Atlanta Falcons really showed their inexperience last night when they blew a 25 point lead in the 4th quarter to lose to the New England Patriots. Tom Brady couldn’t ask for a better comeback winning situation.
The Atlanta Falcons are definitely new to this thang they call the Superbowl
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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 6, 2017
The Seahawks made one of the dumbest calls in Superbowl history on the goal line. They decided to throw the ball in middle rather than hand off to Beast Mode (Marshaun Lynch) and let him run it in with ease. This was a dumb ass risky move and Seattle paid the price for it.
Now we gotta listen to bullshit talk of how great Tom Brady is and listen to the media praise those cheating ass Patriots. Oh well, I hope the Ravens get their asses next year!
It is not very often that you get to see a rematch of the previoys year’s AFC Championship game. Today that will happen in the Ravens vs Patriots matchup. Last year’s AFC championship gam ended badly for the Baltimore Ravens due to a Lee Evans mistake in the end zone as well as a missed kick by Billy Cundiff.
This year may be different however. The Ravens have a great new rookie field goal kicker in Justin Tucker. They have also added speedster WR Jacoby Jones to the roster. The Baltimore Ravens also have a new offensive coordinator now and have been averaging 28 points per game since Jim Caldwell took over the offense.
We all know that Tom Brady and the New England Patriots can put up some points. The key to beating New England is by keeping close and then making the needed stops on defense. The Ravens usually play the Patriots very tough and if any team can go up to New England and win it is the Baltimore Ravens.
The Baltimore Ravens have already indicated that they would like to get Joe Flacco signed to a long term deal. The problem now is to come to an agreement on terms. Joe Flacco has helped the Baltimore Ravens appear in 4 straight playoff appearances since he became the Ravens starting quarterback in 2008. Joe Flacco even played better than Tom Brady in the AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots.
Flacco is going to want a lot of money in his new deal. I must say Flacco has been very durable during his first four years with the Ravens and pretty much never gets injured. It will be interesting to see what the terms of Joe Flacco’s contract will be. Hopefully the Ravens will be able to get a deal done and still have enough room to re-sign other much needed valuable players.
The Baltimore Ravens have been to the playoffs for 4 straight years with Joe Flacco as our quarterback. Each of those four years has ended with a heartbreaking loss in the playoffs. Including yesterday’s 23 to 20 loss, the Ravens have loss in the AFC Championship game twice in the last four years. I’m not sure which playoff loss hurts the most. I don’t know if it was last year’s collapse to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd half or this loss to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship.
I do know that I am proud of my team. Many people didn’t give the Baltimore Ravens a chance against the Patriots and their powerful offense run by Tom Brady. They did not believe that the Ravens defense could stop Tom Brady from throwing any touchdown passes but they did. Nobody thought that Joe Flacco could out play Tom Brady statistically in this game but he did. Flacco had a 95.4 QB rating while Tom Brady had a low 57.5 QB rating. I mean who thought we would sweep the AFC North Division at the beginning of the season? Who knew that the Ravens would go undefeated at home for the first time in franchise?
In short, this loss was heartbreaking to say the least but there are several things to be proud of this season if you are a Ravens fan.
It will be the classic matchup of offense vs defense. The Baltimore Ravens have one of the best defenses in the NFL while the New England Patriots have one of the best offenses in the NFL. The last time the Baltimore Ravens played the New England Patriots in the playoffs, the Ravens not only won the game, but blew the Patriots out 33 to 14. Most sports analysts, however, are picking Tom Brady and the New England Patriots to win this time. The Patriots are heavy favorites to beat the Baltimore Ravens today in the AFC Championship game and advance to the Superbowl.
The last time the Ravens beat the Patriots in the playoffs they did so despite a poor statistical performance from Joe Flacco. Ray Rice had a big day that game and broke one for a TD on the first play from scrimmage. If you are counting the Ravens out in this game, take a look at what happened last time these 2 teams met in the playoffs in New England:
The Baltimore Ravens remained undefeated at home during both the regular and post season this year. The Ravens also remained undefeated against the Houston Texans. This game was a little closer than the first one this year. The Texans continuously fed their star running back Arian Foster who ended up with 27 carries for 132 yards and a TD. Ray Rice was held to just 60 yards on 21 carries even though he got his opportunities.
The difference was that our quarterback Joe Flacco threw 2 TD passes and no interceptions and the young Texans QB threw no TD passes and 3 interceptions. The Ravens definitely need to improve in some areas but they did enough to win and hold onto the lead once they got it. The Ravens will have to go on the road to face an explosive New England Patriots offense led by Tom Brady.
The major area of concern for me is that the Ravens led the NFL in sacks but had no sacks today. We will definitely need a better pass rush when we play the New England Patriots next week.
The Baltimore Ravens went back to a more balanced attack at they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals today 31 to 24. The uses the proven winning formula of giving Ray Rice the ball. Ray Rice had 20 carries for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns. Going into this game, Joe Flacco had more passing attempts than Tom Brady this season.
Rookie CB Jimmy Smith intercepted his first NFL pass today. Ladarius Webb and Ed Reed also intercepted passes in the game. Ray Lewis did not play but was an emotional leader on the sidelines. The Ravens now are in first place in the AFC North and sit in the driver’s seat in the division.
The Ravens will play the 49ers Thursday night on Thanksgiving Day.
