MNF open thread
by Dave Halprin on Dec 3, 2007 7:16 PM CST
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PrintI've been lax about the MNF open threads recently and BTB resident curmudgeon Deke busted me out on it last week. So here's a MNF open thread for the Patriots/Ravens game. I'm rooting for the Ravens.
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Watson drop
wow, right in the gut. Ravens hold them to 3 on the opening drive. That's a pretty good start.
Wow
The Pats didn't score a TD with 1st and goal. It's a miracle.
I like the Led Zeppelin
my favorite band ever
Cool
They are my favorite band also.
Grizz, why are you rooting for the Ravens?
don't you think it will be sweeter if we're the first team to knock them off in the SB?
Offense?
That was a nice stop, now can the Ravens do anything on O?
NIce play by Boller
it almost as if ESPN isn't giving any chance of the Ravens winning or keeping it close.
not surprising
but everyone said the same thing about Philly last week, with a 23.5 point spread.
I think the wind could really work against Brady.
yeah, especially if Baltimore
can run the ball all night and not turn it over, but Batimore needs sevens, not threes.
Go Ravens
Beat them Pats.
I know what you mean
And as long as the Pats keep winning, I'll be glad for the Boys to have the chance to be the one to knock them off in the SB, but meanwhile it is just a gut reaction to go for the underdog. And I wouldn't mind the Boys sharing the best record in the league.
(Plus my sister and her family live in Baltimore and are Raven's fans, so there's that, too, but I also went to college in Boston and have good friends who are Pats fans, so that kind of cancels out.)
Woo hoo!
10-3 Ravens. I like it.
I like all the led zeppelin music
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 8:36 PM CST reply actions
I missed the pre-game
Why is it Led Zep night on MNF? Is it because of their reunion concert?
yeah, they just released "Mothership"
so it is a promotional thing
here we go again
but maybe it's mind games. Maybe Belichick and co. want everyone to think they're in trouble. Maybe they're trying to psyhe everyone ou with Jedi Mind Tricks. And just when the opponent's team think they're on the verge of victory, the Patriots wake up and snatch the win right out of their fingers. I mean, that exact scenario has already happened to the Colts and Eagles.
Of course, maybe I'm just paranoid.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 8:38 PM CST reply actions
opps
mean to say 'opposing team'.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 8:39 PM CST up reply actions
Brady and Manning are both little babies
and cry like one when things don't go their way.
practically handed them that one
wrapped up nice in a yellow hankie
Come on Ravens
Don't fold on us now.
Is this the most punts
the Pats have had in one game? 3 so far?
Damn that was a good looking drive
Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, Oh Oh Oh!!!
grown man S#!t
i'm gonna dance like this fat guy dancing to Karn Evil 9 on this dr. pepper commercial if the pats lose....god i hate the constantly sloppy wet kisses the media gives them every week for running up the score...would love if the Ravens stole their lunch money....and i would love if mcgahee and ray lewis, two players from the U, dedicated the victory to sean taylor...but i get the feeling we're only making tom brady and cowboy killer (randy moss) mad....
Terry Is Right
The Patriots look to have peaked early. Not to say I told you so or anything, but a few weeks ago I mentioned their performance was not sustainable.
Watching them squirm delights me no end.
The Ravens are hanging
let's get a stop here
Crap. Here Come The Pats.
Ravens better score here.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:40 PM CST reply actions
they are ripping apart
the Pats' defense with this power run game
Go McGahee
Ravens still won't go away
And if the Raven's O-line can dominate
like this, the Boys's surely can
TD Ravens
24-17...nice.
what was the line on this game?
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:51 PM CST reply actions
ironically...
The Ravens are having their biggest game of the season the same day that McNair was put on injured reserve. Of course, there's still a quarter left to play, but that teams hasn't looked this good since 2006.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:52 PM CST reply actions
Defense needs to get a turnover.
3 and out won't be enough.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:55 PM CST reply actions
right you are.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:58 PM CST up reply actions
They need an MB3-like grind it drive
kill the clock and score
wow.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:57 PM CST reply actions
I thought antwan barnes was a good prospect
coming out of the draft
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 9:57 PM CST reply actions
To think, I almost gave up watching the Pats
after the Bills game because their games were so boring. But these last two weeks have been great games.
Oops
not good Boller
There's the boller we all know
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:02 PM CST reply actions
since we're worlds better than Baltimore
this just proves we can definitely win the SB!!
Did you see him push off
right as he made his break? He use his hand to push McCallister, no call.
by Dave Halprin on Dec 3, 2007 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
Nice stop for a FG
by the Ravens D.
Great job holding them to a fieldgoal
but Boller can't throw any more picks. Next one will lead to a TD. If he throws another pick, game over.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:08 PM CST reply actions
Come on Baltimore
now if Boller can NOT pull a Feeley on this drive, the Ravens might pull this out.
uh oh.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:16 PM CST reply actions
outside the pocket
it doesn't have to? Plus there was a receiver in the area
TD time
it needs to be, anyway....
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:21 PM CST reply actions
one yard
Call me crazy, but I think the Ravens should have gone for that.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:23 PM CST reply actions
true, but you cant take anything away
from what they've done tonight. Baltimore have played an almost perfect game, and thats what it takes to beat to Patriots.
Steelers have to be licking their chops
after seeing this. If Baltimore holds on and Steelers win, Cowboys will have the best record!
Come on Ravens...
get a stop.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:29 PM CST reply actions
Oh nooo
Time out ruins the win, Brady gets another chance.
They are better at passing anyway
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:31 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, I'm rooting for the Ravens
but they're still they
Wow that sucks for them
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:31 PM CST reply actions
What a nightmare...
For Baltimore. Stopped them twice on fourth down to win the game, but lost out to a TO and a penalty.
There's no way
they can give the Pats this many changes and come out alive
he doesn't have secure control of the ball
Dear God!
Another fourth down stop nullified by penalty!
Touchdown Pats
ouch.
Penalties....
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:39 PM CST reply actions
I think most of these calls are ticky tack
The defensive backs have no chance, the rules are so schewed towards the offense, its just rediculous. The league wants high scoring, so its not going to change
Got to be so frustrating for the players
to have that 4th down stop nullified by the TO, so they play their hearts out and the sidelines call loses the game for them
why didn't clayton fumble it?
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:49 PM CST up reply actions
you're joking right?
as it is I think he crossed the line of scrimmage by a lot.
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
No
because this is the guy who prided himself for throwing it 50 yards from his knees. What a pathetic throw...
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
Wind was going the other way
that's why the the MN guys were saying how the flags hurt the Ravens at the end because NE would have kicked into the wind there...
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
Overall, a great game
too bad for the Ravens, they played a great game, that boller int when they were deep in patriots zone, cost them three points, that atleast cost them over time
Man, the Ravens and their fans
must be sick. If that was the Cowboys my house would look like a tornado just went through it.
I cheered for the Ravens with passion reserved...
for the Cowboys...I feel all dirty now. Guess I better get some roses.
another game
another loss due to bad coaching. these guys write up great schemes but when it comes to game management, these old guys flat out blow.
screen pass on 3rd and 1, not blitzing at all on the last drive. players have a right to be angry. another sean taylor tribute ruined by the old guys
by ab03 @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:52 PM CST reply actions
i hope so
that guy is a joke.
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
This Ravens D played their hearts out
unbelievable intensity. I would have shoved that flag up that refs ass if i was that LB. Unfreakingbeliveable what that coaching staff did to that team tonight...
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 10:58 PM CST reply actions
Jaws, I think, was saying at the end
that if they were going to lose any game this would be it. Yeah, you can say that given the situation in the fourth quarter, but that is two weeks in a row that the Pats have barely pulled out a win against very so-so teams, teams without winning records. Huge underdogs almost took them down.
If you just saw the last two games, you would think they are a scrappy team that fights until the end and pulls out wins, but you wouldn't think they are a massively dominating team, "the best team ever" in the NFL.
They are definitely beatable. They could easily lose to the Steelers next week, or the Giants. And even if they manage to make it through the season without choking, they could definitely get taken out in the playoffs.
And another thing - look at trends. The Patriots are actually struggling to win against much inferior teams. They are trending down.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys are getting better and better every game.
If the Pats make it to the SB, the Cowboys will take them down.
I dont buy into that so much
When a team like the Patriots are going on the run they're on, its hard to stay that focused week in and week out especially in a long season like football. Its the games in a streak like this around the two thirds mark of the season that are the toughest ones to win, its that lull part of the season just before you start to crank it up and make that playoff run. Next week the Patriots could very well come out and put fifty on the board. I dont think they peaked too early, I just think its that hump you have to fight through before you again refocus in on the big prize, as it comes closer into view.
Somehow I'm not surprised
You don't buy into it... I'm intentionally looking at it from an optimistic point of view for the Cowboys, which I know is not your style ;-} But I'm just saying they are not unbeatable. And the air of them being the best team ever seems at least questionable now. They are a very, very good team, and what you're saying is true. But they were making some big mistakes both this week and last. And if we end up facing them in the SB, the way things are going at this point I feel pretty darn confident about our chances.
Great teams though overcome their mistakes
When most of the league loses or wins games based on the two or three mistakes either one way or another, the patriots can over come mistakes every week if they are negative towards them, thats what a great team does, The cowboys did that in Buffalo, not blowing out teams that you should beat doesn't take away from their greatness IMO, teams go through lulls in a season, its a long season, we beat the Colts last year at the same time of the year, they went on to win the superbowl. I think the cowboys are a very very good and upcoming team, a team thats closing in on the patriots level but you cannot overlook our one glaring problem, and thats the secondary. The cowboys are good enough now on offense to overcome their inabilities on defense, thats not taking anything away or being negative about the team, its just a fact. I would be very careful about putting the Cowboys in the superbowl right now as so many do, Green bay, if healthy is going to be a big problem for Dallas because of what they can do on and what they have on offense, but I do like our chances. I dont think Green bay would be intimidated though if they have to play in dallas again. I dont like our matchup against the Patriots at this point because of our secondary issues, we aren't playing them at this point though, so things can change for both teams. I just dont sit and watch cowboy games, any games with pom poms. or starting going on about Romo being the greatest of all time in three years as was typed here today, thats just rediculous.
I take that back
Romo IS the greatest of all time. Montana, Unitas, and the rest have nothing on Romo.
And secondly I hate that cliche "Great teams overcome there mistakes". That phrase is used by people to justify injustice. Its like people saying bad things don't happen to good people. How many times can any team stop a conversion on a 4th down. At a certain point it is not statistically feasible to expect any team to stop a conversion after stopping a conversion a certain number of times. You guys have to be realistic. Even the "great" Patriots would not be able to stop a conversion on so many consecutive attempts, it is just not realistic.
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 4, 2007 12:47 AM CST up reply actions
I really hate Rodney Harrison
in fact I hate that whole team... arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! This is soooooooo frustrating.
by Burt D @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 11:03 PM CST reply actions
I've never been more pissed off
about a non-Cowboy game in a really really long time...
by Longhorn @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 11:04 PM CST reply actions
I was right
Ravens definitely should have gone for it on that last 4th & 1.
by Nelson @ Blogging The Boys on Dec 3, 2007 11:55 PM CST reply actions
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