Arrowhead Pride Profiles Ravens' Defense

by Bruce Raffel on Sep 8, 2009 11:41 AM EDT

This Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens host the Kansas City Chiefs, the Ravens will unleash their ferocious defense on the Chiefs, whose fans seem to think that the best way to beat the Ravens is to give us a heavy dose of running back Larry Johnson. The NFL's 2nd best run defense last season would welcome that gameplan, as no one has gotten over 100 yards on them since, well, since many of both teams' players weren't even on their teams (something like 30 games?)!

SB Nation's KC Chiefs' blog site, Arrowhead Pride, profiled the Ravens defense in a real solid two-part series and it is a comprehensive and very accurate description of what the new QB and possibly not completely healthy Matt Cassel can expect when he looks over his center at Ray Lewis and company. That is, unless the Chiefs play it smart and want to protect their expensive off season acquisition and avoid further punishment by starting backup Tyler Thigpen instead.

See the entire story by Matt Connor of Arrowhead Pride after the "Jump."

Arrowhead Pride is SB Nation's #1 NFL blog in terms of visits and blows away any other NFL blog in the network by the numbers, including unfortunately, Baltimore Beatdown. While we at The Beatdown believe that we'll take quality over quantity, AP has earned their reputation through incredible numbers and great content. They are averaging over 400,000 visits per month, easily tops among SB Nation's NFL team blogs!

So check out their take on our defense, feel free to visit AP, join and leave your comments supporting our Ravens and letting them know what they are in store for come this Sunday afternoon.

Click here for Profiling The Baltimore Ravens Defense: Part One on Arrowhead Pride.

Click here for Profiling The Baltimore Ravens Defense: Part Two on Arrowhead Pride.

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The Ravens will make it quick

Take the Chiefs out of their misery. Everyone knows our D is strong, but our offense is really going to surprise some people this year. A poster on AP, think there is no way the “Ravens O” will get 20 pts. verse their improved D. I think we will get close to that in the first half. The Ravens will make a statement to the rest of the league this Sunday.

by DT711 on Sep 8, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions

I havn't felt this confident in years.

I tend to be pretty conservative with my predictions, but I really don’t see any way the Chiefs even threaten to win this game. I think it’s going to be a blowout. Flacky is going to come out firing on all cylinders. He and Ray Rice are really going to impress people this year.

They say the empty can rattles the most...

by Massacre on Sep 8, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions

yes

end our misery and lose the game quickly. That should work. ;)

Seriously, though, this won’t be a 31st ranked defense in 2009. We will get after your QB and we’ll do a decent job containing Rice. Your passing game will be the key to success for Baltimore. That and killing all of our QBs.

by ChiefsDude on Sep 8, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

True and Rec

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 9, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Are you allowed to Rec posts in the Beatdown? It just doesn’t seem right to me. I went ahead and flagged the post just in case.

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Sep 9, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I rec the Killing all our (KC) QB's cause it was funny :)

we are a sarcastic bunch at AP

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 10, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

I rec you for protecting the home turf :)

Ampallang we all are fans of football and people too

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 10, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m a fan of football, but not people. At any given time, I only like about 53 of them.

Water covers 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Ed Reed covers the rest.

by Ampallang on Sep 10, 2009 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Your offense

looks pretty beastly this year. I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone though. Over at AP we your have defensive profiles, and you’ll see that most of the posts are speculation, and what we hope we might see this weekend.

The truth is nobody knows what kind of team is going to show up against you guys. Don’t expect a pushover though. Our defense has looked pretty awesome so far this preseason.

I’m thinking its going to be a tough defensive, grind it out game. You guys are always welcome to comment. Give us a visit!

Sackoff (McIntosh,Goff) like Brangelina.

by DaChefs on Sep 8, 2009 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

This is not going to be pretty for the Chiefs.

I will not be surprised if our defense holds them to under 200 total yards of offense. We will control the clock, most likely eating up about 38 minutes of the game clock. Flacco will manage the game with 19/26 with 240 yards and a TD. We will run for about 155 yards all together for 2 more TD’s. And Haloti Ngata will have a 75 yard interception for a TD.

We will 30-3.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Sep 8, 2009 1:26 PM EDT reply actions

The NFL’s 2nd best run defense last season would welcome that gameplan, as no one has gotten over 100 yards on them since, well, since many of both teams’ players weren’t even on their teams (something like 30 games?)!

meaning hasn’t allowed one 100-yd rusher, or hasn’t allowed 100 collective rushing yds?

by mahmoodzaky on Sep 9, 2009 8:29 AM EDT reply actions

No single RB has gotten 100 yards rushing on us since Larry Johnson back in 2006.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Sep 9, 2009 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Funny you should mention LJ!

In 2007 he held out of training camp & then missed half the year due to injury! In 2008, he missed approx. half the year due to legal issues & suspensions. But this year, all reports are that he is totally on board with Haley & his conditioning program (Chiefs players have lost 800+ lbs. in a reconditioning effort & are now ay quicker!), his focus seems to be back to football & we are eager to see him perform against one of the finest D’s that the NFL has to offer; unfortunately we don’t play the Steelers till later, so his return to form is ironically enough against the team that he was the last runner to post 100 yards on! How cool will that be! He’s baaaaack!
Good luck guys!

by ttownmikey on Sep 9, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

LJ could run for 150

and I’d still say the Ravens would win. How did Cassel look last year against better defenses? He fell apart against Pittsburgh, for one. I think we’ll make him fall apart too. If LJ doesn’t run for 100 yards, it’s a blowout.

"I know where you're at, man. You had it all, and now it's gone. It's torn a hole in your soul bigger than my Escalade. So you turned to the drugs, the alcohol. Pornography, free-basing with OJ, human trafficking, dog fights slash orgies... darkness."
-- Craig Robinson as Reg Mackworthy in Season 1, Episode 5 of Eastbound & Down

by jackmca on Sep 9, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

He can run for 150 if he wants, let’s just get the win.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Sep 9, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

In a deep fantasy league - 14 team

I am planning on not starting LJ at RB2 this week. I’m probably going with Donald Brown over him. I just can’t see him doing anything worthwhile verse our D. I’m playing Malor week 1, trying to defend my title this season, and am going to beat him worse then the Ravens do the Chiefs.

Anyone think LJ should get the nod?…Other viable options are Donald Brown and Lesean McCoy.

by DT711 on Sep 9, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

You think you stand a chance against CJ and Slaton? Johnson is going to rip pittsburgh in half tomorrow, then I got Housh and Welker combing for 18-20 catches on sunday, with Cutler tossing a good 2 tds for 275 yards. Someone will be eating the C-Meat Sandwich this week, and it aint this guy.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Sep 9, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions