thundercleetz

BTW, does anyone think that Oher could win offensive ROY? I mean no rookie on offense is tearing it up, and with the media exposure Oher has gotten, it could be possible.

Rice won the Steelers game for us. Other than that, all of our wins have been blowouts (save the Chargers). In our loses it was more Cam's fault for not running the ball then Rice not getting the yardage. And even then, it is not all completely Rice's fault, the line is to blame as well. But you are right, if there is one area Rice needs to improve upon, it is his short yardage/goaline running. He is very explosive, so he should get better. You could say the same thing about guys like MJD and Chris Johnson, these guys are more gamebreakers then grinders. Chris Johnson leads the league in rushing, but his team has nine loses. MJD is kind of similar to Rice. Anyways, there is nothing wrong with Rice being spelled by a bigger back. There is a reason why we have a 265-yard fullback.

Good stuff from Ogden! I don't care who plays at LT and who plays at RT, I just want to see both Gaither and Oher on the field together for a long time!

Ray doesn't take a lot of punishment though. He has a low center of gravity, it is hard to get a good lick on him. Ray currently has less than 200 carries on the season (tied for 15th in the league). Then you have to consider that a lot of his runs are on the outside with him going against corners and safeties, or being pushed out of bounds. Yeah, he has 68 receptions, but it is the same deal, he is going up against corners and safeties on these receptions. Ray does not take nearly the amount of punishment that guys like Benson, Peterson, Mendenhall, Jackson, or Grant take.

I would love to have AD back in a supporting role. But I am sure he would love to go to the Jets, not only reunite with Rex but get to play the Pats twice a year.

Ray has much better numbers than Benson, and I think Benson is in the same boat as Ray Rice as far as fan voting goes. Benson really only had that three week run on media exposure. I would say Ray Rice has caughten up. Ray was really impressive in SNF against the Browns and MNF against the Steelers. I think MJD and Chris Johnson are locks. Thomas Jones is the guy who is going to challenge Ray for the third spot.

The thing I think Ray Rice has going for him is he has definitely caught the attention of his fellow players and the coaches. He leaves an impression on every team we play. The media attention is starting to catch up. About the stats, the scary thing is that Ray is only 22 and in his second season. He may be only scratching the surface of what he can do. Who knows, maybe 1000 yards rushing, 1000 yards receiving is in Ray's future. I definitely believe that Ray will become a bigger TD threat next year if Willis leaves. Having gotten enough of a feel for Ray's game, I see him as a Brian Westbrook/Marshall Faulk hybrid. He has Westbrook's low center of gravity and quickness, and he has Marshall's vision, ability to stop and start on a dime, and is a horse who can take a full workload. And like both guys, Ray is a great receiver. This is where Ray will definitely improve as he will learn to play as a receiver being flexed out and finding holes in the zone.

So as long as Manning is standing upright, the Colts should take care of the Jags.

Week 15 is way too early to start benching your players. At that point you are risking losing your momentum and rythm going into the playoffs. I could maybe understand the last two weeks of the season, but resting players week 15 would essentially give your guys four bye weeks in a row.

Don't worry, geo, I am sure that Ozzie, Harbaugh, Matsko, and Cam realize Gaither's value. We will pay him.

Remember that we played the Lions. Gaither has had a very good season save last Monday. I recommend you to read these posts: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=118&f=1666&t=5239025 http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=118&f=1666&t=5190748

Barnes did a good job of providing pressure. It was good to see Barnes and D. Williams contributing out there with some big plays.

No way this is a trap game, the team knows we need to win out to get in the playoffs. If we lose it will not be because we underprepared or took the Lions easy, it will be because we poorly executed the gameplan. Especially after a poor performance last week the team is going to want to get back on track.

I like our chances of winning out a lot more. I'll say it, Detriot, Chicago, and Oakland are *** I'm stupid for thinking this game is easy ***s. It all comes down to the Pittsburgh game.

I would love to see Arrieta break into the majors as a long relief pitcher. Looking at last year, our long relief guys were basically starters. It would be a good way to ease Arrieta into the majors as he has had problems getting guys out past five innings in the minors. Hernandez is another guy who could be a solid BP arm. We are also looking at a couple of Japanese arms, and I think the Sun said Fernando Rodney is our top closer target. I like Rodney a lot. Oh yeah, I want us to sign Erik Bedard. I know he won't be ready until around midseason, but I would like to see Bedard return.

Wow, good stuff BMW. It is still a little too confusing to me. I am just ready to take care of business against Detroit and Chicago setting up an epic game in Pittsburgh. You know their Super Bowl at that point will be trying to knock us out of the playoffs. It will be like 2003 all over again where we were 9-6 going into Pittsburgh needing a win to get into the playoffs.

Exactly. I'll take my chances in a first round matchup against, Cincy, San Diego, Denver, or whoever wins the AFC East.

I'm with Crav all the way, I'm thinking playoffs!!!

Harbaugh has never lost to a sub-.500 team, I don't expect to start this week. As bad as this season has been we have not played down to the level of our competition, we have just had trouble playing up. We will dominate the Lions, we better because I'll be there possibly sitting in snow. Crav, why count down to the combine when we will be playing in the playoofs in five weeks?

Lets just take care of business against the Lions this week, but I am liking our chances of winning out. At this point I don't care if we make the playoffs, I just want to see wins. If Pittsburgh loses next week to the Packers, who knows, maybe Polamalu decides it is not worth it to risk his knee injury and we play a demoralized Steelers team.

Lets put a nail in that coffin when we go to Pittsburgh! I am not scared of them!

I like the deal. Milwood had some good numbers last season in probably the second best hitter's park in baseball. He should be able to get us 200 IP as our #1 or #2 starter. The knock on Milwood is that he shows up to spring training out of shape, hopefully he has been working this offseason. This was definitely the best move considering the lack of talent on the market and the high cost to get that talent. Now we could just get that middle of the order first baseman...

Here is what Harbaugh said on the two pooch kicks. Apparently Cundiff wasn't doing so well: As for the redzone efficiency, they showed a stat about that on the MNF telecast. Apparantly we started the season 12 for 19 on TD conversions in the Redzone. Since then it has been a disaster, I forget the extact number.

For those interested, Aaron Wilson tweeted that Cmac was an injury-waiver.

You're right, that is the pass that Demetrius himself said he should have caught. Nonetheless, I like the deep speed I saw from Demetrius. He is a guy we need to play the next four weeks to see what he is about.