Defensive Strategies: Bills vs. Ravens

DEFENSIVE STRATEGIES Advantage: Ravens Defensive Line The Buffalo Bills offensive line has struggled this year, which is not good when they have to face a testy Ravens defense. To compound matters for the Bills, their starting right tackle Cornell Green is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury.  The likely replacement will be undrafted rookie Cordaro Howard [...]

Facing the Enemy Week 7: Ravens vs Bills

This marks 4 straight weeks where opposing team’s bloggers have chosen to go with the Ravens to win the game. The (4-2) Baltimore Ravens come back from a tough loss to return home and face the (0-5) Buffalo Bills. Of course the Bills don’t want to advance 0-6, but I think last week left a [...]

Say Goodbye to “Devastating Hits” in the NFL

After the helmet-to-helmet hit on Baltimore Ravens TE Todd Heap delivered by New England Patriots S Brandon Meriweather, and among other big hits throughout the weekend, the league plans to announce a new policy where players will be suspended for delivering dirty blows . Ray Anderson, NFL’s Executive VP of football operations, gave this statement: [...]

Ravens Conservative Play Backfires Against Patriots

The (4-2) Baltimore Ravens fell to the (4-1) New England Patriots in overtime, 23-20 Good to Bad The Ravens played well for three and a half quarters; Joe Flacco played great and the offense was aggressive. The defense did what they had to do and got pressure on Tom Brady, finishing with 3 sacks and [...]

Defensive Strategies: Ravens vs. Patriots

OFFENSIVE STRATEGIES Advantage: Wide Receivers The Baltimore Ravens receiving corp should be at an advantage against New England Patriots secondary this Sunday. New England’s secondary is improving, but is not an elite unit like the Pittsburgh Steelers or N.Y. Jets. In fact, New England is ranked 28th in the league in passing yards allowed (272.2 [...]

Ravens Romp n’ Roll Over Broncos, 31-17

Ravens Run Game Rolls The game was actually closer than what the score suggests, but the Ravens dominated for the most part.  The corners played well and the defensive line shut down Denver’s anemic running game by bringing the blitz, keeping QB Kyle Orton off-balance. But the game did start with a let down. On [...]

Ravens vs. Broncos: A Game of Polar Opposites

By now, you should know the (3-1) Baltimore Ravens are facing the (2-1) Denver Broncos at home. And by now, you should also know that the Ravens boast the #1 passing defense while the Broncos come in with the #1 passing offense. But did you know the Broncos are ranked 32nd in the league in [...]

Defensive Strategies: Broncos vs. Ravens

Advantage: Baltimore Ravens The Denver Broncos have been relying heavily on the passing game to win games because of the injuries plaguing their running backs.  Not much will change for the Broncos on Sunday because Knowshon Moreno and fullback Spencer Larsen have been ruled out. That means Laurence Maroney will most likely be the starting [...]

2010 NFL Power Rankings Week 5

A little late in posting the rankings this week, but nonetheless they are here. We have a new special #1 team for you all. For the first time, we didn’t agree that the New Orleans Saints should reign as the #1 team. And if you notice, there are 7 AFC teams in the top 10. [...]

Joe Flacco Has Roethlisberger-Type Win

The headline of this game was the performance by Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco late in the 4th quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers. With just 37 seconds left in the game and trailing by 4 points, Flacco led the Ravens final drive and capped it off with a beautiful 21-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Housmandzadeh. [...]

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