It's good to be right!

[JimZipCode]

I've seen a lot of posts here early in the offseason, throwing around predictions. To show you guys how it's done, I figured I'd take a quick stroll down memory lane and review some of my 2018 posts.

This is what dropping some TRUE KNOWLEDGE looks like!

Ryan Grant will have more receptions for more yards and more first-downs than Crabtree. Period.

We'll go 11-5

[it'll be] 2 years before we have any idea how good Lamar is

Hayden Hurst will be more productive than DJ Moore

Hurst will have a more productive rookie season than Lamar Jackson. He'll be starting, Jackson will be on the bench.

Opening Day WRs:

• Crabtree
• Snead
• Smokey Brown
• Chris Moore
• Jaleel Scott
• Jordan Lasley
• Tim White

Joe is set to have his best season in years. Best offense we've seen in a long time

we are a playoff team even without any contribution from LJ.

Darrell Bevel's offense is usually a train wreck

this will be the best Ravens offense since Testaverde was under center.

Joe is primed to have his best season in years. ... I don't see him getting benched at any point this year.

I see Joe getting 10 or 12 more wins this year alone (counting postseason).

Joe will have a great season

Joe will throw 30 TDs this year. Best receiving corps ever

Janarion Grant just made the team off his performance vs the Rams.

I have us winning 11 games this year.

Lamar played in the SEC

we're not going to see much of Lamar at all this season.

Stay tuned. I have plenty more wisdom exactly that good on tap for you guys in 2019!

[leachisabeast]

I want to see the sword do something similar. You guys are in some ways on opposite ends of the debate.

[Culex]

"If Flacco goes down and LJ is in, the season is over.

If Flacco goes down and RG3 is in, the season is still over. "

[tnsmith90]

You were right on the money or close to it on many of these. That said, I'm really only commenting because I have to say that I have more respect for the fact that you included some of your predictions that were way off the mark as well.

[The Excellector]

I am on suspension from ‘I told you so’ threads, due to the season Eric Ebron had.

[Culex]

You were right on the money or close to it on many of these. That said, I'm really only commenting because I have to say that I have more respect for the fact that you included some of your predictions that were way off the mark as well.

All of his quotes were wrong lol.

[GreatWhiteNorthRaven]

You left out that for your first official date you’d be fake John Harbaugh to Golden Corral.


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[crabcakes]

"If Flacco goes down and LJ is in, the season is over.

If Flacco goes down and RG3 is in, the season is still over. "

To be fair it was.. there's a reason no rookie QB has won a superbowl


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[RavenIsh]

To be fair it was.. there's a reason no rookie QB has won a superbowl


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Actually the opposite was true. The season was over when Flacco was the starter. It was resuscitated when Lamar took over. It ended with a loss to the Chargers but Lamar turned another potentially forgettable mediocre season into one of excitement that we have not seen since the Ray/Reed days.

[crabcakes]

No its over as soon as any rookie Qb (not a slight on Jackson ) starts if your talking about winning super bowls. Moral victories are something I don’t get into


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[srobert96]

Actually the opposite was true. The season was over when Flacco was the starter. It was resuscitated when Lamar took over. It ended with a loss to the Chargers but Lamar turned another potentially forgettable mediocre season into one of excitement that we have not seen since the Ray/Reed days.

That is an opinion.

Facts:
Offense outscored opponents average pts allowed by +8 in first 9 games.
We were -8 against average pts allowed in the last 7 games. If you take out the 4 D/ST TDs in the last 7 games it is -36.
The defense caused 7 turnovers in the first 9 games and 10 in the last 7 games.
In the first 9 games the offense averaged 23.7 pts/G.
In the last 7 games if you take out the D/ST TDs the average was 21.1 pts/g.

Team Records First 9 games - 63-63-2. 7-69-3(Counting Pitt 2x).
last 7 games - 53-58-1

We played 4 games against teams with a winning record in the first half winning 2 of those games
We played 2 games against teams with a winning record in the 2nd half winning 1 of those games.

Offense average same # of TOs per game in first 9 vs last 7.

We played 4 games against top 10 defenses in first 9 games Buf #2, Pitt #6, Ten #8
We played 1 game against top 10 defense in last 7 games. LAC #9

We played 3 games against bottom 10 defenses in first 9 games Den# 22, Cleve #30, Cin #32
We played 6 games against bottom 10 defenses in last 7 games Cin #32, Cleve # 30, KC #31, ATL #28, TB #27, Oak # 26

Was it really the change in QB or was it defense playing better or was it really just a really soft schedule. Or was it also team getting healthy after the bye. We were within inches of losing the last game of the season in the same way that we lost the previous year. This year the defense made the stop otherwise we would have been 9-7 and sitting at home just like last year. Also last year we were 5-1 coming out of the bye before the defense gave up the 4th and long that cost us the Cincy game and the playoffs. Mirror images of each season.

[HbgPARavenfan]

its good to be wrong as well.

Im pretty sure I had us as a 4-6 win team