OK, I was not able to post after weeks one and two. I say as usual I work too much and didn’t have time to write the post. Some might say that after a Ravens loss, I just can’t gather myself together enough to put two coherent sentences down that would make any sense. Now that may be true it is difficult to face the world after a loss. I have now come out of the basement this week to savor a Ravens win and take on whatever challenge the football world has to throw my way. That challenge this week is the 3-0 Buffalo Bills Sunday night in Baltimore.

So from now on the magic number is 22. The Ravens need to be leading by 22 going into the fourth quarter in order to win the game. I was watching the game with my brother when I turned to him during the third quarter and said “Man we should have gone to Dallas for this game. It would have been great to see the Ravens beat the Cowboys in the house Jerry built”. Then came the fourth quarter, and Dallas scored and scored again AND SCORED AGAIN! This was getting way out of hand when finally Lamar and the offense were able to get a first down to run out the clock for a road win. As I always say, ” I will take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day”.

This week we play the 3-0 Bills on Sunday night at M&T. We will need some good home cooking and a little luck to beat Buffalo and the referees. Don’t get me started on the refs. Well, I’m already there. I’m not a conspiracy guy so I won’t go there, but what I will go to is that the referees are just awful with bogus calls and no calls, they all seem to go against the Ravens at pivotal times in the game, and this has been in all three games. So the luck part is that we get an officiating crew that knows what they’re doing and has 20/20 vision. The home cooking is to fuel the defense to give them stamina to play all four quarters.

GO RAVENS!!!

Who we are rooting for or against. Remember my picks are who we want to win not who we think will win. So don’t bet the beer money on my picks.

Thursday Night 8:00

1-2 Cowboys over 1-2 Giants
This is a big divisional game for both teams who need a win to keep pace with Washington and Philadelphia. We are rooting for Dallas and our Cowboy fan friends.

Sunday 1:00

1-2 Panthers over 0-3 Bengals
Currently there are only three winless teams in the NFL and I am happy to inform you the Bengals are one of them. Rooting for the home team Panthers.

2-1 Packers over 3-0 Vikings
Another big divisional game, the Packers need to catch up to the Vikings. Rooting for Green Bay at home.

0-3 Jaguars over 2-1 Texans
Rooting against Houston at home.

1-2 Colts over Steelers
Nope not going to do it. This is not a misprint. I deliberately omitted the Steelers win loss record because I just couldn’t bring myself to acknowledge it. Rooting against the Steelers as we do every week.

1-2 Broncos over 2-1 Jets
Something is terribly wrong here, the Jets have a better recorder than the Ravens. The world truly must be upside down. Rooting for the Broncos on the road.

2-1 Eagles over 2-1 Buccaneers
Rooting for the Eagles to beat Baker Mayfield.

1-2 Falcons over 2-1 Saints
Now that Matt Ryan is gone we can root for Atlanta at home.

Sunday 4:00

2-1 Commanders over 1-2 Cardinals
Rooting for Washington.

1-2 49er over 1-2 Patriots
NFC over AFC

2-1 Chargers over 3-0 Chiefs
The Chiefs need to be humbled and maybe a few penalties go against them.

1-2 Raiders over 1-2 Browns
The world is just not right when the Ravens and the Browns have the same losing record.

Sunday Night

1-2 Ravens over 3-0 Bills
Well it’s just like I have been telling you, the world is definitely out of balance. The proof is the Ravens offense is ranked number one in the league and our defense is ranked twenty third per NFL.com. If that doesn’t say it, I don’t know what does. The Bills are good but not that good. Who have they beaten? 1-2 Dolphins, 1-2 Cardinals, and 0-3 Jaguars, so nobody. The Ravens are 1-2 by a toe out of the end zone and a couple of bad calls. It may not look like we are a good team, but we are. Lamar and Derick will run all over the Bills and control the clock. Our defense will harass Josh Allen all night long. This is going to be a close game that we will win by a toe, Justin kicking the winning field goal at the end.

GO RAVENS!!!

I have not figured this one out yet we why we have two games on Monday night. That’s right, I know it makes more money.

Monday Night 7:30

0-3 Titans over 1-2 Dolphins
Don’t rush home from work, this is going to be a dog. Wait for the second game to come on.

2-1 Lions over 3-0 Seahawks
Rooting for the home team and a good game.

By the way, you can thank me for the win last week. For those who don’t know I fly a Ravens flag at home on game days. I went out and bought a new flag that I raised for last week’s game. I thought we needed to start the season over, so I got rid of the flag from the first two weeks that had the bad MOJO.

Enjoy the games with a cold one and your brother. Remember don’t jinx the Ravens in the third quarter like I almost did last week.

And that’s just The View From 151.

GO RAVENS!!!