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03-23-2013, 07:36 AM #637Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
I understand the fans disappointment. But also understand the Ravens had the option to play Sunday night. They chose to decline that option. They would prefer to open on the road and have the extra time off. NBC doesnt want to play Wednesday because Thursday is a much better day for ratings. Lower ratings means less revenue for NBC. Rosh Hashanah is merely a convenient excuse. Always follow the money. So stop blaming Kraft, the Orioles and Rosh Hashanah. Look for us to open on the road at Chicago. I think the Ravens will decline the option of Denver and Pittsburgh. They do have some say as to who the play.
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03-23-2013, 07:42 AM #638
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03-23-2013, 07:44 AM #639
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
Actually if anything, this loses a big advantage for them...They had the ability to get their Thursday game out of the way in Week 1. That's probably the biggest advantage for us and our opponent by kicking off the season opener: We never have a short week for a Thursday game.
Now, they'll have to get a Thursday game somewhere later in the schedule, thus setting up a short week opponent for them. Now, I'm sure their Thurdsay game will be Buffalo or something cakewalk, but...
Also, you are incorrect about this...
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03-23-2013, 08:02 AM #640Rookie Poster
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03-23-2013, 08:27 AM #641
Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
OK, so we are on the road Week 1. Looking at it from a team perspective, if we have a say, I want us to play Cleveland or Buffalo. And I want it to be Thursday. The team will be well rested as none of the starters will play the last preseason game. I would actually EXPECT that the Ravens go out of their way to ensure that that "game" is a bigger load of crap than it usually is. And we get the Thursday game out of the way, and have 10 days to prepare for the first home game.
I do not want to travel to Denver. It would be the longest plane ride and the thin air is worst in the summer. You'll recall the fears of altitude before the playoff game were not realized because the extreme cold mean the air was unusually heavy at the surface.
Pittsburgh? Forget it. Why give them the opener? And why give them the advantage of getting their Thursday game out of the way early like us.
Miami? No, why play in pea soup humidity in September?
Cincinnati has the same scheduling issue we do, so that is out.
So it's Chicago, Cleveland or Buffalo. I'd take any of the three but opt for staying in our own time zone.
From a FAN perspective, the NFL can take its Thursday concert and shove it up its ass. I can envision a REAL celebration Week 2. Bisciotti should be able to understand this and demand that the league front whatever we reasonably want that day.
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03-23-2013, 08:46 AM #642Veteran Poster
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
It won't be Cleveland or Buffalo. Neither team sniffed the playoffs. The game will be against a team that finished well in 2012 or perhaps the Steelers (for rivalry).
Denver is by far the most applicable opponent, whether we like it or not. I think they are the heavy favorites to host the game.
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03-23-2013, 08:49 AM #643
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
It's not even worth getting my blood pressure up. I saw the writing on the wall as soon as I first saw this thread a few days ago. Nothing we can do about it now.
But if you want to try to find some of kind of consollation look at this way --at least we didn't get screwed completely out of the opener again. I imagine Goodell could have easily ordered up Seahawks-49ers or Broncos- Patriots or Patriots-Texans or even Broncos-Colts (which I confess would have sent me through the roof). At least we get the Thursday nighter out of the way without haing to deal with the 3-day turnaround. And I predict that whenever our home opener is it will surely be primetime.
Now if we somehow got screwed out of the Super bowl champions's usual 5 primetime appearances I WILL have a serious issue with that.
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
The NFL is going to,have "festivities" that night in Baltimore, that makes everything ok
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
Was the option to play Sunday night at home?
I haven't seen where they were given that option.
If it was to play Sunday night on the road, then I agree with them.
If you're already getting screwed why volunteer to give up the extra rest and prep time for the next opponent as well.
I would rather be completely screwed out of it all together.
Read Tonys column in the other thread he started.
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Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
I wonder how much Harbaugh had to say about that, everything I have seen re: Harbs say is that he wanted to play Thursday no matter what, wanting the extra days rest for wk 2
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03-23-2013, 09:14 AM #647
Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
The Ravens still have to play an additional Thursday night game unless they negotiated that with this snafu this would be their only one (highly unlikely). The difference now is that hopefully the other thursday game will be at home.
Remember last year the Giants opened at home on Wed. and played Carolina a few weeks later in NC on a Thursday night.
No matter how you slice it this is a effed up as it comes. Baltimore is a laughingstock around the country.
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03-23-2013, 09:53 AM #648
Re: Openning Game 2013 Season Now an Away Game (Merged)
Check out Tony's new thread on this subject at SCHEDULE-GATE: NFL Sticks it to Baltimore!
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