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The more experienced team, coach and Qb prevailed plus we beat ourselves by abandoning the run right from the get go. boneheaded penalties and turnovers fueled the meltdown. Hopefully, the team learns from this. Still a very young team with an upside. Lamar made a lot of great strides this year. With a healthy Keaton Mitchell and an improving receiving corps plus a nice 2 TE set, the future looks very promising !

This t was m us absolutely beating itself by forcing the run.

Agreed. Horrible play calling. We’ve abandoned the run and we’re putting our quarterback at risk. This team is beating itself !

Beautiful team effort, especially in the 2nd half. Big W against a good team

Tsy, After watching a few underdogs upset and even blowout the favorites, combined with our 2 weeks off, I have no clue as to what to expect Saturday. I would be no more surprised to see us get blown out like the Browns or win convincingly. These 9-8 and 10-7 teams are playing with house money and have nothing to lose - see Green Bay. Houston has 0 to lose, no one is expecting squat from them, and a hot QB. Tsy, these weaker, underdog teams are out playing the big dogs and I see Houston giving us all we can handle and then some. As a 9.5 point underdog, I see the Texans easily covering the spread and pulling the upset would not surprise me. Nothing this season has surprised me.

Missing JK and Keaton- a lot. I’d give Cook a shot - a few carries- in our playoff opener in 2 weeks. With a shot lease though. Gordon looks beyond spent.

More bodies in the backfield. Can’t hurt

We’ve got to suffocate Tua and their offense the entire game - petal to the metal for 60 minutes. Plus, Lamar has to play another error free game or darn close to it. It’s a tall order but that s what’s needed to win Sunday. Should be a slobberknocker!

A W is a W is right on. We'll take it but we were the benefactors of some huge Jag's blunders. Losing Mitchell is huge; the kid is coming into his own and he was our only home run threat RB. Lamar did his thing and is proving his worth/value every game. We will need a very good to great Lamar and a stellar D to take this team deep into the playoffs. Next Mondays SF game is intriguing.

Crav and Tsy, Enjoyed your exchange above and hope all is well in Fla - for you Crav and our Ravens tonight. Crav, I will be traveling down to Cocoa Beach area the week after Christmas; hoping for good weather in the sunshine state ! Peace up

So long as we get back for the PO's.

Oldno et al, I thought and said this past Friday on this same link- "Could be a zany game - maybe last man (team) standing wins!" Not a prophet but had a strong hunch this game would go to the wire. Rams coming in as a hot team, SB winning QB, excellent WRs, running back. The team was as everyone said - unprepared, undisciplined, flat from bye, etc. When we were penalized for being offside in the 2nd quarter (after having regained the momentum), the game started to slip away....again. So then it turns into a zany, slugfest - the last man standing scenario. For every time we could have lost the game, we won a battle or play - just enough to win. We could have easily lost this game, as easily as we could have won the Colts and Steelers games. You win some; you lose some. Good time Charley got the blues In my opinion, there are flaws in all the playoff teams, including us. With the exception of the 49ers, I dont see a team that currently doesn't have some major flaws. For now, we are in the AFC playoff mix and will go as far as our good fortune takes us. Stay healthy, execute, pay attention to detail, play with a sense of urgency, we "could" go a long way. If we dont, we could drop like a rock like we did in Lamar's MVP year (2018). I dont have a clue where we will end up, but hope we are the last team standing!

Oldno, yes, saw the Steelers game as well and their underachieving effort and the Pats rose to the occasion. Hey, that’s todays NFL. Unlike that game, the Rams are playing extremely well, have a terrific group of receivers and a Super Bowl winning QB. in order for us to win, we will play at the top of our game - similar to effort vs the Lions and Seahawks. If we do that, we can be successful tomorrow. Less than that, Rams could pull out a victory. Which Ravens team shows up ? I’m interested and excited to watch- hopefully the good guys show up and get the W

Could be a zany game - maybe last man (team) standing wins!

fwiw - I predicted for last night's game: If we show up like we did vs Lions, Seahawks and Bengals; we win. if we show up like we did vs Colts, Steelers; we lose. Watching the game, I think we played a tweener - worse than the former, better than the latter. It looked like the Chargers were trying to give us the game and we weren't having any of it until the last 5 minutes (Flowers TD). In the end, our D balled out, the offense stubbed its toe, and coaching seemed in a funk. Moving forward and looking at the schedule, if we used a mulligan in last night's game, we done used up the last one. I know we have LA after the bye (which isn't a gimme w Matt Stafford at QB), then close out w/a tough stretch -Jags, 9ers, Fins and Steelers. Now is the time for the team to peak - all cylinders, both sides of the ball, complimentary football, etc. It's time to get ready, prep and peak for the final stretch. Let's see where this team goes!