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[Bat-mite]

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

[sami]

I'm wondering why the Ravens decided to turn Keenan Reynolds into a WR when he had such a good career at Navy.

[reed20]

3 minutes ago, sami said:

I'm wondering why the Ravens decided to turn Keenan Reynolds into a WR when he had such a good career at Navy.

Because the NFL is a higher level of football and he's pretty much useless to us at quarterback so long as we have Joe

[Raven1995]

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

They played the Bills, and yes they looked good. Dec 25th we better be ready.

[nj_ravens]

20 minutes ago, sami said:

I'm wondering why the Ravens decided to turn Keenan Reynolds into a WR when he had such a good career at Navy.

Because he was a triple option QB who we wanted to turn into a kick returner so we could take advantage of the skill set that allowed him to have a good career at Navy. 

[leziRav]

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

[Bat-mite]

11 minutes ago, leziRav said:

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

What a mess! 

[fusuymada]

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

I thought they looked like crap. Bell won't get away with that hanging behind the line and waiting for a hole strategy against Baltimore and CJ Mosely will shut him down in the passing game. To me Ben looked like he could throw a pick on every other throw. Although he had little pressure, his passes were off mark, intercepted or barely snagged by his receivers. Personally, we can beat the pants off that Steelers team that showed up for the Buffalo game in my opinion. Patriots will be tough but everyone else is a pushover as far as I am concerned. Eagles looked weak, Steelers looked worse and the Bengals are happy just to not be the team to lose to the Browns. Home or Away, we can dominate the remaining 4 games and be set as the division winner in the first round of the playoffs. I am calling for a Ravens big lead here, Brady coming back but the Ravens holding on at the end.

[drillem]

Even if the footballs had no air, the NFL would do nothing ot Pburgh after the deflategate fiasco 2 years ago. It's just too contentious for them to ever want a repeat.

Far as tonight game, Ravens have excellent chance to beat Brady & Co. Especially if the offense has finally found it's stride as in the last game. Talking fear should be left out of this forum as our team has to have confidence.

[hen826957]

  1 hour ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

That Jets loss was a total killer. Why on earth we should lose to that Jets team. No excuse that we should lost to them.

[Purple Dawg 96]

Keep slinging that Rock and the Ravens will get a "W" the run will do very good but 30 pts are needed and to get 30 you gotta sling that Rock! The only team that can stop the Ravens are the Ravens and running on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punting! Keep the pedal to the metal and the "DIVISION" is ours! WE THE BEST!

[Derrel]

watched most of the Steelers game yesterday. It looked to me the OL is holding on most plays.....many examples and are well disguised. Bell's short run for a TD clealy showed a Steeler OL pull down the defensive player closest to Bell. The CBS coverage made no mention of any holding but it was obvious. I know many teams hold but it seems to me the Steelers biggest OL advantage is a hold. CBS did mention that the players engage but the defense couldn't get off the blocks....ya think? Getting to think the Steelers are using/teaching questionable tactics like the Pats. Heads up Harbaugh and Pees. Go Ravens tonight.

[Derrel]

Keep slinging that Rock and the Ravens will get a "W" the run will do very good but 30 pts are needed and to get 30 you gotta sling that Rock! The only team that can stop the Ravens are the Ravens and running on 1st and 2nd pass on 3rd and punting! Keep the pedal to the metal and the "DIVISION" is ours! WE THE BEST!

Steelers look very good....will be tough to beat them in Pittsburgh this year.

[Derrel]

  51 minutes ago, leziRav said:

  1 hour ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

That Jets loss was a total killer. Why on earth we should lose to that Jets team. No excuse that we should lost to them.

......or the Redskins and Giants. Defense let down in all three cases.

[Derrel]

  1 hour ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

I thought they looked like crap. Bell won't get away with that hanging behind the line and waiting for a hole strategy against Baltimore and CJ Mosely will shut him down in the passing game. To me Ben looked like he could throw a pick on every other throw. Although he had little pressure, his passes were off mark, intercepted or barely snagged by his receivers. Personally, we can beat the pants off that Steelers team that showed up for the Buffalo game in my opinion. Patriots will be tough but everyone else is a pushover as far as I am concerned. Eagles looked weak, Steelers looked worse and the Bengals are happy just to not be the team to lose to the Browns. Home or Away, we can dominate the remaining 4 games and be set as the division winner in the first round of the playoffs. I am calling for a Ravens big lead here, Brady coming back but the Ravens holding on at the end.

watched that Steelers game and IMO they did not look like crap. Bad weather made the passing game tough for Ben. It remains to be seen if our defense can stop their running game, as it currently exists. The Steelers OL holds on most plays which is why Bell can sit back and wait for an opening. The Steelers OL engages and grabs/holds on creating the gaps.

[hen826957]

  15 minutes ago, hen826957 said:

  1 hour ago, leziRav said:

  2 hours ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

That Jets loss was a total killer. Why on earth we should lose to that Jets team. No excuse that we should lost to them.

......or the Redskins and Giants. Defense let down in all three cases.

I wouldn't mind losing to the Skins though because good things happen if you know what l mean. ? The Giants game we could've won as well.

[PurplenBlackFan2392]

Frist thing first, I a no way, shape, or form scared of the Steelers! I know we can beat them! plus Big Ben played like garbage...(he got me 2 fantasy points, its the playoffs) we proved we an shut the run down! We aren't the #1 defense in the NFL for nothing!! We can easily go 4-0 down this stretch, but I see more like 3-1. btw anyone else surprised at how damn fast the NFL season went by?! Geez!

[Bat-mite]

Just now, PurplenBlackFan2392 said:

Frist thing first, I a no way, shape, or form scared of the Steelers! I know we can beat them! plus Big Ben played like garbage...(he got me 2 fantasy points, its the playoffs) we proved we an shut the run down! We aren't the #1 defense in the NFL for nothing!! We can easily go 4-0 down this stretch, but I see more like 3-1. btw anyone else surprised at how damn fast the NFL season went by?! Geez!

Yeah, it happens every year.  Then we get that long, dark, cold stretch between football season and baseball season, made even worse if the Ravens aren't in the playoffs.

[Minionhunter]

The Steelers looked good because the Bills are a bad team with lots of injuries on defense. While Rex knows the game plan for the Steelers, the Bills don't have to face them two times a year, every year. Plus it was a snow game and those can get freaky, fast.

I'm not worried about Christmas, I'm focused on tonight.

[OriolesMagicPlease]

Agree that we need to get through this game before speculating about the rest. I'm worried most about the referees. Anyone know about the crew working tonight's game?

And I am happy for Pitta.

[jboy19]

I don't think we can hold much against the Bills. If we dont make playoffs its because of that 4 game losing streak. plain and simple. 

[respecttheRaven]

19 minutes ago, OriolesMagicPlease said:

Agree that we need to get through this game before speculating about the rest. I'm worried most about the referees. Anyone know about the crew working tonight's game?

And I am happy for Pitta.

Gameday page says Ed Hochuli.........Hopefully they will be fair to both teams and not play favorites. Let's Go Ravens!!!!

[The Greek]

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

snow played a big part and bills are hurting. we will beat them xmas but my concern is tonights game. this team can generate steam and confidence beating the pats in their house.

[Tdot.to.Bmore]

The squeelers looked good yesterday, but dont forget that they played the Bills. Also the horrible weather helped them since the fed Bell the ball. Bell would never have that success on us so im not worried. All we have to do is control what we can and that is winning 4 straight. This year will come down to the Christmas game which i feel confident about. LETS GO RAVENS!

[eze17]

  3 hours ago, leziRav said:

  4 hours ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

Same here. I am scare and I don't have a good feeling about the Dec 25 game at Pitts. I think we have to win tonight and win the eagle game. Hopefully Bengals will drop the Steelers. Then even if you loose at Pitts, we will win the division by winning at Bengals.

That Jets loss was a total killer. Why on earth we should lose to that Jets team. No excuse that we should lost to them.

Every team in the league has at least one loss that more than likely they should have won...it's called parity, something the NFL has been pushing for a long time.

[eze17]

  3 hours ago, fusuymada said:

  4 hours ago, Bat-mite said:

Dang. Pittsburgh looked really good against the Jets yesterday. Even with the three picks, Bell was unstoppable and Taylor just couldn't mount much of an offense.

I am one nervous puppy.

I thought they looked like crap. Bell won't get away with that hanging behind the line and waiting for a hole strategy against Baltimore and CJ Mosely will shut him down in the passing game. To me Ben looked like he could throw a pick on every other throw. Although he had little pressure, his passes were off mark, intercepted or barely snagged by his receivers. Personally, we can beat the pants off that Steelers team that showed up for the Buffalo game in my opinion. Patriots will be tough but everyone else is a pushover as far as I am concerned. Eagles looked weak, Steelers looked worse and the Bengals are happy just to not be the team to lose to the Browns. Home or Away, we can dominate the remaining 4 games and be set as the division winner in the first round of the playoffs. I am calling for a Ravens big lead here, Brady coming back but the Ravens holding on at the end.

watched that Steelers game and IMO they did not look like crap. Bad weather made the passing game tough for Ben. It remains to be seen if our defense can stop their running game, as it currently exists. The Steelers OL holds on most plays which is why Bell can sit back and wait for an opening. The Steelers OL engages and grabs/holds on creating the gaps.

The Squeelers may not have played awful, but they didn't look like world beaters either. And our D shut them down enough for a win last time we played them, actually the last four times we played them. If the Ravens play at top form, we can knock the Squeelers around at will.

[sp3ctor]

How would Miami project higher than Pittsburgh if Miami won their head-to-head matchup?

[sp3ctor]

How would Miami project higher than Pittsburgh if Miami won their head-to-head matchup?

BTW Not meant as a smug comment, I may actually have the tie breaker wrong for the wild card lol.

[purpledown]

the Ravens cannot look for any help the steelers have an easier schedule. Take it one game at a time.