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Haha, that would be funny. The odd part of the trades I think were that of the Bears. Why trade Smith last year, a better player, better leader, then trade for Sweat? Both will cost a pretty penny and it isn't as if they have a real shot at a super bowl with or without Sweat.

Yep, I think the line will be fine. Remember, they have only gotten a few games playing together in this new offense under their collective belts. So I think going forward, if they stay healthy, we should see the running game improve and their consistency in game as well.

With the site down I did a little snooping around the web at various fansites.. my oh my what a melt down by many that ED did not make a trade for one position or another. Many of the opinion that he should be fired & or that this team missed its chance at a super bowl. Really? I looked at Chase Young and Monty Sweat, two most notable that MIGHT, help this league leading defense. I do agree, they have sharpened their teeth against some bad offenses, so subpar quarterbacks. But then, if your teeth are dull, will you have much of a bite when you do play the higher grade offenses? Sweat, a nice player, good punch, an okay swim move, some decent power. 17 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles in 8 games this year, averages 8 sacks per season and has only missed part of 1 season, played in 10 games in 2021... But he does tend to take plays off and he will want big money in the off season. Chase Young, another big name, young edge rusher, 15 combined tackles, 5 sacks (2 against the Giants terrible line). He has not played one full season since coming into the league, playing 15 his rookie year, the year he made a name for him self. Word is he was more about his stats than the game plan, often ignoring his assignments, and doing his own thing to get the tackle, or sack. This is why the Skins wanted him gone. As for Sweat, they just did not want to pay him big money. On the surface a 2nd & or a 3rd for either was a pretty good deal. The Ravens have a way of getting the most out of their players, and with the leadership on defense, either player might have straighten up. But both want big money next year so this would likely only have been a rental. While I think this line as a whole needs depth, there are some injured players slated to return. If they can return to form, especially Bowser, then neither Young nor Sweat would be needed. As for a runningback, the other rumor out there, Henry or the kid from the Raiders, Jacobs, again, money would be the main issue. Both have slightly hefty contracts that ED would have to rework other deals just to fit them in, this year. While both are nice backs, and would augment this offense, I'm not sold on the high asking price, Ten nixed the 2nd round pick, the owner did not want to trade Henry. The Raiders wanted more than a 2n for Jacob's. Frankly, good. They are both power backs, Jacob's slightly faster than Gus. This offense doesn't need that, it needs a true speed back who is naturally shifty. Hill tries to be, he is fast l, but he has to work hard to be shifty, planting hard, which causes him to slip and fall with out being touched. Gus gets all he can out of each run, the line just had to block better, the wide outs and tightends too, that is how you get big runs, by blocking down field. Without that right now, neither back if the trade has gone through would get more right now. Would Henry force defense to play man? Or to drop safeties into the box? Sure to some extent. But so too would Gus, has Gus, when the running game is working as it should. I think it was a good thing the trades didn't go through. This coming draft class has a number of backs who are fast and naturally shifty. With all of the pending free agents already on this team, adding more big name, big money contracts would cause more headaches down the road.

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Well the defense woke up, took over the game for 3 &3/4 anyways. Incredible performance dominating the the line, Pierce, Madebeke, Clowney and company. But they almost lost the game, giving up 10 pts in the last 4 or so minutes. I think, being thin at the edge in depth, they just ran out of gas. Not even that marvelous run down the field by the offense to get 7 more could rejuvenate the defense. The offensive line was, well, offensive for most of the game, save for a few short fields, & the opening and closing drives. All in all this game was closer than the score, the special teams were once again an issue. Tucker drinker the post on a 53 yarder, punt coverage was suspect when the Cards did get a chance to return. The short kickoffs were horrible, why give them a shorter field? That is on Harbs. Just kick em to the moon... The onside kick what a blunder, do they not practice that part? But hey, 6-2, could be, should be, 7-1 maybe 8-0, not many teams can say that. Toughest part of the schedule starts, oy

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I'm a bit delayed, but so far, end of the first, it appears 1) the officials are trying to ensure this game is close 2) the defense stayed in Baltimore, all of these missed tackles.... Great first drive by the Ravens, Lamar was incredible, so too was Bateman, who bailed him out of a likely pick. Great vision, and pass to Andrews to even the score

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If not for the Indi and especially the Pit game, I might agree. But those two games showed this team that they need to be focused. Shoot, they watch other games as well, they saw SanFran law an egg last night to an average at best team, to a qb who was was 2-10 in night games? They saw Dallas get hosed by the cards. Agent 0 and Andrews will keep them grounded and focused

Sorry, I have to vent. This new media, these young folks now covering the NFL and the college game. Man, (can I use that term now adays) they act as if they know about the game, even use some of the common terminology correctly, but if you listen long enough, it is clear, they do not. They use phrases too often or in the improper context. Case in point 1) "high point the ball". This one really gets my goat , it is a phrase that coaches used to use for young players who do nothing but body catch, who will even wait on a pass to come down to catch it with their body. In essence, it is jumping up to catch it with their hands. Where it is over used, ney,(sic) improperly used. This new media uses it when trying to sound football intelligent, and praise a player for jumping up to catch a high pass while being covered, as if the player had any choice. If they tried to keep running and catch it with their body at chest level the pass would be over thrown. Don't describe a player as one who "high points the ball", just say that they are good at leaping and catching, have good leaping ability, have good hands even in traffic. Listen closely to most of these talking heads and you will find that they actually say nothing except what will get them hits & clicks, "hot takes". Gone are the days of real analysts, real reporting, the stories written for the papers and sports magazines is gone/ rant and yes, get off my lawn

Good to see you VA! Anyone who says they saw that dominance over the Lions coming is a liar or frankly, was just an old Homer who relies on memories of the old Lions. Yes, we could see this team putting things together, that it was either going to explode or implode. But no one truly knew what type of team the Lions were, I am sure they were just resting on their laurels and face planted into a scorpion.

The defense will be challenged, I loved Smith's response, "letting up too many yards at the end" He knows there will be better offensive lines and qbs coming their way. They got lucky a few times Goff was so concerned with the rush that he didn't see a wide open receiver for a big gain. It happened a few times, a more mobile qb, a better qb would have caught them.

It's all good, we share our thoughts even when they are the same as others. Lines take a little bit to jell and this one is starting at the right time.

It is finally healthy, back to the way it should be, one of the best in the NFL. We caught glimpses over the course of the season thus far, then, they dominated. Sure, it was a Lions team that may or may not be very good, perhaps an average team. But then, isn't that what you are suppose to do, dominate weaker opponents, not play down to them!? When Lamar has time, the receivers have time to get open, especially with these route combinations, and boom, first downs, big plays. Will this be every week? Of course not, look at the other top teams, KC, Buffalo, Miami, Philip, etc, they have down weeks. But this is another step for the line to see what happens when they work together, when they don't commit penalties, when they give Lamar time, a pocket, a way to escape. Yes, just as the defense needs the front 4 to speed up a quarterbacks timing, as they did with Goff, the Ravens offensive line is the key to this offense, and they have begun.

Yes papa, true, but they have. They did it in each game this year save 3. In Pit, they almost did it but for what ever reason, they literally dropped the ball. In the endzone, on key downs in the field. Against Indi, maybe they tried too hard, maybe they under estimated the Colts defense, the play calling was suspect, the plays run terribly.. But they have scored on their opening drive, mostly touchdowns, in almost every game. They have scored first in every game. They move the ball well in just about every game. Did you see the Chiefs, Chargers game or the Eagles, Dolphins game? Do teams routinely score on every read zone, touchdowns? Do they score on every drive in the first half and continue in the 2nd? Nope. But control. Now, the Lions are not as good as some think, not as bad as they looked yesterday. Some of those plays were just complete break downs in the defense, the one to Riccard, the one to Gus as examples. But what we saw, that will happen in every game, is Lamar had time, waited for windows to open and found them in stride. The line was phenomenal. Receivers caught the ball and, ran their routes properly, timely. They even stemmed on the comeback routes which made for easy catches and some yac. All things they did, again, in every game this year so far, save 3. Really two, again the Pit game was an outlier, the drops. Plays were there to be made.

The win means nothing if they do not stay focused, humble and capitalize on this win

146 rushing, 357 passing, not bad, not bad at all. 5 of 6 in the redzone, all five touchdowns. The one miss? A fumbled hand off between Lamar and he who trips over blades of grass

2 mins left From the Ravens 46 Goff deep, Open receiver drops it in the endzone 2nd and 10 Run to the left for 6, 3rd down 1:30 Run up the middle for 8, under 40 seconds Run to the right, no gain That will do it, Ravens win 38-6, wow

Goff goes deep down the left, bounces off the receivers face mask, incomplete 2nd and 10 Goff to the left, incomplete 3rd and 10, crowd is very quiet Pass over the middle for 5 yards, 4th down 2:20 To the left flat for 6, 2 min warning

Huntely is in now Gus up the middle for 3 Lamar finish we d with 357 yards passing, 21 of 27, 3 tds, 9 rushes for 36 yards and a touchdown His scrambling inside the pocket wad superb Gus to the right, no gain 3rd and 5 under 4 mins Huntely deep down the left side to Bateman, not even close 3:21, Stout kicks it to their 20, returned to the 43 Special teams coverage, has been suspect Another Lion hurt 3:08 Need a pick 6, okay I'm greedy

Touchback, finally 9:30 left in the game Pass into the right flat for a gain of 1 Over the middle for 7 3rd down In the flat for 5, 1st down Dump it off over the middle for 7 Over the middle for 10 Approaching 7 mins Underneath for 8 To the left for 8 Under 6 mins Goff chased, dumps it down for 3 To the right flat for 9 Coming up on 5 mins left From the 20 Goff pressured, gets it away, incomplete 2nd and 10, 5:07 Over the short middle, incomplete, good coverage by Humphries 3rd and 10 Goff forced to rush the throw, off target 4th and 10 4:59 Time out Lions, they were quite confused Goff forced to throw under pressure, almost picked by Stephens, incomplete Ravens ball

Lamar, 19 of 25 for 343 and 3 tds, 8 rushes for 26 and a touchdown Onside kick is recovered by the Ravens 13:57 Pass over the middle to Obj, who dances around for 15 Gus up the middle for 5 In field goal range Lamar escapes the picket, bolts for 15 Under 12 minutes left in the game Hill up the middle for 3 2nd 7 from the 111 Lamar scrambles, finds Obj for 10, but holding on Stanley From the 21 Back to Obj for 3, 3rd and 19 Draw for Hill to the 14, Tucker time 32 yard attempt is good 38-6 9:30

OK offense, time to eat some clock, AND score again, touchdown, field goal, either one

3rd down 19, make them work to get a score, it is very hard to shit out an NFL team. Finish strong! Goff hit as he throws, here comes the obligatory roughing, on agent 0... 5 sacks, 11 pressures, 2 fumbles Pass over the middle complete for 9 Wow, pitch to the left, nobody home he strolls into the endzone, Going for 2 Stone makes the tackle, no good. 35-6

Goff to Gibbs on a wheel route for 20. Run off the left for 9 Come on defense From the 50 Pass to the flat for 2 Under a minute left in the 3rd In the flat again, Queen with the tackle for a gain of 2 Crowd has grown quiet but VanNoy woke them up with another sack! End of the 3rd