Next Up: Bengals

[ludy51]

My god. You guys need to check the Bengals forum. They are just as bad as the falcons fans were, if not worse!

[DomMcRaven]

My god. You guys need to check the Bengals forum. They are just as bad as the falcons fans were, if not worse!

That bad, huh? Regardless of what they say and think, if both teams continue to play like they have over the past couple of weeks, we should be okay. After all, I believe this is a must win. We should learn more about this team after this game and the Steelers one. 

[hn68wb4]

My god. You guys need to check the Bengals forum. They are just as bad as the falcons fans were, if not worse!

"Baltimore 12-4

Pittsburgh 9-7

Cleveland 6-10

Cincinnati 3-12-1"

 

Now that's sad

on a side note: The Steelers 9-7? yeah right, they'll be lucky to get 8-8

[Inqui]

"Baltimore 12-4

Pittsburgh 9-7

Cleveland 6-10

Cincinnati 3-12-1"

 

Now that's sad

on a side note: The Steelers 9-7? yeah right, they'll be lucky to get 8-8

The Falcons forum was genuinely depressing, but that's just short-sightedness from fans of a team in a slump.

[1/28/01]

Yeah, most on their forum are expecting to get beat down. BUT there are some crazies that are predicting throwing 30+ on us. Ain't gonna happen!

[Rav'n Maniac]

Catch half the passes we dropped in the 1st game and it would have been a different game. Pour it on Ravens and don't let up.

[757RavensFan]

I'm not a gambler at all, but curious to know what the spread is for this game.

[rmcjacket23]

I'm not a gambler at all, but curious to know what the spread is for this game.

Currently Bengals -1.5 on most sites. Its a pretty good line. Basically implies that Ravens are the better team.

 

With a line like that, its basically a pick-em game.

[TheRavenouseD2008]

something is telling me either we drop an egg or come out firing on all cylinders this week ..... if the D does what it did this week  Mean nasty and harassing ..... dalton might just might start lighting up the Int board ,  but seriouselly I look for burffict if to get ejected this game or do something to get suspended after .... the bad feeling though is its going to be to one of our WRs that's the reason ..,

[HomeoftheBRAVENS]

something is telling me either we drop an egg or come out firing on all cylinders this week ..... if the D does what it did this week  Mean nasty and harassing ..... dalton might just might start lighting up the Int board ,  but seriouselly I look for burffict if to get ejected this game or do something to get suspended after .... the bad feeling though is its going to be to one of our WRs that's the reason ..,

 

 

Burfict might not even play in this game.He suffered his 3rd head injury of the year last week and this time he damaged his neck and has something called a cervical strain.

[757RavensFan]

Current weather forecast for Sunday: High of 66* with zero chance of rain.  Great football weather.

[TDubbs]

Burfict might not even play in this game.He suffered his 3rd head injury of the year last week and this time he damaged his neck and has something called a cervical strain.

 

Yeah highly unlikely he plays this week with that injury. More proof that players need to stop leading with their heads, something he consistently has done. 

[1/28/01]

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[Neal Could Block the SUN!!]

I just don't see the egg-laying that some are concerned about. Each of our previous eggs was laid under Cam or Caldwell. Of course there were a couple of stinkers digging further into our past, but the majority in recent memory were with the previous OC. I just don't see Kubiak and Flacco loosing stride in this game or the rest of the season. Sure, we may lose a game or two, but I don't see a blow out coming. We lost to Cinci and Indy by 7 pts each. That was with a horrible first half to start the season. Just don't see us putting out a big stinky in Cinci.

I think we are catching Cinci at the right time and in three weeks will be the toast of the NFL!

[ravensfan160]

We are the better team right now and should win but I won't feel comfortable unless we get a huge lead early. AJ Green not playing would go a long way to making me feel more comfortable.

[JEEPercreepermd]

We got this, we played our worst half of football against them week 1, and they still only won on a crazy catch by green.

If we play our game, we beat them.

[Dewy101]

My god. You guys need to check the Bengals forum. They are just as bad as the falcons fans were, if not worse!

Their fans are about as dumb as the man in charge of their organization.

[Inqui]

AJ Green's still day to day, and was sidelined during Wednesday's practice. That's encouraging to hear, as you'd think he'll at least be limited during the game if he does play.

No word on Burfict yet.

[Bravens292]

I just don't see the egg-laying that some are concerned about. Each of our previous eggs was laid under Cam or Caldwell. Of course there were a couple of stinkers digging further into our past, but the majority in recent memory were with the previous OC. I just don't see Kubiak and Flacco loosing stride in this game or the rest of the season. Sure, we may lose a game or two, but I don't see a blow out coming. We lost to Cinci and Indy by 7 pts each. That was with a horrible first half to start the season. Just don't see us putting out a big stinky in Cinci.

I think we are catching Cinci at the right time and in three weeks will be the toast of the NFL!

 

Some can argue the colts game an "egg" game. We did struggle on offense for most of the game. A turnover on the first play and jacoby fumble didn't help though. Our last true stinker to me was the last game of 2013 against this team. We threw like 50 times and joe still couldn't break 200 yards. Man i couldn't wait for that year to end. You can thank Cincy for bringing us Kubiak though. We make the playoffs, chances were that caldwell was OC again. Anyway my concerns still remain until this team proves me wrong that they won't play horribly on O in Cincy anymore. Our past history there is not good with Joe.

[Bravens292]

We are the better team right now and should win but I won't feel comfortable unless we get a huge lead early. AJ Green not playing would go a long way to making me feel more comfortable.

 

You know Jimmy will shut down the next man up so thats like eliminating 2 WR's at once. Man i love having him.

[callahan09]

Some can argue the colts game an "egg" game. We did struggle on offense for most of the game. A turnover on the first play and jacoby fumble didn't help though. Our last true stinker to me was the last game of 2013 against this team. We threw like 50 times and joe still couldn't break 200 yards. Man i couldn't wait for that year to end. You can thank Cincy for bringing us Kubiak though. We make the playoffs, chances were that caldwell was OC again. Anyway my concerns still remain until this team proves me wrong that they won't play horribly on O in Cincy anymore. Our past history there is not good with Joe.

Caldwell wasn't fired, he was hired as the head coach of the Detroit Lions, so I'm not sure how *more success* would mean he stays on as OC, when he was hired away from us to be a head coach already.

[Runnin Raven]

The one guy I want to see elevate his play this weekend is Joe.  He's struggled at Cincy throughout his career for whatever reason.   We can't afford that for the next 2 weeks.  No regressing this time.  Other than that I think the D is just coming into form, which hopefully makes the O's job easier.

[ravensfan160]

Did anyone watch the entire Colt/Bengal game? How well did the Colts offense/Bengals defense play? I'm curious because given how terrible the Bengals offense was I would have expected the Colts to score more than they did with more opportunities, short fields etc.. The points scored could be misleading though.

[Static]

I really want to know who is playing at Safety. What was a weakness now seems to be a strength. Brooks, Hill, Elam, Stewart . Jeez.

 

I know alot of people don't like Stewart for some reason but he makes his tackles and is extremely quick on the come up. I've been high on Brooks since I saw his college tape too. He is very impressive.

 

Maybe the Safety rotation is good and allows them to play 100% each play.

 

Ultimately I think the best duo is Hill at FS and Brooks at SS.

[dirtybird10]

If we get to Dalton and protect Joe, than we should win. I don't think we even hit Dalton once in week 1, yet still we were in that game until the very end and very well could have won.

[FoxRox75]

I'm becoming very confident this season. If we play our best and win the next two games, I think we're in for a terrific season - maybe even the best in our history. Fingers crossed for a big win at Cincy.

[Inqui]

I'm becoming very confident this season. If we play our best and win the next two games, I think we're in for a terrific season - maybe even the best in our history. Fingers crossed for a big win at Cincy.

If we win the next two, then Tennessee isn't out of the question either. Win that and the second half of our season will be about playing for a playoff bye.

But one game at a time.

[Inqui]

If we get to Dalton and protect Joe, than we should win. I don't think we even hit Dalton once in week 1, yet still we were in that game until the very end and very well could have won.

We got no pass rush on him because he was releasing the ball so quickly. I think someone here was saying he was getting rid of it in 2.1 seconds at times. Even if he had five literal road cones in front of him, he'd be getting it away at times.

I wouldn't be surprised if we focussed more on taking away the shorter routes this time. Have a guy ready to flatten Gio the second he catches it and make AJ Green win deep.

[codizzle]

I'd expect a lot more snaps for hill this week..

Let him cover back end and crowd the short passes for dalton..

That happens and he'll get hit this game...

Not expecting anything more than maybe a sack or two..

We still gotta respect Gio and fill lanes.. And their oline isn't gonna give up simple stuff like ATL did

[DomMcRaven]

Some can argue the colts game an "egg" game. We did struggle on offense for most of the game. A turnover on the first play and jacoby fumble didn't help though. Our last true stinker to me was the last game of 2013 against this team. We threw like 50 times and joe still couldn't break 200 yards. Man i couldn't wait for that year to end. You can thank Cincy for bringing us Kubiak though. We make the playoffs, chances were that caldwell was OC again. Anyway my concerns still remain until this team proves me wrong that they won't play horribly on O in Cincy anymore. Our past history there is not good with Joe.

But past history has told us that Dalton usually struggled in our home.....except this year. I believe things could change with Flacco in Cincy, but his play is what will matter.