I thought we had moved past this. Blowing a 15 point lead with four minutes to go in the game was not going to happen with this team. But a couple of Lamar bounce passes (they may count in basketball, but don’t in football), the top rated secondary that couldn’t stop Josh Allen, a fumble, a missed extra point, and an offensive three and out, all in the last half of the fourth quarter did happen. Now, how was I suppose to go to sleep after that? I couldn’t! And that’s all I’m going to say about that.

The focus is now on Joe Flacco and the Browns. Well, maybe one more thing about last week. The Chiefs lost and, if we had beaten the Bills, we would be one game up on the teams we will be battling for playoff seeds at the end of the season. Every NFL game is a big game, even Week 1. Back to the Browns, I may have had a twinge of softness for Flacco last week but the gloves are off this week. We can’t afford another loss. Joe Flacco is no Josh Allen so our defense should have a great day. The Browns defense may be better than the Bills defense, so we can’t have any more bounce passes this week. Speaking of last week, I must say Jaire Alexander’s play was very disappointing. The Ravens offensive line has typically played well against Myles Garrett keeping him off Lamar. You know, if you take one item off that list of mistakes last week, I think we win that game. I’m sorry for dwelling in the past, but last week’s loss is going to sting for a while. We just need to move on to week 2 and the Browns.

This week’s divisional game at home is a must win. We just can’t go 0-2 like last year. There I go again, living in the past. But it’s true, The Steelers and the Bengals both won last week and that’s just a fact not me obsessing on the past. We need to beat the Browns! Period!

GO RAVENS!!!

My picks this week. Remember don’t bet the mortgage on my picks. They are who we want to win not who we think will win.

Thursday Night 8:00

Commanders VS Packers
NFC match up, you Pick’em.
This should be a good match up of two undefeated teams. The two young QBs could light this up. Enjoy the show.

Sunday 1:00

RAVENS over Browns
The battle of two winless teams thanks to last week’s loss to the Bills. The Ravens are stacked with notable, outstanding players. Besides Joe Flacco and Myles Garrett, name me one other player on the Browns. How can we not win this game? Joe threw more interceptions than he did touchdowns last week. He won’t get any touchdowns this week, while the Ravens secondary pads the stats with three interceptions. Joe will be running for his life, while Lamar is running for touchdowns. This game’s not even going to be close. Ravens win with Lamar resting in the fourth quarter.

GO RAVENS!!!

Jaguars over Bengals
The Bengals only scored 17 points last week, they did not look good.

Seahawks over Steelers
Please Seahawks, beat the Steelers for us.

Jets over Bills
I won’t go into what happened last week. We just want the Jets to win.

Rams over Titans
NFC over AFC

Bears vs Lions
You Pick’em
Both NFC North teams who need a win.

Patriots over Dolphins
I think out of these two teams the Dolphins have a better chance of challenging the Ravens for a playoff seed.

Cowboys over Giants
Rooting for our Cowboy fan friends.

Sunday 4:00

Broncos over Colts
Of course.

Eagles over Chiefs
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Chiefs started the season 0-2?

Sunday Night 8:00

Falcons over Vikings
For the Packer fans out there.

Monday Night 7:00PM

That’s right, note the 7:00PM start. We have two games on Monday Night.

Buccaneers over Texans
NFC over AFC
As much as I don’t like it we are rooting for Baker Mayfield this week.

And the second act is…

Monday Night 10:00PM (of course the game we may be interested in starts at 10:00PM)

Chargers over Raiders
An AFC West match up. We are rooting for Jim Harbaugh.

Enjoy the games with friend.

And that’s just The View from 151.

GO RAVENS!!