stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Baltimore is playing smart by not being greedy even when they have the opponent by the throat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Donuts and Doritos said: A Ravens loss & they are both 11-4 next week playing for 1st place, which motivates them. Makes next week more meaningful for both teams. Huh? It's the same situation. Are you dense? If the Ravens lead by a game going into it and Miami wins head to head they are even but Miami wins the tie breaker. Also this isn't really how it works in pro sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, BRH said: An MVP isn’t asking his kicker to kick a 24-yard FG. . It was his coach Getting tired of Shanahans nepo baby face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundybout Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Oh no did Brock lose one of the 54 pro bowlers on his team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comebackkid Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Wonder how confident Miami fans are feeling now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 11 minutes ago, stuvian said: It was his coach Getting tired of Shanahans nepo baby face I was talking about Lamar. Harbaugh kicked on 4th and 1 from the 7. I don’t think we would do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakrider Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Right now Baltimore and Cleveland are looking like 2 best teams in NFL, followed by Miami and Buffalo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyBillsFan Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, stuvian said: A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey Sometimes Shanahan outsmarts himself. He put the game in the hands of Purdy and we can see the result. Just now, dakrider said: Right now Baltimore and Cleveland are looking like 2 best teams in NFL, followed by Miami and Buffalo. Until next week or the week after. I've never seen such a topsy turvey NFL season like this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, BRH said: I was talking about Lamar. Harbaugh kicked on 4th and 1 from the 7. I don’t think we would do that. We wouldn't be up by 19 against a #1 seed so I would agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastMaster Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, stuvian said: A little surprised as to why the 49ers went with a pass first game plan when they have a healthy McCaffrey Shanahan buying into the Purdy hype and not realizing that McCaffrey is the heart and soul of their offense It backfired tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, CincyBillsFan said: Sometimes Shanahan outsmarts himself. He put the game in the hands of Purdy and we can see the result. Until next week or the week after. I've never seen such a topsy turvey NFL season like this one. Wondering if he's holding McCaffrey back for the playoffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Ouch, Kyle Hamilton hurt. Get him one of those shots the Dolphins give Tyreek and Waddle. He needs to play next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, BeastMaster said: Shanahan buying into the Purdy hype and not realizing that McCaffrey is the heart and soul of their offense It backfired tonight I think he's holding back on McCaffrey. He saving him for NFC opponents while Purdy gets to test himself against the best AFC defense which he wouldn't have to worry about until the Superbowl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 14 minutes ago, stuvian said: I think he's holding back on McCaffrey. He saving him for NFC opponents while Purdy gets to test himself against the best AFC defense which he wouldn't have to worry about until the Superbowl I think we're just being unfairly harsh to Purdy. We've seen fans of other team criticize Josh for similar games, claim "he only got good when Diggs got there" (Trayvon even suggested the same thing), had analysts mock the idea that he was as good as Mahomes (after people hyped him up), blah blah blah. Purdy was taken as the 262nd pick overall, playing in his 2nd year... No matter what anyone says, no matter the talent around them, few QBs have been as successful as he's been while also putting up those numbers. We've seen "game managers" do well, even winning Super Bowls, but Purdy's done more than that. MVP? Hell no. But he deserves credit, bad game aside. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyBillsFan Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, stuvian said: One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout Three of the four 49's losses have been to AFC teams. Unless the 49's were in the AFC South would they be playing for a wild card in the AFC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, stuvian said: One serious thrashing. If this is a Superbowl preview the game will be a blowout Not too sure about that. SF was clearly unfocused tonight all over the field and up and down the sideline. I think you'll see a very different team mentally when they're not playing with house money on Christmas night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, Simon said: Not too sure about that. SF was clearly unfocused tonight all over the field and up and down the sideline. I think you'll see a very different team mentally when they're not playing with house money on Christmas night. I tend to agree. I also think this preview helps Shanahan more than it helps Harbaugh. The Ravens made a lot of great plays, but they "only" won by 14 with a +5 turnover differential. I don't expect that to happen often, and you can't count on those bobbled/dropped/tipped passes to all land perfectly in your defenders' hands like they did tonight. Just think of how many would-be INTs Dak could've had against the Bills. I can remember at least 3 times a defender had a play on the ball but dropped it, and that's not counting tips/drops that landed safely on the ground. The Ravens caught em all! 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKBillFan Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, BigDingus said: I tend to agree. I also think this preview helps Shanahan more than it helps Harbaugh. The Ravens made a lot of great plays, but they "only" won by 14 with a +5 turnover differential. I don't expect that to happen often, and you can't count on those bobbled/dropped/tipped passes to all land perfectly in your defenders' hands like they did tonight. Just think of how many would-be INTs Dak could've had against the Bills. I can remember at least 3 times a defender had a play on the ball but dropped it, and that's not counting tips/drops that landed safely on the ground. The Ravens caught em all! 😅 Mahomes had a very similar tip ball against the Raiders, but it bounced back to him rather than to a Raider. The Ravens made their own luck, but they were lucky tonight. I just hope they haven't used it all up, nor is next week a come down game from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donuts and Doritos Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, Big Turk said: Huh? It's the same situation. Are you dense? If the Ravens lead by a game going into it and Miami wins head to head they are even but Miami wins the tie breaker. Also this isn't really how it works in pro sports. No. Not the same. Now Ravens can loose next week (have the same record w/ Phins having tie breaker) & as long as they win the following week & we beat the Phins they are the 1 seed. If they had lost yesterday they would have to win next week or there is no possibility of the 1 seed bc they'd be a game behind Phins record wise w/ 1 game left & Phins would have the tie breaker. It would have put all the pressure on next week to win for the 1. All water under the bridge at this point, they won. Little more pressure on Phins, but it's at Baltimore & Phins are banged up. Hopefully Ravens get it done. Edited December 26, 2023 by Donuts and Doritos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob806 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, BRH said: Don’t get it twisted… the Ravens’ defense is winning this game. Lamar’s MVP stock doesn’t go as high as you’d think from this. He's difficult to defend. If you get to him quick on a blitz, fine. Once he breaks containment odds are in his favor. 20-1 vs NFC teams in his career. Obviously, seeing him once every 4 years is a part of that. AFC teams see him more often, so they have a decent idea of how to defend him. To me, the main MVP candidates are Lamar, McCaffrey, JA, Mahomes, & Myles Garrett. Remove these guys from their teams and they're .500 ish. Edited December 26, 2023 by DrBob806 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWei44 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 14 hours ago, Dr.Mantis_Toboggan said: Idk, lately, which is what I’m referring to, not the SuperBowl he was gifted last season, he seems to be doing quite a bit of losing… Today literally all on him. I meant he has a problem winning too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 43 minutes ago, Donuts and Doritos said: No. Not the same. Now Ravens can loose next week (have the same record w/ Phins having tie breaker) & as long as they win the following week & we beat the Phins they are the 1 seed. If they had lost yesterday they would have to win next week or there is no possibility of the 1 seed bc they'd be a game behind Phins record wise w/ 1 game left & Phins would have the tie breaker. It would have put all the pressure on next week to win for the 1. All water under the bridge at this point, they won. Little more pressure on Phone, but it's at Baltimore & Phins are banged up. Hopefully Ravens get it done. Yes because they are going to be cool with losing to Miami and then not bother trying week 18 because they are sure we will beat them. Do you realize how silly you sound? As if pro athletes are going to go thru this thought process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donuts and Doritos Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Big Turk said: Yes because they are going to be cool with losing to Miami and then not bother trying week 18 because they are sure we will beat them. Do you realize how silly you sound? As if pro athletes are going to go thru this thought process. Maybe if you didn't read it in a "silly" voice. 😉 I'm not saying they won't play hard no matter what. Talking pressure & motivation. They're aware of their seeding. Look at Allen saying since the Philly game, we have to play like its the playoffs. Bc they know each game could mean elimination. They'd play hard regardless, but there's a little more urgency there. (Like Michael Jordan looking for every little ounce of motivation, even inventing slights to help reach another level. See, The Last Dance). Ravens will absolutely play hard, Phins have just a little more pressure now that the Ravens won. Still like Ravens chances at home with the team they have & Dolphins injuries. Go Bills! Happy New years. Edited December 26, 2023 by Donuts and Doritos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWei44 Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 One interesting thing, though, is that the Ravens might be extra motivated to beat Fins because it would essentially give them 3 weeks off! Kind of a double bye. They could rest starters Week 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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