I hit my NFL goy, CFB goy, and NFL play of the decade last week. I have a posted record of 7-2 and this will be the biggest play of my life.
A lot of people are on GB and I can see why. They have the 2nd rated defense in the NFL, 6th rated offense, playing at home, and they have a winning record at 7-4. etc etc etc etc. Baltimore on the other hand sit at 6-5. Their offense has been struggling as of late and they lost a few key defensive players in Suggs and Washington.
GB's record is at 7-4 and have the 2nd best defense in the NFL. This is nothing but pure smoke and mirrors. They only played 3 teams with a winning record. The three teams are Minnesota (twice), Cincinnati and Dallas. That would be a total of 4 out of their 11 games were aganist teams with a winning record. Their record would be 1-3 including THREE of those losses were at home. Most impressive win to date? Beating Dallas 17-7 at home. Although is beating Dallas anything worth of praise? Not so sure about that. The rest of the teams they played have a combined record of 24-52! Add to the fact that those teams have an average rank of 26.6 in total defense in the NFL.
Baltimore's record is 6-5. Look into their record and they could EASILY be at 8-2 and maybe even 9-1. The first loss came @NE. With just 40 seconds left on the clock, Mason dropped a pass on the 4th down that would have given the Ravens a first down. They get that first down and most likely win that game. The second lost came to Cinn. In went down to the final few seconds. Ray Lewis late hit on Ocho Cinco might have costed the game. Cinn drove the field in the last few minutes and took the lead. The third loss was to Minn and probably the toughest loss this year. Former kicker Steve Hauschka missed a 41 yard field goal in the final few seconds. Their 4th loss was a striaght up smash. They lost to Cinn 17-0. The lastest lost came to Indy. A late INT by Joe Flacco caused them a go ahead lead with just minutes left on the clock.
With all of that they sit at 6-5. If boucnes go their way, who really knows what their record would be. With all of that, Baltimore has played one of the toughest schedules in the NFL. Out of the 11 games they played, 8 games were aganist teams with a record of 500 or better. They played 6 different teams with a winning record and 1 team that sits at 500. All 6 of those teams very well could make the playoffs.
The Ravens have one of the most talented O-line in all of the NFL. Give them a few more years and this very well could be the best O-line in all of the NFL. They have been playing really well as of late. They gashed the league's best rush defense in Pitt last week for 132 yards. I think the loss of multiple time Pro Bowler Aaron Kampman is a big time loss both in the run defense and pass rush. Take it for what it's worth
It's Primetime on MNF and don't think for a second the Ravens will laydown for anyone. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, and his boys getting a bunch of points. Play the Ravens and play it BIG.
Also note that Ravens need this game more then GB does. If Balt losses they will be on life support for the playoff race.
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