deeshopper

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This thread will automatically open at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 9, 2010.

roflmao.

With KC's loss, Indy is in. Their game result will decide their seed and KC's seed. That's my understanding.

Indy still has to win in order for that to happen...I think.

It could be worse, Billy. You could be a Browns fan.

Good thing Palmer stunk it up in the redzone.

roflmao. Gonna mess around and lose another one in the final minute.

He finally flopped at the right time in the right place.

Heartbreaker in that we should be ripping them a new one.

I fear this game is going to be another heartbreaker. As many turnovers as the defense is racking up, the offense can't score. Granted, I haven't been paying much attention to this game so far (multitasking!) but really, is this the best they can do?

Now Oher is hurt.

Go Oakland! lol.

Go Ravens!

Happy new year, gentlemen. (I believe I am the lone woman on this board, unless I'm mistaken.) I hope you and your family have peace, love and happiness in this new year in which you've been blessed to receive. It continues to be an honor to partake in football conversations with each of you.

Just finished watching the two episodes this month that I missed. Ahh, it was like old times. I hope the show continues this track. I can't wait for January 28!

lmao. +1.

Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas. I spent the holiday sailing the ocean. And now, because of the original forecast of 6-10 inches (downgraded to a measly 1-2 inches), I'm stranded in Florida until Tuesday!

I am opening this thread early because I won't make it back in time. Go Ravens!

I'm sailing out of Florida today so this thread is open now. Go Ravens!

I get it, really. But how many years have we been complaining about the offensive line? Forever! For me, it is more of playcalling/coaching issue. It sounds like we agree.

No, Ray Rice is not Jamal Lewis. I don't even know how a comparison can be made when they aren't even the same type of back. I disagree with you about Rice not being able to make something happen when there is no hole. Rice is an all-purpose back who finds holes that aren't there and sheds defenders off of him on those long runs. (That's about the only kind of similiarity I can see between both backs.) He did it for the first two years he was here. He just never got the touchdowns, but he was the workhorse that moved the offense down the field. It was just McClain or McGahee that ran the short distances in the redzone. In Lewis' first three playing years (he missed his second year, which was after the Super Bowl win), Lewis had 309, 308, and 387 rushing attempts in those seasons. Rice has NEVER been near that (107, 254 and currently 231). Rice averaged 4.2 and and 5.3 yards per carry and Lewis averaged 4.4 (2000) and 5.3 (2003) in the best years of his career. Not much of a difference there production wise (except Lewis had way more touches), but Rice has averaged essentially half of the number of fumbles. The problem, in my opinion, is that, as you said, he isn't being utilized properly. Lewis played under the QB circus, when teams knew we were going to run, so his numbers are impressive. Rice's numbers should be moreso but aren't for two reasons: 1) he is more of a receiving threat than Lewis ever was (he averaged 14.3 yards per gain and Rice averages 34.5); and 2) he isn't being utilized properly!