THERE GOES OUR PERFECT SEASON

Week One did not go as planned. Not only did the Ravens lose to the Broncos, they lost a leader on and off the field. Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles and will miss the rest of the season. Get well soon, Terrell. I hope to see you on the sideline as the young players will need your support. Last week the Ravens defense made Peyton Manning look like what he truly is, OLD. Our defense came to play and did so, holding the Broncos offense to only four field goals. Jimmy Smith had a pick six in the 3rd quarter to give the Ravens our first lead of the game. But our offense could only score six points all day and gave up a pick six also in the 3rd quarter. Another woulda-coulda-shoulda game when, with less than a minute to go, the Broncos intercepted a Joe Flacco pass in the end zone that would have won the game. Crockett Gillmore could have caught that pass and that should have been a face guard penalty on the Broncos. But if you score enough points you take the game out of the refs hands. This would have been a great win. Think about it: did we really have this as a win when we first looked at the schedule? No, so, let’s move on to Week Two.

The Ravens stayed on the west coast in San Jose this week to get ready for the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders had a ugly loss to the Bengals in week one losing 33-13 and it truly was not even that close the Raiders scored 13 point during 4th quarter prevent defense time. The Ravens still need to play much better on offense to beat the Raiders. Oakland is having trouble in their secondary and giving up a lot of yards on the ground which should take pressure off our passing and running games. With Eugene Monroe possibly out with a concussion. That leaves James Hurst at left tackle to protect Joe’s blind side against a good pass rush of Justin Tuck, Aldon Smith and Khalil Mack. Oakland has trouble covering tight ends so Joe will look for our tight ends on quick slant patterns to beat the pass rush. Crockett Gillmore should have a good day. We will miss Terrell who will be replaced by Courtney Upshaw backed up by newly signed Jason Babin. Timmy Jernigan should play this week adding to our running defense that held the Broncos to only 69 yards. The Secondary looked good last week and should have no problem with Oakland’s pass offense. Last week we could have won, this week we should win.

WEEK TWO RUNDOWN: Remember- this is what we want to happen to help the Ravens not necessarily what we think will happen. So don’t bet the farm on my picks.

Thursday
8:25

Broncos vs. Chiefs: You pick’em
We are rooting for both teams to lose. Did Peyton Manning look old or was it our tough defense, tune in and see.

Sunday

1:00

Panthers over Texans
NFC vs. AFC. The Texans don’t have a QB and their defense did not look good last week. Cam Newton and the Panthers should win at home.

49ers over Steelers
Could the Steelers defense really be that bad?

Saints over Buccaneers
Jameis Winston the #1 draft pick and the Bucs got crushed last week. Both NFC teams, rooting for the home team Saints.

Lions (not the Tigers as I had in last week’s blog) over Vikings
Look for Haloti Ngata to squish Adrian Peterson and beat the Vikings at home.

Bears over Cardinals
Both NFC teams, rooting for the home team.

Bills over Patriots
We thank Tom Brady for beating the Steelers. That’s enough praise, this week we go back to normal rooting against the Patriots and for our old friend Rex Ryan and the Bills at home.

Chargers over Bengals
The Bengals were the only AFC North team to look good last week and that puts them in first place in our division. Not this week. The Chargers will make the Bengals look bad at home and wish they were back in Oakland. Don’t forget to scout the Bengals. We play them at home next week. Finally, our home opener after two weeks on the west coast.

Titans over Browns
HE’S BAAAACK! Johnny Football will start in the Browns home opener. Browns fans will get to see what a real QB looks like; Marcus Mariota will spoil their day.

Giants over Falcons
I almost threw up watching Monday night’s pregame show when all they talked about was how great Matt Ryan is. My Grandmother would look good at QB with the receiving core Atlanta has. Go Giants.

Redskins over Rams
Washington gets a Mulligan to start the season over at home with a second try for a home win. It won’t be easy against the Rams who beat Seattle last week.

4:05

RAVENS OVER RAIDERS!!!!!
It’s time for the Ravens offense to shine against a Raiders defense that got man handled by the Bengals last week. Joe, Steve Sr. and our young receivers will have a great day against the Raiders Secondary. Oakland can’t cover our young tight ends so they should have a big day also. Timmy Jernigan will stop the Raiders running game with Dumervil leading the pass rush.

Jaguars over Dolphins
NFC vs. AFC. Rooting against the Dolphins who won last week.

4:25

Cowboys vs Eagles: You pick’em

Both NFC teams, DVR this one. It should be worth watching after the Ravens beat the Raiders. Can Tony Romo and the Cowboys win without Dez Bryant? They did last week. How will the Eagles DeMarco Murray run against his old team with Sean Lee back on the field. So much drama! Tune in to see what happens.

Sunday Night

8:30
Seahawks vs. Packers. You pick’em
Both NFC teams. We can root for either team and a good game in Green Bay.

Monday Night

8:30

Colts over Jets
We can thank the Jets for beating the Browns last week. This week we are rooting for the Colts. I know, I know, I told you root against the Colts, but the Jets have a better record than the Ravens so we need them to lose. Remember—root for teams that give the Ravens a better league record.

And that’s just the view from 151

GO RAVENS!!!!!!