[News] Eisenberg: Breakdown Of Ravens' Remaining Schedule

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Each remaining opponent falls into one of four categories: must win, should win, jump ball or tough to win.

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[Tru11]

1 game at a time please

[Purple Dawg 96]

Seven games Seven Wins! Drew Brees will be yelling For Help! Ravens on Three,123 RAVENS

[Derrel]

8 and 8. Cleveland has a good chance of beating them in Dec. unless they get hit with the injury bug. Could be Manziel at QB by that time. His coming out win.

[fusuymada]

The way the offense is playing, I don't know. This is a game that scares the dickens out of me. A rookie in Mettenberger can be a two edged sword. If he stays cool under the pressure, he can pick us apart. They have Delanie Walker who has the advantage against our weak safeties, Bishop Sankey is running well, and they have played better in the last couple games since they got blown out by Indy. Justin Hunter is playing well and they have vet Nate Washington. With a weak secondary and a derailed offense it is just the type of game that has upset written all over it. Flacco needs to be on point. A true franchise quarterback can't have the lapses of inconsistency that Flacco experiences.

[terrynjulia03]

Go for the gusto baby!!!! Next year is the rebuilding year with all the dead money we have to carry. Better make this year count. Just make the playoffs. Anything can happen once you're in and Joe has proven he's up to the task once it's all on the line. Honestly our playoffs start NOW. The Saints are the only game its "acceptable" to lose. Other than that you wanna keep your job? You better step up. Like right now. Webb you better find your heart cause you've lost it. Hill you wanted another chance in the NFL and we gave it to you. Torrey you want to prove you're a #1 and not a fake? Gorrer wanna prove youre a starter? All the rookies who actually HAVE been contributing wanna prove you belong in this league? Elam wanna live up to that 1st rd draft status like you started to your rookie year? Kubes wanna show why you're a beast OC and Harbs that youre the best HC? Well lets [profanity deleted]ing go!!!! The time is NOW! The playoffs start NOW! No one wants to hear oh Pitta is out for the year and Jimmy is out for the year. So what!!! Step the [profanity removed] up. Man up and let's go win this thing. We fans deserve it. We DESERVE better than you showed in Cinnci and certainly better than you showed in Pitt. You OWE us a better performance. So let's go!

[rockhill24]

It was said Sunday nite we have the lowest total of shot gun plays in the league. After not blocking very well sunday you would think we would do this more. This a is passing league first, then you run the ball. Its seems we do not gasp this concept. Not enough draw plays off the shot gun formation. This is not rocket science its just football. 8-8 is the best this team is. I hope everyone gasps that concept.

[stampedehero]

Keep the next game in sight.. Projecting wins is always a magic trick with this team.

For the Titans, I see the key elements of D line pressure coupled with linebacker containment and sacks..The rare elusive turnover stat has got to be part of our strategy. and...Our offense has to outscore theirs. Simple right? lol. All the doomsday people can use this game as a shovel of grave dirt if we lose but I Believe and Want a 1 game win streak this weekend.

[stampedehero]

terrynjulia039 is in the same ball park I am in. There are others who want success like us. Look to kick{expletive}and enough of this{expletive}. Play like Ravens{expletive}. Screw those Titans. They are in the way.

[JamesA119]

Flacco just doesn't inspire confidence in me. His road performance is atrocious. The game appears to be too big for him. We need to win all 4 remaining home games and win at least 1 of the 3 away games. All the away games are against tough teams.

[FoxRox75]

I think we can reach 10-6, with losses to New Orleans and Miami. The Titans and Jaguars home games are obviously games we should win, and the San Diego one is also very winnable. Browns might have become tougher, but we're also a much better team at home, so I think we edge them out in Week 17 - especially if it means we get to the playoffs if we beat them. Dolphins and Saints have come on strong lately, and since we're not a very good road team, we'll probably drop those two games. Finally I think we'll steal one on the road against Houston; we might not be a good road team, but Houston isn't that great of a team. If things fall into place nicely, we could still make the playoffs, but it won't be easy.

[Bruce_Almty]

No reason to guess; take them one at a time and fight to win each one. Ten wins are possible. Go Ravens

[thisme007]

We will beat New Orleans,because they are not a physical football team.

[JamesA119]

I am not a conspiracy theorist but I think that the NFL is biased in favor of Pittsburgh. None of their players was fined after all the dirty play of the Sunday night game against us. Even the player that drove Flacco into the grass. Also their scheduled looked rigged for a strong second half run. All the tough opponents are home games for them. They only decent opponents they have away are Atlanta and Cincinnati. (They also play the Jets and Titans away - what a tough road test -smh) They get the Chiefs and Saints at Pittsburgh.

[JamesA119]

"We will beat New Orleans,because they are not a physical football team."

The Saints are tough to beat at home. Drew Brees arguably the most accurate passer in the NFL against our depleted secondary. That's our toughest test remaining.

[gabrielgrissom]

we really need to go 11-5 and win the division. What would have to happen is cinncinati and pittsburgh tie the series and browns sweep the bengals and us to beat the browns in week 17 to have every team to have 3 losses in the series. So if it were t come down to a tiebreak we are 3-0 in out of conference games which could play a huge for us. I believe that we can beat miami they are a young team and we did it last year. I think that is a football matchup of 2 dominant defenses and two solid offenses. Chargers should not be slept on but the big reason they started out 5-1 is they didnt beat any of the POWER teams like new england arizona denver dallas or indy. Yea the beat seattle at home and buffalo on the road. But Besides that they really didnt beat anyone solid. New Orleans will come off playing cinci and then play us which means they will be playing us off of a very physical football game. But if i were to sit here and tell you with the way we are playing on the road for us to go in new orleans and beat them would be silly. Jags easy win, tennessee easy win, houston easy win, and the cleveland game is the wild card and i think we will hold our fate and it will come down to week 17 again like it did last year.

[omar586]

in the AFC u have to win 11 games to even have a chance for wild card.

[reed20fence]

in the AFC u have to win 11 games to even have a chance for wild card.

Then that's what we'll do.

[drillem]

In my mind the rules which allow the refs to determine the outcome of games rather than the play on the field is why football has lost it's luster to many. I turn games off more frequently these days due to lop-sided officiating. If the nfl would back off some of the discretionary rules it would be more pure sport (the reason so many watch). I'd find myself more interested in college ball any more. Who's playing and how good they are is much less important than whether the official sees the play properly. And that's plain goofy.

[ravenwildman]

I like to think of all games as a must win.........that is your best chance to get to the playoffs......GO RAVENS!

[reed20fence]

The central innermost question that fans are aggitated about, whether they know it or not, is whether we will ever match that passion, intensity, and steely eyed focus again.

Are we still "ready for them?"

[thisme007]

"We will beat New Orleans,because they are not a physical football team."

The Saints are tough to beat at home. Drew Brees arguably the most accurate passer in the NFL against our depleted secondary. That's our toughest test remaining.

We will beat the Saints.. Go Ravens!

[Nochaney]

Miami will be the most important game for us. If we can beat them, we get the head to head advantage and we worsen their chances of making the playoffs through a wild card spot that we are also trying to get. Beating Miami will be huge for us to not have to rely on others.

[MadMaxDj]

Miami will be the most important game for us. If we can beat them, we get the head to head advantage and we worsen their chances of making the playoffs through a wild card spot that we are also trying to get. Beating Miami will be huge for us to not have to rely on others

Agreed

 

And...I'll be at the game!

[Bohica5]

O K John....we will see.....i say the Important games have been played and we're in last place........Last Place....Reality......Time to retool from the top up!

[ravenstime]

Our worst nightmare seems to be...(opposing QB...'he drops back to pass...') Nooooooo!

[Purple Dawg 96]

This is Joe Flacco year! The Ravens should be 7-2 or 6-3 at the least and Joe is gonna retire these old timers manning, brady and Ben because that's whom the NFL wants on the venue! It all starts SUNDAY and they gotta use Torrey better stop and go's double moves and Jacoby the same way! Gotta move the pocket especially when you play in a hostile environment because everyone knows Joe will take the sack so they might see a lot of blitzes because of that fact! That's why I say keep Joe in the shotgun for the REMAINDER of the season with a back by his side Juice, Lorenzo, Pierce, Forsett take your pick any one of them can do a "Hey diddle diddle "! Ravens on Three 123 RAVENS

[law215]

Chargers, Saints, Miami are the tough games IF Ravens can avoid more injuries. Win the other 4 games and at least one of these games is 10-6. The games at the end of the years versus the Browns will be huge if Ravens are 9-6 at the time. 10-6 may not be good enough if they can win in the conference or division better than other 10-6 teams. They have the opportunity to jump Chargers or Dolphins for a Wild card spot.

[law215]

The central innermost question that fans are aggitated about, whether they know it or not, is whether we will ever match that passion, intensity, and steely eyed focus again.

Are we still "ready for them?"

Ed Reed and Ray Lewis are  the best to ever play their position. So , No  that will never be matched. Give guys likes Mosley, Williams, Jernigan time. They are the future leaders of the defense. Seeing the tape did show how much a great safety can hide defects in the secondary.

[Bmoreazfan]

Some people need to get real I find it highly unlikely we will win on the road against the Saints or the Dolphins. When is the last time we have beat a decent team on the road? Besides for Cundiff missing 2 easy field goals in the Browns game allowing us a W I can't remember us beating an above average team on the road.