ACF Wildcard Playoffs: Ravens vs Dolphins Game Thread

[High 5]

BTW: This sucks that we have to play on the road with a better record. lol

The Colts and Falcons are in the same boat. If this year doesn't get the NFL to change that then they never will. I think all three teams will win, though.

[treiz]

This will be a close game

Ravens win 19-16 in OT

[Rooster]

The Ravens and the Dolphins are both 11-5, and Miami won a division. That's not even that bad. It's the Colts and Falcons who should be angry, as mentioned.

The talk about quarterbacks being experienced in the playoffs is so overrated. Quarterback is the most overrated position, and playoff experience consists of 4-5 games for the average player until really late in his career. It's not like Pennington reaches the second round every year, you know?

Ravens win, but closer than either Saturday game. I'll say 21-17. I think Ronnie Brown's good for at least a TD either running or throwing. The Ravens defence will take care of any gimmicks. I love that Ravens backfield.

[High 5]

For some reason I thought Baltimore was 12-4.

[Sloanfeld]

BTW: This sucks that we have to play on the road with a better record. lol

The Colts and Falcons are in the same boat. If this year doesn't get the NFL to change that then they never will. I think all three teams will win, though.

Teams knew this would happen when they went to the four division format, so it really shouldn't be an issue.

As for this game, I expect a new wrinkle or two to the wildcat, and this time for the plays to work unlike last week where RW dropped the pass and RB threw a bad pass. CP10 threw 7 picks all season, so odds are that he won't throw one, especially one as horrible as the pick six last time we played the Ravens. I feared the Ravens at first but with that said, I also believe that we can stop the run better than last time. Don't forget, Fergs got hurt last time which hurt our run D.

Miami 20 Baltimore 17

[miller31time]

For some reason I thought Baltimore was 12-4.

Yeah, I thought the Dolphins were at 10 wins, lol.

Anyway, Baltimore won their only meeting against the Dolphins which is another case that could be made that the game should be in Maryland, but I digress.

[ElectricMayhem]

Baltimore 20-10. They don't need to Flacco to pass, but he'll be decent enough doing it anyway.

[High 5]

I love watching the Ravens when they're playing well.

[Flash3]

Baltimore's D is just insanely good.

GDamn!

[xJUICEx25]

HOW BOUT DEM RAVENS!!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone say...........

[High 5]

Three weeks in a row with 2 INTs. I imagine that's a record.

10 picks in the last seven weeks. Makes you wonder what the hell he was doing the first ten weeks. He has been fighting injury I guess.

[sunshinekids99]

Great performance from the Ravens. They look like they could make a run at this thing.

[Flash3]

That was a hell of a showing by the Ravens, especially their D. Not once the entire game was Flacco forced to make a play of any kind, and for a rookie QB that does wonders for his confidence, to an extent. -- 'Gratz to the Ravens, and to Miller and the other fans.

But, as far as the phins are concerned, what a hell of a season it was. It ended sadly (if you consider us even getting to the playoffs a reasonable expectation when we started this season), but at least we have a semblance of a real team and front office in place that knows and will do everything within its power to put a TEAM on the field capable of putting forth maximum effort, and having a legit chance to compete with any team out there. -- We're light years ahead going into this offseason than we were going into last years.....

[miller31time]

That was a hell of a showing by the Ravens, especially their D. Not once the entire game was Flacco forced to make a play of any kind, and for a rookie QB that does wonders for his confidence, to an extent. -- 'Gratz to the Ravens, and to Miller and the other fans.

But, as far as the phins are concerned, what a hell of a season it was. It ended sadly (if you consider us even getting to the playoffs a reasonable expectation when we started this season), but at least we have a semblance of a real team and front office in place that knows and will do everything within its power to put a TEAM on the field capable of putting forth maximum effort, and having a legit chance to compete with any team out there. -- We're light years ahead going into this offseason than we were going into last years.....

Thanks, man.

The Dolphins are the surprise team of the league and look to have a bright future. Baltimore played their best defense I've seen all season today. If we played our average defense, this game would have been a lot closer and I don't know we would have won. It was the first few hits on Pennington that seemed to have a huge effect on the game.

But yeah, Ed Reed is F'n ridiculous and he has to be in the running for DPOTY.

Flacco was just as I thought he'd be - calm, cool and collected. As other have said, he never NEEDED to make the big play and that did wonders for his confidence. He also did what the Ravens need their quarterback to do -- not turn it over.

Very happy about the win. Congrats to the Dolphins on a crazy-good season and I'm sure they'll be right back at it next year.

[miller31time]

Three weeks in a row with 2 INTs. I imagine that's a record.

10 picks in the last seven weeks. Makes you wonder what the hell he was doing the first ten weeks. He has been fighting injury I guess.

According to Reed and co., he's 70% right NOW. He was really beat up at the start of the season, though.

[Manhattan Project]

Ed Reed is simply amazing. Always loved him since the days of the U, hated when the Jets called Bryan Thomas at the draft instead of him. Reed and Lewis have this defense playing amazing right now, good enough to win it all.