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This is hard to believe...then again...it isn't...

Yea...they got an easy game comming up Sunday, but after the receivers mutiny on Shottenheimer, Holmes comes up with this gem...

from our good friend Jamison... The Ravens can't afford to take their obligatory 1 or 2 quarters off a game.

and the Ravens only put up 253 yards last year...shut out in the second half... I don't know how fans think this will be a walk in the park. well...I don't see how they can match or beat the physicalcality of the Ravens but Manning can dream.

I think I saw that play from another angle...closer too, and Ray was grabbing the guys facemask. He had a good hand on it for a decent amount of time. Only Steelers and their fans whine over this kind of stuff. Maybe getting all the fines is a good sign...the Steelers cried all the way to the Super Bowl.

"The Power of Christ Compels You! The Power of Christ Compels You!"

Who's got a prediction? Well...everybody except crav... Cassell's the kind of QB who can cut the Ravens up...I'll say Ravens in a nailbiter

I'm against this...teams could tap the line and listen to the calls in the huddle. Belicheat has knOwledge of things like this.

A little better and clearer today... We can count Smith and Carr out. The Titans are dinged up with 18 players on their injury report.

This will be so hard on Art.

Alright...he got traded... I'd say there was fire in the report about The receivrer mutiny in New York.

Most but not all of the players are healthy...

Quick Thoughts: The 3-2 Texans will come in desperate for a win after losing in Oakland. This year is their best chance at the playoffs with Manning out of their hair. They know it. The schedule lines up for them. They will not quit. They beat the Steelers...almost beat the Ravens last year until Josh Wilson saved the day in overtime. The Ravens blew a 28-13 lead at the end of the 3rd quarter. Then again...Pagano is the DC now. OK...Williams and Johnson are out. Stop Foster (he's most of their offense) and the Ravens should be ok.

I have no idea. Logic says he'll play better as he gets it down with his receivers. Evans needs to come back...and they have to develop chemistry. Joe's trying to find himself...trying to emerge...just trying things out. Which is good, as long as it doesn't cost the team games. But...a process like that means inconsistency....nail biting...no sure thing. Not only Joe, but this offense needs to get it's identity back...run the football more. The offensive game plan for the Jets looked like a pre season scrimmage. As the O line improves, Joe should too. Right now most of this is theory. That's shakey ground. Hopefully the bye week gave Harbaugh and Cam time to commit to an offensive identity. Ozzie wants to run more. Hopefully they heard him...I mean...he is their boss.

The Ravens have an easy schedule too. That sai,d there are no easy games in the NFL. No gimmies. The Browns and the Bengals could bite both teams in their ass. They may be the toughest competition on the schedule. Look at the 49er's...thought that would be easy 4 weeks ago...not now! The Steelers should be in the hunt until the end. It's as it should be: The Ravens just have to take care of business and everything else will fall in place.

Never thought I read something like this about Derrick... If this happened and I'm Rex...I'd have Burress apologize to Schottenheimer and the whole team for his drops with a Dunce Cap on. For Derrick...this is not the way he wants to end a great career.

Can't happen. The Patsies are 4-1.

I didn't know you lost your wife...stay strong...I've been raising 3 children on my own since 2000.

I surrender.

Go ahead! I can take it! OK...it's too soon...but at a future date, lattitude and longitude, all will honor that which dwells in the blasted heath of my cerebral cortex and the magnificent activity-dependent modification of synapses powering through my ganglia which grants me the authority me to humbly proclaim: " I have KnowLedge of things they are not wanting you to know!"

Crav...I said "I'm thinking this 2011 Ravens team might be Super Bowl bound." That's a far cry from the Curse. We know 3 things: 1. For some reason, hidden in darkness, only you have the powers to invoke the Curse. 2. The Curse is activated when you post the ancient secret and criptic word that predates the fall of the Roman Empire. 3. As we have learned to our horror, once activated, it is irrevocable. 4. Even God refuses to intervene.

No..NO! NOT THAT!!! "Can we have a serious discussion without our filthy minds taking over?" OK...here I go... Looking at the rest of the AFC at this still early point of the season, I'm thinking this 2011 Ravens team might be Super Bowl bound. They look like the best team in the AFC to me. Every team has weaknesses including the Ravens, but with those weaknesses the Ravens still look like the best overall team. All the Ravens have to do is keep getting better every week [and stay healthy] and they'll be monsters by the playoffs. There is serious leadership on this team. Ray, Ed, Haloti, Rice, Joe, Bouldin, Suggs...they'll keep the rest focused with their eye on the prize. There is a special energy and workmanlike focus eminating from them. Ozzie has worked overtime to bring in the goods. And Harbaugh?...it's his 4th season and his stamp is on this team. They have bought in. John now has the experience, leadership skills and hard drive to pull it off. He's got 2 rock solid coaches in Pagano and Cameron. It looks like everybody is on the same page: John's page. He's in command. Cam has an offense in development. He's starting this year with new TE's for Joe, a patched up and shifted O line that could become one dam good line shortly and, basically, a new and better receiving corps once Evans returns. The running game is back (4.3ypc) and will only get better. Ray Rice, BTW, is on his way to a very special season. Possibly a career season. They are finding their way and will only get better. On defense? Pagano has these guys playing Ravens Defense at a high level. It's back. They look like the 2000 Ravens with 1 big exception on the corners. .That will be strengthened when Smith returns and Carr gets healthy. For now Webb and Williams have done a good job holding down the fort. The defense is the key, because in general, this is not a defensive year in the AFC and that will mean money for the Ravens in the playoffs. Points per game? 14.3. You can win a ton of games with that stat in this high scoring 2011 season. Their turnover margin is incredible! This is one physical attacking defense. 11 sacks, 6 interceptions (1 for a TD), 8 fumble recoveries (3 for touchdowns)...ARE YOU FEELING IT!

He must be back on drugs again.

Hey...they keep picking Ravens. Nothing wrong with that. Nagata will get Defensive MVP if he continues at this pace.

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