October 16, 2016

This truly is the view from 151!

Week 6

RAVENS vs Giants

Welcome to the late edition of The View from 151. It’s bad when life gets in the way of spreading the good word about the Ravens.  It is Sunday by the way.

The picture above was the highlight of last week’s game and it was taken 15 minutes before the game started.  I may have purchased the first Eric Weddle Ravens jersey. Because of our similar sounding names, I followed him when he was with San Diego so when he signed with the Ravens it was not long after that I had his jersey.  But I showed great restraint but not buying 5 more for the rest of the family.   To explain the picture, I like to watch team warm up and look over who is playing and who’s not.  While the teams were heading to the locker room Eric Weddle ran over and threw me the ball.  I was just glad I caught the ball since I just looked over and a ball was coming at me.  I caught the ball and saw Eric waving at me.  That would have been embarrassing if the ball bounced off my chest and back on the field.  (Did you notice we are on a first name basis now?!).  So, that was the best part of our loss to the Redskins last week.  The worst part is, as of Friday, the Redskin fans I work with are still gloating.  As my Mom would say, “If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all.”  So that’s all I going to say about last week’s game.

We have a new offensive coordinator and he is going to play offensive line this week since even on Sunday morning we have no clue who is starting on the O line.  Joe found it hard to sleep last night thinking about who is going to protect him today.  The running game with our younger running backs was the strongest it has been all season.  So why did we not run the ball once in the fourth quarter?  Sorry, I will move on from last week.

This week the Ravens go to New York to play Eli Manning and the 2-3 Giants who are desperate for a win at home.  The Giants are just as beatable as the Redskins were suppose to be.  Our 3rd ranked defense should be able to control all aspects of the Giants 20th ranked offense.  The Giants defense only has 4 sacks all seasons so let’s hope that this is not their breakout game and sack Joe 10 times.  I wish I could look at this game as a sure win but we can’t.  In my head, we just don’t know how our Ravens are going to play.   But in my heart I know they will win.

GO RAVENS!!!!

Thursday
Chargers 21, Broncos 13 This is a good start we wanted the Chargers to win.

Sunday
1pm

Ravens over Giants
Marty Mornhinweg was promoted from QB coach to Offensive Coordinator, making him Joe’s sixth Coordinator in 9 years.  Look for the running game to carry the load this week.  Joe needs to be confident in the O line. Last week, late in the game he seemed to take the snap and automatically start scrambling out of the pocket.  So the O line, who ever that may be, needs to step up and protect Joe.  WE NEED TO STOP THE PENALTIES!!!!  We keep shooting ourselves in the foot with these dumb penalties.  It won’t be pretty but it will be a win.

49ers over Bills
NFC over AFC
The Bills have the same record as the Ravens. Kaepernick will start today for the first time this season.

Eagles over Redskins
Usually we would root for the home team Redskins but I just can’t take any more of their trash talk so hopefully a lose to the Eagles will shut them up.

Titans over Browns
How can the Browns be so terrible year after year?  But I’m not complaining.

Saints over Panthers
Jimmy Buffett is supposed to be at the game rooting for the Saints.  Cam Newton should play today so it could be a long day for Jimmy.

Bears over Jaguars
Both NFC team rooting for the home team.

Lions over Rams
Both NFC teams rooting for the home team and Haloti Ngata.

Dolphins over Steelers
This will never happen but we and hope can’t we?  The Steelers are a game ahead of us.

Patriots over Bengals
Have I ever told you that Tom Brady is one of my best friends?

Sunday
4:05pm

Chiefs over Raiders
The Raiders are ahead of us in the AFC standings.

Sunday
4:25pm

Seahawks over Falcons
I am looking for the Seahawks defense to pound Matt Ryan.

Cowboys at Packers: you pick ’em
This could be the game of the week.  So settle in a watch this game after the Ravens beat the Giants.

Sunday
8:30pm  

Colts over Texans
Rooting for the Colts based on records.  This could be a snooze fest so go to bed early and get a fresh start on the week.

Monday
8:30pm

Cardinals over Jets
Normally we would not want the Jets to lose this week since we play them next week.  But the Jets are just that bad so it won’t matter.

BYE:Vikings, Buccaneers

Enjoy the Games with your best friend!

Go Ravens!
This is View from 151

Side Note: The Ravens reposted our Instagram picture of Guinness with my Weddle Jersey and THE ball from last week. 16,898 likes so far. Guinness is a Insta-hit!