December 2, 2017

Did you see the catch Chris Moore made to convert on fourth down?  That was one of the best go get’em catches a Ravens player has made all season.  Even more spectacular, the pass was thrown by our punter Sam Koch.  The special teams were just that, special last Monday night.  After giving up a opening drive touchdown the Ravens defense tightened up and only allowed 9 more points the remainder of the game.Thank goodness they did since Joe and the offense only put up 23 points.  But no turnovers for the Ravens while Houston coughed it up three times,allowing our defense to remain the NFL leaders in the league for turnovers.

Week 13 brings the six and five Detroit Lions to Baltimore.  The Ravens defense has actually gotten some national attention in the last few weeks.  Do we deserve it?  After all we have been playing a lot of backup quarterbacks.   Sunday will be a test for our defense because we are facing Matt Stafford and he is no backup.  Stafford has 21 touchdowns and has only thrown 6 interceptions all season.  So our ball hawking secondary will need some home field magic if we want to add to our league leading 18 interceptions. While we are one of the best at stopping the run the Lions are one of the worst at running the ball and that could be a good thing.  Same formula different week -stop, the run pressure the quarterback and win the game, it’s just that simple.

GO RAVENS!!!

Thursday 
8:30pm

Cowboys over Redskins 38-14
It’s tough to win a road Thursday night game and the Redskins just could not overcome the challenge.  DC was a very sad place Friday morning.

Sunday
1:00pm

RAVENS over Lions
While our defense is getting accolades, Joe and the offense trudge along under the radar but winning the last two games including a win against a good Texans defense.   You know, I think the offense is improving.  If we are not improving them we are very efficient, scoring 23 points with under 300 yards of offense.  The running from Alex Collins and the catch from Chris Moore just gives me a glimmer of hope.  Or maybe I am just looking at a Lions defense that stinks and hoping we can score some points.  Because we will need to against Matt Stafford.

GO RAVENS!!!

Vikings over Falcons
Just rooting against Matt Ryan.  Here’s to having all the quarterbacks named Matt losing this week.

Patriots over Bills
The Bills have the same record as we do and I don’t want the Steelers to be the number one seed in the AFC.  I just can’t imagine what the Steeler fans would be like if they had the number one seed with home field advantage throughout the playoffs.  So we are now truly rooting for the Patriots. I can’t believe I just wrote that.

Bears over 49ers
The 49ers still have a shot at the first pick in the draft and to keep it in the NFC.

Packers over Buccaneers
Rooting for the Packers at home.  My, they were so nice to us when we were there.

Colts over Jaguars
We are two games behind the Jags and could go ahead of them in the Wildcard race.

Broncos over Dolphins
Both teams are basically out of the playoff hunt, so now it’s all about the early draft picks and keeping them in the NFC.

Saints over Panthers
Rooting for the home team.   

Jets over Chiefs
The Chiefs have the same record as we do.

Texans over Titans
We are only one game behind the Titans.

Sunday
4:05pm

Browns over Chargers
Don’t want the Browns to get the first pick.  I have been saying this for weeks and they just can’t win even one game.

Sunday
4:25pm

Rams at Cardinals you pick’em
Both NFC teams

Giants over Raiders
NFC over AFC, the Giants have benched Eli Manning, let’s see if  they get any better because they can’t get any worse.

Sunday
8:30pm 

Eagles over Seahawks
The Eagles are ten and one with the best record in the NFL.  I don’t think they will be booing Santa Clause this year.

Monday
8:30pm

Bengals over Steelers
I always make my picks knowing the Ravens will win every week.  Don’t lose any sleep staying up to watch this one.  We can all get the bad news when we wake up in the morning.

Ignore the fact that Christmas is only three weeks away and enjoy the games.

GO RAVENS!!!

And that’s just The View From 151.