Pre-Game Thread AFC Wild Card: Ravens @ Titans

Lol good luck with that optimism! I expect nothing but the same from our defense.

 

Thats your issue, good luck with that lol

 

Not my issue at all lol I’m a realist. The bar can’t be any lower for the defense so if they perform well it’s a win. If they don’t then I’m not disappointed.

 

Dallas, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Giants, and Cincinnati. Those are the five teams the Ravens have beaten during their five-game winning streak to end the season. Those are the teams they've supposedly fixed their offense against.

In their previous fives games they were 1-4 against the Colts, Pittsburgh(2x), New England, and Tennessee.

I am not one bit afraid.

 

Ravens and Jackson are the NFLs darlings...they don't scare me either.

 

Perhaps you forgot, we lost (pretty decidedly) to 2 of those teams in Cincy and Cleveland, that they beat fairly easily. I think we match up best with the Ravens out of all the playoff team, but with this defense of suckage, I harbor no illusions that we couldnt lose this game pretty easily. If the defense were ever so slightly more reliable at getting to the QB and stopping drives on 3rd down I would feel confident, but they arent and I dont unfortunately.

 

The optimist in me says the D can step up and make some critical stops in the end. I am hoping they play bend, don't break and give up FG's instead of TD's and get a couple of takeaways. The realist in me says that the D won't give the O enough chances to outscore the Ravens and this will be another terrible home playoff loss to the Ravens. Here's hoping that trends are made to be broken!!!! TitanUp!!!

 

Valid point but is our defense any better than any of those teams outside of Jacksonville? I’m not so sure.

 

Can’t afford to continue to start slow. Gotta make the Ravens play from behind and force Lamar to throw often.

When the Ravens are elite is when they have a lead and can just kill the clock. They ran over 50 times week 17 for over 400 yards.

 

The REFS back to back BS calls and obvious missed calls ... This worries me more than our Defense.