Our game of the week - TEN @ BAL

by sancho8297 on Oct 3, 2008 12:45 PM EDT Comment 4 comments

Hello Beatdowners,

We're a little new to SBNation, but wanted to share our take on what we feel will be the game to watch in the NFL this weekend.

TEN @ BAL

Our Line: Baltimore by 6

What a great matchup. Despite our convictions on who will win we will be watching this game closely come Sunday. Tennessee may be the number one rated team by Win Grade and have the largest margin of victory in the league, but there are several strong indicators that point in Baltimore's favor. First our strength of schedule ranking system Real Points shows that Tennessee is heavily overrated while Baltimore is underrated, which lays the groundwork for this upset. Next we find that even with how well the Tennessee defense has defended the run, Baltimore should have success moving the ball on the ground. The final and most important mark in the home team's favor is that despite being 4-0 and having faced lesser competition Tennessee is still an Upset Candidate. This shows that although they may have played well as a unit, Tennessee doesn't have any specific part of their game they can lean heavily upon. Baltimore on the other hand has proven that it has several aspects they excel at and flaunt a very impressive Upset Power. When we put it all together we see Baltimore improving to 3-1 and keeping pace with their division rivals.

ITN Rankings:

- Tennessee #7

- Baltimore #19

The opinions posted here are those of the administrator of this blog and his loyal readers. They are in no way official comments from the team, and should not be misconstued as such, even though he thinks he could do just as well or even a better job!

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Now your talkin'

You said it perfectly. They are way over-rated and will crash to hard earth Sunday. After playing in Pitt. on a Monday night, Flacco isn’t going to know what to do with all the quiet when he play calls. Collins will be chased alllll dayyyyy lonnng. Folks, I’m not being a homer when I say the Raven’s are primed for a win. Beer list created and tailgate shopping commences in 24 hours. See you there! WAAAAHOOOOO!

by raven on Oct 3, 2008 1:54 PM EDT reply actions

I agree that the titans are overrated, but not that the strength of schedule of the ravens has been underrated – that’d be hard to do. Should be a good game, I’ll be watching.

by steelguy99 on Oct 4, 2008 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions