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Well, part 1 of the double dip is complete..... Gotta finish part 2 with another TD after the break.

We have like 5 passing attempts. Hard to get targets when we aren't throwing the ball that much.

This defense is not good. They are getting pushed off the line, there is no pass rush, they are losing contain, and the safeties have not been good. All the stuff we feared could happen to make the defense worse, to this point, has happened. Obviously, the refs have been terrible which hasn't helped either. On offense, it's been a mixed bag. Cook has looked great. The line is blocking well. We have moved the ball, but self inflicted wounds have taken a bunch of points off the board. Allen should have gotten rid of the ball on the fumble, but he should also have a TD on the board. But, quite honestly, it seems like we haven't had the ball long enough to really make too many determinations about how things are going. There's plenty of football left to turn this around, but man, we need to start doing that now.

The wait is finally over...... GO BILLS!

I get the sentiment for sure. There does seem to be a lot of negativity floating around out there about this team. And, quite honestly, I completely understand it. For the first time in several years, I, or nobody else for that matter, really knows what to expect from this team. For the last 3-4 years, we were absolutely good enough to win the Super Bowl. We all knew it going into the season. The talent was here, but due to devastating injuries at the wrong time, terrible coaching meltdowns in crucial situations, and just some flat out bad luck, it hasn't happened. But we were absolutely good enough to win the thing, maybe even multiple times. You could make the argument that we were 13 seconds, and 1 bad Dawkins block away from perhaps us beng 2 time Super Bowl champs and us being considered the standard of the league. But that's just not the way it went. But getting back to this season, I can easily make an argument that we are still Super Bowl contenders......maybe just as good if not even better than the last few years if just a few things go right. But I can also, just as easily, make an argument that we will miss the Playoffs completely. There are so many unknowns and depending on how they shake out, they will go a long way in determining how this season turns out, not even factoring in injuries that could happen this season. I think this is a season that could go in a multitude of directions. I mean, as long as 17 is healthy, it's hard to believe that we won't be at least competitive regardless of all the other questions. However, if this WR room fails like many think it will, if the safety play is as bad as it possibly could be like some think, if Dorian Williams isn't up to the task at LB, if Brady's scheme doesn't create the mismatches we are needing to exploit, if Von truly is shot and Groot and AJ fail to take the next step in their careers, then this season can indeed go south in a hurry. It absolutely can. BUT, if this WR room truly comes together in this "everyone eats" mentality and they make up for, or even exceed, the production of Diggs and Davis as a whole, if the safeties actually turn out to be an upgrade due to being younger and more athletic and Hyde and Poyer were truly shot last season, if Dorian Williams has a TB like explosion in his second season, if Brady's scheme is everything we hope it is with motion, eye candy, and the ability to scheme guys open and Allen can get it to these players in space does happen, and if Von gets back to where he was a couple years ago with either Groot or AJ taking a huge step forward in their careers, then this team will be able to beat anyone and this season could truly be the one that we raise that Lombardi Trophy. Like I said, it's easy to make cases for what direction this team may head in. So, what do I think will happen? My season prediction is this....... I think it we be a very up and down first half of the season. I think you will see glimpses of greatness, but I also think there is a chance we lose games we shouldn't be losing and we will be showing a lot of growing pains. However, I do think as the season goes along, this team will show signs of improvement week in and week out. I think we will be playing our best football at the end of the season. The question will be whether or not we dug ourselves too deep a hole earlier in the season to be able to get out of and make the Playoffs. If we do get in, though, even as the 7 seed, that we will be a team that nobody wants to play. If we get in, the rest of the season won't matter because it will be on.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the Jordan Love hype. He's been missing open guys and he just basically threw a 2 yard hospital ball on 3rd down way short of the sticks. On a positive note, the GB offensive scheme looks pretty good, but the trigger man has just been missing a ton tonight.

I had a feeling this was going to happen when the announced the rules. The 30 yard line is not penalty enough for kicking it out of the end zone. However, if the moved it to the 35, or even the 40, I think you would see most of the kicks in play. I think teams would be a lot more hesitant giving up the 35-40 against an Allen or Mahomes (or any other elite QBs) given the fact they would only have to go 30-40 yards to get points. Coaches are conservative by nature and anything they can do to control a potentially bad outcome, they are going to do. But man......having to give up the 40 would make these coaches reevaluate that decision, though. The 30? It was never going to be enough.

Game's over, it's midnight, but I still want to watch more football.......

Game Over

What brutal clock management by the Ravens.....and Jackson for holding the ball for forever....

I mean, a 300lb lineman could have scored on that play if the defense is just going to let the guy go and not cover him. But yeah...... the blow up will be something.

I said it earlier, but if the NFL truly wants returns on kickoffs, they really need to increase the penalty for kicking it out of the end zone. They need to bring it out to the 35 at minimum. Maybe it will even take the 40 yard line.

Quite honestly, I have no idea how the Ravens are only down 3 right now going into halftime. I mean, they are a missed FG away from being tied. They have been pretty bad on both sides of the ball. They have to feel extremely lucky to be in this right now.

Starting to think I should have drafted Likely instead of Andrews. He looks like the go to guy in the TE group.

Maybe...... But that really isn't the point. I'm more upset about the officiating....

Of course..... Andrews first catch negated by another illegal formation call. A call mind you that could be called on the Chiefs every play but has not been called once on them yet.....

Not sure he would have been able to get that far down the field in that amount of time..... Cause he's slow.....

The refs in mid season form. Chiefs tackle starts 4 seconds early, no call........ By the way, he looks every bit as much lined up in the backfield on every play as the Ravens tackle was.....

Jackson not even looking for Andrews is starting to tick me off. Not just for fantasy reasons, but for pure football reasons. I have absolutely no idea how people, especially voters for MVP, can think this guy is the best player in the league. Blows my mind. He's talented for sure, but to say he's among the best QBs in the NFL is just not true. I get he won it last year because the Ravens won a lot of games, but statistically speaking, he was among the worst MVPs ever to win.

Is Mark Andrews even on the field?

That may be true, but the problem is the guy we drafted would still be trying to get passed the line of scrimmage...... (Because he's slow......)

UH OH..... Here we go....

Thoughts so far.... 1. Most teams are just going to kick the ball out of the end zone until the penalty for not putting the ball in play becomes more severe. If they move the ball to the 40 instead of the 30, teams will kick the ball in play. 2. The illegal formation calls could be rough. Just hope the refs keep that same energy when the Chiefs are on offense and their tackles are lining up 2 yards back in the backfield. 3. Pretty good opening drive by the Ravens. Chiefs had several chances to get them off the field and couldn't do it. Not rooting for either team, but actively rooting against the Chiefs. 4. We're 1 drive into the season and the ball washing of the Chiefs is already too much to take.

And you wonder why so many have said he can't create separation..... I mean you can just see how slow he is compared to everyone else.

You know what......he goes on and on about the last 10 games and what was different. I don't give a crap anymore about what was different. The only thing I remember, and what most everyone remembers, is that a perfect deep ball hit you in the hands against the Chiefs that likely would have won us that game and you dropped it. Yes, maybe you didn't have a ton of opportunities coming down the stretch, but you had the THE BIGGEST opportunity to send us to the AFC Championship game last season and you let the ball slip through your hands in the most important moment of the season. In fact, outside of like 1 playoff game, you got owned by the Chiefs and Bengals DBs (yes, I know they were holding on every play) but once again he came up small in the biggest games. Look, I like Diggs a lot as a player. I think he is fantastic and he was great for us more than he wasn't. But he needs to stop talking.