[News] Ravens To Face Colts In Wild-Card Round

[nuthinbutthebirds]

does anyone else think it would be a little easier to play the bungles? from what our backups did to their starting O i feel better playing them. The colts have more momentum and more fight when it counts. Nt saying im scared, just worried. we can't let them get any momentum. sorry chuck

[bioLarzen]

Wishful thinking: I smell major upset in Houston next week. Would be perfect for us, because if we beat the Colts and the Bengals indeed upset the Texans, we'd go to Foxboro instead of the Mile-High. I'd definitely hate to go to Denver for a playoff game... The advantage that location - the altitude - gives the Broncos is borderline unfair.

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[bioLarzen]

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I like the Ravens current position going into the wildcard game. It will be the healthiest team we've been able to field in months. Plus they have to stop Rice and Pierce.
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Yeah, looks defiitely better than it did a couple of weeks ago.

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[rmcjacket23]

I'll go against the "trendy" pick for Cincinnati upsetting Houston and I'll take the Texans.

Not only do I think Cincinnati is as overrated a team as any in the playoffs this year, I think the Texans beat them by the widest margin of any playoff game next weekend.

[BoominRaven]

hmm... we're coming off a game with our backups in not caring and the colts are fired up after blasting houston.. not sure how i feel about this

[bioLarzen]

[quote name='BoominRaven' timestamp='1356922632' post='1284256']
hmm... we're coming off a game with our backups in not caring and the colts are fired up after blasting houston.. not sure how i feel about this
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How the game of a given team from one week to the next relates is the best described by our back-to-back games against the Broncos and the Giants... Or v the Steelers then in Tenessee last season weeks#1&2...

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[cobrajet]

[quote name='drillem' timestamp='1356914811' post='1284053']
uh, I think that's Lucas field up there in indy. Ford field would probably be in Detroit.
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Yes you are correct-a-mundo!

[The Purp]

So the the story of the season comes full circle, what better place for "Chuck Strong's" season to end than in Baltimore. GO RAVENS!

[jravens13]

Going to Denver, or New England will be tough either way, but I think we are good enough to win in either place with everything on the line. Lets just focus on Indy this week. In the playoffs anything can happen...

[tbird]

The Colts played a soft schedule and won a lot of tight games against bad teams. The Jets blew them up 35-9 and the Pats annihilated them 59-24. I can't see them beating a helthy Ravens team at the Bank. The Colts defense has improved, but they are still awful. Ravens win 38-17.

[lwebb21]

The team that has to step up their game the most is the guys in stripes. There have been some absolutely horrible calls against the Ravens the last 2 weeks.

[law215]

Colts beat Green Bay and Houston in game those teams had to have. I doubt if this Ravens team could have done that. Colts are 11-5 and if the Ravens play like they expect to win, they won't have to worry about health and pkaying on the road cause they'll be home. Indy Coaching staff know more about Ravens than Raven know about them. They have former players and coaches from the Ravens staff and the Ravens scheme (not playing) is practically the same on offense and defense. Luck does not play like a rookie, not to mention that the Ravens already lost to a rookie (RG III, Cousins) this year.
That being said coaches and player must bring A-game to beat Colts which is what I expect them to do.

[riceswife27]

we've had Chuck longer so we're Chuck stronger....I have no doubt in my mind that were going to win this game.

[ravensforsb]

u kno its like everytime on here yall just don't believe in the ravens based off of injuries and yall always seem to b saying every game will be close or lost. let me get this fact straight. A HEALTHY RAVENS SQUAD BEATS ALL!! and we are coming into the playofss almost fully healthy... so .... There ya go

[Gucci1017]

pound the ball heavy with Rice and Pierce during this next 3 weeks of playoff, limit Flacco's throw early during the 1st and 2nd quarters of the games..let run the ball heavy during the first half.

[Gucci1017]

from here on out starting this Saturday game against the COLTS, RICE & Pierce should carry the team dnt put the ball in Flacco's hands let the run game set the tone for him..

[Gucci1017]

JETS blew out the Colts and we should do the same thing with RICE & PIERCE, just dnt do too much on offense hand the ball to the RB

[redravenfan]

[quote name='Gucci1017' timestamp='1356947225' post='1284651']
pound the ball heavy with Rice and Pierce during this next 3 weeks of playoff, limit Flacco's throw early during the 1st and 2nd quarters of the games..let run the ball heavy during the first half.
[/quote] three post to say exactly the same thing

[PurpleCity81]

Can't wait to get the march on its way to the SB in N.O...Colts will be the frist victim of our run this year, not on our level of play...people keep sleeping on us until we in they face when they wake up...feel we can run the board if we play the game the way a Raven plays..its time!

[Guest llwillow1231]

Let's beat the colts and let the rest take care of itself one game at a time . I don't see cincy beating the texans or the broncos but I have been wrong before . I prefer a matchup with the patriots but as stated above I worry about the zebras in foxborough they always give the pats an unfair advantage . on the flipside there's peyton manning tough games ahead none of these teams are gonna give us a win we have to earn it . I think finally this season we are up to the task. Go Ravens!

[Ravens Raver]

Vs. Chuck and Luck, we'd better not suck...

[ReginaldColeman1]

This is gonna test Cary, Jimmy, Corey and Chykie. Watched the first half of the Skins game and thought both teams struggled. Honestly it looked familiar. Watched the Vikings and Packers and thought they were exciting. Straight up both of them were better than the Ravens in almost every dept in every game this year. But the Ravens style is different and when I'm not rooting maybe everything looks shiny compared to the real action. Be that as it may I feel the Colts are going to come in hungry and a win will be tough. I guess they'd play the Broncs in the second rd and u know anything can happen. Then that winner plays possibly the Texans or the Pats. Another thing, as rugged as the Ravens are everything in the Packers game looked faster, and more violent except for Pollard on the Ravens. It was also easier to watch how offensive plays unfolded when they focused on the wide out from the start instead of watching Joe from behind him while he'd being run down or shoved out of the pocket. Any qb including Rodgers has trouble when they hold the ball. If the Ravens get to the AFC championship it will be a very successful year considering all the ups and downs. Now hoping they're healthy. Luck don't mean a thing.

[rayvens5252]

Im tell everyone right here right now. WE will crush the colts
We will have Reeeed! OMARRRRR Brown(Reeds Minny Me)Pollord(the Beast) Nagata(Beast2) Lewis(RAY RAY) Ellerbe(as Good As Ray)KRUUUUUGER(On fire) all on the feild healthy.Don't Forget Smith(smooth), BIG "B" Bolden!!!!Rice(Superman), Leach(tank), Pierce(Awesome2)Jones(baller) and a health O line. OHHH and If joe can pull his head out of his butt and show some emotion. Then its a cake walk. In our house with a healthy team against a rookie. Yes luck is a rookie and we will expose him. Trust me.41-21 Ravens all day.

[rayvens5252]

Im tell everyone right here right now. WE will crush the colts
We will have Reeeed! OMARRRRR Brown(Reeds Minny Me)Pollard(the Beast) Nagata(Beast2) Lewis(RAY RAY) Ellerbe(as Good As Ray)KRUUUUUGER(On fire) all on the feild healthy.Don't Forget Smith(smooth), BIG "B" Bolden!!!!Rice(Superman), Leach(tank), Pierce(Awesome2)Jones(baller) and a health O line. OHHH and If joe can pull his head out of his butt and show some emotion. Then its a cake walk. In our house with a healthy team against a rookie. Yes luck is a rookie and we will expose him. Trust me.41-21 Ravens all day.

[rayvens5252]

OHHHHH And no Manning!

[Mystigo_Dragon]

Next Sunday, the "Mayflowers" will leave Baltimore again in the dark of night, nursing the loss that burst the bubble that was their dream season!

Great run, Coach Pagano! You really got those guys Chuck Stronged-up and believing in your system with that same enthusiasm we saw on our Defense in 2011! I sincerely miss that!

But I gotta go with that sage advice from my Papa Dragon years ago - "Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill"!

[Mystigo_Dragon]

[quote name='Gucci1017' timestamp='1356947532' post='1284654']
JETS blew out the Colts and we should do the same thing with RICE & PIERCE, just dnt do too much on offense hand the ball to the RB
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Aw man, you said a mouthful!

If Joe E-Lite tries to get cute and out-Manning Luck we're in for a long day because Freeney will eat Oher or McKinnie the Hutt alive and Joe's a statue in the pocket!!!

Let's let our grinders run amok over the "Mayflowers",... lets Pierce them with a huge servings of Rice!

[d1957w]

if the O line protects Joe Cool, we win!

[Mystigo_Dragon]

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if the O line protects Joe Cool, we win!
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Absolutely, but we all know that they cannot sustain blocks for very long,... so if Jim C shortens the patterns he calls and Joe quickens his release, then we win!

The "Mayflowers" are reported to be weakest where we don't usually throw, down the "seam"!

[Claire]

Amazing what a difference a good qb can make. Indy was garbage after Peyton left, then a whole new team with Luck. Peyton recreated Denver, just like RGII recreated the Redskins and gave them new life.