REEEEEEEED!!! (Thanks Mike,  you gave me the opening line)

NO,  NO, calm down- the Ravens haven’t signed Ed Reed but he is in town. Ed has been spreading Thanksgiving cheer around Baltimore and will be inducted into the Ring of Honor this Sunday. So, this year has not panned out like we wanted it to but this week we can dwell in the past of Super Bowls won and ball hawking secondaries lead by Ed Reed. Thanks for the memories, Ed.

Sorry I am late again this week. Go figure,  it’s 32 degrees outside and people want heat. If you didn’t wait to the last minute maybe I could get the blog out on time. But for those how are holding out until Thanksgiving to turn the heat on I say keep the faith and may the lower energy bills be with you. I must admit I was weak and succumbed to the whining and complaining. So stay strong and tell them to put a sweater on.

Have you noticed I have been delaying mentioning anything about last week’s loss to the Jags. Well, it’s because I just can’t bring myself to face the reality that we are 2-7. It took me until Tuesday to get out of my seat at M&T. The ushers knew and they just left me there. The cleaning crew cleaned around me. It’s amazing,  the leftover food you can find. We have the same record as the Lions and that’s just embarrassing. But hold your head high and know we don’t have the worst record— that belongs to the Browns and that brings a little smile to my face.

Let’s accentuate the positive from last week our young tightends were great. Two rookies and a second year player make up our tightend corps and they have been carrying the offense. The coaches have adjusted the offense to more two tightend sets and also three tightend sets. As they say, find a way to put your best players on the field and this year it’s our tightends. They lead the team in receptions and touchdowns. The next man up plan has not worked this season with wide receivers who can’t run the correct routes and when they do they don’t get any separation. Joe has lost confidence in our receivers. He often. on third down, needs to check down, away from the wide receivers, to the tight ends, who may not have a designated route with the yards needed to get the first down.  The defense gave up way too many yards to a second year quarterback last week. We only gave up 13 points in the first three quarters but in the dreaded fourth quarter the defense gave up 9 points and in the end and I mean the very end with no time left, the stupid penalty get us again and we lose the game by 2 points. I will add, if we score enough points you take the Refs out of the game so we can move on about the non call on the last play of the game.

So, we are 2-7, where do we go from here? Off to week 11,  of course. Okay, we put players on IR– blab blah blah– you know the drill. We play the Rams at M&T. It might be a week where our secondary may not look so bad since the Rams have the worst passing game in the NFL. The Rams  benched their starting quarterback Nick Foles for backup Case Keenum. Let’s hope we can contain this backup QB. Our real worry this week is the Rams running game. They have first round pick rookie RB Todd Gurley who could be the rookie of the year unlike first round pick Perryman who was put on IR this week. The Rams also have WR Tavon Austin a local guy out of Dunbar HS who is their leading receiver. Hopefully,  not this week. Joe and our offense will have a tough time against the Rams defense, who are ranked in the top ten. They are the only reason the Rams have 4 wins. We have a local, too.  RB Terrance West from Towson University was moved up from the practice squad. Look for #27 Terrance West not  Ray Rice. Perhaps the number will be good luck. I think it’s going to be another close game but since it is at home,  you and I can make the difference by GETTING LOUD BALTIMORE!!! Enjoy the game.

We need to win this game to stay ahead of the Browns. Thanksgiving is on Thursday and I can’t spend another couple of days at the Stadium, I have cooking to do.
WEEK ELEVEN RUNDOWN: Remember this is what we want to happen to help the Ravens, not necessarily what we think will happen. Don’t bet the farm on my picks

Thursday night:
8:30

Jaguars beat the Titans 19-13
Thanks to us giving the Jags a win last week they have back to back wins for the first time in it seems like 50 years.

Sunday
1:00

RAVENS over Rams
Did you scout the Rams last week like I told you to? They looked awful against the Bears. We should be able to do the same this week. We will stack the box and stop the Rams running game. Nobody has quit on this team because John Harbaugh won’t let them, this week we will make plays and win the game it’s as simple as that.

Lions over Raiders
NFC vs AFC The Lions beat the Packers in a stunner.  Haloti was a beast and will stop the Raiders this week.

Falcons over Colts
The Colts are coming off their bye but they have been just a mess of a team. Andrew Luck is really banged up. We will see if the Bye helped. Did you notice I didn’t say anything nice about Matt Ryan and the Falcons?

Eagles over Buccaneers
Another struggling team goes with the backup QB. The Eagles will start backup QB Mark Sanchez for injured/benched QB Sam Bradford. Will RGIII be in Philly next year?

Bears over Broncos
Have we seen Peyton Manning on the field for the last time? Two weeks ago, Peyton coming off the Bye looked like a new man, but last week he had the worst game of his career and was benched in the fourth quarter. QB Brock Osweiler, you almost have to root for a guy with a name like that, but we’re not rooting for the Bronco’s as this is an NFC vs AFC match up. We are rooting for the home team Bears and Mount St. Joe grad CB Kyle Fuller.

Texans over Jets
The Jets at 5-4 will not win their division so they are a bigger wildcard threat then the 4-5 Texans. That right I said “Wildcard”. We are still in this race.

Redskins over Panthers.
The Redskins are not likely to win this game in Carolina but Cam Newton is likely to do another dance in the end zone. Keep dancing, Cam.

Cowboys over Dolphins
Tony Romo comes back from missing seven weeks with a broken collar bone. The Cowboys are 2-7, do the math how many wins do the Cowboys have without Romo. This week will make the first time this season Tony Romo and Dez Bryant will be on the field together. The warm weather of Miami may be good for Romo’s collar bone.

Sunday
4:05
Chargers over Chiefs
The Chiefs are 4-5 and ahead of us in the wildcard. We have the same record as the Chargers but since we beat them week 8, we hold the tie breaker.

Sunday
4:25
Packers over Vikings
The Packers are coming off a devastating loss to the Lions last week and play another divisional team this week. The Packers are one game behind the Vikings and cannot afford to go two games back.

Seahawks over 49ers
Both teams are struggling but we are rooting for the home team, Seahawks. Hoping our special intention in Seattle has a great Thanksgiving.

Sunday Night
8:30
Cardinals over Bengals
The Bengals got their first loss last week. Does that mean we have a chance to win the division yes it does!! No, not really but we can dream, can’t we?
Monday Night
8:30pm

Patriots over Bills
Rex hates the Patriots because he just can’t beat them. Last week,Rex had a few tricks up his sleeve but it’s going to take more than tricks this week. I am now rooting for the Patriots to go undefeated in the Regular season and lose their first playoff game.

Bye week for
Brown, Saints, Steelers, Giants

This Ravens team has seen adversity with all the injuries but no one has given up we have not heard one word of dissension out of the locker room. This is a team to keep cheering for.

GO RAVENS!!!!

And that’s just the view from 151

GO RAVENS!!!!