and we want to milk it for a point now and then. Nice idea, but it really isn't football. Want more points? Tell the offense to play like a Raven!

I had never seen it before. Can you site some examples of when it was done in the past? Be interesting to see how many times.

Spoken like a true military man! What's this quit stuff?