Next Up: Saints

[Moderator 2]

Can the Ravens make a run at the playoffs? The Saints are pretty good at home

[HockeyAndRavens]

Luckily we got the bye week before the game so our secondary can get some serious game tape on Brees, we need this W.

[redrum52]

Um... standings anyone?

[jimmypowder]

Beating Brees would be a miracle with our secondary .

[berad]

Beating Brees would be a miracle with our secondary .

Key to beating Brees is all about pressure and, then, limiting his hot options.

Who matches up to Graham? Will Hill? Mosley / Smith?

[codizzle]

Gonna be there for this game.. First game in years

Extremely nervous about it.. Saints looked rough today but it's gonna be N.O. At home and on Monday night football against a patchwork secondary

Please please show up pass rush

[psalms91]

Didn't we beat them in the last game we faced? I remember the wheel route ray rice ran for the winning TD. The saint's defense isn't to good but if we can't contain their offense it's going to be a long night against them.

[PoeDinkum]

Hope New Orleans takes their anger and frustration out on the Bengals next week.

 

Joe must be ON that night for us to have a chance as we will definitely be in a shoot out.

[jimmypowder]

Key to beating Brees is all about pressure and, then, limiting his hot options.

Who matches up to Graham? Will Hill? Mosley / Smith?

Mosley with help

[Ravenslifer]

The Saints pass rush is pretty meh, and I don't recall their secondary being very good.  In the dome after the bye we should be able to match up offensively.  The key will be slowing down Brees.

[Sami84]

I cannot not see brees destroying our secondary.

[edthehead]

hopefully next week the bengals and saints beat each other up,, I hate to take our secondary down there

[Georgehd]

Momentum is key we have to start off hot and keep it going we can pressure Bree's but we have to get to him or he's going to pick secondary apart.

[Georgehd]

I cannot not see brees destroying our secondary.

i sorry but I can and he will unless the Ravens can successfully apply pressure and get sacks hits or at least hurry ups

[cobrajet]

Worried about our secondary with all their weapons.

[GrimCoconut]

i sorry but I can and he will unless the Ravens can successfully apply pressure and get sacks hits or at least hurry ups

I know the double negative was confusing and not proper English, but I do believe they were saying that it's very likely Brees destroys our secondary.

[Tank 92]

Who knows, maybe the "new" secondary keeps improving.  

 

We've got a good chance at winning this game. Saints will be pretty beat up after playing the 49ers and bengals. Ravens will be coming in fresh. 

[beanfigger]

Looking at our schedule, I know other teams we will face have better records than NOLA, but I'd say we are in super position for the tournament. Three more home games after, plus what seems to be teams we can match up well against. It'll obviously come down to the last couple weeks, but I think a loss here puts us in mild concern, whereas a win puts us in fantastic shape.

 

I'm just saying we have more to gain than lose in this one, which is the kind of game I like to watch. Hopefully, the Saints stick with their workhorse back style because we'll have a better chance to stay close than watching Brees throw all over the yard to his 1404 receivers.

[K-Dog]

Um... standings anyone?

No, its the bye.  We all should sit down.

[pep_meister]

I have a good feeling about this game.

[cursona pirate]

Since its indoors looking for Tucker to get more kicks and the Ravens will be able to air it out probably too. Saints defense is sub par.

[I AM LEGEND]

Brees. And Graham. Against this secondary. :/

Hopefully we can get one of those after bye week wins that teams get just from being rested up.

[GrimCoconut]

I hate going against Graham, Cooks and Colston and that OL in NO but I do like our DL against that OL if they come to play. A week of rest, I suspect, will do Ngata and Suggs some good. Suggs had better stop his stupid neutral zone infraction penalties., It's getting on my nerves now. I'll slap him next time he does it. He's had 3 off-sides and 2 neutral zone infractions, which are very similar penalties. If nobody is counting, that's 5 penalties on the year. This might surprise people, but Suggs LEADS THE TEAM in penalties. Yes, that's right. He leads the team in penalties with 5. That's 1 more than Monroe, Mosley and Hurst, who are tied with 4 a piece. 

 

I think this will be a tough game, but it depends on who shows up for BOTH teams. NO and BAL have both churned out Jekyll and Hyde performances. 

[jdynamite]

Debating if I should get a ticket to this game. Or the Texans game. Only chances I get to see a Ravens game living in louisiana 2.5 hours from New Orleans and 2 hours from houston.

[Bryden88]

I think if we keep our defense and their offense off the field we win. I think that if we don't control TOP and don't get points off it, we lose. This is winnable, and if we dominate the clock, it'll be easy. But the margin for error will be thin.

[AsianRice]

any road game is nervous to me; the chance of winning on the road against good team is slightly low.

 

I'm not putting too much expectation on it.

 

If we win, I'll be surprise and ecstatic, and if we lose, oh well let's take care all of our home games.....

[thisme007]

We will Win this Game.. Go Ravens!

[FoxRox75]

Honestly we were very fortunate with where the bye week landed this year. It's nice to go in with a confidence W, but we'll need to play harder and keep on building to beat the Saints. They'll be angry after losing at home to the 49ers; I don't expect this game to be easy at all. Their defense might not be too great, but our secondary will probably have a fair amount of trouble against Brees's passing game. I'm hoping Flacco has a big day (there's no reason for him not to, seeing as he's due and the Saints defense is meh), and expecting Forsett to also keep up the good work. The biggest key to winning is probably getting pressure on Brees and making sure he doesn't have enough time to make good throws; once we started doing that in the Titans game, we were unstoppable. I predicted a loss coming into the game, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we take this one. I'm expecting a fun shootout between Flacco and Brees; I can envision whichever team has the ball last will win this one. Rest up, keep getting better on offense and defense, and let's make a run for the playoffs!

[D_UP]

Win this game, but if you have to lose don't get the doors blown off.

[playlikeawhat]

The Saints have a polarizing effect on me over the next two weeks.  I need them to beat the Bungles then go 5-6 courtesy of the Ravens.  I don't think Rob's evolutionary, game redefining, defense of the next generation will have kicked in yet.