Ravens NFL Divisional Playoff Capsule
by Bruce Raffel on Jan 11, 2012 4:00 PM EST
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PrintHere is the Divisional Playoff Capsule for the AFC game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, direct from the NFL to Baltimore Beatdown and now for your viewing:
HOUSTON TEXANS–AFC SOUTH (11-6) AT BALTIMORE RAVENS–AFC NORTH (12-4)
SERIES
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TEXANS |
RAVENS |
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LEADER |
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5-0 |
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STREAKS |
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5-0 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Kubiak: 0-3 |
Harbaugh: 3-0 |
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COACHES PLAYOFF RECORD |
1-0 |
4-3 |
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VS. COMMON OPP. |
Hou.: 7-2 (Cin. 1-0; Cle. 1-0; Ind. 1-1; Jax. 2-0; Pit. 1-0; Ten. 1-1) Bal.: 7-2 (Cin. 2-0; Cle. 2-0; Ind. 1-0; Jax. 0-1; Pit. 2-0; Ten. 0-1) |
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PLAYOFF RECORD |
1-0 |
9-6 |
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LAST WEEK |
W 31-10 vs. Bengals |
Bye (Wk. 17: W 24-16 at Bengals) |
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LAST GAME |
10/16/11: Texans 14 at Ravens 29. Baltimore RB Ray Rice totals 161 scrimmage yards (101 rushing, 60 rec.) while QB Joe Flacco & RB Ricky Williams each rush for TD. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
10/16/11 |
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LAST PLAYOFF |
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BROADCAST |
CBS (1:00 PM ET): Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf. Westwood One Radio: Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Kevin Kiley (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 92 (Hou.), 86 (Bal.). XM: 88 (WW1), 225 (Hou.), 226 (Bal.). |
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STAT LEADERS
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PASSING |
Yates (R): 82-134-949-3-3-80.7 |
Flacco: 312-542-3,610-20-12-80.9 |
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RUSHING |
Foster: 278-1,224 (3C)-4.4-10 (3C) |
Rice: 291-1,364 (2L)-4.7-12 (1C) |
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RECEIVING |
Daniels (TE): 54-677-12.5-3 |
Rice (RB): 76-704-9.3-3 |
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OFFENSE |
372.1 |
338.7 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
+7 (2C) |
+2 |
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DEFENSE |
285.7 (2L) |
288.9 (3L) |
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SACKS |
Barwin: 11.5 (T3C) |
Suggs: 14 (1C) |
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INTs |
Allen, Joseph: 4 |
Webb: 5 (T3C) |
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PR |
Jones: 10.6 |
Webb: 10.0 |
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KR |
Manning: 27.4 |
D. Reed: 29.7 |
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PUNTING |
Turk: 40.8 |
Koch: 46.5 |
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KICKING |
Rackers: 135 (2C) (39/40 PAT; 32/38 FG) |
Cundiff: 122 (38/38 PAT; 28/37 FG) |
(Click on the 'Jump' to see all the NFL's notes on both the Texans and Ravens)
NOTES
TEAMS MEET for 1st time in postseason. Clubs met in Week 6 (Baltimore 29-14).
TEXANS: Earned 1st playoff win in franchise history last week…Rookie QB T.J. YATES (5th round, No. 152) completed 11 of 20 passes for 159 yards with 1 TD vs. 0 INTs & 97.7 passer rating in playoff debut. Yates is 1st rookie QB drafted in 5th round or later to win postseason game in era of common draft…Offense rushed for 188 yards last week. Texans ranked 2nd in NFL with 153 rush yards per game in ’11 regular season (Den, 164.5)…Last week,RB ARIAN FOSTER (153) joined PAUL LOWE (165 on 1/1/61 with Chargers) & RYAN GRANT (201 on 1/12/08 with Packers) as 3rd undrafted player in NFL history with 100+ yards in 1st postseason game. Averaged NFL-best 141.6 scrimmage yards per game (1,841 total in 13 regular season games) in ’11. Incl. postseason, Foster aims for 4th consecutive game with 100+ rush yards (109, 158, 153). Tied NFL-best in ’11 with 7 100-yard rushing game (WILLIS MC GAHEE). Averaged 113 scrimmage yards per game in 2 career regular season meetings vs. Ravens. Foster registered 1,200+ rush yards &10+ rush TDs in consecutive seasons (1,616 & 16 in ’10; 1,224 & 10 in ’11). Foster (1,224) & RB BEN TATE (942) were only NFL RB duo with 900+ rush yards apiece in ’11. WR ANDRE JOHNSON had 5 receptions for 90 yards (18.0 avg.) with 1 TD in 1st career postseason game last week. Johnson had 9 catches for 140 receiving yards (15.6 avg.) with 2 TD catches in last game vs. Bal. (12/13/10). WR JACOBY JONES had 32-yard TD catch in Week 6 against Ravens…TE OWEN DANIELS averages 14.6 yards per catch in 3 games vs. Ravens. Daniels has 299 career regular season catches, 2nd-most in franchise history (Johnson, 706). TE JOEL DREESSEN had career-best 6 TD catches in ’11…Defense allowed 285.7 yards per game, 2nd-fewest in NFL this season (Pit, 271.8)…Texans registered 4 sacks last week…CB JOHNATHAN JOSEPH has 3 career INTs against Ravens. Posted 1st career postseason INT last week…LB CONNOR BARWIN had 11.5 sacks this season, 3rd-most in club history (MARIO WILLIAMS, 14 in ’07; 12 in ’08)…LB BRIAN CUSHING led team with 8 tackles last week & posted club-high 114 tackles in ’11...DE ANTONIO SMITH has 3 sacks, 1 FF & 1 FR in 5 career postseason games. Last week, DE J.J. WATT (1st round, No. 11) became 1st rookie to have both INT-return TD & sack in NFL postseason game since sacks became official in 1982…S DANIEAL MANNING registered 1st career postseason INT last week (6 career playoff games)…Club had 2 players selected to 2012 Pro Bowl (RB Foster & CB Joseph).
RAVENS: Won AFC North title for 1st time since ’06…Club is 8-0 at home this season…Ravens seek 1st postseason win at home since 12/31/00…QB JOE FLACCO is 1st QB to start postseason game in each of 1st 4 seasons in Super Bowl era. Has 4-3 record as starter in postseason. In 3 career games vs. Hou., Flacco is 3-0 & has completed 57 of 89 passes (64 pct.) for 725 yards with 4 TDs vs. 1 INT & 99.7 passer rating. Will make 1st career playoff start at home. Flacco has 27-5 (.844) regular season record at home with 39 TDs vs. 19 INTs & 90 passer rating. Incl. postseason, Ravens are 24-2 (.923) when Flacco has 100+ rating…RB RAY RICE posted NFL-best 2,068 scrimmage yards in ’11. Led AFC RBs with 76 receptions this season. Reached 1,200 rush yards for 3rd straight regular season (1,339 in ’09, 1,220 in ’10, 1,364 in ’11). In Week 6, Rice had 161 scrimmage yards (101 rushing, 60 receiving) vs. Texans. Has 3 rush TDs in past 4 postseason games. In Week 17, RB RICKY WILLIAMS (10,009) became 26th player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career rush yards. Had rush TD in last game vs. Hou…FB VONTA LEACH spent 5 seasons with Texans (2006-10)…WR ANQUAN BOLDINhad season-best 8 catches for 132 yards (16.5 avg.) in last game against Texans. Boldin has 20 catches for 252 yards with 2 TDs in 5 career postseason games. Rookie WR TORREY SMITH had 3 receptions for 84 yards (28 avg.) in only meeting against Texans. Smith tied for 2nd among NFL rookies with 7 TD catches (JULIO JONES, 8)…TE ED DICKSON had career-best in receptions (54), receiving yards (528) & TD catches (5) in ’11…Defense led AFC w/ 48 sacks…Ravens have not allowed 100-yard rusher in 15 consecutive postseason games, 3rd longest current streak in NFL…Defense allowed 3rd-fewest yards per game (288.9) & points per game (16.6) this season…LB RAY LEWIS led club with 95 tackles. Lewis will play in 16th career postseason game (9-6). LB TERRELL SUGGS led AFC with 14 sacks in ’11, 3rd-most in season in franchise history (PETER BOULWARE, 15 in ’01; MICHAEL MC CRARY, 14.5 in ’98). Suggs has 10 career postseason sacks in 9 games. Suggs has 4 sacks & 1 FF in 4 games vs. Hou…Rookie DE PERNELL MC PHEE (5th round, No. 165) posted 6 sacks…S ED REED has 7 INTs in 9 career playoff games…CB LARDARIUS WEBB has career-best 5 INTs in ’11… Club had 7 players selected to 2012 Pro Bowl (FB Leach, LB Lewis, DT HALOTI NGATA, S Reed, RB Rice, LB Suggs, & G MARSHAL YANDA).
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I miss Vonta
Your Raven fans got yourselves an awesome fullback.
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OH NO…not Dierdorf. lol. man, that dude can’t see. he is over the top agreeable to his first thought no matter how many replays show otherwise. not to mention his constant scolding of players for not playing like it’s 1945.
I took this from ESPN
And although T.J. Yates is a concern against a defense as good as Baltimore’s, Joe Flacco isn’t a guaranteed good performer in a big setting. In seven playoff games, he’s hit on only 53.3 percent of his passes, he’s thrown four touchdowns and seven picks, and he’s had a 61.6 passer rating.
Im predicting a sack fumble AND maybe a pick as well. BULLS ON PARADE!!
Not to ‘piss on your parade’, but one thing those stats don’t take into account is that they were all playoff games on the road. Flacco at home is a much different story. And as for saying Flacco is unable to play well in a big setting, I’ll refer you to a 90yd game winning TD against the Steelers in Pittsburgh this year. By far the biggest clutch moment of the year (unless you take your Tebow blinders off)
by StuckInUtah on Jan 11, 2012 5:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
hard to respond to the Texan. i guess going on the road to Pitt twice in the playoffs as a young man without more than 1 established receiver and an old beat up Heap tends to put you near the 50% comp. rate. The difference this year (if Cam can speed it up and spread it around without having his ass pucker into a Rice Rice game) are a couple of TE’s named Pita and Dickson followed up by an actual deep threat in Torrey balanced by a Lee Evans to keep you honest. Backfield now has a Ricky Williams to spell the ultra dangerous Rice. Boldin will be Boldin. Let’s see, oh yeah, road grader Vonte will take his toll.
Holy shit.
Who are you?
You come at the king, you best not miss.
by organizedchaos52 on Jan 11, 2012 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
The texans have a chance … Their fans are stoked after the first winning season and playoff berth in franchise history… I applaud them and appreciate their exuberance even if i think their disrespect of the Ravens and Flacco is a rookie mistake.. they’ve never been this far so they don’t know any better. Which is ok when you compare them to bandwagon yinzer fans whose team makes the playoffs often yet fans still don’t know how to act
by Evan Skev on Jan 11, 2012 5:43 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I keep thinking of the Thanksgiving game
against the 49ers. 9 sacks on Smith. Nine. I think Suggs will record 3 himself against Yates. Will Joe feel pressure from the Texans blitz packages? Will they sack him? Yes, probably. But not nearly as bad as what the Ravens D will do to Yates IMO. They’ll be like sharks at a feeding frenzy.
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I’ll be watching the Texans-Bengals game tonight. I’m interested to see what kind of discipline their D line has. The few plays I’ve seen so far they tend to leave some pretty sizeable gaps on pure run downs. I think we can open them up pretty good. Rice got 100 on them last time and 60 receiving. We will have space to operate.
Of course our defense in week 6 is a lot different from now.
I think we had just lost Mario so Barwin was in a new position and Brooks Reed was starting for the first time. So that’s a lot of time for them to get better at gap discipline.
Not to mention this is the first year of our defense so it still took some time to get used to the concepts.
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We actually are one of the top teams in the league at defending the TE.
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
Don’t let facts get in the way of rav getting his jabs in on ray or whoever else he chooses… It’s his world
by Evan Skev on Jan 11, 2012 6:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
i didn’t mention any ranking of our D vs. TE’s, but I am always worried about Ray in pass coverage. with their very good TE this is the match-up i most worry about. whats the problem? what aspect do you guys feel is the texans best opportunity?
A hurricane postponing the game, giving them another week to gameplan and sacrifice several small animals to Cletus the God of Football.
But in all seriousness, if Foster gets hot, it could keep our D on the field exposing them to fatigue, which would not be good.
by StuckInUtah on Jan 11, 2012 6:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I know I was just stating that while you are worried about that we do a very good job of guarding them. I believe combined we held their TE’s to 2 catches for 13 yards last time if I remember right. the biggest thing is that O line IMO. It’s a very strong group and we have to win the battle at the line of scrimmage. If we do that Arian can’t get going. He doesn’t get up to full speed quickly, but once he gets moving he is very elusive. We got to get to him before he’s able to cut up field.
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
arian doesn’t scare me at the line but with reed hurt he will be tough to stop in the secondary if he slips through. but, man, he never looks like he’s moving fast. probably his bulky size makes him deceiving. either or, not too worried about him.
my gut tells me they’re qb is going to get mauled like the 49ers smith. something tells me that kruger, jj and redding will dominate as they go unsung throughout the week.
I hope they do as well. Ideally it would be best if we get up early and force them to put the game in Yates hand more. The pass rush has been electric at home this year and if we create some consistent pressure it could get ugly for Yates.
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
Ray to official: No, I did not get there early (waves knife… i mean hand). There was no penalty. Put the flag back in your pocket.
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by organizedchaos52 on Jan 11, 2012 7:28 PM EST up reply actions
We've got the number 2 defense and the best pure non-QB inflated run game in the NFL
You’ve got the number 3 defense and the 10th ranked rushing team. We’ve got AJ coming back from injury. You have Anquan coming back from injury. Our O-line is the best in the NFL. Yours is stellar as well.
Our teams are about as evenly matched as humanly possible. Anyone who expects a victory on either side by more than 3-4 points is a lunatic.
Isn’t the Vegas line Ravens -7.5?
I’m taking Joe Flacco at home over a 5th round rook on the road all effing day.
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Vegas Also
Probably cleaned up on that game… I can’t imagine there was much money on the T-bows. Heck, there probably wasn’t even much Denver money on the T-bows…
Which goes to my theory about Houston and Sunday’s line. I have seen 7.5 to 9 (?!?!) This is just begging a sane person to take the Texans. And Vegas knows there is more money in Houston than Baltimore (everything is bigger in Texas, yada yada yada) and by making the Texans such huge ‘dogs, it is almost like setting the hook for all the Houston money. Like Vegas knows something the rest of us don’t. Is Boldin actually better than 100% back from surgery? Is Yates (non-throwing) shoulder worse than we realize? I almost want to do a reverse psychology bet and take the Ravens (minus 9? Are you bat-shite crazy?) and then go a a very very long drive Sunday afternoon…
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