PFT Ranks Ravens Number 3

**JohnBKistler** · 07-24-2013, 12:33 PM

Mike Florio is an admitted Steeler fan, and perhaps because of that many Ravens fans seem to think he is biased against Baltimore.

Here's his assessment of the team heading into training camp. Pretty upbeat if you ask me...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...timore-ravens/

**Kyle Cactus** · 07-24-2013, 12:44 PM

Looks like packfntk already raided the comments section in our defense.

**RavenScallywag** · 07-24-2013, 12:48 PM

Florio is an admitted Steelers fan? Hmm, I've never seen that before.

**Losac** · 07-24-2013, 01:08 PM

The comments are more of the usual crap we've been hearing all offseason. "Gutted defense, Boldin gone meaning Flacco will suck, etc." I can't wait until the games start. Talk is cheap.

**BcRaven** · 07-24-2013, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Losac

The comments are more of the usual crap we've been hearing all offseason. "Gutted defense, Boldin gone meaning Flacco will suck, etc." I can't wait until the games start. Talk is cheap.

I second this way of thinking. While I do wear the purple glasses, I cannot see any other AFC team beating us out. Of all the guys we lost, most were beyond their prime. Ozzie has done an outstanding job of adding/replacing positions with talented FAs and draftees.
Even a blind man could see the Ravens are Super Bowl contenders in 2013... Bc

**lobachevsky** · 07-24-2013, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

Ozzie has done an outstanding job of adding/replacing positions with talented FAs and draftees.

Here's the thing that impresses me: This team is deep at nearly every position.

Even a blind man could see the Ravens are Super Bowl contenders in 2013... Bc

None so blind etc.....

The great wild card in any season is injuries. But find me the irreplaceable player (other than Joe Cool). Suggs or Doom? Upshaw/Simon/Hamilton. Ngata? Williams/Canty/Spears/Jones. Webb? Jimmy/Graham/Chykie etc. Rice? Pierce. Pitta? Dickson/Juszczyk/Furstenburg (who I expect to have a big camp). McKinnie? The Oher shuffle, part deux. Yeah, we're thin at WR and ILB but I expect the young guys to step up & step in.

Folks who agonized thru 2001-2 still bemoan the injury to JaLew (& to Searcy as well) but we tend to forget that even with the Bum Of The Month club at RB that team made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs.

The scary part (for the rest of the league ;) ) is that the new guys are only going to get better as the season wears on--Doom/Huff/DSmith/Canty/Spears harmonizing with their peers, Elam/ABrown/BWilliams/Simon/etc. acclimatizing to the pro game. And the young WRs will get plenty of game experience. Even if there are a couple of early stumbles--even if the team is 3-3 rolling into Condiment Colosseum in week 7 (& FTR IMHO they will be better than that)--they will (barring a raft of injuries) be right there at season's end--& primed for another deep playoff run.

**packfntk** · 07-24-2013, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Kyle Cactus

Looks like packfntk already raided the comments section in our defense.

HAHA, you are welcome. But I hate it when preseason power rankings come out, and they don't have the SB Champs #1. It is ridiculous. Granted, these are always fun to look at, and I enjoy reading and debating them, so that is my point on that. I guess Florio did his job.

And Florio is a Viking fan, HATES the Packers....... DICK.

**BMann** · 07-24-2013, 04:29 PM

I think many preseason power rankings do automatically rank the Champs at #1 until they lose a game, which seems fair to me. Then again, the Ravens have had the biggest roster turnover of any Super Bowl Champ ever, so dropping them a spot or two seems justifiable... I guess. The only ranking that matters of course is who holds the hardware at season's end, and until someone takes it from us...

I am getting tired of the 49ers slobber-fest, though. They were a blown transformer away from getting completely blown off the Superdome turf a few months ago, yet now they're the best team in the league. Whatever.

**alien bird** · 07-24-2013, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by packfntk

And Florio is a Viking fan, HATES the Packers....... DICK.

Funniest post I've seen in a long time.

**packfntk** · 07-24-2013, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by alien bird

Funniest post I've seen in a long time.

Just speakin' the truth brother, just speaking the truth.

BMann- I am sick of it as well. And Kaep. I want Clay to come around the edge and just BURY him in the ground week 1. If we come into SF and beat them up week 1 that will do a little bit, but not kill the hype. But on the other side, if we lose we will have to deal with "SF is Superbowl bound again, and the Packers are finished". Have to love the media.

iggyman555 · 07-24-2013, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by packfntk

Just speakin' the truth brother, just speaking the truth.

BMann- I am sick of it as well. And Kaep. I want Clay to come around the edge and just BURY him in the ground week 1. If we come into SF and beat them up week 1 that will do a little bit, but not kill the hype. But on the other side, if we lose we will have to deal with "SF is Superbowl bound again, and the Packers are finished". Have to love the media.

hows the pack running game going to look this year?

**GOTA** · 07-24-2013, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by JohnBKistler

Mike Florio is an admitted Steeler fan, and perhaps because of that many Ravens fans seem to think he is biased against Baltimore.

Here's his assessment of the team heading into training camp. Pretty upbeat if you ask me...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...timore-ravens/

According to wikipedia Florio is a Vikings fan.

Mike Florio Main contributor Aside from his work on the website and appearances during halftime of Notre Dame games on NBC with Peter King, Florio works as a lawyer. He resides in West Virginia. Before creating the site, Florio worked at ESPN.com for a week. Florio is a lifelong fan of the Minnesota Vikings.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profootballtalk.com