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08-01-2013, 11:49 AM #37iggyman555 Guest
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
I just listened to this. It's so ridiculous I don't even know where to start. But I will point out two things.
1) Yes the Ravens lost players, but did they replace them or will we travel to games with only 43 players on the roster?
2) Ben has never had a great O-line and that speaks to the greatness of Big Ben to not have that and still lead them to Super Bowls, Did he forget he was worse in his first Superbowl than Trent Dilfer was in his?
What a bunch of crap.
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08-01-2013, 12:39 PM #39
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
Yep....same sh*t different year. We should just wear the annual disrespect/dislike as a badge of honor or something by this point. Especially if its coming from guys like Hoge and Duke et al. I will at least give some credit to Hoge though for not playing along with ESPN's Tebow lovefest. He trashes him so much you'd think Tebow was....a Raven.
But regardless of what he thinks I am definitely not going to sell Pittsburgh short by any stretch. I know Tomlin's luster has faded these last couple years but I still think he's outstanding and will find a way to keep that team in it the whole year. AFCN will be a dog fight.They hate us..... but they want to BE us. (.... or at least poach all our players/coaches/FO people!) :respect
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
I also feel that Mike Tomlin is a top coach. A year of struggles for the Steelers is 8 to 9 wins. It's not the 3 to 5 that we see from the Bengals and Browns. I don't think the Steelers will make the playoffs this year but they're going to be competitive and tough to play like every year
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08-01-2013, 12:59 PM #41Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
I kind of feel sorry for Hoge. He is clearly a walking case study in TBI.
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08-01-2013, 01:57 PM #42
Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
anyone hear Qadry Ismail trashing CC as selfish?
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...,2108666.story
"While Carter might have been one of the greatest talents to ever play the position, Ismail said, his personality actually hurt his team in some cases.
Calling Carter "a bona fide diva," Ismail compared him unfavorably to another former teammate and Hall of Famer, Shannon Sharpe, a tight end who played two years with Ismail for the Baltimore Ravens."
Q got what CC didn't; a ring."Nothing stops these Baltimore Ravens. Beat them, injure them, shove them to the bottom of the standings, drag them into a hostile environment and mount a big lead, and they just keep trudging forward like nothing fazes them." (Bleacher Report)
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08-01-2013, 02:36 PM #43
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08-01-2013, 02:38 PM #44Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
Hodge's "analysis" boils down to the belief that Ben Roethisberger is elite and can win games on his own and Joe Flacco requires some sort of all star cast around him to be effective at all.
I don't know that the last 3 years of reality support that view.
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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08-01-2013, 04:32 PM #46Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
The only point that may be valid (which remains to be seen) is the loss of leadership on the defense. That being said, the defense was pretty average (at best) for the majority of the season. If the guys we've added gel together and some of the vets take on a leadership role, this defense could be much better than last year's. On offense, losing Boldin and Pitta are big, but at least we have training camp to find replacements. Also, our offense should be much better just by the loss of Cam Cameron. Last year, many of these same prognosticators thought we were done because of losing our best defensive player (Suggs) before training camp.
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08-01-2013, 04:50 PM #47
Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
Ray Lewis is only going to be used for the MNF pre-game segments, or so I believe. He will get more "reps" in front of the camera as he shows his media prowess, is my guess.
Oops, I'm wrong.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/90...-espn-nfl-teamLast edited by Strange Bru; 08-01-2013 at 04:53 PM. Reason: found link I was looking for.
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08-01-2013, 04:59 PM #48
Re: ESPN's AFC North Preview----Merrill Hoge's prognostications
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/video...5-3f6d220ed2ba
Sorry here is the video that i made the link from my phone earlier with the quote:
To Hell with these hacks, this is a better video about where the Ravens are now.
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