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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
Every other playoff team outside New England and maybe Pittsburgh is flawed. Kc lost to the Giants. Jax has Bortles. I've seen nothing from Mariotta to suggest he can handle the bright lights (4 ints vs Pittsburgh in what could have been a statement game).
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11-20-2017, 03:34 PM #38Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
I want them to win, so, playoffs. I don't look forward to them getting shellacked by Pittsburgh or New England though.
Top that off with Biscotti heaping more praise(and contract years) on Harbaugh and well that's just a big shit sandwich to me.
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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
If you can make the playoffs in this awful AFC, you have a chance of going all the way, especially with the defense the Ravens are capable of putting out there any given Sunday. So you have to go with that.
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11-20-2017, 04:18 PM #40
Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
Play to win. Even though now it looks as though we would most likely face KC or JAX, I would rather go to Pitt or NE. We have Collins and Woodhead now and we match up well against Pitt. Joe always plays well in NE, the colder and windier the better. Ben can have an off day and Brady will be yet two months older......
I can see it, Remember .......? :"Flacco is driving the ball in that wind....."
(AFCCG, January 2013)
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11-20-2017, 04:22 PM #41
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11-20-2017, 06:01 PM #42
Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
I want them to try and win each and every remaining game. I also hope they lose them all.
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11-20-2017, 06:11 PM #43Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
If they get in, and January Joe shows up, all bets are off.
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11-20-2017, 06:17 PM #44Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
THIS!!! If you aren't trying to win, why are you on the field? I'll tell you this - I will be out there on Monday night, still fighting the tryptophan-induced narcolepsy, creating as much volume as possible. And I'll do the same on 12/3, 12/23, and 12/31. We've got 6 games left, and 4 of them are at home. The only road games left are Pittsburgh and Cleveland. If we can't make it to 10-6, there are more serious problems than we realize. 10-6 should be in, especially with the way the rest of the AFC looks this year.
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11-20-2017, 06:34 PM #45
Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
Yeah..."tanking" is never good. You never want a team to stop trying. I hope they continue to give it their all. I just want them to lose. It's not about what draft pick they get (for me). I don't want anything to get in the way of a rebuilding process that includes cleaning house with the front office and coaching staff. If they squeak into the playoffs this year, I just don't see any changes being made. I'm done with the mediocrity and more to the point...boring football. I want new people in here with new and fresh philosophies.
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11-20-2017, 07:21 PM #47
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11-20-2017, 07:42 PM #48Four-eyed Raven
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Re: A "would you rather" for the Ravens remaining season
In 2007 I was on board the "let's tank so badly that it absolutely forces Bisciotti to make a move" train. It was the same damn failures year after year, and to ME Billick had proven he had run out of ideas. It seemed pretty clear that his repeated bumbling with the QB had finally lost the team, and they had quit on him. The one game of the year they really showed up was the match with the then-perfect Patriots. That game made it obvious how little effort they were giving in every other game: the team that played the Pats in Baltimore that night would have won 10 games if it showed up every week. The other game they gave a decent effort in was when Billick finally let Troy Smith have a game. And that was it.
I am absolutely nowhere near there with Harbaugh & Co. This roster isn't the greatest. But it is crystal clear that the team is still competing. It is obvious they they haven't quit on him.
http://www.baltimoreravens.com/video...e-3247b7bf6bee
I'd rather make the playoffs again, which would represent solid advancement along the rebuilding plan that started after the 5-11 debacle in 2015, then get our O-line back and take another step forward next season. I'd a lot rather do that then roll the dice on a Sean McDermott or Hue Jackson.
And frankly, if the Ravens start to look good over the next six weeks, from a big-picture standpoint Harbaugh would have done a pretty solid job overall. Hold the team together thru a shaky first half of season, endure a crippling run of injuries including to the QB, then righting the ship after the bye and making a playoff run. That's not grounds for firing, that's damn good work. Most coaches couldn't manage it.
I'd be even happier if Dean Pees chose to "pursue other opportunities" in the offseason, and a more aggressive guy (like say Chuck Pagano) came on board. I have no quarrel with the job Marty M and Greg Roman have done this season so far, and would like to see some maintained continuity there, esp if they are given an O-line to work with.
Absolutely win and get in, preferably win the WC game, then bring everybody back (preferably except Pees) next season with a stronger, better-balanced roster.
Then in 2019 draft a QB in the first 2 rounds.
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