Colts to face Ravens next week after a 33-14 Ravens domination over the Patriots
by Brad Wells on Jan 10, 2010 4:09 PM EST
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PrintFor the first time in Bill Belichick and Tom Brady's careers with the Patriots, the Pats have lost a home playoff game. The Ravens walked into Foxboro and then walked all over the Patriots, dominating our fierce rivals with scary-good efficiency running the football. Over 200 yards rushing and 3 TDs by Ray Rice and Willis McGahee. The Ravens defense made Tom Brady look very ordinary, forcing 3 INTs. Not having Wes Welker very much affected the Pats offense.
Patriots fans actually booed Brady at home. I never thought I'd see the day. Seriously, why boo Brady? Sure, he played poorly, but so did Randy Moss, Stephen Gostkowski, and Laurence Maroney. Unlike Brady, all those guys are known to come up small in big games. And let's not forget Bill Belichick and the Patriots defense; they stunk it up all game. Booing Brady was just uncalled for. All he ever did was make the Patriots relevant.
With the Ravens pulling off this dominant upset, they will play our Colts in the Divisional Round next week. The Colts and the Ravens have a obvious history with one another. And, if you watched them play today, the Ravens most certainly look like one helluva football team.
Talk about this game, and the upcoming Ravens v. Colts game, right here.
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Let's kick their ass
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
next week
I really didn’t care if we played the Ravens or Jets, they are very similar teams. Baltimore also did’t look so hot after the 1st quarter. The Patriots certainly had the opportunity to claw their way back into it, but being Welkerless and having Brady at about 40% made it impossible. The only Patriots who seemed to play well were Edelmann and Kevin Faulk. Patriot’s self destruction in the first quarter and their inability to score resulted in a Ravens win.
We're a horrible matchup
for the Ravens. They don’t stand a chance, especially with Todd Heap injured.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
Got injured near the end of the game.
Very gingerly walked off the field with assistance. Doubt we see him this week.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
called it a neck stinger
and evidently he was alright after the game. IDK… looked painful
by naptown_ninja on Jan 11, 2010 9:14 AM EST up reply actions
Like Roidney said
Nobody wants to play the Colts at Indy!
"Winning is not everything;the desire to win is" - Vince Lombardi
"Lomu's the Brent Spar with attitude. A figure who inspires hero worship among even those who think a fly-half is a glass of beer consumed when 'er indoors is looking the other way." - Robert Philip Daily
by rangerover76 on Jan 10, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions
Ray Rice alone can cause matchup problems
I would not be so sure . We will have some matchup problems with Ray Rice . I am not worried about Flacco , our pass rush can take care of him . Also one more area to watch out would be special teams . We better not give up punt returns .
I am happy the dolts will face the jets.If the jets knock out the dolts and come back to Indy for their scheduled beatdown …that would be simply sweeeeeet . All demons exorcised in one stroke . 4th MVP, Two Superbowls… Jets beatdown .
by Horseshoe_Tsunami on Jan 10, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
The Pats lost that game
the Ravens did not win. Brady sucked, Moss was lazy, O line couldnt block a youth football Defense. The only 2 pats that wanted the win, were Edelman and Faulk…everyone else was ready to go home.
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
Predictions
15-9 Colts win.
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
That sounds familiar :-)
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
That's how I make my picks
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
Has that ever worked out for you?
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
No
But it would be badass if it did. I’m predicting 29-17 if the Colts make the Super Bowl.
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
I predict
a 34-17 victory
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Jan 10, 2010 6:17 PM EST up reply actions
soften?
I believe they can defeat SD. Sure, they ain’t favorites and if it happens, it will be considered an upset, but their D is quite good and it can definetely happen.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Jan 10, 2010 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
Jackson, for sure
I’m curious to see how Jackson’s height matches up with Revis’
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."
-Peyton Manning
Hmm, which team has the least competent
at passing game: the Jets or Ravens?
I think that game had more to do with the Patriots sucking than the Ravens being that good.
Everyone will talk about how the game was close with Indy this season, but only by the score. The Colts’ offense should’ve least had 4 tds on the Ravens, and the Colts’ D held the Raven’s O to 5 fgs, two coming from Colts’ O turnovers. I say the Colts win by at least 10 especially with the Ravens’ passing game looking like it has regressed from the beginning of the season.
Peyton Manning makes it Wayne on them hoes!!!!
Why the colts will win next Saturday
1) We have Peyton Manning and our offense will score.
2) This year we have done very well at limiting long runs by backs (Shut up Frank Gore)
3) We are at Luke
4) The Ravens have a short week, and as we all saw, went all out this weekend and will be tired
5) Heap’s abcence will be bigger then the Ravens can handle.
6) We have not lost a game where we have played our starters throuought in over 20 games!
You should've stopped at #1
It’s enough with having Manning.
"We’re only going to score 17 points? haha...OK" - Tom Brady
by BlueMark1821 on Jan 10, 2010 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
How did the Colts' D
do against Ray Rice in the regular season? I can’t remember being pissed off that it gave up a long run or something?
Peyton Manning makes it Wayne on them hoes!!!!
20 carries for 71 yards
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
Addai outplayed him by a little
19 carries for 74 yards for him plus a TD.
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
On another note:
Shake doesn’t have to root against Shonn Greene next week.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
Garcon destroyed the Ravens
6 catches 108 yards.
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
Hope he continues that.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
He'll have a lot of rest
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
Opening Lines
Indy by 6 and 6.5
Chargers by 7.5 and 8
by torontocoltsfan on Jan 10, 2010 4:29 PM EST reply actions
that feels right
I thought the Chargers line would be a bit more
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."
-Peyton Manning
ravens
are actually the team i wanted to play the second least (after chargers) in the aFC giving us potentially the most undesirable (in my opinion) tourney path possible. I think Ray rice is going to be a tough matchup, he is to everyone. I know our run defense has improved but rice is in the elite level now. Our biggest advantage on defense is our pass rush which i think should really limit flacco, but he is far from their biggest asset. Will be interesting to see if we hold a little off our pass rush to try to keep rice in check.
On offense the ravens have a great run defense…to go with our not so great run defense i see this being a bit of a trouble from addai/brown. Ravens pass defense is pretty average for the playoff teams but they sure showed otherwise today against the pats. If they can bring pressure similar to todays game i think it could be a tough game.
Strangely enough this ravens team reminds me a lot of the steelers team of 2005 as well as of course the ravens from last year. Those are not the type of teams to over look.
We stopped Rice last time, he was basically a non-factor
Roethlisberger >>> Flacco
side note: Rebecca Grant is hot.
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."
-Peyton Manning
I agree-Playoffs are essentially a Reset
Ray Rice seems different from the player he was about seven weeks ago. There is no way the colts coaches will overlook the ravens . Still our run defense has improved quite a bit , not the greatest but not the pushover either .
We should not hold off the pass rush against Flacco. Flacco has a tendency to find derrick mason for some big throws . I beleive the team will do a lot of film watching this week to prep for this game.
We will prevail at the end through whatever trickery Harbaugh might throw at us.
by Horseshoe_Tsunami on Jan 10, 2010 4:39 PM EST up reply actions
what will be interesting
is determining WHEN Flacco will throw… they ran – what – 65% of the time today? with throws coming on not-so-obvious downs like 3-and-2… hopefully we can better predict their moves
How can you not love a team that does this?
New thread is up
http://www.stampedeblue.com/2010/1/10/1244226/2009-nfl-wildcard-round-playoffs#comments
Peyton Manning makes it Wayne on them hoes!!!!
How can you tell what players they're booing?
Patriots fans actually booed Brady at home. I never thought I’d see the day. Seriously, why boo Brady? Sure, he played poorly, but so did Randy Moss, Stephen Gostkowski, and Laurence Maroney.
I don’t know how you can tell which specific players are being booed, seemed like they were booing the entire team to me.
Tough day for the Pats
It was a weird feeling watching the Patriotsw get absolutely dogged at home in a playoff game. Big difference for Brady without that defense and Welker. Could be the end of an era????
On to more important things. Manning has always been able to break the spirit of this Ravens defense. They ride on emotions and the play of Ray Lewis, who was awesome today by the way.
I would like to see a very aggressive game plan for the offense. Let’s air it out and blitz Flacco. Which I noticed NE did not do very much of…….
The blitz is a double-edged sword
They didn’t blitz Flacco much because he didn’t throw much. Blitzing = players running right by the ball carrier in a handoff situation = Ray Rice TD..
How can you not love a team that does this?
I'll pray
So God would bless Matt Stover’s leg. Looks like we’re going to a FG dispute
Quitters never win, but cheaters sometimes do
STILL BLUE
did any of you know that the colts colors represent the maryland blue crab..GO RAVANS!!!!!!!!
No they don't
The blue represents the veins of Ravens players that will be bursting open at unprecedent levels on Saturday. The white represents the surrender flag the weaker Harbaugh will throw up halfway through the third quarter.
"About a month ago I got a cactus. A week later, it died. I was really depressed because I was like 'Damn! I am less nurturing than a desert.' (Ladies, that's not true)"
by Colts Homer on Jan 10, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Annnnnnnnnnndddddd
Rec’d!
Bob Sanders does not play Hide-and-Seek, He plays HIDE and PRAY-HE-DOES-NOT FIND-YOU!
by coltsfan723 on Jan 11, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
Oh Baltimore, so bitter after all these years
I’ve seen a lot of empty seats in Camden Yards…
We’ll take them too
Pats' fan here...
…we lost mainly because of Brady and partially because of our O-Line. Apart from the 83 yard opening run by Ray Rice, our Defense was stellar. The points may suggest otherwise, but our Offense handed the Ravens the ball with UNDER 30 yards to go for a touchdown. That’s automatic FG range, so I’ll call a FG a stop. That means our defense had a 50% stop rate, with 2 TDs and 2 FGs off those Brady turnovers.
Brady’s injuries mounted up, his finger affecting his accuracy and his ribs forcing him to NOT settle in the pocket (or lack thereof). Brady was using something similar in this game as in Week 4 and Ray Lewis noticed (said so in his post game interview) and was able to blitz perfectly every time. Brady’s lack of adjustments prevented us from getting into a groove and lost us the game.
That said, our O-Line still didn’t do him any favors. Waaay too old in Center and RG, allowing the Ravens up the middle at will.
Good luck handling them this week. They shouldn’t be much trouble if you execute well and limit turnovers. Have a LB shadow Ray Rice and have Freeney and Mathis funnel him into the center and force Flacco to throw the ball. Your secondary will stop him. You guys should win this.
Then again, we should have too.
Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB
Thanks, The Hill.
That makes me feel much better about this game actually.
"I am in favor of censorship ‐ not against what is supposed to be sexy or dirty, but against what is idiotic." -Jean Renoir
Random fact of the week from the empty void that is my mind: This is JD's best daydream. Cracks me up every time.
Pats lost because they were dominated physically...
The defense was “stellar,” huh? That defense got pushed around all day and couldn’t get a stop, even though the plays were practically telegraphed by the O. You’re in denial if you think the New England defense had a good game… Also, while pressuring Flacco is a great idea in theory, Mathis and Freeney had no success against the O-line the last time the Colts and Ravens played. The Baltimore passing attack obviously doesn’t scare anyone, but to assume the D-ends will have success is shortsighted. Manning has had their (Ravens) number for quite some time, but so did Brady.
by lobsterfest on Jan 11, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Our defense played well given the circumstances...
…given to them by the offense. The Ravens played with a short field every time they touched the ball.
Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB
by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
Short field or not...
there were several 3rd and 1, 2, 3 yard conversions that the defense couldn’t stop. I’m not talking about the box score (which was clearly influenced by poor field position throughout the course of the game), I’m talking about making key stops when they were necessary. Even with the short field, based on what we saw, it’s hard to be confident the defense could stop the run attack with good field position. The defense is young and certainly shows promise for the future, however.
Tipped balls leading to INTs
Wayne and Clark get the butterfingers early in games and that’s how mannings INT total added up this year. Pats receivers were burned the same way yesterday. Except for Moss… where the hell was he for the first 3 quarters?
Nice that we’re playing a familiar opponent. And fitting that it’s the strongest team of the three. I think The Colts can handle the Ravens and it might not be as close the second time…
Any semblance of the Pats' Team that Dominated this decade
Died with that 4th and 2 stop back in November. Champ Bailey, Marlin Jackson, David Tyree, Bernard Pollard, and Melvin Bullit all contributed to the fall of the Patriots over the past 5 years.
"Pressure is something you feel if you don't know what the hell you're doing."-Peyton Manning
by P0RKINS2 on Jan 11, 2010 12:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The Pats didn't scare me, but...
I had really mixed feelings about watching somebody else do the Colts job of knocking the Pats out! I am glad that they are gone, not because I didn’t think we could beat them, bu tso that they are just one-and-done OUT. Good riddance.
I believe the crowd booed Brady and the offense because they had to express their disappointment in seing this egg layed in the first quarter.
Raven’s don’t scare me either, only the Chargers scare me…
by El_Conquistador on Jan 11, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions
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