Sleeping on Ravens
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even if we are technically csstly more talented oversll than the ravens....those are two games im deeply cincerned about because of the physicality of that o line. Hopefully baker csn torch them early and force them to throw. Otherwise our interior DL rotation may get exposed. Thst interior o line wore our guys out last year. They're a no nonsense inside power run team.
Is that the with the “new” offense they plan on running I wonder?
Is that the with the “new” offense they plan on running I wonder?
Well, when I heard "new offense" I assumed it was a more open passing attack....to me, they look like they are even MORE physical than last year. They are hammering teams with big backs, they are letting Jackson run, even in the preseason. I saw no signs of a more sophisticated passing game. Maybe they are hiding it for now. Jackson does not have it in him to be a pocket passer, it's not gonna happen. Teams are going to stack the box and dare them to beat 'em deep. I'm not sure he can. But I still think they can win north of 9 games.
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if ya ask Belicheck? he'd tell ya to worry about the Titans week one.(i agree)...Ravens open in Miami & play at KC before us in week 5.(am still looking tickets)..Our loaded box will look different with Richardson & Vernon now lining up at Yanda's side, who Lamar feeds off the most..WR M.Brown will have Ward & Greedy that can press cause Lamar has no deep ball..M.Wilson should load up covering their TE's..Do you remember the look on ? face shaking Lamar's hand at end of Season?..Get your ? ready!! cause the NFL will be on notice week 5, flushing some Rat turds in Balt-more
I would say that every team is a pro team. Hence the any given Sunday saying. That used to be the way we won a game or two a season. Hopefully that shoe is on the other foot now
I would say that every team is a pro team. Hence the any given Sunday saying. That used to be the way we won a game or two a season. Hopefully that shoe is on the other foot now
Always blew my mind how some weeks we would be unstoppable and then next week can't even produce a first down til half way thru the 2nd quarter and that was from a penalty. How so many wr would all drop every pass that comes at them and the week before they were making 1 handed circus catches. It is time we have a team that plays strong all season week in ad week out.
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I would say that every team is a pro team. Hence the any given Sunday saying. That used to be the way we won a game or two a season. Hopefully that shoe is on the other foot now
Always blew my mind how some weeks we would be unstoppable and then next week can't even produce a first down til half way thru the 2nd quarter and that was from a penalty. How so many wr would all drop every pass that comes at them and the week before they were making 1 handed circus catches. It is time we have a team that plays strong all season week in ad week out.
Always blew my mind how some weeks we would be unstoppable and then next week can't even produce a first down til half way thru the 2nd quarter and that was from a penalty. How so many wr would all drop every pass that comes at them and the week before they were making 1 handed circus catches. It is time we have a team that plays strong all season week in ad week out.
A whole lot of that is coaching
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They are not sexy, but with that D, Jackson running all over, should everyone sleep on them? I'm not.
They are not sexy, but with that D, Jackson running all over, should everyone sleep on them? I'm not.
I hear ya. But they did heat up and make a playoff run last year; so I think there will NFL teams taking them more serious than fan speak and message boards. The last time we played them it felt like they ran a 10k on us with the football. Then again, that was the fanny kick we needed to improve our defensive line during the off-season.
Despite losing Mosley and T Suggs, they made the following significant upgrades: S Earl Thomas, RB Mark Ingram, and former Baker big-play fave - WR Marquise Brown. They have a good group of young TEs and a solid offensive line IMO. Worst of all, they have one of the most reliable kickers in the league that can make a high percentage of FG attempts between 50-60 yards in close games. I keep hearing because RG3 got hurt that it is a given Lamar Jackson will also get hurt; but he has that Russell Wilson intangible where defenders rarely ever get a solid shot on him (only he's faster than Wilson). Wilson used to take a team with a very mediocre-shakey offensive line to the playoffs/Superbowl no matter how much he wasn't supposed to be the QB of his draft class doing that best.
The biggest question mark I see with the Rats is their LBer Corps; which is exactly what a lot of fans of other teams have been saying about our LBer Corps. It could come down to who puts the better defensive line in front of them and I like our chances here.
If there's 1 franchise outside of Pittsburgh this franchise should never sleep on - it's the Rats. They need to be terminated and ex-terminated...
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This is definitely a three team race, and should be the entire season.
Who knows, the Bengals might even start better than expected because of the jolt of new blood at head coach before settling back to their rightful place in the basement.
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This is definitely a three team race, and should be the entire season.
Who knows, the Bengals might even start better than expected because of the jolt of new blood at head coach before settling back to their rightful place in the basement.
This is definitely a three team race, and should be the entire season.
Who knows, the Bengals might even start better than expected because of the jolt of new blood at head coach before settling back to their rightful place in the basement.
I still think the Ravens will be very tough this year, and that offense is an absolute terror to stop when clicking. A part of me believes they got exposed in their playoff game, and I'm not sure Jackson can consistently make the throws needed to win at the end, but I know they won't be fun to play, regardless of who they lost to FA.
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They are not sexy, but with that D, Jackson running all over, should everyone sleep on them? I'm not.
I hear ya. But they did heat up and make a playoff run last year; so I think there will NFL teams taking them more serious than fan speak and message boards. The last time we played them it felt like they ran a 10k on us with the football. Then again, that was the fanny kick we needed to improve our defensive line during the off-season.
Despite losing Mosley and T Suggs, they made the following significant upgrades: S Earl Thomas, RB Mark Ingram, and former Baker big-play fave - WR Marquise Brown. They have a good group of young TEs and a solid offensive line IMO. Worst of all, they have one of the most reliable kickers in the league that can make a high percentage of FG attempts between 50-60 yards in close games. I keep hearing because RG3 got hurt that it is a given Lamar Jackson will also get hurt; but he has that Russell Wilson intangible where defenders rarely ever get a solid shot on him (only he's faster than Wilson). Wilson used to take a team with a very mediocre-shakey offensive line to the playoffs/Superbowl no matter how much he wasn't supposed to be the QB of his draft class doing that best.
The biggest question mark I see with the Rats is their LBer Corps; which is exactly what a lot of fans of other teams have been saying about our LBer Corps. It could come down to who puts the better defensive line in front of them and I like our chances here.
If there's 1 franchise outside of Pittsburgh this franchise should never sleep on - it's the Rats. They need to be terminated and ex-terminated...
I hear ya. But they did heat up and make a playoff run last year; so I think there will NFL teams taking them more serious than fan speak and message boards. The last time we played them it felt like they ran a 10k on us with the football. Then again, that was the fanny kick we needed to improve our defensive line during the off-season.
Despite losing Mosley and T Suggs, they made the following significant upgrades: S Earl Thomas, RB Mark Ingram, and former Baker big-play fave - WR Marquise Brown. They have a good group of young TEs and a solid offensive line IMO. Worst of all, they have one of the most reliable kickers in the league that can make a high percentage of FG attempts between 50-60 yards in close games. I keep hearing because RG3 got hurt that it is a given Lamar Jackson will also get hurt; but he has that Russell Wilson intangible where defenders rarely ever get a solid shot on him (only he's faster than Wilson). Wilson used to take a team with a very mediocre-shakey offensive line to the playoffs/Superbowl no matter how much he wasn't supposed to be the QB of his draft class doing that best.
The biggest question mark I see with the Rats is their LBer Corps; which is exactly what a lot of fans of other teams have been saying about our LBer Corps. It could come down to who puts the better defensive line in front of them and I like our chances here.
If there's 1 franchise outside of Pittsburgh this franchise should never sleep on - it's the Rats. They need to be terminated and ex-terminated...
Well...despite their acquisition of certain players that might improve a couple of positions , I think overall that team has been "downgraded", not upgraded. Their gains, I do not believe will make up for their losses. And though Jackson may overall be difficult to get a shot on....it only takes one...and he gives the other teams a lot more opportunities to get that one shot in.
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Aside from the entire team coming down with the flu, there's no excuse for not sweeping the bungles again. None.
The other two are gonna be though outs. But they're still gonna be outs. 4-2 in the division, bank on it.
Aside from the entire team coming down with the flu, there's no excuse for not sweeping the bungles again. None.
The other two are gonna be though outs. But they're still gonna be outs. 4-2 in the division, bank on it.
I'd take 4-2 fo sho.
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I'd take 4-2 fo sho.
3-3 would be a minor disappointment.
Almost time for Dutch's '19 BROWNS questions, eh?
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I hear ya. But they did heat up and make a playoff run last year; so I think there will NFL teams taking them more serious than fan speak and message boards. The last time we played them it felt like they ran a 10k on us with the football. Then again, that was the fanny kick we needed to improve our defensive line during the off-season.
Despite losing Mosley and T Suggs, they made the following significant upgrades: S Earl Thomas, RB Mark Ingram, and former Baker big-play fave - WR Marquise Brown. They have a good group of young TEs and a solid offensive line IMO. Worst of all, they have one of the most reliable kickers in the league that can make a high percentage of FG attempts between 50-60 yards in close games. I keep hearing because RG3 got hurt that it is a given Lamar Jackson will also get hurt; but he has that Russell Wilson intangible where defenders rarely ever get a solid shot on him (only he's faster than Wilson). Wilson used to take a team with a very mediocre-shakey offensive line to the playoffs/Superbowl no matter how much he wasn't supposed to be the QB of his draft class doing that best.
The biggest question mark I see with the Rats is their LBer Corps; which is exactly what a lot of fans of other teams have been saying about our LBer Corps. It could come down to who puts the better defensive line in front of them and I like our chances here.
If there's 1 franchise outside of Pittsburgh this franchise should never sleep on - it's the Rats. They need to be terminated and ex-terminated...
Well...despite their acquisition of certain players that might improve a couple of positions , I think overall that team has been "downgraded", not upgraded. Their gains, I do not believe will make up for their losses. And though Jackson may overall be difficult to get a shot on....it only takes one...and he gives the other teams a lot more opportunities to get that one shot in.
Well...despite their acquisition of certain players that might improve a couple of positions , I think overall that team has been "downgraded", not upgraded. Their gains, I do not believe will make up for their losses. And though Jackson may overall be difficult to get a shot on....it only takes one...and he gives the other teams a lot more opportunities to get that one shot in.
3 isn't a couple anywhere but your cell phone my man!
As much as I HATE saying this Gips, the Rats quietly re-loaded their 1st place roster extremely well. They've been re-loading playoff rosters with great success for years - it's why we still hate them. You know what happens when you forget to look out for #1? You step in #2.
Their RB position was weak last year - now it's a strength. Earl Thomas is a huge upgrade to their back tier. And when Baltimore gets back to extending drives and winning time of possession battles; that opens up a perfect play-action pass scenario to Marquise Brown against some very tired legs on defense.
You can say what you want to about Lamar Jackson; but check out their record before he cracked the starting line-up in 2018 vrs what it was when he started. He turned Joey Bottaflacco into Joey Botta-Onewayticketouttatown.
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I'd take 4-2 fo sho.
So would Moses Malone if he could ever stop stuttering...
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I'd take 4-2 fo sho.
3-3 would be a minor disappointment.
Almost time for Dutch's '19 BROWNS questions, eh?
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Well...despite their acquisition of certain players that might improve a couple of positions , I think overall that team has been "downgraded", not upgraded. Their gains, I do not believe will make up for their losses. And though Jackson may overall be difficult to get a shot on....it only takes one...and he gives the other teams a lot more opportunities to get that one shot in.
3 isn't a couple anywhere but your cell phone my man!
As much as I HATE saying this Gips, the Rats quietly re-loaded their 1st place roster extremely well. They've been re-loading playoff rosters with great success for years - it's why we still hate them. You know what happens when you forget to look out for #1? You step in #2.
Their RB position was weak last year - now it's a strength. Earl Thomas is a huge upgrade to their back tier. And when Baltimore gets back to extending drives and winning time of possession battles; that opens up a perfect play-action pass scenario to Marquise Brown against some very tired legs on defense.
You can say what you want to about Lamar Jackson; but check out their record before he cracked the starting line-up in 2018 vrs what it was when he started. He turned Joey Bottaflacco into Joey Botta-Onewayticketouttatown.
3 isn't a couple anywhere but your cell phone my man!
As much as I HATE saying this Gips, the Rats quietly re-loaded their 1st place roster extremely well. They've been re-loading playoff rosters with great success for years - it's why we still hate them. You know what happens when you forget to look out for #1? You step in #2.
Their RB position was weak last year - now it's a strength. Earl Thomas is a huge upgrade to their back tier. And when Baltimore gets back to extending drives and winning time of possession battles; that opens up a perfect play-action pass scenario to Marquise Brown against some very tired legs on defense.
You can say what you want to about Lamar Jackson; but check out their record before he cracked the starting line-up in 2018 vrs what it was when he started. He turned Joey Bottaflacco into Joey Botta-Onewayticketouttatown.
I disagree. again overall I think they are less talented now than last year. They lost too much talent too much leadership
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3 isn't a couple anywhere but your cell phone my man!
As much as I HATE saying this Gips, the Rats quietly re-loaded their 1st place roster extremely well. They've been re-loading playoff rosters with great success for years - it's why we still hate them. You know what happens when you forget to look out for #1? You step in #2.
Their RB position was weak last year - now it's a strength. Earl Thomas is a huge upgrade to their back tier. And when Baltimore gets back to extending drives and winning time of possession battles; that opens up a perfect play-action pass scenario to Marquise Brown against some very tired legs on defense.
You can say what you want to about Lamar Jackson; but check out their record before he cracked the starting line-up in 2018 vrs what it was when he started. He turned Joey Bottaflacco into Joey Botta-Onewayticketouttatown.
I disagree. again overall I think they are less talented now than last year. They lost too much talent too much leadership
I disagree. again overall I think they are less talented now than last year. They lost too much talent too much leadership
They'll miss Mosley and T Suggs (although he turns 38 in October so they were going to start missing him soon even if he stayed); but they got better and more experienced everywhere else...
Here's the thing.We had zero difficulty stopping their offense when Flacco started last year as the scoreboard reflected. When Jackson started, we couldn't get their offense off the field. You can pretend otherwise but we couldn't. I'll even concede, we got screwed on Jackson's fumble at the 2 yard line that would have gone for a TD. That said, we weren't one of the teams that forced him into mistakes.
Why all that about last year? Because their offense added 2 serious scoring threats to it (Ingram and Brown) that will make his job even easier this year.
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
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I disagree. again overall I think they are less talented now than last year. They lost too much talent too much leadership
They'll miss Mosley and T Suggs (although he turns 38 in October so they were going to start missing him soon even if he stayed); but they got better and more experienced everywhere else...
Here's the thing.We had zero difficulty stopping their offense when Flacco started last year as the scoreboard reflected. When Jackson started, we couldn't get their offense off the field. You can pretend otherwise but we couldn't. I'll even concede, we got screwed on Jackson's fumble at the 2 yard line that would have gone for a TD. That said, we weren't one of the teams that forced him into mistakes.
Why all that about last year? Because their offense added 2 serious scoring threats to it (Ingram and Brown) that will make his job even easier this year.
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
It's the same mentality that pretends Henry will not be a force to recon with despite his second half of the season use by the Titans and an improved OL in the off-season.
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I disagree. again overall I think they are less talented now than last year. They lost too much talent too much leadership
They'll miss Mosley and T Suggs (although he turns 38 in October so they were going to start missing him soon even if he stayed); but they got better and more experienced everywhere else...
Here's the thing.We had zero difficulty stopping their offense when Flacco started last year as the scoreboard reflected. When Jackson started, we couldn't get their offense off the field. You can pretend otherwise but we couldn't. I'll even concede, we got screwed on Jackson's fumble at the 2 yard line that would have gone for a TD. That said, we weren't one of the teams that forced him into mistakes.
Why all that about last year? Because their offense added 2 serious scoring threats to it (Ingram and Brown) that will make his job even easier this year.
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
They'll miss Mosley and T Suggs (although he turns 38 in October so they were going to start missing him soon even if he stayed); but they got better and more experienced everywhere else...
Where? I am not seeing it...except maybe RB slightly.
Here's the thing.We had zero difficulty stopping their offense when Flacco started last year as the scoreboard reflected. When Jackson started, we couldn't get their offense off the field. You can pretend otherwise but we couldn't. I'll even concede, we got screwed on Jackson's fumble at the 2 yard line that would have gone for a TD. That said, we weren't one of the teams that forced him into mistakes.
Why all that about last year? Because their offense added 2 serious scoring threats to it (Ingram and Brown) that will make his job even easier this year.
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
I don't think any game is a gimme. But the fact is, besides losing Mosley and Suggs (both Pro Bowl caliber) they also lost Eric Weddle and Zadarius Smith from that defense. Now they maybe made up for Weddle with getting Thomas...but that front 7 took a serious blow...to be replaced by: ???
Weddle and Mosley were two of the 4 Pro Bowlers on that entire team from last year (Brandon Williams and Yanda)...and Suggs was their Yoda on defense..their inspirational leader. Replacing Weddle with Thomas is at most a wash. Are the RBs they have now better than what they had before? Likely...but since their leading rusher not name Lamar Jackson only had 411 rushing yards, that is not saying much. And don't forget they also lost Michael Crabtree...and John Brown..so NO ONE on their receiving corps strikes fear: Willie Snead, Seth Roberts, Nick Boyle? And while maybe rookie Marquise Brown could become a player....also...maybe not.
So....while perhaps the Rats loss of talent is not a notorious as the Steelers....it may in fact be more damaging than what the Steelers lost.
There is a reason that the Shiteaters are considered unlikely to not defend their division crown: aside from gains by the Browns...it is losses by them...more so than by the Steelers.
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They'll miss Mosley and T Suggs (although he turns 38 in October so they were going to start missing him soon even if he stayed); but they got better and more experienced everywhere else...
Where? I am not seeing it...except maybe RB slightly.
Here's the thing.We had zero difficulty stopping their offense when Flacco started last year as the scoreboard reflected. When Jackson started, we couldn't get their offense off the field. You can pretend otherwise but we couldn't. I'll even concede, we got screwed on Jackson's fumble at the 2 yard line that would have gone for a TD. That said, we weren't one of the teams that forced him into mistakes.
Why all that about last year? Because their offense added 2 serious scoring threats to it (Ingram and Brown) that will make his job even easier this year.
If you want to pretend they're a BINGO Free Space for us - go right ahead...
I don't think any game is a gimme. But the fact is, besides losing Mosley and Suggs (both Pro Bowl caliber) they also lost Eric Weddle and Zadarius Smith from that defense. Now they maybe made up for Weddle with getting Thomas...but that front 7 took a serious blow...to be replaced by: ???
Weddle and Mosley were two of the 4 Pro Bowlers on that entire team from last year (Brandon Williams and Yanda)...and Suggs was their Yoda on defense..their inspirational leader. Replacing Weddle with Thomas is at most a wash. Are the RBs they have now better than what they had before? Likely...but since their leading rusher not name Lamar Jackson only had 411 rushing yards, that is not saying much. And don't forget they also lost Michael Crabtree...and John Brown..so NO ONE on their receiving corps strikes fear: Willie Snead, Seth Roberts, Nick Boyle? And while maybe rookie Marquise Brown could become a player....also...maybe not.
So....while perhaps the Rats loss of talent is not a notorious as the Steelers....it may in fact be more damaging than what the Steelers lost.
There is a reason that the Shiteaters are considered unlikely to not defend their division crown: aside from gains by the Browns...it is losses by them...more so than by the Steelers.
I don't think any game is a gimme. But the fact is, besides losing Mosley and Suggs (both Pro Bowl caliber) they also lost Eric Weddle and Zadarius Smith from that defense. Now they maybe made up for Weddle with getting Thomas...but that front 7 took a serious blow...to be replaced by: ???
Weddle and Mosley were two of the 4 Pro Bowlers on that entire team from last year (Brandon Williams and Yanda)...and Suggs was their Yoda on defense..their inspirational leader. Replacing Weddle with Thomas is at most a wash. Are the RBs they have now better than what they had before? Likely...but since their leading rusher not name Lamar Jackson only had 411 rushing yards, that is not saying much. And don't forget they also lost Michael Crabtree...and John Brown..so NO ONE on their receiving corps strikes fear: Willie Snead, Seth Roberts, Nick Boyle? And while maybe rookie Marquise Brown could become a player....also...maybe not.
So....while perhaps the Rats loss of talent is not a notorious as the Steelers....it may in fact be more damaging than what the Steelers lost.
There is a reason that the Shiteaters are considered unlikely to not defend their division crown: aside from gains by the Browns...it is losses by them...more so than by the Steelers.
Catch your breath. I want them to suck more than you but slapping a blindfold over my eyes to join you here ain't gonna do it.
You can spin doctor this stuff all you want. Fact is, they were losing last year before they made the QB change while we were winless before we made our QB change. Even the night Baker took the field we were down 14-0. Both offensive lines sure looked better after the QB changes didn't they? Not only that, both
T Suggs will be 38 years old in October; so he can retire and enjoy his grand children in the same state he played his college football in too many moons ago. All his best football is in the rear view mirror.
Earl Thomas is an upgrade to Eric Weddle, who lost at least 1 step if not 2.
Mark Ingram is a massive upgrade to any of the dime a dozen RBs they looked to last year.
Their offensive line is very good. Their TEs are young, talented, and another year wiser with experience.
The foot speed of Marquise Brown was an invaluable help to Baker in the big-play department at Oklahoma as well as their next Heisman Trophy Winning QB. Of course he upgrades the Rats' offense; especially in the 2nd half when defenses are gased from chasing the QB they couldn't catch all afternoon. And just when an opponent wants to put a spy on the QB, they have a lot of talent at TE as well as RB Mark Ingram out of the backfield to attack the area the spy departs from.
They're built to control the ball, wear defenses down (while their own defense rests) and score TDs with the dangerous footspeed assembled. It doesn't get easier to defend them with tired legs, which was why they started a winning streak when they changed QBs.
If your way to cope with it all is to pretend they did zero in the offseason - then have at it Gips.
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I don't think any game is a gimme. But the fact is, besides losing Mosley and Suggs (both Pro Bowl caliber) they also lost Eric Weddle and Zadarius Smith from that defense. Now they maybe made up for Weddle with getting Thomas...but that front 7 took a serious blow...to be replaced by: ???
Weddle and Mosley were two of the 4 Pro Bowlers on that entire team from last year (Brandon Williams and Yanda)...and Suggs was their Yoda on defense..their inspirational leader. Replacing Weddle with Thomas is at most a wash. Are the RBs they have now better than what they had before? Likely...but since their leading rusher not name Lamar Jackson only had 411 rushing yards, that is not saying much. And don't forget they also lost Michael Crabtree...and John Brown..so NO ONE on their receiving corps strikes fear: Willie Snead, Seth Roberts, Nick Boyle? And while maybe rookie Marquise Brown could become a player....also...maybe not.
So....while perhaps the Rats loss of talent is not a notorious as the Steelers....it may in fact be more damaging than what the Steelers lost.
There is a reason that the Shiteaters are considered unlikely to not defend their division crown: aside from gains by the Browns...it is losses by them...more so than by the Steelers.
Catch your breath. I want them to suck more than you but slapping a blindfold over my eyes to join you here ain't gonna do it.
You can spin doctor this stuff all you want. Fact is, they were losing last year before they made the QB change while we were winless before we made our QB change. Even the night Baker took the field we were down 14-0. Both offensive lines sure looked better after the QB changes didn't they? Not only that, both
T Suggs will be 38 years old in October; so he can retire and enjoy his grand children in the same state he played his college football in too many moons ago. All his best football is in the rear view mirror.
Earl Thomas is an upgrade to Eric Weddle, who lost at least 1 step if not 2.
Mark Ingram is a massive upgrade to any of the dime a dozen RBs they looked to last year.
Their offensive line is very good. Their TEs are young, talented, and another year wiser with experience.
The foot speed of Marquise Brown was an invaluable help to Baker in the big-play department at Oklahoma as well as their next Heisman Trophy Winning QB. Of course he upgrades the Rats' offense; especially in the 2nd half when defenses are gased from chasing the QB they couldn't catch all afternoon. And just when an opponent wants to put a spy on the QB, they have a lot of talent at TE as well as RB Mark Ingram out of the backfield to attack the area the spy departs from.
They're built to control the ball, wear defenses down (while their own defense rests) and score TDs with the dangerous footspeed assembled. It doesn't get easier to defend them with tired legs, which was why they started a winning streak when they changed QBs.
If your way to cope with it all is to pretend they did zero in the offseason - then have at it Gips.
Catch your breath. I want them to suck more than you but slapping a blindfold over my eyes to join you here ain't gonna do it.
Maybe you do...if you are really saying what you have said here.
You can spin doctor this stuff all you want. Fact is, they were losing last year before they made the QB change while we were winless before we made our QB change. Even the night Baker took the field we were down 14-0. Both offensive lines sure looked better after the QB changes didn't they? Not only that, both.
So...you give ALL the credit to Jackson. We shall see if running like a chicken with its head cut off constitutes a winning formula
T Suggs will be 38 years old in October; so he can retire and enjoy his grand children in the same state he played his college football in too many moons ago. All his best football is in the rear view mirror.
Yes....but it was still better for them to have had him than not to have had him. As I said, he was their inspirational leader, which they no longer have.
Earl Thomas is an upgrade to Eric Weddle, who lost at least 1 step if not 2.
Uhm...actually it is the opposite. Weddle would be an upgrade over Thomas. Weddle made the Pro Bowl last year. Thomas is entering like his 10th or 11th year....and has been injured each of the last 3 seasons. At BEST it is a wash...if not a downgrade
Mark Ingram is a massive upgrade to any of the dime a dozen RBs they looked to last year.
Yes, sure, they had nobody last year. But now they have at best an adequate, middle of the road RB who will be 30 this year and who is on his downside. Better than what they had? Again, not saying much.
Their offensive line is very good.
But not improved from last year. Again, at best a wash
Their TEs are young, talented, and another year wiser with experience.
Their TEs would rank last in this division.
The foot speed of Marquise Brown was an invaluable help to Baker in the big-play department at Oklahoma as well as their next Heisman Trophy Winning QB. Of course he upgrades the Rats' offense; especially in the 2nd half when defenses are gased from chasing the QB they couldn't catch all afternoon. And just when an opponent wants to put a spy on the QB, they have a lot of talent at TE as well as RB Mark Ingram out of the backfield to attack the area the spy departs from.
Of course he upgrades their offense my ass...again, they lost John Brown and Crabtree...and they have this rookie to replace them. I am not saying he is a slouch...he is just an unknown. He could be the second coming of Corey Coleman for all we know.
They're built to control the ball, wear defenses down (while their own defense rests) and score TDs with the dangerous footspeed assembled. It doesn't get easier to defend them with tired legs, which was why they started a winning streak when they changed QBs.
If your way to cope with it all is to pretend they did zero in the offseason - then have at it Gips.
Did they do -0-? No...they had a draft like every other team...and they signed a few free agents......but their losses were so large that in a zero sum game they are less than zero.
Their RB corps ranks 4th in the division, even with Ingram: Browns/Steelers/Bengals are all better
The WR/TE corps ranks 4th in the division...Browns/Steelers/Bengals are all better.
Their OL? Not as good as Pisstown...not as bad as Bengals...they and the Browns may be on par.
Their front 7? Vastly diminished in talent with 3 solid players gone
Their defensive backfield. They are probably the best in the division...based on who they have coming back....Tony Jefferson, Jimmy Smith...and as I said, Thomas adequately replaced Weddle. But in my view...slight down grade.
Their QB? Big question mark....not as good as either Baker or BR in my view. And to say that he beats out Andy Dalton....well, I guess when you count his running ability.
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