Why the Ravens are going to Superbowl 45 and winning it.
by Baltimore Warrior on Mar 16, 2010 9:21 PM EDT
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Some/most of the people reading this are probably thinking to themselves,"Is this guy out of his mind?" Let me answer your question, no, I am not out of my mind. And If you still think I am, take a look at this.
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The Ravens have added the missing piece to their Superbowl puzzle; A good wide receiver. With Flacco coming into his third year in the NFL, Which is usually when a QB starts to break out into massive production, he was in serious need of a new "Toy' to play with. Because all of his other "Toys" are either old as Methuselah or short as one of the seven dwarfs, he got tired of them. So he asked his parents for a new Buzz Light-year, and they doled out the 3rd and 4th round picks needed to pay for Buzz Light-year. And he and the rest of the Raven's organization and fan base, is eager to see how productive he can be next year with his new "Toy".
But our passing game is not the only thing that will be better going into 2010. Our Running game will be as well. Ray Rice is one of the league's most productive running-backs, and has nowhere to go, but up in production. I see Batman (Rice) and Robin (McGahee) having a very productive year next season, and combining for over 2,500 rushing yards.
People dog on our defense a lot, but the truth is, they finished 3rd in the league last year. And if they tighten up some loose bolts, by addressing our CB and DE needs in the first and second round, we could very well be #1 next year.
If these predictions are correct, the Ravens could have the #1 defense and offense next year, and steamroll their way into Dallas. Pretty convincing, huh?
In Ozzie we trust......
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If Rice is Batman and McGahee is Robin
Parmele can be Cat-woman .
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Mar 16, 2010 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
Willis probably wouldn't like that
Since he is a lot bigger than Rice, he’d hate to be the little guy, much less the “sidekick.”
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Mar 17, 2010 9:13 AM EDT up reply actions
We definitely need D line help. I would really like to see krueger beef up some more and play end. Hopefully he can handle it at the NFL level. We definitely can compete against anybody.
I agree, I would love to see him on the D-line
Because truthfully, even though I love KRUGER (Not Kreuger!!!) He looked lost at LB. I would love to see him get 6+ sacks next year on the D-line.
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Mar 16, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
See my story on this
and link later today.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Mar 17, 2010 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions
Realistically
11 +/- 2 wins and advance to either the divisional (if we are wild card) or afc champ (if we win division)
We could win the super bowl, but its really a lot of luck. The spreads on most playoff games are almost never more then a touchdown, so at most you are 65% to win and usually its closer to 55/45. The SB is almost always a 50/50. How many of those are you statistically likely to win? The best team doesn’t always make a run in the playoffs, just look at the Colts.
Wow
You’re just bursting with optimism. 2010 is the year of the Raven.
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Mar 16, 2010 11:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Same as last year
when I said I’d be disappointed that we didn’t at least make the Super Bowl after losing to the Steelers in the AFCCG. I’m going into this season the same way, with the exact same philosophy. Isn’t every Ravens fan?
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Mar 17, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions
“That’s because you drink Shirley Temples fool.” Sweet BURN!….
BW, I may have been a little harsh, just step up your game man. Enough with Batman and Robin, Buzz Light Year, and “Toys” BS. Also, how the f*ck are we talking about the SB already? We haven’t even had the draft yet. Write something more topical, like projected late round WR’s and link some youtube highlight videos of them. I’d go ape shit over that.
Gotta get rid of that last option for voting. Not allowed on front page like that.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
gotcha, consider it gone.
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Mar 17, 2010 6:21 AM EDT up reply actions
I think you need to give me more votes Bruce
To equalize the illogical Ravens fans who think the Steelers will allow the Ravens to take the Lombardi.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Delhomme is pretty scary
He throws a great deep ball to the safety
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Last time I looked
the Browns DID have a wide receiver playing defensive back (Mike Furry).
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Mar 17, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Your safeties were SO great and picking people off last year.
Also, if they are installing the west coast system in Brownville, there won’t be many deep balls. Just your boyfriend going balls deep on you.
After missing the playoffs last year, I find it somewhat difficult to take a Steeler fans trash talk seriously. Don’t be rapin Ben!
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Mar 17, 2010 10:03 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey tool
Eat me dick. The burns are meant to be silly and childish, not serious. I don’t mean to seriously offend the guy, otherwise I would try harder. Go have a bloody green beer and cheer the F up. God damn you are negative.
What would you actually say to offend the guy then?
You’re right, your shit is childish and no you cannot grab my junk to prove you’re not a homophobe. Try witty and funny burns, they usually go over better.
Nah. That's not in my wheelhouse.
How about you stop being a high-horse-cock-gobbling-internet tough guy and chill the fuck out. You are making me break my lent (not dropping the F-bomb).
How about the fact that the best man in my wedding is bisexual? Does that work for you?
Ok ok ok, as a mod, I ask you to please refrain from using language that bad. Simmer down a little bit bud.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
What? Wheelhouse?
sorry guy… the homophobe thing sets me off combined with too much coffee.
Dude, I’m pretty chill right now. Although, I am giving you shit for your bad gay jokes.
I never actually thought you were a homophobe, I just thought what you said was laughable. But if you want someone to grab your junk to make sure you’re not a homophobe, I bet your best man would be willing….
I meant chill with the pontificating
I like cheesy humor, and if you don’t that’s great, but I don’t see you lighting it with your wit.
And by the way, your last sentence is the exact type of thing that I say, so I don’t see how you can be critical of my silliness on here. Same with saying you would lose less brain cells drinking rather than reading the article… it’s all in the same vein so… yeah…
Now let’s play nice and fight with the Steeler/Bungle fans and not each other… I call truce.
Troy Polamalu. /game
Wow a gay joke? So you are homophobic and a third grader. Honestly, I am not surprised because I gathered as much from the majority of your comments.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Yes idiot.
My jokes are meant to be silly and immature. It takes away from all the hate mongering between Steeler and Raven Fans. I am well aware that Troy was out last year, I am well aware that your defense will improve next year with his return as well as Aaron Smith even though you were still a top 5 defense. Why is everyone so moody lately… did someone forget to change your nappies?
And no, I’m not homophobic, come to my office in Baltimore and I’ll grab your junk to prove it. Just because immature gay jokes are hilarious does not meant I hate the gays. I in fact love the gays. You heard me LOVE the gays…. just ask MaLoR. I love that guy.
I suppose I don’t know your humor. My fault, I thought you were just insulting to insult.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
I'm not really worried about it... just don't want you to think I'm trying to be offensive
I’m pretty much 3rd grade retarded randomness type of humor.
Dude, what is it about you?
Everytime I’ve seen you comment, you’re pissing people off and stirring everyone up. Do you root for the Steelers around Ravens fans just to incite reactions? Do you enjoy pissing people off? I just don’t get why you’d come over here just to make people angry and get into arguments.
Because it pisses you off
That is the only reason I come here.
Not sure where I stirred anyone up except for you, but that made my morning.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
I kinda like this guy (except for the whole liking the Steelers thing, but we all have our faults)
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Mar 17, 2010 10:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He’s a Terps and Orioles fan, so he is semi-straight.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
I mean,
That makes me like him, but also makes me question his logic… I can’t wait for the O’s to lose 90 games again this year and have me borderline suicide again in the second half. On the random plus side, my new office is like a 3 minute walk from OPACY so I’ll be going to a lot of games this year.
Can’t you see I am a bandwagon fan:
NFL: Steelers (yeah since XL!)
NHL: Caps (what, since OV, hmmm…)
NCAAB: Terps (I don’t remember him being one when they were bad…)
MLB: Orioles (wait…)
NBA: Wizards (ummm….)
NCAAF: Terps (wtf?)
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Ewww.
You just admitted to rooting for the NBA. Didn’t know if that was intentional.
I’m a complete homer and I’m fine with it. I root for all the home teams, except in basketball because I could care less, and I like VaTech Football. I always wanted to go there since I was a kid, and then my GF at 17 talked me out of going there after being accepted and went to Towson and York College instead. Did I just admit to that on the internet!? Crap.
Am I banned from the Towson campus for some bad decisions….
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
That sucks
I was privileged to live near two of the best looking campuses in the US… Towson and UT… damn the women there are fine. I hope you made some bad decisions with the Dance Team. Woooooo Daddy.
Probably because I am a Baltimoron. I eat crabs and drink Natty Boh.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Shhh, don't tell my wife.
I told her I got them from sitting on a client’s dirty couch.
I just know several people who live in Maryland and root for the Steelers just to piss people off.
Maybe I’ve done a bit of projecting them onto you (I’m sorry if that’s happened), but it sure seems to me, albeit from reading your comments here only, that you simply like being a Steelers fan just to piss off the people that you live around in Maryland.
Not sure where I stirred anyone up except for you, but that made my morning.
I’m not sure why pissing me off would make your morning, but congrats! That seems to confirm my comment above.
I pretty much know nothing about the Steelers or football. I actually don’t watch football at all. However, I stumbled upon the Baltimore Beatdown and saw you posting. I could tell you disliked bandwagon Steelers fans, so I created this account and joined the Beatdown for the sole purpose of trolling you. Sadly, you are too wise for me, Sherlock, you figured it out. You can see why pissing you off made my morning, it is my life time goal with this account and my life here on Earth.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Hehe, that was fuuuuny.
seriously, not being a dick, that made me laugh… I like you.
Whoa
Ease the seA back you guys
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Mar 17, 2010 12:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I meant ease the seat back.
"I kill myself in small amounts"
by StuckInUtah on Mar 17, 2010 12:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm more of a cherry pie kinda guy.
I like ’em sweet and tart ;)
Or the first resort of anyone with a sense of humor.
That’s why Lewis Black is one hilarious Jew.
Or just the resort of someone who doesn’t want to listen to you whine. Actually no, I resorted to sarcasm because the post you made was so absolutely ridiculous that I felt the need to make mine play off how ridiculous it was.
Do you honestly believe someone would become a Steelers fan for the sole purpose of pissing off Ravens fans? You think you are that important? And do you think that I created this account, posted around 5,000 times on BTSC, learned a crap ton about the Steelers, became a front page writer on BTSC with the hard work I showed, and joined the Beatdown all for the purpose of knowing about the Steelers just to piss you off? Do you think you are that important?
See how ridiculous you sound? Why would I address that with a serious reaction?
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Like I said, I don’t know anything about you besides for what I’ve read in your comments here on Baltimore Beatdown. As for my “absolutely ridiculous” comment, I don’t think that it’s ridiculous to believe that someone could/would be posting on a Ravens blog simply to piss people off and argue. It happens all the time. Such people are not needed in my opinion.
I think its ridiculous to believe someone is a Steelers fan ONLY to piss off Ravens fans. I don’t believe its ridiculous to be a Steelers fan and come on here to piss off Ravens fans. That is sort of what I like to do. I piss you off, you piss me off and we end up having some good arguments that get my brain running and get me to view arguments from a different POV. I like to do that with most fans except for the Browns board. I think that is the only place that one comment can make you either laugh hysterically or while making you want to scream your head off.
I love to hate Ravens fans and hate to love ya because I am a Marylander. No hard blood, but I am going to push your buttons occasionally.
With the 18th pick of the 2010 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select Florida QB Tim Tebow. (not a RB!)
Johnny is awesome
I used to hate him until I figured out that I was the one being a dick to him, not the other way around. Maybe you should go do some soul-searching.
The night is darkest right before the dawn
by Baltimore Warrior on Mar 17, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Ravens are what?
Listen, the Ravens might be having a good time in free agency, but you still have teams out there to deal with not only in the AFC, with a couple suprise teams to give the Ravens a fit, but also in the NFC only if the AFC North Ravens got to the Superbowl. You still have the Colts, Patriots and a couple underdog teams that can without a doubt end the Ravens chances of getting to the Superbowl. Those are the NY Jets and the Bengals. Even with all the new additions, you still have a young QB coming into his Junior year in the NFL. IF the Ravens got to the superbowl, they’d be facing a team maybe the Saints again or possibly a different power team like the Vikings this year if Favre is coming back. If there were 2 teams i’d put ahead of the Ravens to go to the Superbowl this year its the Colts and the Steelers and my underdog team in the AFC are the Jets. Doesn’t matter if their D would be ranked number 1. Any good gameplan can foil a great defense and send them home once again.
Well spoken
We just have a bunch of Raven loving homers here.
You have to hate losing more than you love winning.
Yeah...
Effe you everyone for your optimism! Just admit that we will end up 8-8 at best because the entire rest of the league made better moves. How dare you get excited at your teams prospects this year! God we are such dumb fans. Thanks dminton81 for that lesson in how the NFL works.
Hey, guy,
we could lose half the team in a bus crash (god forbid) and I would still say that they’re going to the SB. Facts don’t matter in debates about whether your favorite team is the best ever.
Flacco holds the Key
Flacco has the physical tools to be an elite level QB. He has prototypical size and arm-strength, can throw every pass on the route tree with pinpoint accuracy, is very mobile for a guy his size and possesses the one thing all great QB’s have and that’s athletic arrogance.The one thing that Flacco lacked in order to take his game to the next level was a consistent elite level WR with the size and strength to make teams pay for doubling Mason. Enter Anquan Boldin—-a player with the physicality and toughness to provide Flacco a hot outlet when teams bring pressure or stack the box in an attempt to neutralize the Ravens potent ground game with Ray Rice, McGahee and McClain.
An under the radar hiring is a key to the Flaco taking flight enthusiasm that I share with Baltimoe Blitz. Yes, Jim Zorn is a very important piece that should not be overlooked. His relatonship with Flacco and his abilty to be a buffer between Flacco and Cam Cameron is critical. In addition to being a buffer Zorn’s task will be to keep Flacco sound fundamentally……reminding Flacco of the little things such as looking off the safety on the deep post or go route, not forcing the ball into coverage when there are three opponents in the area of intended targets, go thru his progression reading the defense deep to short (not settle for the checkdown), taking better care of the football in the redzone and taking what the defense gives him. These things will result in maximium offensive production and not leaving points on the field.
Flacco has the mental approach, study habits and discipline to take his game to the next level with the help of those around him. Boldin, Mason, Stallworth, and Heap are very good to great (potentially) and who knows what jewels Ozzie will pluck from next months NFL Draft. It is my belief that Flacco will take flight and lift the franchise to new heights (an AFC Championship). All……..aboard!
iF..........
We don’t substain any serious season ending injuries.Our losses due to injury may have helped hold us down last season.We lost a few pieces on the defense line via free agency,so we need to work on the defensive line for sure,we can’t let opposing QB’S stand back in the pocket all day,nobody can be expected to cover someone for 5-6 seconds,we need to turn up the heat.With a solid draft and I think we still have a few moves coming via free agency,we could very well be in the super bowl,IF,we can just stay healthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got a great idea
Let’s bring back the Dan Cody experiment. Boom! Problem solved.
Predicting a Superbowl already....
seems pretty premature. The Ravens don’t generally perform that great with a bulls eye on their back. I much prefer the Ravens to be under the radar. I like the off season moves thus far and hopefully this will stop the seemingly constant crying for the Ravens to draft a WR high in the draft.
Way….way too early to be predicting anything.
"The ball always seems to find Ed Reed...The man is a menace"
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