Some Predictions for the Ravens Game

[JD_KaPow]

FO has the Ravens defense is #2 in the NFL and their offense as #32 in the NFL. Whether those rankings are precisely accurate, it's fair to say they have an excellent D and a lousy O. Based on this, I predict:

When the Cowboys have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"The playcalling is terrible today!"
"The offense came out flat."
"We're getting outcoached so badly!"
"That play was so predictable."
"The success has gone to this team's head."
"Why would you call a play there to throw it short of the sticks?" (this one will follow a 3rd-down play where Dak looks downfield for 5 seconds, scrambles around, and finally dumps it off in the flat)

When the Ravens have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"Who says we don't have a Super Bowl caliber defense?"
"Wow, that rookie CB McFadden is playing so much better this week: he looks like a keeper!"
etc., etc.

I'm as guilty of this stuff as anyone. But it's good to remember that good defenses make good offenses look bad, disorganized and out of sync. And an average defense will look like a pro bowl squad when facing a lousy offense. And vice versa and so on.

 

[Reality]

FO has the Ravens defense is #2 in the NFL and their offense as #32 in the NFL. Whether those rankings are precisely accurate, it's fair to say they have an excellent D and a lousy O. Based on this, I predict:

When the Cowboys have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"The playcalling is terrible today!"
"The offense came out flat."
"We're getting outcoached so badly!"
"That play was so predictable."
"The success has gone to this team's head."
"Why would you call a play there to throw it short of the sticks?" (this one will follow a 3rd-down play where Dak looks downfield for 5 seconds, scrambles around, and finally dumps it off in the flat)

When the Ravens have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"Who says we don't have a Super Bowl caliber defense?"
"Wow, that rookie CB McFadden is playing so much better this week: he looks like a keeper!"
etc., etc.

I'm as guilty of this stuff as anyone. But it's good to remember that good defenses make good offenses look bad, disorganized and out of sync. And an average defense will look like a pro bowl squad when facing a lousy offense. And vice versa and so on.

.. and that's just on the first series ..

 

[JD_KaPow]

.. and that's just on the first series ..

That reminds me of one I forgot: "Why are we abandoning the run?" after a single three-and-out composed of a 1-yard rush on first down and two incomplete passes.

 

[Beats_By_Zeke]

Add the comment where a member says... " I wish we had Jon Harbaugh instead of Carrot Top.

 

[LocimusPrime]

My prediction: Cowboys win and goto 9-1

 

[HoosierCowboy]

Unless the wheels fall off (which could happen) we win 27-10.

 

[MileyDancer]

My prediction: Cowboys win and goto 9-1

This.

 

[canters]

Skins worry me more than Ravens.

 

[Szczepanik]

Byron gets his first INT

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

FO has the Ravens defense is #2 in the NFL and their offense as #32 in the NFL. Whether those rankings are precisely accurate, it's fair to say they have an excellent D and a lousy O. Based on this, I predict:

When the Cowboys have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"The playcalling is terrible today!"
"The offense came out flat."
"We're getting outcoached so badly!"
"That play was so predictable."
"The success has gone to this team's head."
"Why would you call a play there to throw it short of the sticks?" (this one will follow a 3rd-down play where Dak looks downfield for 5 seconds, scrambles around, and finally dumps it off in the flat)

When the Ravens have the ball, the chat room will fill up with the following comments:
"Who says we don't have a Super Bowl caliber defense?"
"Wow, that rookie CB McFadden is playing so much better this week: he looks like a keeper!"
etc., etc.

I'm as guilty of this stuff as anyone. But it's good to remember that good defenses make good offenses look bad, disorganized and out of sync. And an average defense will look like a pro bowl squad when facing a lousy offense. And vice versa and so on.

I'll probably throw in some "Can we please throw an inside slant or two!" and a few "not the fade!", I know for sure I will add in a "Free!? "

 

[spook930]

I think we win... game will get blown open in the 3rd when the run zeke more.

 

[BourbonBalz]

I think we win Sunday, but I know we're going to have a clunker at some point. Every team does. I just don't it to be against an NFCE team, especially the Giants.

 

[tyke1doe]

Dak flourishes under his new-found confidence as the undisputed starter. Zeke continues his romp to the NFL rookie rushing record with two 30-plus TD runs.

Cowboys - 41
Ravens 17

 

[Proximo]

We are due for a non offensive TD.

I believe we have zero on the year.

So, I'm thinking either pick 6 by a member of our secondary, or Lucky takes a special teams return to the house.

 

[Proximo]

I think we win Sunday, but I know we're going to have a clunker at some point. Every team does. I just don't it to be against an NFCE team, especially the Giants.

I hope we've already had our 2016 clunker, and maybe we just somehow won it.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

#PAIN

 

[LocimusPrime]

Ravens are ok. They got wins from playing the Browns twice and the Jaguars once lol. They've been beaten by every NFC east team and the jets.

 

[canters]

They will struggle to score even against the defense that played in Pittsburgh.

 

[DenCWBY]

Boys 26 Raisins 18
My usual addition to the thread - "Why is Zeke sitting on the sideline this possession? Oh ok we're making sure Jones keeps his average # of punts up for the year".

 

[DandyDon52]

Why is Zeke sitting on the sideline this possession?

I have wondered that at times, other times it makes sense.