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I didn't realize Courtney Upshaw was a Falcon.

Now I'm tempted to say something like "no wonder their mediocre at best on defense."

Can someone tell me how the Packers managed only 1 touchdown until late in the third against a team like this?

14 hours ago, 52520Andrew said:

Solar Eclipse coming this August. Gonna be partial in Maryland but a total eclipse a few hours south

This might be worth taking some time off work.

20 minutes ago, Pats said:

Lol oh yeah I saw that, I kind of laughed since Mike said everyoen keep under the radar they wont know we are coming. As antonio brown films the whole thing hahaha

Act like you been there before, man.

3 hours ago, JonnyBaltimore said:

Steelers will beat them.

Steelers have a good enough team on both sides of the ball to do it. Their D is healthy compared to their first game in Pittsburgh and their O-line is dominating now which should allow them success moving the ball. If Big Ben can limit his TOs, Steelers win!

Both the Falcons and Packers have bad defences so they are bad matchups for the Patriots. The Patriots are will score more than they will give up, considering they have one of the best defences in the league.

The Patriots are usually very good against Pittsburgh. And I have a feeling that a game in NE will put an end to the mysteriously missing offensive holding penalties against the Steelers o-line. 

The Steelers O will make plays against NE, but I think Brady makes a few more. I'll take the Pats in this one.

Neither Atlanta nor GB have defenses that inspire much confidence against NE. I'm going to be so mad if the Pats win another SB. 

Might Brady finally retire if they do? At least one good thing could come of it...

2 minutes ago, rossihunter2 said:

i swear andy reid has forgotten he only has 1 timeout left with the 2 minute warning

Reid's clock management is legendary.

15 minutes ago, redlobster said:

How has there still not been one offensive holding on Pittsburgh???!!!!??

I noticed that in the last Ravens game too. It's a little fishy...

12 minutes ago, Inqui said:

Thankfully one of those worse scenarios got taken out of play a few hours ago.

Honestly I wouldn't be that bothered if a Falcons SB win sparks another Flacco-Ryan debate. For his flaws Joe's a good QB and Matt Ryan's phenomenal season deserves recognition but doesn't take anything away from Joe.

I remember how the media annointed Ryan in his rookie season even when Joe made it to the AFCCG. If the debate is reopened, Flacco is going to get trashed (especially on the heels of this season).

17 minutes ago, PuRock said:

Never understood the Ryan vs. Flacco debate.  If Matt Ryan was a [profanity deleted] it would be a different story but I hope he wins a Super Bowl.  

Agreed about Pats exploiting the Pack's D.  I also think the Pats would have a field day against the Pack O-line.  

They were drafted in the same round of the same draft. It was bound to happen. 

Yeah, NE does have a decent pass rush.

Chiefs, this game is getting away from you.

We all know Pitt usually gets the calls and no calls that they need, but honestly, I haven't seen a lot of flag football in the playoff quarters that I've watched this month.

4 minutes ago, PuRock said:

I think either team can beat the Patriots.  I like the Falcons because of their play, but the Packers have that big game experience. It'll just suck if its either the Pats or Steelers we'll have to hear about for two weeks.  Get your stuff together KC.

I would love a non-stressed Super Bowl.  KC vs Atlanta sounds like a pleasant game to watch and enjoy.  

I'm scared of what Brady's bunch would do to the Packers  defense. But Atlanta, like you mentioned, doesn't inspire confidence in post season games.

A KC Atlanta match would be nice... unless it reignited the old Flacco vs Ryan argument. Of course, there are worse scenarios. 

I didn't expect KC to win, but I thought they'd be respectable. This is sad.

The Afc has no parity.

6 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Do you have some special powers so your post shows up 3 times?

That wasn't intentional. Thankfully, I can make my posts... dissappear. 

4 hours ago, JO_75 said:

Found this tweet... this might be why parity is closing in the NFL. From Charlie Campbell(Walter Football writer)

"The NFL edited rules to favor passing. Elite QBs became even more valuable. Decreasing parity. Thus same teams in late Jan over & over again"

That's something to consider but it kind of seems like it only affects 3 or 4 teams (Brady's, Ben's, Rodgers, and Peyton's). Rivers, Brees, Ryan, and Stafford are arguably among the best too but their teams don't see the same kind of repeated success. But hey maybe I'm overratimg the latter ones.

2 hours ago, JO_75 said:

Now we are a Steelers victory away from our nightmare AFC Championship Scenario. I'm not even going to watch if it ends up being Patriots vs Steelers. Then it's made worse if Dallas beats Green Bay then Atlanta. All the bandwagon teams... it will be terrible. Hopefully the Chiefs can knock Ben, Brown and Bell around enough to win and hopefully the Packers eliminate Dallas tomorrow and then I'll be alright with either Packers or Falcons. Just don't want a nightmare scenario of Patriots vs Cowboys or Steelers vs Cowboys in the Super Bowl. 

With the Packer recent sucess, I would think they probably have a few bandwagon riders too. Winning tends to do that...

Anyway, since things are like this, I wouldn't necessarily mind it if Dallas stopped Pitt from being the only team with 6.

Of course, I'd prefer KC, GB, or Atlanta (in that order), but if it comes down to it I'll take anyone over the Steelers (yes, even them).

4 hours ago, RavensPunkXVX said:

I play streak for the cash and it hurts putting my win streak on the line, picking the Steelers to beat the Dolphins.

Any way the Dolphins make it out with a win?

Not a chance. Even if the Steelers don't get them, the cold will. 

And I think there's something to be said for Pitts experience in playoff games. Hardly any of the dolphins really know what it's like.

6 hours ago, ravensdfan said:

We all know that old definition of insanity right? But yeah, keep Pees and watch your defense fold consistently when it matters late in games. Please.

Better give the offense all the love because, as I stated before, this offense is going to have to put up 30 or better every game with Pees' brand of defense.

I kind of get retaining Marty, he did not have an entire season after all. But Pees has proven over his 5 seasons he is not the answer.

At least we're interviewing for a QB coach.

I tend to take the opposite approach: it is a proven fact that Pees is good enough to win a SB with. What more can you ask for? Marty has shown nothing to distinguish himself from Trestman.

But then again, the defense nearly let the Superbowl slip away from them just like they have done in so many recent games. 

5 hours ago, Jonah DeVito said:

I was hoping Pees would retire, as I knew John wouldn't make the move to get rid of Pees himself. 

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure if Harbs has ever fired a DC. Rex and Pagano left for HC positions and Mattison chose to coach college ball. Am I missing anyone?

21 minutes ago, Grapple Raven said:

As for changes to the coaching staff, I may be in the minority here but:

The rushing stats since Castillo was brought in in his first full season in 2013-2014:

2013-0214:  30th in rushing yards, 30th in rushing yards per game, 32nd in rushing yards per attempt.

2015-2016:  26th in rushing yards and 26th in rushing yards per game, 24th in rushing yards per attempt.

2016-2017:  28th in rushing yards, 28th in rushing yards per game, 21st in rushing yards per attempt.

 

The one outlier was 2014-2015 when Kubiak was here with Dennison helping installing Kubiak's strategies with the offensive line:

2014-2015:  8th in rushing yards, 8th in rushing yards per game, 7th in rushing yards per attempt.

 

You have to ask the question is this why we aren't running the ball more?  Because we can't run it with any success?  We had lesser backs than probably what Castillo had in all those years, especially since Kubiak's year was without Ray Rice and he did much better.   What is Harbs seeing in those stats or is he blinded by loyalty?  Castillo might can coach fundamentals and technique, but he has no business being in charge of a run game, offensive line or whatever the hell title Harbs gives him to justify his job.  The common denominator in the stats above is Castillo.  This is beyond ridiculous.

 

That is so awful. I knew Baltimore didn't have a good offense, that's the story of the franchise, but this is just... wow. When you consider the fact that they usually don't have an excellent passing attack either and couple that with a defense that only plays for 3/4 of the game, it is actually no wonder they struggle so much in every single game. 

I have no faith in this decision. Marty looks like Trestman 2.0 which will likely mean he will get the can during next season forcing the team to scramble again. If they don't promote someone who can do a Caldwell (so to speak) this choice could end up costing Harbs his job.

5 minutes ago, NYCRAVEN4LIFE said:

Am I the only one bothered that The Bengals beat us almost everytime? Even when we beat them it comes down to the wire? Can you imagine what the score would have been if AJ Green were playing? 

 

They run the same Cover 2 defense against us for the last 10 years and Flacco and Harbs still cant figure it out. Its actually quite sad. It's like getting the answers to a test and still failing the exam.

 

Its time for Harbaugh to go. But what im thinking is this? How about a qb swap? Flacco for Phil Rivers? Two guys who could use a change of scenery. 

The Steelers are the same way vs the Ravens... haven't been able to win against Baltimore (usually) and even when they do it comes down to the wire. Pees is as predictible as I don't know, but it's the same story

It's just a rock-paper-scissors situation in the AFCN for the last few years.

You might argue that the Pats have been running the same dink-and-dunk offense for a decade, but still no one can stop them consistently except the Giants.

In conclusion: I certainly don't like the losses to Cincy, but I'm not ready to run John out of town for it.

17 minutes ago, JO_75 said:

With the Patriots win, the Dolphins are locked into the 6th seed and will travel to Pittsburgh in the Wild Card Round.

What might have been...

Oh Cleveland, a flag puts the ball at the 2 yard line and you throw twice for -14 yards. 

What a lousy retirement game. Would it have killed Flacco and/or Mornhigweg to target him more?

1 minute ago, Purple_ICE 81 said:

What a sad end to our season, and a sad sendoff for Steve Smith. I was hoping to see him get an unlimited supply of targets but I guess a loss and 3 catches will be the last we see of good ol' Smitty

I don't get it. When your season is over, the game is all but done, surely then you could play attention to someone other than Pitta.

Pittsburgh was a better sendaway than this.

3 minutes ago, OUravensfan said:

Dalton has 

Good observation. It's funny that the two of them combine for 1 playoff win in a combined 14-5 years. I can't remember Dalton's draft year exactly...

4 minutes ago, Cillmatic said:

Disappointing seeing Judon go down. I was hoping he would show something this season but Elvis stunted his growth.

Elvis only played half of the season and he was severely limited for at least one of those games.  

4 minutes ago, Cillmatic said:

Give Joe Julio Jones, Roddy White and the GOAT TE and he might do the same. Or just Julio and a good O-line.

Their OC, a dome environment, and two games against the Saint's defense wouldn't hurt either.

Actually, Flacco had the best game of his career against Tampa so that might be worth adding to the list.

It's kind of weird how that was a td, but if he had caught the ball in the endzone and hung onto it for that amount of time (in the endzone, I mean), it wouldn't be.

1 minute ago, Wildabeast88 said:

Not like any good QB does that Montana Rice, Young Rice, Brady Gronk, Manning Wayne/ Harrison, 

Interestingly, all of those targets are hall of famers or potential ones. The closest thing that Flacco has is Steve Smith, but he isn't getting the ball.

Just now, Cville-Raven said:

Sarcasm?

Definitely.

This game is so embarrassing.

Pitta was targeted on that play? Where has he been all day?