Next Up: Ravens at Steelers, Sunday December 25 at 1630

[poescrows]

2 hours ago, baroquenspirit said:

Wow! Dear Santa, please let the Ravens listen to this guy for Christmas. 

NO ONE in here listens to this guy!

[poescrows]

4 hours ago, wizard1 said:

This is a very easy game to predict. Since the Steelers actually have an offense and we continue to play Har-ball the outcome is obvious. Bell puts up big numbers against us and this game is over by half time. 34-14 Steelers and so the farce ends.

Also no need to predict the Bengals game since it is totally irrelevant and nobody really cares anyway. In the off season I hope everyone takes the time to stand up and say it's time to replace the Harbaugh regime. Only then can the Ravens begin to heal and move forward.

Since I am a die-hard Ravens fan I will be back next year and shall continue my rants against a dysfunctionally run John Harbaugh system of football and I will not rest until he is run out of town on the next thing smokin and takes Ozzie Newsome with him.

                                                                         

Didn't bother reading the above post, I don't see you, you're not here. Be a man and stick to your word. Take a powder.

[ellicottraven]

If the Steelers pass rush gets to Flacco I don't see us winning this game. If he's allowed time in the pocket and doesn't have bone headed plays and plays well like he's done sometimes in the past, then it will be a contest. So, it all boils down to our O-line holding up against their front 7 and of course our own D (which I'm far more confident about) holding Bell, Brown and Ben to sub par performances. Really it is up to Flacco's performance or lack thereof.

Here's how I see it. If Flacco plays mistake free and isn't flustered when pressure is on him, we win this game 27-16.

Otherwise, we lose it 24-12 with Tucker getting 4 FGs with his mighty leg.

Edited December 23, 2016 by ellicottraven

[The Mom Gene]

PLEASE GUYS... 

[redrum52]

3 hours ago, The Mom Gene said:

PLEASE GUYS... 

It's sad that there's a Steelers fan here and he's the last one I'm considering you're speaking about.

 

 

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/nfl-week-16-cheat-sheet-peter-schragers-picks-16-games-122216

 

VERY interesting.  So few in the media seem to believe in us that when I see something like this I feel like...

[frozen joe flacco fan]

1 hour ago, baroquenspirit said:

Wow! Dear Santa, please let the Ravens listen to this guy for Christmas. 

No way, Jose! The Wizard and I have agreed on many things but he has crossed the line this time like James Patterson, the author . There's no way Big Ben and his merry men will score 34 points in the first half. They won't even score 34 points in the game. If that were to happen, I suspect Harbaugh and Newsome would be on the last train to Clarksville. If that happens, they should be run out of town on a rail. I have said all along that this team is a bunch of underachievers. They have enough talent to beat the Squeelers if they are coached properly. The high powered Steelers offense that the Wizard raves about has scored 341 points in 14 games while our offense has scored 306 points. By my 'rithmetic, that's less than 3 points a game more. Whoopie! The Wizard is right about one thing though. He predicted we would win 6 games and we have! If this goes as it should, we will win 6 + 4 = 10 games. See! There's more than one Wizard in this town, Mr. Broken Spirit. I predicted the final score long before the Wizard did and I said our beloved Ravens would win the game on a Justin Tucker field goal by a score of 23-20. Nothing has changed. Unlike the Cincy Bungles who laid down in the 2nd half against the Squeelers, the Ravens will lay the wood to Big Ben and his band of men. All the terrible towels in the world and Mike Tomlin trying to trip our receivers will not intimidate the unflappable Joe Flacco and the twin Grinches, named Wallace and Smith, who will steal Christmas from the Steelers on Christmas Day in Spittsburgh, PA. By game's end, your team's colors will change from black and yellow to black and blue and your terrible towels can be used for crying towels. Elvis (Doomerville, that is) will be singing his rendition of Blue Christmas to your fans. The General will have his way with Big Ben. Son, this is gonna be fun!!!   

 

[hen826957]

6 hours ago, wizard1 said:

This is a very easy game to predict. Since the Steelers actually have an offense and we continue to play Har-ball the outcome is obvious. Bell puts up big numbers against us and this game is over by half time. 34-14 Steelers and so the farce ends.

Also no need to predict the Bengals game since it is totally irrelevant and nobody really cares anyway. In the off season I hope everyone takes the time to stand up and say it's time to replace the Harbaugh regime. Only then can the Ravens begin to heal and move forward.

Since I am a die-hard Ravens fan I will be back next year and shall continue my rants against a dysfunctionally run John Harbaugh system of football and I will not rest until he is run out of town on the next thing smokin and takes Ozzie Newsome with him.

                                                                         

What a shame. You don't like Harbaugh or Ozzie but you want to predict us to lose every game. I'm question you as a Ravens fan. 

[OUravensfan]

Wizard is back! Seriously what was the bet, I think I missed it? More than 6 wins and he wouldn't post until the off season?

Edited December 23, 2016 by OUravensfan

[OUravensfan]

18 hours ago, baroquenspirit said:

According to this statistical analysis, based on drafted player production the last five years and showing how the teams have ranked the last two years based on that model...The Seahawks have drafted the best lately (ranked 2nd and 1st)  and the Ravens (12 and 25)  and Steelers (23 and 7) are very close with the Steelers having a slight edge. http://nypost.com/2016/04/24/ranking-from-1-32-the-nfls-best-teams-at-drafting/

Good to see you, I wonder what happened to Prophet 

[Militant X 1]

2 hours ago, poescrows said:

Wiz called for Miami to beat us. said if he was proven wrong, he'd never come on these boards again = win - win!

Whaaaaat?  Is that right?  I didn't know that! I was wondering why everyone kept saying he broke his promise. 

[Militant X 1]

1 hour ago, redrum52 said:

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/gallery/nfl-week-16-cheat-sheet-peter-schragers-picks-16-games-122216

 

VERY interesting.  So few in the media seem to believe in us that when I see something like this I feel like...

Well, to be honest; we haven't given them any reason to "believe in us" all season long.  No surprise there!

I've been hearing all week about the QB comparison and that the game will be determined by the Quarterback gameplay.  As a result, many analysts stated that they "TRUST" Big Ben more than and over Joe Flacco.

[OUravensfan]

5 minutes ago, Militant X 1 said:

Whaaaaat?  Is that right?  I didn't know that! I was wondering why everyone kept saying he broke his promise. 

Mili I'll make a bet with you about when our next breakout offensive game is

[Militant X 1]

8 minutes ago, OUravensfan said:

Mili I'll make a bet with you about when our next breakout offensive game is

Aw man!  Here goes this "breakout" buzz word nonsense!  C'mon OU!  Goodness!   

I'll play though.  Let me here what it is.

 

Edited December 23, 2016 by Militant X 1

[nextgen_RavensFan]

Just saw that Jimmy is out and in a way it is a void out for me as i think Tavon can go step for step with Their best receivers where as Jimmy, no matter how good we think he is still has terrible feet and stumbles a lot. If it were not for our D'line Jimmy would have been burnt more often this year.

[Ravens-Pats]

It looks like this game will be live only on NFL Network for non local ravens fans. What a bummer. Way to go NFL.

Any idea whether it will be live on twitter !!

 

 

[BmoreBird22]

6 minutes ago, nextgen_RavensFan said:

Just saw that Jimmy is out and in a way it is a void out for me as i think Tavon can go step for step with Their best receivers where as Jimmy, no matter how good we think he is still has terrible feet and stumbles a lot. If it were not for our D'line Jimmy would have been burnt more often this year.

Errrr... the pass rush gas been pretty invisible, so not sure where you'd get this idea...

[OUravensfan]

29 minutes ago, Militant X 1 said:

Aw man!  Here goes this "breakout" buzz word nonsense!  C'mon OU!  Goodness!   

I'll play though.  Let me here what it is.

 

Game 6 2017? lol I'm not sure I can forecast one again this year, I agree with your definition of what a true breakout would encompass and look like, and NE unfortunately was a trip back down to earth after Miami. It's been a while since Flacco and the O lit Pittsburgh up, I expect a tough game on both sides, down to the wire as usual.

But this is a fun dynamic we have with this, I'll keep it going for sure

Wth, let's just say we play great this week on offense and win a shootout.

[ravensnj]

8 hours ago, ellicottraven said:

The closer we get to the game, the queasier I feel. We need to win this game for Christmas' sake! The Steelers are ascending, are on their field, feel just as desperate for a W and the crowd will be raucous. We need to play error free offense, try to run the ball, win the time of possession allowing our D to get adequate rest and pound the Steelers offense every chance we get. Tough outing but it can be done if we call a flawless game and Joe doesn't have any mental breakdowns and plays well. 

I say bring them on. I can't wait for the game, that's if, the OC allows us to run 20 plus times. We need to smash the steelers right in the mouth, and continue smashing them for the entire 60 minutes.

[Moderator 3]

1 hour ago, Ravens-Pats said:

It looks like this game will be live only on NFL Network for non local ravens fans. What a bummer. Way to go NFL.

Any idea whether it will be live on twitter !!

 

 

At the end of this video, Mink lists all the options for viewing/listening to the game.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/Final-Drive-Dennis-Pitta-And-Joe-Flacco-Are-Tricking-Their-Kids-Into-Thinking-Christmas-Is-Monday/321078d0-fae2-4ab4-ae3f-fc43a1e24166

[ThatsMyJoeTerback]

Ladarius Green and Sammie Coates are both doubtful, so they aren't playing. Tuitt who is integral to that defense is questionable with a knee injury. 

The fact that the Steelers are missing pieces outside Antonio Brown might give some relief to the Jimmy-less secondary. Hopefully.

[baroquenspirit]

4 hours ago, frozen joe flacco fan said:

No way, Jose! The Wizard and I have agreed on many things but he has crossed the line this time like James Patterson, the author . There's no way Big Ben and his merry men will score 34 points in the first half. They won't even score 34 points in the game. If that were to happen, I suspect Harbaugh and Newsome would be on the last train to Clarksville. If that happens, they should be run out of town on a rail. I have said all along that this team is a bunch of underachievers. They have enough talent to beat the Squeelers if they are coached properly. The high powered Steelers offense that the Wizard raves about has scored 341 points in 14 games while our offense has scored 306 points. By my 'rithmetic, that's less than 3 points a game more. Whoopie! The Wizard is right about one thing though. He predicted we would win 6 games and we have! If this goes as it should, we will win 6 + 4 = 10 games. See! There's more than one Wizard in this town, Mr. Broken Spirit. I predicted the final score long before the Wizard did and I said our beloved Ravens would win the game on a Justin Tucker field goal by a score of 23-20. Nothing has changed. Unlike the Cincy Bungles who laid down in the 2nd half against the Squeelers, the Ravens will lay the wood to Big Ben and his band of men. All the terrible towels in the world and Mike Tomlin trying to trip our receivers will not intimidate the unflappable Joe Flacco and the twin Grinches, named Wallace and Smith, who will steal Christmas from the Steelers on Christmas Day in Spittsburgh, PA. By game's end, your team's colors will change from black and yellow to black and blue and your terrible towels can be used for crying towels. Elvis (Doomerville, that is) will be singing his rendition of Blue Christmas to your fans. The General will have his way with Big Ben. Son, this is gonna be fun!!!   

 

Anyone who makes a Monkees reference can't be all bad. 

[K-Dog]

1 hour ago, Moderator 3 said:

At the end of this video, Mink lists all the options for viewing/listening to the game.

http://www.baltimoreravens.com/videos/videos/Final-Drive-Dennis-Pitta-And-Joe-Flacco-Are-Tricking-Their-Kids-Into-Thinking-Christmas-Is-Monday/321078d0-fae2-4ab4-ae3f-fc43a1e24166

So listening is as good as it gets......
:mad:

Maybe I can talk my brother in law into getting NFLN on a trial basis.....

 

[Deflated Football]

13 hours ago, wizard1 said:

Don't you know  Wizards live forever? Especially a Wizard in Baltimore.

That's besides the point. You lost a bet, be a man 

Edited December 24, 2016 by Deflated Football

[Deflated Football]

4 hours ago, OUravensfan said:

Wizard is back! Seriously what was the bet, I think I missed it? More than 6 wins and he wouldn't post until the off season?

I made a bet with him before the Dolphins game. He said we would lose and I bet that if he was wrong, he had to stop posting on here forever, and If the Dolphins won, I would do the same thing. We all know how that turned out. 

[ravensdfan]

22 hours ago, baroquenspirit said:

According to this statistical analysis, based on drafted player production the last five years and showing how the teams have ranked the last two years based on that model...The Seahawks have drafted the best lately (ranked 2nd and 1st)  and the Ravens (12 and 25)  and Steelers (23 and 7) are very close with the Steelers having a slight edge. http://nypost.com/2016/04/24/ranking-from-1-32-the-nfls-best-teams-at-drafting/

Welcome back! Long time , no see.

I can see our teams being close for the drafting success - though I think you guys kill us when it comes to drafting WRs.

 

 

[codizzle]

Wow game is only on NFL network? 

. get to miss first steelers game in Ravens history 

thats just fantastic 

[hen826957]

59 minutes ago, codizzle said:

Wow game is only on NFL network? 

. get to miss first steelers game in Ravens history 

thats just fantastic 

You don't have cable like Directv or Comcast?

[LosT_in_TranSlatioN]

5 hours ago, Militant X 1 said:

Aw man!  Here goes this "breakout" buzz word nonsense!  C'mon OU!  Goodness!   

I'll play though.  Let me here what it is.

 

As long as you don't start singing Phil Collins during the game we are golden.

 

 

[K-Dog]

8 minutes ago, hen826957 said:

You don't have cable like Directv or Comcast?

What advantage would Direct TV be ?

[robbie29]

If it comes down to a last-minute deep pass, please throw to Wallace, not Perriman. Wallace has much better hands and will likely want to give his old team a what fer. Perriman on the other hand has a drop rate of over 50%. As we saw last week, this includes passes that hit him right in the palms of his hands.