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Agreed. We are also at the point in the season where all of the teams left are legit contenders. the paper tiger debates and “who did they play” debates are more for when you are talking about pretenders sneaking into the playoffs, like the Dolphins.

I had heard verse was a beast and this defense was really good. Sort of wonder if we are just so much better or if they just had a bad day against us.

exactly! I saw him flick his wrist!

they ought to call that IG too! if a defense blows up a screen, the QB should be required to eat it. I don’t know whoever came up with the idea of allowing the QB to dirt the ball in the pocket. It Penalizes a good defensive play.

yeah, but do you also sniffle in a condescending tone?

I think I dislike him now more as an announcer than I did when he was a player.

whatever you made the last time, do the opposite!! I can’t even eat during these games. Going to be maybe some tepid water.

I think some of the early season losses was due to having a new DC and figuring things out on defense. They really changed their pass defense around week 10. Here is a good article on that: https://amp.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/how-ravens-transformed-struggling-defense-elite-unit-fly

This took a dark turn from deodorant…. to attempted murder.

I pray this is a reverse jinx. Pray.

I am not sure it’s so easy though to say that when Henry doesn’t hit 100, they lose. In their losses, Henry still had great games, and the ravens pretty much lost each one by one score. I think the losses came down to more being about a key turnover or a big play here or there. Just overall execution.

agree. AJE has sort of vanished.

I just used the dime thing as an example. I have no idea what McD is scheming up. But I do think they are going to have to be fast enough on the edge to stop those Lamar read options.

I have to think McD and Babich are sort of excited about this. Probably the biggest challenge they have ever faced in terms of creating a scheme to stop an explosive offense. it wouldn’t surprise me that they do something brilliantly crazy and innovative, like playing dime the entire time with coddrington as a spy on Lamar. Or something just bonkers like that. Whatever it is, if they can pull it off, it will be the model on how to stop the ravens.

thinking of this thread when I did this, I removed my Allen jersey at halftime. sadly, now it must be burned.

In the nfc, WFT is the last team I want to see. Lot of late game magic.

I have never seen anything like that! He brushed his hair like 10 times. Dude, your helmet is going on your head anyway.

it has to do with sunlight and air temp, which means wind usually blows harder during day than night. here is a little FAQ blurb on it: https://wgntv.com/weather/weather-blog/why-is-it-much-windier-during-the-day-than-at-night/amp/ (disclaimer: I am just an arm chair football weather enthusiast).

i say no chance. When the injury happened, it looked like at least a 4-weeker. Flowers is mid anyway. All their receivers get wide open from the run action. When Nelson Aghalor is out there without a guy 8 yards around him, you know it’s not really about the receiver.

One of the greatest injustices of all time is the fact that TB has two Super Bowl trophies.

night games mean less wind usually though. The worst wind is always in that 1-4 pm zone.

agree completely. The worst used to be boy wonder Brandon Staley. re LeFleur, I have a soft spot for him because Rodgers treated him like trash when he was there.

You said it best: fundamentals. My view is that ST play is all about fundamentals, which is really a reflection of coaching.

theme of the game. Bills offense helped play keep away from their own ST and defense.

I think most think that Siriani is just super annoying.