Next Up: Ravens AT Patriots, Gillette Stadium, Monday December 12.

[reed20]

No shortage of motivation for our men tonight. Need to be on our A game here.

[BOLDnPurPnBlacK]

Sitting at work with my Ravens gear on, surrounded by Eagles fans.

Cant wait for the day to be over... tonight is gonna be a war. Mental and physical. I think both teams will be pushed to their limits.... may the best team win.

 

With the results of yesterday this game took on even more importance. Having to keep pace with the Steelers and now have an opportunity to get in the drivers seat for the WC spot. Another door to the playoffs opened just a crack, so its time to blast through it.

Time to shine Joe and Marty. Prove last week wasnt an aberration.

Defense - time to prove your #1 ranking is no joke. Shut down this Pats offense. 

[usmccharles]

27 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

Looks like no precip tonight, cold.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=42.06537801000047&lon=-71.24782718099965#.WE67f9A8KhA

Not too bad.  Damn I'm excited for this game

[VermontRaven]

38 minutes ago, PurpleCity5 said:

I agree, in fact I believe we hold the tie breaker over Denver and Tennesse at the moment, win this one and the next 2 of 3 and you're in. Drop this one and you're forced to win in Pitt. 

I honestly have this as a must win. 

Win this and all you have to do is beat Pitt, simple.

Not guaranteed, but pretty darn close.  Need 1 loss by Miami (@Jets, @Bills, vs.. Patriots) and 1 loss by Denver. (Patriots, @ Chiefs, Raiders)

Technically, we could still lose this one, the beat Eagles, Steelers, and Bengals and we would still win the division (but would have no margin for error).

[Rav'n Maniac]

12 hours ago, LosT_in_TranSlatioN said:

I hate being a pessimist, but I have us with an L here. Brady and Bellicheck aren't the reasons why though.We seldom play amazing on prime time. Our offense looked good the last game but my worries are commitments to the run game. The defense should be great, but it's nothing Brady can't handle. We match up well with them, but they're just the better team.

 

We will meet them again in the postseason if we make it

I would totally agree with you if NE had beaten teams with winning records outside their division. The only teams they have beaten with a winning record is Miami and Pittsburgh (without Roethlisberger).

The Miami game was in wk2 before Ajayi got going. I assume that if Ben had been healthy, they may have not won that game or at least it would have been much closer. NE only won by 11 against the Steelers backup. The only other team they played with a winning record was Seattle, who they lost to.

They may have more wins but, they're really not any better than us because we beat Pitt and Miami as well. They just had a more favorable schedule with facing their own week division along with the NFC west and the AFC north.

Just a little sidenote: Both games that NE has lost this year came at the big razor.

Edited December 12, 2016 by Rav'n Maniac

[Kid87]

What's the Match ups?

Jimmy vs hogan ?

TAVON VS Edelman 

Powers vs Mitchell 

Zach/Weddle/ Webb vs Bennett 

DLine Vs Blount 

CJ/Weddle/ Doom/ Sizzle Vs  Brady

Flacco Vs sketchy Secondary 

West/ Dixon vs. Decent DLine

TE's vs Non-cover LB's 

Alotta one on one match ups 

 

 

[tk3514]

Hello Ravens fans, I'll be honest not a ravens supporter. Just a Fantasy Football guy needing a little reassurance from a players fan base. In an emergency situation i had to use Brashard Perriman as a WR, I'm Down 14 points in a .5 point PPR league. Can i get a little reassurance from ravens fans, do i have any chance what so ever lol

[usmccharles]

47 minutes ago, tk3514 said:

Hello Ravens fans, I'll be honest not a ravens supporter. Just a Fantasy Football guy needing a little reassurance from a players fan base. In an emergency situation i had to use Brashard Perriman as a WR, I'm Down 14 points in a .5 point PPR league. Can i get a little reassurance from ravens fans, do i have any chance what so ever lol

We have an entire fantasy football section on here, check It out.  But, most likely your screwed. 

1 hour ago, Kid87 said:

What's the Match ups?

TAVON VS Edelman 

So excited for this matchup

[ravensnation5220]

Gonna be wathinh the game with my friend whose a pats fan. Last time we saw ravens v pats together was the cundiff blunder

Time for some revenge ?

Edited December 12, 2016 by ravensnation5220

[ravensnation5220]

1 hour ago, tk3514 said:

Hello Ravens fans, I'll be honest not a ravens supporter. Just a Fantasy Football guy needing a little reassurance from a players fan base. In an emergency situation i had to use Brashard Perriman as a WR, I'm Down 14 points in a .5 point PPR league. Can i get a little reassurance from ravens fans, do i have any chance what so ever lol

Unless this is his breakout game your screwed

[Cillmatic]

PERRIMAN should have a good game.

[rmcjacket23]

1 hour ago, tk3514 said:

Hello Ravens fans, I'll be honest not a ravens supporter. Just a Fantasy Football guy needing a little reassurance from a players fan base. In an emergency situation i had to use Brashard Perriman as a WR, I'm Down 14 points in a .5 point PPR league. Can i get a little reassurance from ravens fans, do i have any chance what so ever lol

Nope, you're done.

[allblackraven]

2 hours ago, tk3514 said:

Hello Ravens fans, I'll be honest not a ravens supporter. Just a Fantasy Football guy needing a little reassurance from a players fan base. In an emergency situation i had to use Brashard Perriman as a WR, I'm Down 14 points in a .5 point PPR league. Can i get a little reassurance from ravens fans, do i have any chance what so ever lol

Don't listen to these negative nancies. You're not likely to get many points on catches but Perriman can get you over the hump with two long ones and a TD. He's definitely capable and it wouldn't surprise me if he does just that.

[rmcjacket23]

2 minutes ago, allblackraven said:

Don't listen to these negative nancies. You're not likely to get many points on catches but Perriman can get you over the hump with two long ones and a TD. He's definitely capable and it wouldn't surprise me if he does just that.

He has not had a 14 point game this season in that format. He was close, once. 

Not saying he can't, but you basically need 75 yards and a TD out of him to get that. I don't see that happening.

[Cillmatic]

We need to get to Brady as quickly as possible. With Gronk out that limits their productiveness but also means they'll be looking to air it out to their WR's Jimmy and Tavon need to have a hell of a game against their respective assignments. The DB's need to STICK to their guys, we DONT need to be Edelman'ed again. Our offense needs to start QUICK! I hope PERRIMAN has himself a good game, this can be his coming out party. We can win this one and should. This is a must win game.

Edited December 12, 2016 by Cillmatic

[JoeyFlex5]

6 hours away boys. Time to find out If the ravens are for real... Takes 13 weeks to find out which is odd but surprisingly typical for this team.

LETS GO!

[JoeyFlex5]

30 minutes ago, rmcjacket23 said:

He has not had a 14 point game this season in that format. He was close, once. 

Not saying he can't, but you basically need 75 yards and a TD out of him to get that. I don't see that happening.

He could get that in one play man. I think that's more likely than him getting 3 or more catches lol

[tk3514]

Thanks for the input guys, Best of luck tonight! From a Lions fan, GO RAVENS

[balfan23]

Just now, Cillmatic said:

We need to get to Brady as quickly as possible. With Gronk out that limits their productiveness but also means they'll be looking to air it out to their WR's Jimmy and Tavon need to have a hell of a game against their respective assignments. The DB's need to STICK to their guys, we DONT need to be Edelman'ed again. Our offense needs to start QUICK! I hope PERRIMAN has himself a good game, this can be his coming out party. We can win this one and should.

As you imply by saying our DBs have to "stick to their guy" ... we need to be all over their receivers off the line of scrimmage. When they squeaked by in the playoffs the last time we met, our pass rush was on fire going into the game and it was totally neutralized by quick passes. We played scared to death in the secondary, as our personnel was extraordinarily susceptible to receivers getting behind us. So we gave a cushion and Brady dink and dunked us to death - until the end of the game when he finally got a deep ball behind us. Our rush didn't stand a chance with the ball coming out in 2 seconds.

We have to make Brady hold the ball at least a little bit ... then we have to get to him. I don't expect them to even try to run the ball, but look to use their RBs as receivers coming out of the backfield. 

This game has become even more critical given yesterday's results. I gotta stop thinking about it, or it will make me crazy. Trying to put it out of my mind until I sit down to watch the game. 

[Terp4life40]

Browns, Bengals, Steelers without Ben, Bills, Niners, Jets and Rams. Those are the teams NE has beaten since Brady came back.  Only loss came at home to Seattle.   Its a soft schedule and I think that favors the ravens tonight.  They havent played a decent team in a while and hopefully we can punch in the mouth early and maintain the lead.  Should be a great game!

[TurkishRaven]

37 minutes ago, Cillmatic said:

We need to get to Brady as quickly as possible. With Gronk out that limits their productiveness but also means they'll be looking to air it out to their WR's Jimmy and Tavon need to have a hell of a game against their respective assignments. The DB's need to STICK to their guys, we DONT need to be Edelman'ed again. Our offense needs to start QUICK! I hope PERRIMAN has himself a good game, this can be his coming out party. We can win this one and should. This is a must win game.

Unfortunately I think our pass rush is lacking. Brady will probably have enough time today to throw deep. I am just hoping that our cbs will be ready when he misses his target. 

 

I think it's gonna be a low scoring game probably whoever scores +20 wins the game.

[Militant X 1]

4 hours ago, VermontRaven said:

Not guaranteed, but pretty darn close.  Need 1 loss by Miami (@Jets, @Bills, vs.. Patriots) and 1 loss by Denver. (Patriots, @ Chiefs, Raiders)

Technically, we could still lose this one, the beat Eagles, Steelers, and Bengals and we would still win the division (but would have no margin for error).

And beating the Eagles, Steelers and Bengals is not guaranteed!  

[ludy51]

18 minutes ago, Militant X 1 said:

And beating the Eagles, Steelers and Bengals is not guaranteed!  

He never said it was. 

He was just stating that fact that this game is in no way a "must win" no matter how many times some say it.

[BmoreBird22]

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/new-england-patriots-baltimore-ravens-tom-brady-preview-prediction-analysis-121216

[BmoreBird22]

1 hour ago, tk3514 said:

Thanks for the input guys, Best of luck tonight! From a Lions fan, GO RAVENS

I feel so bad for Megatron. Played on some of the poorest teams in the NFL and as soon as he leaves, Stafford hits his stride and the Lions begin to live up to their potential.

[usmccharles]

1 minute ago, BmoreBird22 said:

I feel so bad for Megatron. Played on some of the poorest teams in the NFL and as soon as he leaves, Stafford hits his stride and the Lions begin to live up to their potential.

Yea, but a lot of people think because Megatron left it forced Stafford to actually go through reads instead of just throwing it up. 

[BmoreBird22]

Just now, usmccharles said:

Yea, but a lot of people think because Megatron left it forced Stafford to actually go through reads instead of just throwing it up. 

I don't entirely agree. This is a change that began to happen last year and fully came on this year. Megatron had a good, but not massively dominant season last year and it was largely due to some major growth from Stafford. 

I wish I had the stats, but Stafford really began to came on strong about midway through the season. Once it clicks for a guy, it just clicks. Hopefully that's what's happening with Flacco right now because that Dolphins game, outside of the one interception that he shouldn't have thrown, he was just throwing dimes and it was the best game I've ever seen from him.

[rossihunter2]

5 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

I don't entirely agree. This is a change that began to happen last year and fully came on this year. Megatron had a good, but not massively dominant season last year and it was largely due to some major growth from Stafford. 

I wish I had the stats, but Stafford really began to came on strong about midway through the season. Once it clicks for a guy, it just clicks. Hopefully that's what's happening with Flacco right now because that Dolphins game, outside of the one interception that he shouldn't have thrown, he was just throwing dimes and it was the best game I've ever seen from him.

megatron was injured too much last year - the year before he was a superstar all over again

[usmccharles]

6 minutes ago, BmoreBird22 said:

I don't entirely agree. This is a change that began to happen last year and fully came on this year. Megatron had a good, but not massively dominant season last year and it was largely due to some major growth from Stafford. 

I wish I had the stats, but Stafford really began to came on strong about midway through the season. Once it clicks for a guy, it just clicks. Hopefully that's what's happening with Flacco right now because that Dolphins game, outside of the one interception that he shouldn't have thrown, he was just throwing dimes and it was the best game I've ever seen from him.

Yea I wouldn't say I agree, but I heard a lot of commentators say it.  Also, there was a player on Colin's Cowherds show that really thought that was the reason, just cant remember the player.

[Moderator 3]

Too much digression.  Please stick to the subject of tonight's game (and yes, we allowed the Perriman discussion because it does pertain to tonight's game).