Ben is a beast no doubt. pitt had receivers flying everywhere and thats my biggest concern. i hope the Chargers were just that bad but you had 5 guys catching balls regularly. probably the best Ben has thrown this year. also concerning was how easy the game was for pitt. everyone should be healthy and rested by sunday. i’m hoping this game was so easy the ravens will give you a wake up shot in the mouth. maybe you’ve forgotten about hard hitting with you extended break. that little speedster back of Diego inflicted no pain. Neal and McClaine will remind you.

Now we get to settle it. The Ravens can prove that they should have won the first ttwo by winning this one. Every team keeps saying Flacco is a rookie and will get flustered, but they keep on making excuses after he/we beat them. Perhaps you’ll come back here and do the same next week!

I am so freaking happy the Steelers beat the Chargers. WWIII. This game is for the Superbowl Win!!!

I just hope it’s not tainted by poor officiating… either way.

I’m pumped for WWIII as well. I echo the thoughts above that I’ve really gained respect for the Ravens this year.

What’s the word on your injury situation? Who all went down, whose status is questionable this game?

went down in that war, and all will probably be listed as questionable:
T. Suggs (shoulder)
Willie Anderson (knee)
Leonhard (concussion)
+ more….

I did use a terrible towel to well wipe my ASS with.
Just kidding it will be a great game and look forward to my trip to Tamps to watch the Ravens play in the Superbowl.

your BMX wont make it to Tampa 117

our pass o and creativity suffers in big games…cam revisited his “play to the competition” saturday. its nice to play it close and wait for turnovers but it didn’t work against the steelers. we need to come out aggressive and throw on 3rd and long!! let flacco grow.

dead on Hawk!! we will unfortunately literally run into a steeler wall for a quarter and listen to the announcers say how patient we are waiting for a TO. screw that. won’t work didn’t work and barley worked. you come out with a QB. he’s a pro qb and should be assigned a full arsenal of plays and they should be used. This is Joe’s 19th game and we still won’t unleash him against good teams early.

Why do we have to wait for the other team to set the tempo and play accordingly. lets come out swinging and passing and stretch the field early. not only by bombs (our choice) but with 15-25 yard passes to Heap. they seem to be there. more mason as well. the best 3rd down dude in the business. YOU CANNOT RUN ON pitt with 3rd and 2+ at home with any confidence. Won’t happen and your better off passing.

i must note that McClaine has had success against pitt. but you get my drift.

he limps off the field once a game…he cost us a time out in our first meeting during our last possession when he went down and tried to hop off. he’s our only run hope against you though..I guess Ray Rice stinks because Cam won’t let him touch the ball…or they have been waiting for this game to unleash him..doubt it.

I realize its damn near impossible to run on the Ravens D but if he plays like he did against the Chargers…….look out.

you can really get some yards with Moore and Parker on screens/dunks after the D-line has been drawn in. we play deep rather short lately..trying to keep the play in front of us. we need to knock moore or parker out of the game. too much to handle if they are both playing well. add ward and then you have 3 guys capable of quick slant patterns. thats hard on our LBs.

yep…i just don’t have faith that Cam will change anything..he is misguided to think the formula they have used the past two games aginst pitt and the playoff games are worthy. but, he will see that we held our own with you for 3 quarters whcih might be enough to try the same plan again. that leaves a Ben vs. Joe match up in the forth quarter. normally, i’d say okay lets do it BUT Ben wont have handcuffs on and (if the past repeats) Joe will be helicopter coached and forced to milk the clock/hang on. sure fire way to lose to a good team. i hope things are vastly different this fourth quarter/whole game for that matter.

Ed Reed did it…

in Heinz Field…

with the pick

Why do you say that? Because Big Ben is soooo much better than the QB’s who he did gets picks from?

i slow-mo’d the pitt/diego game..pitt always seems to pass when they stack 3 receivers at the right end of the line. when they put 2 receivers out wide its a run most of the time. the TE seems to always attempt to get in the flat for a pass even during a run play. the rb sets up on bens hip. this gives ben a quick look for a pass and then a very quick hand off up the gut if its not there.

i like the set up. they actually allow the opponents d to get penetration because they have so many in the short pass area. dink and dunk. we mioght be better off not rushing but containing and picking up the TE’s and RB’s coming out of the backfield..and pray a 3 man rush can do something.

it works against us…the rest of the teams you just out muscle. it gets you the division and maybe Arians is simply doing it to play it safe so the D can win the game. It’s a frustrating formula but there are so many teams watching this upcomong game from their couch. There are also many teams who haven’t sniffed a playoff game for years or finshed with 4 or less wins. I think we get spoiled (i do) because when you get near the top it comes down to the best QB and then the separation in talent becomes more painful. Take out Manning and Brady and both the Steelers and Ravens see the Championship game and maybe the SB more often- with Arian’s O or the Raven’s O. It has sucked for quite some time having those two in the AFC way.