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Re: More concerned about the offense or defense?
The Chiefs are to this version of the Ravens what the Peyton Manning led Colts teams were to the Ravens through the 2000s.
No matter how great the Ravens were in any particular year, they could not beat him. They went 13-3 with a back end of his prime Ray Lewis and in their primes Terrell Suggs and Ed Reed in 2006 and lost to him. They played him with Flacco and they got plastered. They couldn’t beat him. They lost 9 consecutive times to him from 2002 to 2012. Of course we eventually did beat him and in spectacular fashion. But it took a LONG time.
A lot of similarities here.
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Re: More concerned about the offense or defense?
He doesn't have the arrows in his quiver. It is what it is. Like I said in another thread, I was hoping the hiring of David Culley (Reid disciple) meant adding some unique passing concepts on top of Roman's running schemes but I don't see it happening.
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09-30-2020, 11:04 AM #87
Re: More concerned about the offense or defense?
I will always and forever blame Gary Baxter for the Colts thing. This came in Peyton's first win against the Ravens (started his career 0-2). Up 20-19 late in the game, 4th and long, Baxter interferes to gives the Colts new life. I wonder if that was the first time I ever saw the Ravens D fold in a big situation (they certainly kept it up that year, letting Tim fucking Couch drive 92 yards in the final 2:18 of the game to give Cleveland a big late season win which got the new franchise into the playoffs for the first and only time btw). Anyway, this is my immediate reaction whenver it comes up that Peyton won X in a row against the Ravens (he didn't lose again until the 2012 playoffs, and he never lost another regular season game against them). There's even a long 4th down conversion (just like Mahomes to Hill in 2018)!
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Re: More concerned about the offense or defense?
Good information there oc21. I appreciate your analysis as usual. It's wild how similar the situations are.
Here's a good thread from Cian Fahey(? i think that's his last name?) on Twitter on why maybe we should be concerned about the defense:
https://twitter.com/Cianaf/status/1311294897203355649
One takeaway? The safeties were really bad.back on twitter
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Re: More concerned about the offense or defense?
score some points and the defense will look like all pros again.
Gotta love the impact Philip Rivers and Tom Brady have had on their new teams. Colts (No. 1) and Buccaneers (No. 2) are the top-two defenses in DVOA. True leadership from the veterans. So much poise and leadership. Just truly great leaders and we're seeing the results. Leadership
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