Going on the road to beat Washington last week was just the medicine the Ravens needed to heal our wounds from our loss to the Chiefs.

While last week’s win was not as dominant as I would have liked, a win is still a win. Washington’s defense leads the league in sacks and we had to shift our offensive line around. Orlando Brown Jr shifted from right tackle to left tackle replacing an injured Ronnie Stanley. Also guards Tyre Phillips and Bradley Bozeman shared snaps with Ben Powers and Ben Bredeson, and I don’t know why. I am a little concerned about the health of our O-line going forward. Why are we making the changes even though no one is showing up on the injury report? The Ravens offensive production is down and a banged up O-line may be the reason for it. I sure hope not.

Playing Washington who is one of the worst scoring teams in the NFL always makes your defense look good. While playing Washington was not much of a test, we needed the win to keep pace with the 3-1 Browns and 1-2-1 Bengals who both won last week. The Steelers did not play because their game against the Titans was reschedule to week 7 due to the COVID problem in Tennessee.

On to the Bengals who come to Baltimore this week. There is a problem with having weaker teams in your division, teams like the Bengals get high draft picks and sometimes they make good ones. The Bengals picked QB Joe Burrows with the number one pick in this years draft and I hate to say Joe many be a thorn in the side of the Ravens for many years to come. So far Burrows has looked like a number one pick who plays with confidence. The Ravens have a history of terrorizing rookie quarterbacks but Burrows doesn’t play like a rookie he only has thrown two interceptions in four games. We can’t look past the Bengals we need to win to keep pace with the Browns and Steelers.

Sorry for the unscheduled bye last week. It’s a shame when work gets in the way of a good time.

Remember my picks are for who we want to win to help the Ravens not who we think will win. So don’t bet the beer money on my picks.

GO RAVENS!!!

Thursday Night 8:00

3-1 Bears over 3-1 Buccaneers
Rooting against Tom Brady. Just because Brady is in the NFC now doesn’t mean we stop ragging on him. Both teams are NFC, this could be a good game. So sit back and enjoy the game knowing it really doesn’t matter who wins.

Sunday 1:00

3-1 RAVENS over 1-2-1 Bengals
I do look at the other teams stats each week to see how we match up against them. This week the stats told me the Bengals are an average team with a strange and funny statistic that their offense scores an average 24.75 points a game and their defense gives up an average 24.75 points a game. No wonder they have a tie in their record. I am looking forward to seeing QB Joe Burrows run for his life against our defense. By the way the Ravens are one of the best scoring offenses scoring an average of 31 points a game and only giving up 18 points a game. I can see RGIII under center in the fourth quarter with Lamar resting on the bench.

GO RAVENS!!!

1-2-1 Eagles over 3-0 Steelers
The Steelers are coming off an unscheduled bye week playing at home facing a one win Eagles team that has a tie against the Bengals and their only win was against Washington. The stats aren’t in our favor with this game, but there is always hope.

1-3 Washington over 3-1 Rams
With all the craziness in Washington these days this would be just one more crazy thing to happen.

3-0 Titans over 4-0 Bills
What… The Bills are 4-0?

2-2 Cardinals over 0-4 Jets
One more lose for the Jets nothing strange about that.

2-2 Raiders over 4-0 Chiefs
And we’re back to crazy.

0-4 Texans over 1-3 Jaguars
The Texans fired their head coach this week. There are a lot of winless teams this year, who is going to be next?

2-2 Panthers over 0-4 Falcons
We still like rooting against Matt Ryan.

Sunday 4:00

2-2 49ers over 1-3 Dolphins
NFC over AFC

1-3 Cowboys over 0-4 Giants
Could the Giants head coach be the next to get fired?

3-1 Colts over 3-1 Browns
I will never be over the Colts leaving Baltimore but, we are rooting for them this week.

1-3 Broncos over 2-2 Patriots
Old habits are hard to break.

Sunday Night 8:00
4-0 Seahawks over 1-3 Vikings
Both NFC teams rooting for the home team. (not that it matters this year)

Monday Night 8:00

2-2 Saints over Chargers 1-3
NFC over AFC
This could be a game to stay up for.

Scheduled bye week for Packers and Lions

Enjoy the games to escape all the craziness.

GO RAVENS!!!

And that’s just The (virtual) view From 151.