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Oh man, I couldn't disagree more on the Falcons-Cardinals game. They seem to have gotten EJ going and they're a much better home team than road team. Their lopsided losses look ugly but they had nothing to look forward to in those games. Call me crazy but I think the Rookie HC + Rookie QB combination is going to walk into one here and lay and egg
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14-2 last week, by the way. :)
did you forget Miami didn't have Ferguson and Solari, the 1 and 2 NT's in the first meeting with the Ravens, which allowed them to run pretty good.. in O on O TD's, the Ravens beat the phins 20-13...with the run being the main theme for the ravens that day.. the extra td came on a int td return...also, that was when our OG situation was in shambles..trying to replace the right og... while we now have both starting OG's out for the season, the backups have had enough time to learn the O.. so I'm hoping for a better showing.
Falcons will NOT win against Arizona, trust me....It's my lock of the week...
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did you forget Miami didn't have Ferguson and Solari, the 1 and 2 NT's in the first meeting with the Ravens, which allowed them to run pretty good.. in O on O TD's, the Ravens beat the phins 20-13...with the run being the main theme for the ravens that day.. the extra td came on a int td return...also, that was when our OG situation was in shambles..trying to replace the right og... while we now have both starting OG's out for the season, the backups have had enough time to learn the O.. so I'm hoping for a better showing.
The biggest key for Miami, imo, will have to come from the Defense. The Ravens are one of the league's elite Defenses but their 1 weakness is the short-medium passing Defense. This plays into Chad Pennington's advantage and I don't think the "strike first" strategy the Dolphins have been employing will work. Miami needs to neutralize Ed Reed. Even with all of this, it's hard to see Miami being good for more than 20 points in this contest. Ravens Wildcard is Joe Flacco, and if Joey Porter and Co can put enough pressure on him they may be able to make him look like the rookie that he is. It's always a tough call with Rookie QBs in the playoffs, but the Ravens elite D definitely has the edge
Oh man, I couldn't disagree more on the Falcons-Cardinals game. They seem to have gotten EJ going and they're a much better home team than road team. Their lopsided losses look ugly but they had nothing to look forward to in those games. Call me crazy but I think the Rookie HC + Rookie QB combination is going to walk into one here and lay and egg
And exactly how are they going to stop the Falcons offense when they haven't stopped anyone all year (over 26 pts/game allowed)?
Don't over-analyze things.
Just look at the facts over 16 games.
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The biggest key for Miami, imo, will have to come from the Defense. The Ravens are one of the league's elite Defenses but their 1 weakness is the short-medium passing Defense. This plays into Chad Pennington's advantage and I don't think the "strike first" strategy the Dolphins have been employing will work. Miami needs to neutralize Ed Reed. Even with all of this, it's hard to see Miami being good for more than 20 points in this contest. Ravens Wildcard is Joe Flacco, and if Joey Porter and Co can put enough pressure on him they may be able to make him look like the rookie that he is. It's always a tough call with Rookie QBs in the playoffs, but the Ravens elite D definitely has the edge
I don't disagree with this assessment at all, the Raven's D is mean, last time, even when our WR's were still getting in sink with Chad, he managed to put up 295 yards on them which suprised me at the time. So I'm hoping now that we use both TE's and Cobbs in the passing game, we keep them honest..but the key is our backup guards starting for us.. I'm hoping we put more pressure on Flacco this game...that's why it's critical that we stop their running game early, and put it in Flacco's hands, then hit him and hit him, and hit him some more...both D's actually control the outcome of this game..
And exactly how are they going to stop the Falcons offense when they haven't stopped anyone all year (over 26 pts/game allowed)?
Don't over-analyze things.
Just look at the facts over 16 games.
Ryan has been an impressive rookie all year long but he has not impressed the last 3 weeks, averaging 170 yards and totaling 4 picks and 3 fumbles. There's just no way I'm laying points with a Rookie QB on the road. And unlike the other rookie QB laying points, Atlanta does not really have a defense they can fall back on.
I'd trust an Atlanta bet long before I bet Indy over San Diego. For an 8-8 team, the Chargers would make me nervous.
I think having a rookie HC and QB won't matter as much for the Falcons because they are playing Arizona. They are terrible and have no business even being in the playoffs.
did you forget Miami didn't have Ferguson and Solari, the 1 and 2 NT's in the first meeting with the Ravens, which allowed them to run pretty good.. in O on O TD's, the Ravens beat the phins 20-13...with the run being the main theme for the ravens that day.. the extra td came on a int td return...also, that was when our OG situation was in shambles..trying to replace the right og... while we now have both starting OG's out for the season, the backups have had enough time to learn the O.. so I'm hoping for a better showing.
Ferguson played that game. Soliai didn't, but his presence isn't going to shift the balance. And Flacco was playing just his 6th ever NFL game.
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