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Pass Happy Ravens Eat a Loss

The Baltimore Ravens just ate their fifth loss of the season. Last game Joe Flacco nearly had his head taken off by a vicious hit and went into the concussion protocol. I thought the Ravens would run and pound the football this week but instead Joe Flacco threw the ball 52 times which resulted in 2 interceptions. Running back Alex Collins had just 13 carries and Javarious Allen had just 7 carries. The result was a 23 to 20 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Even the New Orleans Saints which are known to be a passing team with a better quarterback in Dree Brees had a better run/pass balance this week. Dree Brees only threw the ball 27 times while running back Mark Ingram had 16 carries and Alvin Kamara had 10 carries. This illustrates what a good run/pass balance looks like and the result was a 30 to 10 Saints win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Why are Ravens so pass happy especially when Joe Flacco just had his head smashed to the point where his ear almost fell off the prior week?

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Ray Rice May Get the Franchise Tag

Ray Rice was the second leading rusher in the NFL in the 2011 season and had over 2,000 yards from scrimmage. Even though he performed as one of the best running backs in the NFL, it is reported that Ray Rice only earned $555,000 in 2011. It would be nice if the Baltimore Ravens could sign him to a long term deal, but it looks as though he may get the franchise tag.

The deadline is March 5th for the franchise tag, so hopefully a long tem deal would get signed by then. If the Baltimore Ravens give Rice the franchise tag he would get a one year deal worth 7.7 million. The worst case scenario would be if Ray Rice decides to hold out for a long term deal like Chris Johnson did last season for the Tennessee Titans.

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Titans Play Well And Ravens Take the L

Was it the road trip? Did Tennessee really play that well? I don’t know what it was but the Baltimore Ravens were not the same team that we saw last week against the Steelers. The offense didn’t do much and the defense played horribly giving up yards galore. I mean the Ravens played so well last week, I was getting text messages from my cousin saying how he thinks they are going to the Superbowl. Today I did not get one positive text message about the Ravens. I mean this type of inconsistency in the play of our football team has me worried is the reason why the Ravens lost 26 to 13 to the Titans today.

Hopefully, the team we saw in week #1 will show up in week #3. If the team from week #2 shows up next week then this is going to be a long tough season for Ravens fans.

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Ravens Move on to Play Titans Today

After hitting the Pittsburgh Steelers in the mouth last week, the Baltimore Ravens will take on the Tennessee Titans today. I expect the Ravens to dominate this game as well but expect it to be closer than the Steelers game. The Ravens will be on the road so they must protect the ball better than Ortiz protected himself in the Mayweather fight last night. As long as the Ravens don’t commit costly turnovers, they should get another win.

Go Ravens!!!

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