Saturday, December 17, 2016

So last Monday night didn’t turn out like we wanted.  To beat the Patriots you can’t make the mistakes we did Monday night.  Dropped passes, pre-snap penalties, blown coverages. To beat the Patriots you need to play better than the Patriots and we didn’t.

We hold our playoff hopes in our hands, win out and we are in and it starts by beating the Eagles Sunday.  The Eagles are definitely not the Patriots.  So that being said we should beat the 5-8 Eagles this week at home.    Philadelphia with their rookie QB Wentz only have one win on the road this season and have lost the last four games.  Wentz has been sacked thirty times and is wearing out and his stats show it.  Eight touch downs, twelve interceptions, twenty six sacks in the last ten games.  Wentz is no Tom Brady.   The Ravens defense will play without Jimmy Smith  but that won’t matter against a rookie QB.  Suggs and the Dline will harass Wentz and stop the run, putting the pressure on Joe and the offense.  The Eagles defense is good but they give up a lot of points  which is one of the reasons they have lost their last four games.  As long as our receivers CATCH THE BALL we will have no problems running the ball especially if the weather is as bad as it is forecasted.  Look for our offense to have a better game than we did against the Dolphins.

GO RAVENS!!!

DISCLAIMER: This is who we want to win. Don’t bet the Christmas bonus on my picks.

Thursday Night

Seahawks 24, Rams 3
The Seahawks spanked the Rams.  LA fired their head coach Jeff Fisher last week and  the team responded by getting their butts kicked on prime time TV Thursday night.

Saturday night
8:30pm

Jets over Dolphins
Rooting against the Dolphins who have a better AFC record than the Ravens.  Don’t interrupt your Christmas shopping this could be a snooze feast.

Sunday
1pm

Ravens over Eagles
We are living and dying with how our offensive line plays.  The line tends to commit the pre-snap penalties when they are over matched like they were against the Patriots Monday night. This won’t be a problem Sunday.  Joe and the offense will have a good day putting up more points than we have all season and look for our defense to join the fun by scoring some of their own.  It will be a long day for Wentz and the Eagles.

GO RAVENS!!! 

Browns over Bills
We are still looking for the Browns to win a game giving the number one pick to the 49ers and keeping it in the NFC.

Packers over Bears
Green Bay is playing to stay in the playoff picture and the Bears are playing for a draft pick.  So much for the big Black and Blue division game that this was going to be when we first looked at the schedule.  Go Pack Go!

Titans over Chiefs
Just looking after the Ravens playoff position. We can still catch the Chiefs in the standings.

Bengals over Steelers
We lost our first place position to the Steelers last week.  So we really, really, really want the Steelers to lose.  The Bengals at 5-7-1 still have a shot at the playoffs.

Lions over Giants
Both NFC teams
I can’t believe I am saying this but this could be a good game but we are rooting for Haloti and the Lions.

Vikings over Colts
NFC over AFC rooting against the Colts and that just feels like the right thing to do.

Jaguars over Texans
Rooting against the Texans and their AFC record.

Sunday
4:05pm

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

Falcons over 49ers
I know, I know this goes against my Matt-Ryan-is-a-bum philosophy but we want the 49ers to get that first pick in the draft.

Sunday
4:25pm

Raiders over Chargers
We can’t pass the Raiders in the standings so we concede to them as winners of the AFC West.

Patriots over Broncos
OK, so They Who Must Not Be Named has won the AFC East (man that hurts to say) but we can pass Denver in the standings. Go They Who Must Not Be Named!

Sunday night
8:30pm

Cowboys over Buccaneers
Yet again another prime time game for the Cowboys.
So the bandwagon Cowboy fan in me is rooting for the Cowboys and the rookies.

Monday Night
8:30pm

Redskins over Panthers
The Redskins at 7-5-1 are only one spot out of the NFC playoffs with a tie game on their record that tie is as good as a win compared to a team with a 7-6 record like the Vikings and Packers.  Go figure the Redskins could get in the playoff because of a tie.  What is this Soccer!

Enjoy the games guilt free even though we both know you have Christmas shopping to do.

And that’s just The View From 151

GO RAVENS!