Merged: T.J. Houshmandzadeh Signs With the Ravens

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283907114' post='468741']
She's gone. It's like once per month (less in the off season) someone from another team comes in and provides me some entertainment by getting you guys all riled up. That one was too short lived. I DEMAND another sacrifice!
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They don't quite have your dedication.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283907009' post='468736']
Admittedly, spelling smack is lame, but I was trying to be funny. Truce.

Ravens suck; go Steelers.
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i know you were lol, its all good. And I hear that enough from my girl, shes a steelers fan. I would say the steelers suck but 1. my girl would kick my butt, and 2. honestly they dont suck...

BUT this year Ravens> Steelers

[K-Dog]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1283899760' post='468622']
I'm sorry but this statement has begun to get a little old. Joe is just one player. Yes, QB is arguably the most important position on the field and for any team to be successful in today's league, you need your QB to perform at a consistently high level. However, there are numerous factors that a QB simply can't control.

I really don't see how a lack of experience, generally ineffective WR play and several serious injuries count as "excuses".
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Yeah, I am not exactally sure what I ment by "Flacco has no excuses"

He has SO many quality recievers,and decent protection, a 4,000 season is well with in his ability all things considered.

Trust me it wasnt of of those "shape up or ship out" comments. Not in the least.

[thewarden86]

[quote name='organizedchaos007' timestamp='1283907495' post='468755']
i know you were lol, its all good. And I hear that enough from my girl, shes a steelers fan. I would say the steelers suck but 1. my girl would kick my butt, and 2. honestly they dont suck...

BUT this year Ravens> Steelers
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Smart gal...bad taste in men though. j/k

So twice per year, you guys are at each others' throats? lol

Can't wait until week 4. I think we'll be improved this year as well. Obviously I have respect for the Ravens too.

[K-Dog]

[quote name='BengalsGirl' timestamp='1283901360' post='468649']
Aremember this:[b] we were the division champs last year![/b]


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'cept we are all 0-0 as of right now.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283907769' post='468763']
Smart gal...bad taste in men though. j/k

So twice per year, you guys are at each others' throats? lol

Can't wait until week 4. I think we'll be improved this year as well. Obviously I have respect for the Ravens too.
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nah we do pretty good come gameday when its ravens and steelers, alittle more intense, but more than manageable. Before her, not gonna lie, i was a steeler hater, but now I have a great respect for them. And knowing the rivalry, its always up and down, so I just let it be what it is. If its a loss, then shes happy (so i'm ultimately happy), if its a win, i'm still happy

[JEEPercreepermd]

Darn I missed the Bengals fan! Oh well, I would have probably gotten myself in trouble

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283906445' post='468723']
Yea, screw it anyway. I was having a good time watching the Raven/Bengal thing for a change.
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Were you here two weeks before we played Denver? wow. It was funny because on game day they were all gone by halftime lol

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283908199' post='468768']
Darn I missed the Bengals fan! Oh well, I would have probably gotten myself in trouble
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I did, and it wasnt even cause of the Bengals fan lol

the Rock had to come in and regulate

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='organizedchaos007' timestamp='1283908339' post='468771']
I did, and it wasnt even cause of the Bengals fan lol

the Rock had to come in and regulate
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He layeth the smacketh down on your candy @****

[thewarden86]

[quote name='organizedchaos007' timestamp='1283908034' post='468766']
nah we do pretty good come gameday when its ravens and steelers, alittle more intense, but more than manageable. Before her, not gonna lie, i was a steeler hater, but now I have a great respect for them. And knowing the rivalry, its always up and down, so I just let it be what it is. If its a loss, then shes happy (so i'm ultimately happy), if its a win, i'm still happy
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You're a good man OC! Or is she looking over your shoulder? lol

I dated a Cowboys fan once. I actually almost dumped her immediately following SB XXX. We broke up a month or so later.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283908418' post='468774']
You're a good man OC! Or is she looking over your shoulder? lol

I dated a Cowboys fan once. I actually almost dumped her immediately following SB XXX. We broke up a month or so later.
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Hahaha what a tragedy lol. Well i figure if i can survive he fact shes a steelers fan, we can get through anything!! lol

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283908417' post='468773']
He layeth the smacketh down on your candy @****
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True true, even gave me the people's eyebrow,... i ran away and apologized for all my sins

[thewarden86]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283908417' post='468773']
He layeth the smacketh down on your candy @****
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More like hit delete and scampered out of here.

I keed, I keed.

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283908685' post='468783']
More like hit delete and scampered out of here.

I keed, I keed.
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you got a healthy chuckle out of me on that one haha

[theFRANCHISE]

I'm glad everyone knew their roles and...well, we'll finish that catchphrase another time.

Getting back on-topic, though, it was interesting how we had only one Bengals fan show up to comment on the Houshmandzadeh signing thus far...you'd think that, with how heated (and childish) some of them got over on the other forums, we'd have an army of them here.

(No, I'm not trying to jinx us!)

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='organizedchaos007' timestamp='1283908596' post='468780']
True true, even gave me the people's eyebrow,... i ran away and apologized for all my sins
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Do you now smeeeeeellllll what he's cookin?

[theFRANCHISE]

There's this weird dichotomy; as much as Ravens fans generally respect the Steelers (and vice versa) and even with all the bad blood, it seems as if a lot of us are begrudgingly respecting the Bengals for their division title until the season starts.

I'm not sure if that type of reluctant respect would be handed out to, say, the Browns if they ever made to the top of the division.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283908685' post='468783']
More like hit delete and scampered out of here.

I keed, I keed.
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lol

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' timestamp='1283908775' post='468787']
I'm glad everyone knew their roles and...well, we'll finish that catchphrase another time.

Getting back on-topic, though, it was interesting how we had only one Bengals fan show up to comment on the Houshmandzadeh signing thus far...you'd think that, with how heated (and childish) some of them got over on the other forums, we'd have an army of them here.

(No, I'm not trying to jinx us!)
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you're gonna jinx us lol

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283908788' post='468788']
Do you now smeeeeeellllll what he's cookin?
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smells like chicken... or was that the bengals fan?

[thewarden86]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' timestamp='1283909030' post='468796']
There's this weird dichotomy; as much as Ravens fans generally respect the Steelers (and vice versa) and even with all the bad blood, it seems as if a lot of us are begrudgingly respecting the Bengals for their division title until the season starts.

I'm not sure if that type of reluctant respect would be handed out to, say, the Browns if they ever made to the top of the division.
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The Bengals kicked all our butts. Sweeping a division is a rare occurrence and does warrant some respect. That said, I still they're a one-hit wonder.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283908322' post='468770']
Were you here two weeks before we played Denver? wow. It was funny because on game day they were all gone by halftime lol
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I was at that game, actually took my girl (the steelers fan), had her dressed in purple and black wooooot!. I know i didnt see a Broncos fan after Weeb returned the kickoff in the second half. (i actually called that return) lol

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283909364' post='468801']
The Bengals kicked all our butts. Sweeping a division is a rare occurrence and does warrant some respect. That said, I still they're a one-hit wonder.
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I agree

[JEEPercreepermd]

I have no respect for the Bengals. Sure they caught us last year, but they sure didn't impress me in the process.

I gained that type of respect for the Steelers because they were on several occasions able to take everything we had to throw at them and still find a way to somehow squeak out a win in the final seconds. I respect that because that's what I want to see out of the Ravens.

To me I still can't help but see the Bengals as the division's middle man, below us but better than the Browns.

Maybe if they do it again this year I will be forced to respect them but they have a long way to go and two other teams in the Division that are very good to say the least

[thewarden86]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283909614' post='468805']
I have no respect for the Bengals. [b]Sure they caught us last year, but they sure didn't impress me in the process. [/b]

I gained that type of respect for the Steelers because they were on several occasions able to take everything we had to throw at them and still find a way to somehow squeak out a win in the final seconds. I respect that because that's what I want to see out of the Ravens.

To me I still can't help but see the Bengals as the division's middle man, below us but better than the Browns.

Maybe if they do it again this year I will be forced to respect them but they have a long way to go and two other teams in the Division that are very good to say the least
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That's just it. They weren't impressive at all, yet they swept us both. Still don't know how, but they did.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='JEEPercreepermd' timestamp='1283909614' post='468805']
I have no respect for the Bengals. Sure they caught us last year, but they sure didn't impress me in the process.

I gained that type of respect for the Steelers because they were on several occasions able to take everything we had to throw at them and still find a way to somehow squeak out a win in the final seconds. I respect that because that's what I want to see out of the Ravens.

To me I still can't help but see the Bengals as the division's middle man, below us but better than the Browns.

Maybe if they do it again this year I will be forced to respect them but they have a long way to go and two other teams in the Division that are very good to say the least
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I'm pretty much in the same boat you are. IF they do it again, then maybe i'll start leaning to respecting them. But fact is, they just dont have back to back successful years. We will see tho, they have the talent this year. But i'm still more worried about the steelers than the bengals

[darklight1216]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' timestamp='1283909030' post='468796']
There's this weird dichotomy; as much as Ravens fans generally respect the Steelers (and vice versa) and even with all the bad blood, it seems as if a lot of us are begrudgingly respecting the Bengals for their division title until the season starts.

I'm not sure if that type of reluctant respect would be handed out to, say, the Browns if they ever made to the top of the division.
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For me it's more bewilderment than begrudging respect.

It's easier to swallow the Bengals divisional title, in my opinion, because it's sort of a once in a full blue moon accomplishment. They've been pretty irrelevant most years whereas the Steelers have been a perennial problem. I think I'd probably have the same reaction if the Browns won the division, but I may never know...

The fact that we can still fall back on the Ravens post-season wins doesn't hurt either.

[organizedchaos007]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283909890' post='468813']
That's just it. They weren't impressive at all, yet they swept us both. Still don't know how, but they did.
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Defense, and the fact that the team pulled together after Zimmerman's wife passed away. Atleast thats all I could come up with lol

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283909890' post='468813']
That's just it. They weren't impressive at all, yet they swept us both. Still don't know how, but they did.
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It's a cliche, but they simply made the right plays at the right times. The Bengals beat the Ravens with a last-minute drive in the first meeting and by getting off to a fast start in the second meeting and just eating up the clock the rest of the way. The Bengals offense was held to ZERO points in the second half of that second game, yet the defense also gave up only one touchdown in the second half that became moot when the Ravens failed to come back. Again, they made the right plays at the right moments. They didn't outright dominate anyone except the Bears last year, and they made a living off of 4th-quarter comebacks in the early part of the season.