Ravens' Suggs Has Another Monster Game
by Bruce Raffel on Dec 12, 2011 3:00 PM EST
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It's beginning to seem normal for Baltimore Ravens OLB Terrell Suggs to have these types of game on a regular basis. Even though every opponent's offensive game plan must include strategy to stop or at least slow down the Ravens most disruptive force, he still manages to control the game and is on his way to being a top candidate for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Suggs continued his onslaught on the enemy's offense in yesterday's 24-10 win over the Indianapolis Colts, finishing the game with more gaudy stats, including five tackles, three sacks, three forced fumbles and two tackles-for-losses. In short, Suggs was a one-man wrecking crew for the Ravens yesterday and has been for the entire season.
In 2011, T-Sizzle now is 4th in the NFL and 1st in the AFC with 13 of the Ravens league-leading 45 quarterback sacks. He has 58 tackles and two interceptions. His six forced fumbles are tied for first in the NFL. In the discussion for NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award, Suggs' name should be at or near the top of the debate. The only other players in that debate might be Minnesota Vikings DE Jared Allen, who leads the NFL with 17.5 sacks, but his four forced fumbles and one interception are behind Suggs' numbers.
Philadelphia Eagles DE Jason Babin is second in the league with Dallas Cowboys DE DeMarcus Ware with 15 sacks, but neither have the other stats, including tackles, interceptions or forced fumbles to compare with Terrell. Other than Ware, whose Cowboys are 7-6, none of the aforementioned players are on teams with winning records.
Green Bay Packers CB Charles Woodson is tied for the league lead with seven interceptions and has decent tackle numbers, but if the Ravens Ed Reed couldn't win the DPoY Award last season with eight picks in only ten games, I cannot fathom seeing the award going to Woodson, despite his obvious contribution to the Packers success this season.
It's time that Suggs, who not only has the statistics to be worthy of such an honor, but appears to be the leading candidate to be the face and voice of the Ravens defense once the great Ray Lewis retires, gets the notice and official recognition that he deserves.
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suggs is not a human being
He is a donkey face, aka the reverse centaur.
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by jackmca on Dec 12, 2011 3:01 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Jared Allen is having an outstanding year and I think is the front runner right now, but I think given his teams record, if Suggs can pull within 2 or 3 sacks of him he has a very good shot at gettting DPOY.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
He’s on a losing team. Eff that. Suggs should get it over him if it’s close.
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Suggs has more tackles
more forced fumbles more interceptions. Plus he is on a winning team. 4.5 more sacks shouldn’t be the difference with the other numbers Suggs puts up every week. Jared Allen is a great player but pretty one-dimensional in comparison to Suggs, who might be the best at stopping the run in the league from the OLB/DE hybrid position.
aka 'Rexx'
by Bruce Raffel on Dec 12, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
I agree that Suggs has been the better defensive player this year, but...
what does the team’s record have to do with an individual award?
Shit, I brought up this debate.
I get both sides of the arguement. To me, MVPs are on good teams, unless the guy on the losing team is Michael Jordan.
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I know Gaither was a good offensive tackle but he wasnt Jonathan Ogden good I dont think he will
shut down suggs
The guy has been reading all the bad mouthing going on here
He’s working up an appetite to have a Suggs sandwich
laughing my f&+*ing ass off
I’m sure all the other LTs who Suggs devoured this year had a big appetite too.
Gaither has played 2 games. Two. He’s going up against the toughest and most confusing blocking assingnment of his young career. He is capable of playing good football, but he won’t own Suggs.
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by jackmca on Dec 13, 2011 7:48 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
He's played against the Steelers before and did well
He ate Freeney Fries in 2009 with no sacks or tackles
He ate Freeney Fries in 2009 with no sacks or tackles
gaither didnt held freeney with out a sack in 2009 it was micheal oher. Gaither was injuried doing the regular season but he did get to see freeney again in the play offs and freeney basicly schooled Gaither the whole game with spins moves
It’s not often that Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis go through an entire game without a tackle, sack or quarterback hurry between them but that is exactly what happened on Sunday. The credit goes to Jared Gaither and Michael Oher who combined easily score this week’s Megan Fox Award.
Exactly. That was 2 years ago. This is obviously not the same Gaither. Why are you hating on Suggs so much, did he pour bleach on you?
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
You cannot be serious?
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
the whole tyrod taylor thing didnt work out
So now he’s on the kindle bandwagon
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by jackmca on Dec 13, 2011 7:49 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
“When you aren’t recovering the fumbles you just forced, bring someone in who can. I saw Kindle once recover a fumble his Sophomore year of high school. JAMES HARRISON WAS UNDRAFTED!”
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
Tom Brady was a 6th rounder! Charlie Ward used to sub in for Unitas! Give him a chance to play!
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by jackmca on Dec 13, 2011 6:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Charlie Ward is available. He brings mobility to the table. NO NFL TEAM EVER GAVE HIM A CHANCE!
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by jackmca on Dec 13, 2011 6:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Guys, Guys, Guys
I think this Suggs guy is pretty good at footballs.
http://actionontheice.blogspot.com/
How good would it be if we had three DPOY winners on our defense. Suggs is a beast, knew he would be great.
Remember when you used to call him “Sluggs” and thought he was a waste of $67 million? How’d that work out for ya?
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
He had 3 tackles an INT and 2 passes defended against Ten, 5 tackles and a sack against jacksonville and 7 tackles against Sea. Suggs wasn’t the problem in any of those games.
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
even if he had been
it would only speak to how valuable he is to the team, if his under-performance in a game was directly correlated to us losing.
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Is there a player on this team you actually like other than Tyrod Taylor? Holy shit man, you even have hate for one of the most dominant defensive players in all of football!!!
So fucking dense, get a grip dude. Pathetic fan.
Flacco has to trust his receivers to make catches, but shouldn’t throw towards coverage. He needs to attack deep more often, but shouldn’t hold onto the ball so long. He needs to show more awareness in the pocket and move to extend plays, but nothing good comes of him leaving the pocket. He should run with the ball if nobody’s open, but he definitely can’t run with the ball.
Flacco should have the awareness of Roethlisberger, the elusiveness of Vick, the control of the offense of Manning, the leadership of Brady, the accuracy of Brees, and the arm strength of … Flacco? - Ampallang
DPOY right here
Seriously, hes dominated this season, making big plays, in big moments, in big games.
Thats DPOY in a nutshell.
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Calling it now Suggs finishes in top 3 for DPOY. He was an animal at the end of last year and has been disrespected this off-season. I believe it was ESPN that did a poll with the analysts and he did not make the top 10 list for pass rushers or LB’s. That has got to put some fire underneath him and I feel bad for whoever has to go against us.
by AV23 on Apr 14, 2011 1:29 PM MDT reply actions
On Ed Reed:
"I’ve told him to his face many times, ‘You’re the greatest safety ever to play the game,’"
"We all learn from each other, but we all learn most from him."
- Troy Polamalu
Nice
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by Michael Hewitt on Dec 13, 2011 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
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