Ravens Week 5

First off the Ravens come into the game 3-1 boasting the top defense in the league. This defense is only allowing 247 yards a game and they have only given up 4 touchdowns in 4 games. Then you take the Broncos whose passing game you can say at the least has been dynamic. Kyle Orton is having a career year so far with 1419 yards through the air and 6 scores. However they do not have much of a running game which makes them one dimensional and against a defense as good as the Ravens that will be their downfall. I fulling expect for Orton to spend half of the game on his back due to all the blitzes that will be thrown at him. This will force him to make quick decisions and hopefully a few bad ones. Ravens win 24-10. For more information check out ESPN.COM preview.

Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers - 2010 NFL Season Week 4

Steelers go down in flames in last 30 seconds

This was a very well played game on by both teams, but as a Ravens fan it was a bit close for comfort consider I thought we would win by 10 not 3. I am happy as can be about the win and I am certainly glad to see Houshmandzadeh and Boldin doing so well against such a tough team as the Steelers. Flacco had another good game that was capped off by the gaming winning touchdown pass to T.J. in the last minute of the game. Mostly I would like to tip my hat to the defense for their stand that kept the Steelers penned against their own goal-line forcing them to give the Ravens the short field. I could not think of a better ending to a game, finished off by Ray Lewis making the interception (the first of the year for the Ravens).

Houshmandzadeh Shows Up!

Well I think that T.J. saw what I posted about him a couple of weeks ago and decided that he would shut me up...for a little while. He had a pretty good game that turned into a very good game with his touchdown reception in the last 30 seconds of the game. In fact he caught the final 2 passes, the first for 10 yards that set up the 18 yard strike for the score that gave them the lead. After a win like that I am beginning to believe more and more that this team can be great because they are all starting to come together and build up the chemistry that is needed to contend and dare I say WIN the Super Bowl.

Its Steelers Week

The Ravens are going to win this one I know it. I mean that Steeler defense is as good as the Ravens yes but the offenses are worlds apart (especially without Big Ben playing). Flacco is not playing his best right now but he is playing better than Charlie Batch and he the Ravens receivers are far away better than the good but not great receivers that the Steeler have. Rashard Mendenhall however is a very good running back probably as good as Ray Rice is. There will be the key to the Ravens winning this one I think they will need to take Mendenhall out of the game and then the Steelers have no chance except for their defense scoring all their point which is possible but unlikely. I look for the Ravens to pull this one out with tough defense and 21 points from the offense chalk it up the Ravens take home the win.

Ravens get another W

Ok well that was an interesting game. I suppose we should be thankful we won because we certainly did not play our best. Flacco had a good game like I thought he would but the Ravens defense did not pay any mind to Peyton Hillis (the unproven player that had a miraculous game) and he thrashed them for 144 rushing yards. Hillis was the lone bright spot for the Browns because he just ran through that tough defense of the Ravens. As I mentioned earlier in the post Flacco had by far his best game so far throwing for 262 yards, 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. Over half of his yards went to Anquan Boldin who had 142 receiving yards and caught all 3 touchdown passes that Flacco threw. This was a great game to have before going to Pittsburgh to face the undefeated Steelers. I look forward to seeing that 1 pop up in their Loss column.

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns WK3 2010

Browns @ Ravens

Week 3 has the Ravens hosting the Browns. All I really expect to see in this game is the Ravens defense stomping a mud-hole in the Browns offense and walking it dry. Seneca Wallace is the quarterback for the Browns who granted is better than Jake Delhomme but they still don't stand a chance against the Ravens D unless they have a miraculous performance from some unproven player(s),which makes up most of their offense. I would now like to address the Browns running game but since they have only rushed for 177 total rushing yards so far this season I don't really see the point. I know I know you have to score to win but the Browns pass defense is ranked 24th after playing 2 teams who combined only won 7 games last year so I look for Joe Flacco and that stable of horses he calls receivers to decimate them like Haloti Ngata decimates an all you can eat buffet.

Where in the World is T.J. Houshmandzadeh?

T.J. Who? I don't know where the superstar that was T.J. Houshmandzadeh went but the impostor that is wearing number 84 for the Ravens is not him. He has a laughable number of receptions through the first two games, 1. Thats right folks he has made 1 catch for 27 yard through the first 2 weeks. Now I do understand that he just got to the team and that there is bound to be chemistry issues, it doesn't help that Flacco has been preforming far below his capabilities, but 1 catch in 2 games for a former all-pro receiver is not something to find excuses for. Please people don't think that I am one of those fans who complains about everything or that I am just hating on the Ravens, because I am not I just see the talent that they have and want them to play to the best of their abilities. Ok, well maybe I am a little annoyed at the fact that they lost to a team that I believe they can beat worse than the little brother stomping Peyton put on Eli in week 2. But at the end of the day I am still a Raven through and through, I just see Mark Clayton putting up 12 receptions for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns in the first 2 weeks and wonder, what could have been?

Reed is what we Need

The Ravens secondary has played very well don't get me wrong I am very impressed by their play but when I think about how much better they would be if we had the ball-hawking safety that is Ed Reed behind everyone playing centerfield it makes me wish long to see that number 20 on the field. As good as the defense has been they don't have one single interception this year, which is Mr. Reed's specialty. Then I think about how sweet it will be when he is able to return to the team in week 7, he is already chomping at the bit trying to get out there, so I cannot wait to see him explode and bring this defense to the scary good level that they can be. I would say I feel sorry for the rest of the league but to tell the truth...I don't.

Ravens Week 2

Week 2 against the Bengals the Ravens just did not play well at all. Of course it didn't help that refs should have been wearing orange and black stripes instead of black and white. They made two ridiculous calls that lead to 6 points being given to Bengals. The first and most idiotic call was the roughing the passer call against Terrell Suggs. The hit was clean and happened maybe one second after Palmer released the ball. The second was against The Master of Disaster himself Ray Lewis. The tripping call that was made must have come from a blind man because if you watch the play the Bengals running back cut Ray's legs out from under him forcing them to flip out and take out Palmer's legs. These calls contributed to the loss but it wasn't sole reason, the Ravens would have won if Flacco could have thrown the ball to the right colored jerseys.

Ray Lewis Shutting the New York Jets Down and Up

First off I would like to say that the Ravens earned one heck of a win against the New York Jets in week 1.   Now the baddest man on to step on the football in the last 2 decades showed why he has earned that title. Ray-Ray dished out some serious beat downs on the Jets offense, just ask Dustin Keller that is if his brain is unscrambled yet (Ray being Ray). This puts to rest all the talk that the Jets did saying that he is washed up.