Next up: Ravens VS Steelers, November 6, M&T Bank Stadium

[terrynjulia03]

19 hours ago, Ravenseconbeast said:

How many times have we played Ben past 5years?  Seems like every year he mysteriously dissapears due to 'injuries' vs Ravens.  

Backup QBs seems to have a nagic touch against us.  Dont relent!  Its the steelers games...

They don't still have Charlie Batch do they???? I swear for years I said we needed to get him on our roster, just to keep him away from the Steelers. Damn Ravens Kryptonite. 

[VermontRaven]

4 hours ago, terrynjulia03 said:

They don't still have Charlie Batch do they???? I swear for years I said we needed to get him on our roster, just to keep him away from the Steelers. Damn Ravens Kryptonite. 

Nope. Landry Jones and Zach Mettenberg are their backups. Not sure what happened to Batch. My guess is he retired.

[Rav'n Maniac]

4 hours ago, terrynjulia03 said:

They don't still have Charlie Batch do they???? I swear for years I said we needed to get him on our roster, just to keep him away from the Steelers. Damn Ravens Kryptonite. 

 

6 minutes ago, VermontRaven said:

Nope. Landry Jones and Zach Mettenberg are their backups. Not sure what happened to Batch. My guess is he retired.

Batch hasn't been in the league since 2012.

[darklight1216]

20 minutes ago, Rav'n Maniac said:

 

Batch hasn't been in the league since 2012.

I wonder if the victory over Baltimore was his last game.

[usmccharles]

18 minutes ago, darklight1216 said:

I wonder if the victory over Baltimore was his last game.

Seems Fitting... 

[Rav'n Maniac]

38 minutes ago, darklight1216 said:

I wonder if the victory over Baltimore was his last game.

It was. Roethlisberger returned & played the last 4 games of the season. I guess you could say that was Batch's swan song since they released him the following March,

Edited October 29, 2016 by Rav'n Maniac

[ellicottraven]

I really don't care who plays or doesn't. I just want us to win. I strongly feel if Joe is beginning to play like he did the last couple of games, we can't keep him in for the sake of our team. We need to bench him and try Mallett. Not saying that'll help us win, but we need to try something new. Hopefully, with his back against the wall, Joe Flacco resurfaces playing like the 9yr veteran that he is.

[Sunday QB]

I expect this to be a rough game against the Steelers, I hope Joe and Mike Wallace rack up the points. I want to see Kenneth Dixon become the next superstar running back, better than L. Bell. I want to see a healthy O-Line dominate the Steelers front 7.  Let's see a awesome pass rush and rattle Big Ben. Go Ravens!!!

[Halshayeji]

On October 28, 2016 at 6:35 AM, K-Dog said:

Most people here hate the steelers. I love them. I love playing them.

It is the best two games of the regular season .  With out fail (usually ) it is the smartest, well thought out, hardest hitting, aggressive game we play every year.

I hope Wallace has a career day.

 

Oh and you are kidding your self if you think Ben isn't playing . 

I love hating on them lol

and God do I love beating them!

[Maryland]

I just got a funny thought. What if Flacco maintained the same predictable cadence ("180, hike" or whatever) throughout the beginning of the season so that he can use this against the Steelers? Like, with the Steelers expecting Flacco's usual, easily-timed hike cadence, the offense starts using this against the opponent. It's kind of like how Pees tries to get by with uncreative blitzes most of the season so that he can save all of his best plays for Pittsburgh. 

[K-Dog]

6 hours ago, Maryland said:

I just got a funny thought. What if Flacco maintained the same predictable cadence ("180, hike" or whatever) throughout the beginning of the season so that he can use this against the Steelers? Like, with the Steelers expecting Flacco's usual, easily-timed hike cadence, the offense starts using this against the opponent. It's kind of like how Pees tries to get by with uncreative blitzes most of the season so that he can save all of his best plays for Pittsburgh. 

Well yeah, till you give it all away.

Man if the Steelers read this the secret will be out for sure . 

[BmoreBird22]

It's looking like Ben WILL NOT play according to Schefter and others.

[PurpleCity5]

38 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

It's looking like Ben WILL NOT play according to Schefter and others.

That's good news for us but we did lose to a combo of Geno Smith/Ryan Fitzpatrick last week so there is no telling what will happen. 

[ThatsMyJoeTerback]

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/the-steelers-expect-to-have-big-ben-under-center-against-the-ravens/

Guess who's back? Back again? 

Big Ben.

[GrimCoconut]

I might be put on blast here, but I think this is a critical game. Obviously it's the Steelers so yeah, whatever, but here's the deal: if this team cannot beat the Steelers at home in our own M&T Bank stadium with the division on the line then I can't see us getting far. You have to be motivated to win right now if you are on the Ravens right now because we have the keys to the kingdom in our hands. If we can't win against the Steelers knowing we can win the division and turn around our season coming off a bye at home, then I don't know what will get us motivated.

[DomMcRaven]

1 hour ago, GrimCoconut said:

I might be put on blast here, but I think this is a critical game. Obviously it's the Steelers so yeah, whatever, but here's the deal: if this team cannot beat the Steelers at home in our own M&T Bank stadium with the division on the line then I can't see us getting far. You have to be motivated to win right now if you are on the Ravens right now because we have the keys to the kingdom in our hands. If we can't win against the Steelers knowing we can win the division and turn around our season coming off a bye at home, then I don't know what will get us motivated.

I really hope I don't come across as a smart-aleck, but I seriously don't know how ANY Ravens fan in their right mind can't see this game as a critical one. I'm glad we got the bye so it gives guys like Stanley and SSS to heal. We truly need everyone on board. 

[K-Dog]

2 hours ago, GrimCoconut said:

I might be put on blast here, but I think this is a critical game. Obviously it's the Steelers so yeah, whatever, but here's the deal: if this team cannot beat the Steelers at home in our own M&T Bank stadium with the division on the line then I can't see us getting far. You have to be motivated to win right now if you are on the Ravens right now because we have the keys to the kingdom in our hands. If we can't win against the Steelers knowing we can win the division and turn around our season coming off a bye at home, then I don't know what will get us motivated.

As the guy who always says something about the phrase "must win", I fully agree. It is not only a division game but a game for first place in the division . 

Nothing is small or insignificance about this game . 

[Ravensfan23]

2 hours ago, GrimCoconut said:

I might be put on blast here, but I think this is a critical game. Obviously it's the Steelers so yeah, whatever, but here's the deal: if this team cannot beat the Steelers at home in our own M&T Bank stadium with the division on the line then I can't see us getting far. You have to be motivated to win right now if you are on the Ravens right now because we have the keys to the kingdom in our hands. If we can't win against the Steelers knowing we can win the division and turn around our season coming off a bye at home, then I don't know what will get us motivated.

Yet on the other hand if the Ravens can pull off the win, even if it's not convincing, they basically right the ship. How do you lose 4 straight and still find yourself in 1st place after just one win. For all the doom and gloom we've had in October, we'd find ourselves  in 1st place the 1st week of November, with a pretty healthy team(hopefully) and a matchup vs the Browns at home to follow. I don't think motivation is the issue for this team, I think they've been motivated every game. I just think they have to flip that switch to put everything together especially offensively and I think it starts with the oline. I'll be paying close attention to see not only which olineman practice but what positions they are in. I have a strong feeling Zuttah will be replaced this week.  

[JO_75]

3 hours ago, ThatsMyJoeTerback said:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/the-steelers-expect-to-have-big-ben-under-center-against-the-ravens/

Guess who's back? Back again? 

Big Ben.

Honestly, Goodell needs to investigate the Steelers in regards to lying on their injury reports. You can't say that Ben is out 4-6 weeks but magically is able to go after 2 weeks. I know teams do this to try to throw off their opponent and they can't prepare for just one particular player, but so often Ben has these serious injuries where he magically comes back before the reported injury length. 

[hn68wb4]

We're going to be the healthiest we've been since week 3, so I strongly believe this is a very winnable game. Jimmy is consistently good vs. Brown, Mosely and Suggs being back will fix our run D that had a bit of a hard time vs. the Jets. Hopefully with Stanley and Yanda back we'll be able to have some time to throw the ball, maybe even down the field a couple times, and Smith coming back gives us a reliable receiver over the middle.

 

Very winnable game and I think this win would put us at the top of the division, a good position to be in going into the second half of the season that looks to be way tougher than the first part.

Edited October 31, 2016 by hn68wb4

[Sami84]

hypothetical to flacco/harbs/fo fans.

 

If ben doesnt play and we LOSE this game.

 

will you continue to beat the flacco drum and divert blame elsewhere?

[trevorsteadman]

2 minutes ago, Sami84 said:

hypothetical to flacco/harbs/fo fans.

 

If ben doesnt play and we LOSE this game.

 

will you continue to beat the flacco drum and divert blame elsewhere?

No because I think over the last few years we have lost to the Steelers more when there is a back up playing it feels like.... Plus Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell have more talent between the two of them than we do on our entire offense. Plus seeing how many injuries were before the bye week how many do we really expect back at 100%? I'm telling you right now we are missing out on more from our team than the Steelers are from Big Ben. 

[Sami84]

Just now, trevorsteadman said:

No because I think over the last few years we have lost to the Steelers more when there is a back up playing it feels like.... Plus Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell have more talent between the two of them than we do on our entire offense. Plus seeing how many injuries were before the bye week how many do we really expect back at 100%? I'm telling you right now we are missing out on more from our team than the Steelers are from Big Ben. 

 

Ok Joe Linta..

[GrimCoconut]

13 hours ago, DomMcRaven said:

I really hope I don't come across as a smart-aleck, but I seriously don't know how ANY Ravens fan in their right mind can't see this game as a critical one. I'm glad we got the bye so it gives guys like Stanley and SSS to heal. We truly need everyone on board. 

Well, technically it's not since we mathematically aren't eliminated but it looks like we'll need to win the division to make the playoffs. An argument can be made it's not must win but I definitely see this as one of those games 

12 hours ago, K-Dog said:

As the guy who always says something about the phrase "must win", I fully agree. It is not only a division game but a game for first place in the division . 

Nothing is small or insignificance about this game . 

The season is effectively on the line imo because a loss would be demoralizing since the division is on the line against our rival at home coming off a bye. The Browns game is important but we could lose that and win this and still be fine but not in reverse. 

11 hours ago, Ravensfan23 said:

Yet on the other hand if the Ravens can pull off the win, even if it's not convincing, they basically right the ship. How do you lose 4 straight and still find yourself in 1st place after just one win. For all the doom and gloom we've had in October, we'd find ourselves  in 1st place the 1st week of November, with a pretty healthy team(hopefully) and a matchup vs the Browns at home to follow. I don't think motivation is the issue for this team, I think they've been motivated every game. I just think they have to flip that switch to put everything together especially offensively and I think it starts with the oline. I'll be paying close attention to see not only which olineman practice but what positions they are in. I have a strong feeling Zuttah will be replaced this week.  

Absolutely we will right the ship if we pull off a win. It's a game we should win not because Pittsburgh sucks (not true) but we should just win this game if we are a good football team because good teams win these games. I understand where you're going here but I'll disagree because I do think motivation is an issue. We've often lost our motivation at times when things haven't gone our way in these losses.

After the Mosley fumble the whole team defense looked lost and unmotivated, which is because of the fumble and also the loss of Mosley affecting communication. I know an argument is easily made that isn't true because they have tightened up when Orr got the helmet and settled in but I definitely think motivation was also a factor. Same goes for offense where guys lose motivation when guys don't block or drop passes. Losing motivation isn't an insult because it happens to everyone because we're all human. The Ravens just can't afford to lose it next this game. 

[VermontRaven]

21 minutes ago, trevorsteadman said:

No because I think over the last few years we have lost to the Steelers more when there is a back up playing it feels like.... Plus Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell have more talent between the two of them than we do on our entire offense. Plus seeing how many injuries were before the bye week how many do we really expect back at 100%? I'm telling you right now we are missing out on more from our team than the Steelers are from Big Ben. 

This is not really true...

Jamison Hensley ‏@jamisonhensley 3h3 hours ago

#Ravens are 6-1 against #Steelers when Big Ben is sidelined (via @JFowlerESPN)

 

 

 

 

 

[usmccharles]

Just now, VermontRaven said:

This is not really true...

Jamison Hensley ‏@jamisonhensley 3h3 hours ago

#Ravens are 6-1 against #Steelers when Big Ben is sidelined (via @JFowlerESPN)

 

yea...because who fact checks what they say.  People blow my mind with that stuff. 

[Moderator 2]

19 minutes ago, Sami84 said:

hypothetical to flacco/harbs/fo fans.

 

If ben doesnt play and we LOSE this game.

 

will you continue to beat the flacco drum and divert blame elsewhere?

So according to your logic if the team still loses and Flacco has 4 TDs, throws for 500 yards and no int's  but a coaching decision loses the game it's still Flacco's fault?  Makes no sense.  

[GrimCoconut]

3 minutes ago, VermontRaven said:

This is not really true...

Jamison Hensley ‏@jamisonhensley 3h3 hours ago

#Ravens are 6-1 against #Steelers when Big Ben is sidelined (via @JFowlerESPN)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, usmccharles said:

yea...because who fact checks what they say.  People blow my mind with that stuff. 

To be fair, they did say "it feels like" so cut them a little slack here. 

[Sami84]

4 minutes ago, Moderator 2 said:

So according to your logic if the team still loses and Flacco has 4 TDs, throws for 500 yards and no int's  but a coaching decision loses the game it's still Flacco's fault?  Makes no sense.  

 

oh trust me thats not going to happen. When flacco plays average or less...

[usmccharles]

15 minutes ago, Moderator 2 said:

So according to your logic if the team still loses and Flacco has 4 TDs, throws for 500 yards and no int's  but a coaching decision loses the game it's still Flacco's fault?  Makes no sense.  

Really...even you are going to feed the troll?