Playoffs!? Playoffs!?
by Rexx on Dec 29, 2008 10:31 AM EST
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PrintThe Baltimore Ravens completed one of the most incredible turnarounds in going from a 5-11 team in 2007 to a playoff bound 11-5 in 2008. Winners of nine of their final 11 games, the Ravens proved they belonged in the post season by dismantling and demoralizing the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-7 yesterday in front of a loud crowd at M&T Bank Stadium in downtown Baltimore. Holding the Jags to a season low seven points, the Ravens defense created four turnovers, including two more interceptions for Ed Reed and the league leading interception team. Ray Lewis was everywhere, contributing two fumble recoveries as well as his usual beastly self.
While the game pretty much turned out the way it should have, the Ravens left nothing to chance after the New England Patriots won their final game 13-0 over the Buffalo Bills, making the Ravens game the deciding factor in the race for the final playoff spot in the AFC. The Patriots now become one of the few teams to ever have an 11-5 season and still miss out on the post season. At the same time, the San Diego Chargers completed an unlikely comeback from a three game deficit with three remaining to win the AFC West and finish with an 8-8 record after pummeling the Denver Broncos in their ttle showdown.
The Ravens are now off to Miami for a rematch of their October 19th game, won by the Ravens 27-13. In that game, the Ravens defense befuddled the Dolphins, stopping their previously successful "Wildcat" formation and added to their highlight reel with an interception return for a TD by Terrell Suggs. I was at the Miami game and all I heard on the sports talk radio afterwards was how they were manhandled by a defense that wasjust too tough for them. I have a strong feeling that the Ravens were one team that the Dolphins, and perhaps everyone else just does not want to face in the post season. While I expect to see a slightly different Dolphins team this time around, they will also see a greatly improved Ravens team. Remember that Baltimore was coming off a three game losing streak and was actually an underdog to the Dolphins back in October. Now the Ravens will go into Miami as a three point favorite for the rematch this Sunday at 1pm. Ironically, all four Wild Card games this coming weekend have the visitor as favorites over the third and fourth seed division champions.
Baltimore certainly has the firepower on both sides of the ball to defeat the Dolphins and move on to face the Tennessee Titans in another rematch, this time of their week three 16-13 home loss. However, the focus needs to be on the next 60 minutes of football coming up this weekend. After that, we can refocus on the next step towards playing more football in January.
Happy New Year, Ravens fans!
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What a great year
Given the lack of expectations this year started with, I think this may be one of the best years in Ravens history. What a fun time watching the best defense in the league (sorry Squealer fans), the best rookie qb (sorry Hotlanta fans), and the best power running game in the NFL (sorry Titans fans). We are everyones worst nightmare in the playoffs. If Joe Cool passes for over 60% and doesn’t turn the ball over, WE DON’T LOSE. Leave Zibby returning kicks and Leonhard returning punts. Keep Figurs inactive. Go for broke. Lets not get complacent or conservative. We don’t belong here. Ask anyone who “knows” football. So lets play loose, play to win and not to “not lose,” and lets have fun. What a great ride. Hope it continues for another month or so.
Congrats on the #6.
Good to see the pats on the outside looking in. The AFC east sucks and the pats didn’t deserve crap. They can whine all they want but if they wanted a playoff seed maybe they should have won one more game. Maybe I’d start with the team that “doesn’t deserve to be in the playoffs”, http://bit.ly/RYJy .
Anyhow, well deserved. Everyone knows that the ravens missing the playoffs would have been ridiculous. Enjoy the miami weather, we’ll see if you guys can handle the floridians one more time. Personally I’m expecting the ravens to make the trip to memphis shortly thereafter.
"Good to see the pats on the outside looking in"
are you affraid of the panties?
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Congratulations to the Ravens ...
But let’s have a moment of silence for the poor Cleveland Browns.
It was not a surprise that the Brownies cleaned house since a very
powerful front-office figure was not happy.
They got what they and their fans deserve
Terrible coaching, poor personnel decisions and now look at them.
Rexx
This is great!
We are going to be waiting in Miami. Miami is going to be a place full of surprises, hope you enjoy it.
Ps We are really scare of the raven! ; ) we want your mom! LOL
Stealers, get ready with or without big ben!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
I hope one of those surprises is that "Wild Cat" offense...
that worked SO well the first time around.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
It's playoff!
You guys are one dimentional, good luck with that system in the playoff LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
One dimentional??
Did you mean “One DIMENSIONAL”? You type like a Miami fan, and think like a NFL fan. Do not know anything about the Ravens and base your assumptions off of our past.
Please explain to me how we are one dimensional? Because we are the 2nd best running team in the league? So Flacco throwing for 2971 yards, 14 TDs and rushing for another 2 TDs, that makes us one dimensional right? Your definition of our “One Dimensional” offense seemed to work pretty well against Dallas, Washington, and every other team we beat, including yours! People on your team even said that we were too fast and too physical for you all to have a chance to win in the first meeting. You have a sub par offense and a stinky defense. We have better talent all around on offense and I will take Flacco over Pennington all day, Mason over Ginn all day, McClain and McGahee over Brown and Sticky Ricky all day. Dont even start with the defenses. Yours isnt an 8th of what we have.
Cam Cameron is coming back down to show you guys how glad he is to not be on that shitty team anymore. He is coaching a team that actually has a future and builds for tomorrow and not for today (Dolphins).
Your done
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Which dimension is that...
the 300 yds in the air from yesterday, the 250+ on the ground last week at Dallas, or the ONE dimension that leads the NFL in interceptions and is second in all of football in defense?
Let the trash talk begin :)
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
YEAH!! Dallas, i forgot about that GREAT team of Dallas LOL
They were beat by how much yesterday? LOL
300 passing yd again the Jaguars? LOL that is another GREAT team, sorry guys, you are the best team ever LOL
Flaco over Pennington LOL
14td’s-12int’s? LOL GREAT passing game right there LOL
Ps. My first language is spanish, so if my spelling is not that good, then you migh want me to write in español. I don’t live in the States, i’m from Puerto Rico.
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
You're pretty quick to dog us...
but you have yet to mention how the Dolphins are going win.
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
Pretty much, we need to stop the run..
and you guys are done!
You see!, the first time we meet(this year), our NT didn’t finish the 1st quater of the game. With him, fully recovered, the running line will be a little bit more clog than the first time. Flaco , in the 1st meeting look like a probowler again us, this time around it would be a lot more dificult for him to do what he did, our secondary have improve bastly.
We DON"T have a ONE TOO GO GUY! we ARE A TEAM. The coaching staff will make a plan that will put somebody on the spot to make those escential plays. It’s gona be fun, and there will be a lot of surprises.
Ps About the Wildcat? don’t worry about it, you are good stoping it. So you think!, cause at that game we only show you 2 plays of the Wildcat, that were very much documented. Yesterday! we gave the propellers 5 new wildcat plays and there are a lot more variation that were keep as secret, but now IT IS THE PLAYOFF!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Yea, you are right.
You take away our run we are done, soooooooooo right. Only problem is that Ed Reed is going to pick off Pennigton on the 30, take it back to the 10, then McClain will get his TD. Even if you guys stop the run, we WILL still score with the run. Flacco will do enough to get us a quick 6, let Stover put some through, shut down your overrated offense, and leave for Tennessee.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Come on may man
Everyone here knows that Baltimore is going to win this game. Even you know it but you wont admit it. Ray Lewis is going to get this team fired up like it was a superbowl game. Expect our D to be at it’s best. Expect Joe "cool’ to stay clam and collected and expect are running game to do what they did last time. Your nose tackle may be health but one guy really isnt going to make that much of a difference. Besides all that, Or center Jason Brown played aginst guys like shaun rodgers(twice) and casey Hampton and played very well. Two 330lbs guys who can stuff the run better them most DT. so how do you think your NT is going to do vs him?
FEAR THE NEVERMORE DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Besides, it will almost be a home game for the Ravens
between Ray, Ed and Willis, there will be a ton of Ravens fans there like there was in October, when we drowned you out in the stands as well as the field. I was there and all I heard was that the Ravens were way too good a defense for the Dolphins. Sure, you’re better but do you think a rookie QB with an additional 11 games under his belt is any better as well? Trust me, this will not be a close game. Betting the house on Baltimore and suggest you quietly do the same.
Rexx
Here are a few numbers for you...
The teams the Dolphins defeated had a collective record of 70-106, .398 and beat them by an average of 8.18 pts per victory. The teams the Dolphins lost to had a collective record of 48-32, .600, and they lost to them by an average of 12.4 pts per loss.
The teams the Ravens defeated had a collective record of 71-102-3, .412, and beat them by an average of 18.09 pts per victory. The teams the Ravens lost to had a collective record of 61-19, .7625, and they lost to them by an average of 11.6 pts. per loss.
(If a team was played twice during the year, that team’s record was included twice in the combination records, example, the Bengals were 4-11-1 and the Eagles were 9-6-1. The Ravens played the Bengals twice and the Eagles once so the combination record was calculated 4-11-1 × 2=8-22-2 plus the Eagles’s 9-6-1 totalling 17-28-3),
This shows that the Ravens have not only played a tougher schedule, 132-121-3 (.521), than the Dolphins, 118-138 (.461), but they have won by 10 more points than the the Dolphins have won by, and lost by a point less than the Dolphins have lost by on average per game. Not to mention the 71 rushing yards the Dolphins gained in the first matchup and the 2nd in the NFL ranked Ravens D… please tell me where the Fins win will come from?
Kevbo: [to George Sherrill] George, you look a lot like Vin Diesel...
Flatbill: Let's get somethin' straight... Vin Diesel looks like me.
-From "The Making of Orioles Magic"
Ravens have trouble with the real good teams
It’s true and we admit it. However, we destroy the not as good ones, as indeicated by dayzd toe’s stats (great job!). Just like the Redskins, we told their fans that they were just not in that group of real tough teams, and neither are the Dolphins. Therefore, I’m at close to our average on both sides of the ball, which is 20+ points for us and around 10 for you guys.
Rexx
You guys are impressive
No doubt about it, but the Dolphins can beat you. It won’t be pretty, but it can happen.
Both teams are doing well in the turnover department. Both teams defenses have done very well, but yours has had tougher teams to deal with.
I think clock management is how the Fins can do it. We just need to be patient and not look for big plays. If Chad throws long, your defense will be all over that. As far as Wildcat, if we use different variations of it, your defense may not expect it. Chad is going to have to do what he does best. 10-15 yard passes, and we’ll have to let our backs do all the work.
It will be a tough game and yes some revenge is due from earlier this year. We had two nose tackles out of that game that will be in this time.
The Ravens have kicked ass this year, but they are not indestructable. Bring your hawaiian shirt Rexx. You’re going to need it. This will not be the same game it was last time. The Dolphins have become a stronger team, more disciplined, and patient and it won’t be a one way beating this time.
That is how the Fins can (and hopefully) will beat the Ravens
"Chad Pennington should be MVP"-Woody Paige, Around the Horn 12-18-08
Typical Dolphins Fans
Not even in the country.
Did you know Flacco went 6 straight games without a INT?
You still have yet to tell us also how we are one dimensional.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Puerto Rico? Why aren’t you supporting your own football team- The Puerto Rico Coconuts of the NFIL- National Football Island League. I heard they had a great season and totally killed the St. Thomas Banana Skin Parrots and Haiti Dirty Clams.
just woke up…yaaaaaahhhn. like an idiot i sold my tickets to Sundays game becaus i though i had others coming my way…nope! oh well..sometimes watching on the big screen is okay.
The DE-FENSE
Chants just were not the same at the Stadium without you.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Atleast, i can go to Miami, with my wife, an see the Dolphins.
I have that luxury. I don’t think you can afford vacation in the exsotic CARRIBBEAN BEACHES OF PUERTO RICO!! LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Exotic!
Is that better for your little brain.
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Shall I do this......?
Los Miami Dolphins son el peor equipo de la NFL y que perderán a la Ravens 34-13. Tedd Ginn es un total de busto y Pennington será ver Suggs’ Labios todo el día. USTED ES TERRIBLE!
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
What the hell you wrote?
For real! that was NOT español at all. It was almost a dialect between español and Mr MaLoRet LOL
If you want to practice Español, there i go
Como puede ser posible que los Dolphins(Delfines) sean los peores y son los campeones de la divicion Este? Por lo menos, somos campeones divicionales y los cuervos que son? Te dire que son los cuervos! Los cuervos son como las bolas del perro, siempre detras de los acerreros LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
GOD DAMN YOU ENGLISH TO SPANISH ONLINE TRANSLATOR!!!
You fail me again!!
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Raven, i know you take your vacation in..
your mom basement, but to get personal with other people point of origine, is kind on xenophobic dude!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Thankfully, we don't live in movile home!
You see! you used the tire tube, of you movile home, as a raft in the poison river of yours.
In Puerto Rico, we are born US Citizen, so we are not in need of raft. At least i have the knowledge of that. I understand that learning in a public school is bad and is worse for the rednecks. It most be dificult to have some inteligence, been your parents cousin.
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Why go to Miami to see the Dolphins when all you have to do is look around when your smorkeling for chow.
I tore up San Juan a few years back…I can’t remember the bar but it had a tree growing right in the middle of it and an iguana stole my beer…all the lovely senoritas were dancing with me. They kept saying “no go back to Baltimore..stay wit me..uno noche por favor.” I had to get escorted back onto my yacht- Cabeza Grande. It was amazing and you do have a great place to live. I wish I were there now.
Is it the cold? ; )
down here is sunny high 70’s low 80’s. The beaches are ready with a LOT of g-string. Everything is OK and a lot of partying because of the xmas. Well not really, here we party for ANY reason. ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
To tell you the True!
This is a puertorrican secret. The BEST rum is NOT Bacardi, the best one is Rum Don Q(from Don Quijote, ring the bell?) that is the finnest rum in the word. So if you come back to PR or a friend is coming down here, try it or take some over there.
Also, we make(some people make) pitorro(that is home made rum) You buy that(it is ,kind of, ilegal LOL) and you mix into the bottle, the fruit or fruits that you must like, and leave it there for atleast half a year. Then you drink that rum with the flavor of the fruit, it taste GREAT and goes down softly. You can put berries in it or grapes, apple, coconut(the best) orange, well anything that you like, so that the rum adsorve the flavor and the fruit or meat(in some cases) adsorve some of the alcohol from the rum. The rum come out with a 199grade proof, so it is almost pure rum alcohol. That is why you make the process with the fruit, it is call “curar el ron”
Hope it was understandable what i just wrote LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
understand just fine…rum is the world language. your mix sounds awesome. i have a good friend/old co-worker who’s family lives in PR. i might ask her to bring a bottle back..i might have to order a bottle of the home-made stuff from you! but, depending on the games outcome you might pee in it LOL. i can send you some nice West Virginia Apple /Pear Mash White Lightning…: )
That sound about GREAT!
But also POWERFULL stuff ; )
That Lightning got my attention LOL
About the home made stuff, you can ask you friend, cause the Pitorro(rum) is almost an icon of the culture, so, it is almost everywere. Nothing to worry, unlest you are the producer LOL, but not really either, cause even the police buy in x-mas. You can not go to a party and NOT finding pitorro in the house ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
too funny….island police are never corrupt..lol.
me produce the stuff…noooo way. you have to make a trip over the Blue Ridge Mountains and drive deep into the WVA woods and make specific animal sounds (which are then answered) and then a figure will appear at the tree line and trade the White Lightning ; )
What happen if you make a Tarzan sound? ; )
The police buy it, but on during x-mas, after that they will no go back a buy it. It is very rarely to see a bust on the producer. You see! the pitorro producer are elderly people. Grandmothers and fathers that have the technics and knowledge. It’s weird how that bussines is run. Nobody is a millionare. A couple of years ago, the police got a 83 years old lady, who was making pitorro, went she went to court, she told the judge, that she was doing pitorro, because people ask her to make it for them, that even her good neiborgh(a police officer) ask her to make some for him. That he went to the police station, the judge told her"ok mam, i understand, but do you know that making pitorro is ilegal?" she said"why?" them the judge said" please, don’t do it again, just make it for yourself, that is not ilegal", she wanted to say something and the judge finish the section, letting her go. He didn’t want to hear her say something that will make him get her into jail.LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Hey, at least San Juan is a great town
and you have great weather. You Puerto Rican ladies have it all over the ones from the stats any day! ;)
Even if you don’t know your football!
Rexx
I will tell him were i hide the raft i..
used went i went to the States for the first time. He can used it to come down here!!
It have a compass ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Quite Possibly the Most Fun I Have Ever Had in a Season.
I have been saying this for the past few weeks, as we came down the hardest stretch of our season, but we pulled it off. No matter what happens from here, I will be very proud of these guys. No one could expect what was going to come from our offseason decisions.
We shut up the country, yet we still do not get talked about. Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, that is all I have heard when I turned on ESPN this morning. But you know what, are they going to be talking about them in 2 weeks when we are on our way to Tenn? Probably. The Cowboys disappointment is a better story then any other team, and that is just too bad.
But hey, its the playoffs now and we are in it and many teams that the NFL sucks off are not in it.
Lets go to Miami, and spank up on those stupid fish again. They are not as good of a team as we are.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trent Dilfer and Merril Hodge both just picked us to go to the AFC Championship game and lose to the Colts or the Steelers. I am so surprised that they actually thought we would go this far. YAY! But we are winning the superbowl, so too bad!
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
Yeah they said the Pats would win our division too!
They were so right about that one.
You guys are funny. Good luck this weekend.
Your team kicked our ass last time out, but we’re better now.
"Chad Pennington should be MVP"-Woody Paige, Around the Horn 12-18-08
MAYBE.......
Romo and Jessica can do a Duet for the halftime show as well. That would be swell
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
all the great story lines and we have to sit through “Why the Cowgirls beat themselves”….Romo is not that good. He is actually bad and getting worse. He through the same lob INT’s yesterday that he did against us. He is probably the most overrated QB next to Favre….1 SB Win between them and a whole lot of coverage.
"Oooow..I just collapsed in the shower..Witten come help me!
don’t ever quit me Witten. promise" -Romo
The only problem was that TO came instead of Witten
In more ways than one
"Chad Pennington should be MVP"-Woody Paige, Around the Horn 12-18-08
When I turned on ESPN today
They have the upcoming stories on the side of the screen during SportsCenter and they read in this exact order.
-Eagles vs Cowboys
-Romo vs Phillips
-Jerry Jones
-Wade Phillips Future
So tired of it, and I guarantee the Cowboys will still be the most talked about team all the way up into the superbowl.
The other thing that pissed me off today was Linda Cohn commentating the Ravens Highlights, she pronounced some of our players like this…
- Lee-Ron Mic-Lane
- Huh-Lot-Tee Nuh-Got-Ta
You have to hate losing more than you love winning
On Phinsider, we are saying the same thing.
the only thing that we add is
“Foxk Fox” LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Party at Aleta’s casa for Super Bowl!…there Aleta, I invited everyone so you better get the booze ready.
i might visit the phinsider but your site tends to be dominated by some psyco dude who is really over the top…almost like he’s got real problems..so keep blogging over here this week..it will keep me thinking of the islands and spicey rum : )…wait until you see the tropical ravens shirt Rexx wears…he wore it to Miami last game…and we are sooo ashamed.
Hey, at least it got us a win!
and I may just go again this weekend and wear it again. So there!
Rexx
What psycho dude?
Everyone at the Phinsider is very balanced
"Chad Pennington should be MVP"-Woody Paige, Around the Horn 12-18-08
I love dolphin fans bringing it to this site. Their team is a pathetic piece of trash. Kudos to them for pulling out a trip to the playoffs, but seriously, what a bunch of pretenders like the rest of the AFC east this year.
MIA’s best wins this season are against the pathetic leaders of the AFC west – the rest are against their division which was able to manhandle the gauntlet of 3 win teams they played this year.
The only decent win from the entire division was the Jets over the titans, but the browns beat the giants.
Give the 'fins credit
What a great turnaround from last year’s season, although they were world beaters to the Ravens last year as we all knew they would beat us in 2007 to keep from taking away Detroit’s thunder this year. Kudos to them for a great season and the AFC Least Championship and let them give thanks that they’re not in the AFC North or they’d have finished third at .500 at best.
Rexx
AFC Least – very clever, though they think they are still the AFC BEast. Must have missed that memo.
I did give them credit, but I’m not going to go overboard on it.
You gave us credit? I MISSED THAT MEMO ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
What about Kudos to them for pulling out a trip to the playoffs is not giving credit? I apologize I didn’t get down and lick some balls because a godawful team turned into a decent one.
Kudos sound more like a karate thing to me, but..
“godawful team turned into a decent one.” that sound more like credit ; )
About the liking ball thing, well is NOT my thing. : P
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
There is no reason why Baltimore should not make the AFC title game
We already proved that we can go into Miami and beat them and the 1st time we played Tennessee, they barly beat. It was only Flacco’s 4th start in the nfl and he made mistakes that he has not made in the pass 4-5 games. Im happy were in the playoff, now i just wanna see what we can do.
FEAR THE NEVERMORE DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also
one of those passes was just thrown and the other was tipped by our WR and int by your DB.
FEAR THE NEVERMORE DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flacco was also working 1/3 of the field as Cam said..explaining the constant roll out rights and forced balls. Now if Suggs could just put a lid on hitting QB’s late (however hard)! Didn’t Miami lose their top receiver weeks ago? Did you see Ricky try to catch a pass out of the WildPuss aginst the Jets- CLANK!
Joe's Family in Nose Bleeds
Randy Cross had a blast goofing on Joe’s family in their sorry upper deck seats..lol..but i remember Joe saying his dad likes the view/passing lanes etc..so i think its by design.
Wacko Flacco and Crazy Cam
Up 24-7 late in the third all we had to do was grind it out/pass safely BUT Cam chose to pass behind the line of scrimmage to Flacco, then across the field to Smith for a nice gain. I’m glad it worked but a number of bad things could have happened. It’s not too far fetched the play could have made the score 24-14 and put life back into the Jags…Just a little too much razzle dazzle for me when the Ravens were up big against a bad team.
Sea Shepard Re-Routed to Miami to save Fins. Arctic Whales to Suffer.
Many Arctic whales will suffer in the hands of Japanese whalers as the Sea Shepard leaves the Arctic Ocean and motors towards Miami to harrass the Raven’s Mother Load ship. Captain Hopeless says he wants to save at least 1 Fin from the slaughter. The Ravens are bringing along a state of the art processing vessel to immediately freeze dry fin and deliver the meat directly to Md. dog food plants. No comments have been issued by Miami government leadership. The Sea Shepard is 5 days away and should be in Miami by Sunday morning.
Hope they don't chuck those stink bombs
from ship to ship, as those hippies have pretty good arms! Hmmm….maybe the O’s will sign a couple of the older ones!
Rexx
Fan of Star Trek?
What happen is that Star Wars Rules!!
And you are our Padawands! ; )
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Uhhh.....wha?
Take off your Spock ears and go back to shaking the grease off the fries, Federline!
Rexx
Okay..enough already!!!
The truth is the Dolphins don’t have much of a chance on Sunday : ) The Ravens have improved tremendously at QB, RB, DB, OL and ST’s since October. The Dolphins are pretty much the same team minus a good receiver. Their LB play is the same especially with Porter, RB’s peeked long ago, QB already established and will be same old Penny. The D backfield is generic. The Fins, overall, peeked weeks ago while we continue to improve.
We put it all together against the lowly Jags and I believe that is the effort the NFL will see the rest of the way..Not October’s effort when Joe understood 1/3 of the field, our DB’s were learning, Ed Reed was busy coaching and not hawking, Leonhard and Zibby weren’t unleashed, Clayton wasn’t a ‘go to’ guy, McClaine was looking for carries, Rice was very wet behind the ears and Heap had to stay home to block for his little bro’ Flacco much of the time. So much has changed that it’s spooky. Even our O line has turned into a force and the blind side blocking is much improved.
The Fins received 4 gifts from Favre and still struggled to put the over-rated/no game plan Jets away. That tells me that the Ravens will not be hurt if Joe should happen to have an INT or 2. Against some teams that’s not easy to overcome. Against the Fins, not a big problem. We have room for error and we haven’t been making many lately. We will score at least 27 in the nice weather and our D (with a more mature DB backfield) might give 13…if they get a turnover deep in our zone.
Pennington is good but was let go for a reason. The Jets wanted more of a playoff gaurantee than what Penny could provide. Sunday will show that he is just another big game Romo. Another homecoming for the U crew..with lots of purple friends in attendance again. : ) GO RAVENS. I’m totally looking beyond this masacre to Tennessee. I hope the weather will be as nice in Tenn. as Miami. Not really worried about Collins. He’s had his day as well…
lol funny
You obviously don’t pay much attention. Let me break it down.
The truth is the Dolphins have more than a punchers chance in this game Sunday. Last I checked we just won a division that includes another 11-5 team, a 9-7 team, and 7-9 team. You finished 2nd in a division with two 4-win teams. So you have no point there.
After the Ravens game, we were 2-4. Since then, we’re 9-1, so as far as being the same team minus a good receiver, you have no point there.
The LB play is exactly the same, except Crowder is flying all over the field instead of thinking, and Roth has become a good OLB. So you have no point there.
I’m not sure what your definition of “peeked” is, but both our tailbacks are healthy, fresh, and hungry, so you don’t have a valid point here either.
The “same old Penny” that you’re talking about is coming into this game having his greatest statistical season of his career, and is a top 3 MVP candidate for this season. So the “same old Penny” you think you know was left in NY. No point.
Saying that we “peeked” weeks ago when we just ran off 4 straight to win our division is uneducated and ignorant. We’re peaking now. Once again, no point.
4 gifts from Favre and we struggled to put them away? You didn’t watch, apparently. The pick 6 was a good read and a better play by a rookie DE. Goodman’s first pick was a good read and a good play on the ball while Favre tried to hit a double move. His second pick was a heads-up play on a poorly thrown pass, something that you should know alot about watching Reed fly all over the field picking off errant throws. And we play ball-control field position offense. We don’t explode for 40 unless we need it. The fact that the game was only a 7 point deficit doesn’t tell the whole story. Thomas Jones couldn’t run for nothing, and Favre was exhausted and hurt by the time crunch time rolled around. The game was well in hand. You guys don’t have a very large margin for error because with Ferguson back in the lineup you’re not going to be able to pound the rock for 100+ again. And I don’t think you can trust Flacco to win the game for you, because this isn’t last year’s Dolphins defense. He’s not putting up 27.
“Pennington is good but was let go for a reason. The Jets wanted more of a playoff gaurantee than what Penny could provide.” That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. You realize that Pennington was let go for Favre, right? You realize the “playoff guarantee” you talk about didn’t work out, right? You realize the Jets made a bonehead move, and saying Pennington stinks because the Jets let him go is assinine, right? He may win the MVP, so there was NO reason to let him go. So you have no point here.
Get a clue. If you think it’s going to be easy, you’re in for a rude awakening. Enjoy watching us in Pittsburgh next week.
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by Little Nicky 21 on Dec 31, 2008 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
And we play ball-control…
BAL ToP/Game, 1st in the NFL @ 33+ minutes
MIA ToP/Game, 14th in the NFL @ 31+ minutes
Good luck with that.
…field position offense
Sam Koch (BAL) 84 Punts, 34 inside the 20 (2nd in the NFL), 38 of them returned for a total 245 yds (2.92 yds/punt, 6.45 yds/return)
Brandon Fields (MIA) 74 Punts, 24 inside the 20(T10th in the NFL), 37 of them returned for a total of 485 yds (6.55 yds/punt, 13.11yds/return)
Again… Good luck with that.
I admittedly haven’t watched many Dolphins games this year, but it doesn’t look like the Dolphins cover punts very well.
Does anyone know where I can get the stat for average starting field position for 2008? If I can’t find it I’ll have to calculate it for BAL and MIA, and that’s just far too time consuming to do at work.
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