WEEK 13

No give up in this team, young and old alike are playing to the bitter end literally. Last week’s win on the road came down to a Browns last second field goal attempt to win the game. When Brent Urban, in his first NFL game, pushed the Browns line back enough to get his hand up and deflect the ball across the field to Will Hill, a 5th year vet, who grabbed the ball and ran it back 60 yards for the game winning touchdown with no time left on the clock. WOW, for a game that was slated to be a dud turned out to be one of the best games of the season. Both the Browns and the Ravens had something to prove last week and they did. The Browns proved they truly are the worst team in the NFL and the Ravens proved they will not quit.

The Ravens go to Miami this week not for vacation but to play the 4-7 Dolphins. I have been talking about rooting for the Dolphins in weeks past because we play them Week 13. Well, it’s Week 13 and we need to take care of business by beating the Dolphins this week. There is no doubt we can win this game. The Dolphins fired their head coach 4 weeks ago and fired their offensive coordinator this week.  Against the Dolphins, we can go old school and run the ball on the road.  Buck Allen and Terrance West both ran well last week but it was against the Browns.  Was last week a good test?  We will find out this week. Miami’s top free agent signing this year was Ndamukong Suh. ( and we thought Haloti Ngata was hard to spell) Suh was going to be the big run stopper Miami needed. Well that hasn’t happened. The Dolphins are ranked 27th against the run.  The real test this week is our banged up offensive line against Suh.  Can we protect Matt Schaub and open up holes for our running game?  A sad note- Steve Smith is still our leading receiver and he has been on IR for four weeks. But this week we can and will run the ball.

Disclaimer: These are not predictions but how we want the games to go to favor the Ravens. Don’t bet the farm on these choices.

Thursday 8:25pm
Packers 27, Lions 23
This was a great game. Go Pack Go!

Sunday
1:00pm
Ravens over Dolphins
Matt Schaub will need to protect the ball with no interceptions this week.  Left tackle Eugene Monroe is listed as doubtful on the injury report. So our probable starting offensive line will be, Hurst, Osemele, Urschel, Yanda, and Wagner, a good group that will be the key to winning this game.  Watch the Oline this week and we will know what the outcome of the game will be.  A win!!  We are not out of the playoff race yet.
GO RAVENS!!!!

Giants over Jets
NFC vs AFC The Giants have the last defense in the NFL and the Jets have the 3rd best defense. What do you think will happen? We are still rooting for the Giants to help the Ravens

Rams over Cardinals
Both NFC teams rooting for the home team.

Buccaneers over Falcons
The Buccaneers and Jameis Winston have been winning big of late. A Falcon’s lose could put them out of the playoff hunt. Wouldn’t that be a shame? Poor Matt Ryan out of the playoffs again.

Seahawks over Vikings
Seahawks got a big win last week against the Steelers. Thank you very much! Seahawks go on the road with momentum building. The Vikings have been struggling and should be no match for the surging Seahawks.  Thinking of our special intention in Seattle.

Bears over 49ers
Both NFC team rooting for the home team.  The 49ers are 3-8 how does it feel to be without Jim Harbaugh?

Titans over Jaguars
The Jags have the same record as us, this would put them one game behind.  The Titans only have two wins.

Bills over Texans
It’s getting harder to pick the games- both teams are ahead of us in the wildcard race. The Texans are two games ahead and the Bills are one.  So lets root for the Bills to bring the Texans down to one game ahead.

Bengals over Browns
The stick a fork in them Browns are done!  With one more win the Bengals could just about eliminate the Steelers from winning the Division. And that would be a good thing.

4:05 pm
Raiders over Chiefs
This game has the same scenario as the Bills Texans game so we are rooting for the Chiefs who are two games ahead of us to lose in Oakland.

Chargers over Broncos
Rooting for the home team.  The Broncos almost have the AFC West won and the Chargers are no threat to the Ravens.

4:25pm
Eagles over Patriots
AFC vs NFC, The Patriots got their first loss last week and Bill Belichick was not happy.  Belicheck would really pissed off if they lost to the Eagles. Wouldn’t that be great?!

Panthers over Saints
Both NFC teams
Since the Patriots have one loss that leave the Panthers as the only undefeated team.  I would much rather see Cam Newton go undefeated than Tom Brady.

8:30pm
Colts over Steelers
Both teams are 6-5 but the Colts are first in their division so are not in the wildcard race at this point.  I really didn’t need to say all that we just want the Steelers to lose.  Watching the Steelers on prime time gives me heartburn so I may go to bed and wait until the morning to see who wins.

Monday
8:30pm
Cowboys at Redskins: You Pick ‘em
If I told you the Redskins were 5-6, would think they were in first place of the NFC East? Well, they are.  If only we could play in that division, we would only be one game out of first.  The Cowboys lost Tony Romo for the rest of the season last week.  But Dallas’s defense will keep them in the game.  The last three Monday Night games have come down to the very last minute and this week could be the same.  I see the loss of sleep in my future.  Stay up and watch this game. 

The team has not quit so we can’t quiet on them.

GO RAVENS!!!!

Just the View from 151.