PIT/BAL pre game talk
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I don't know man this thread is making me laugh non stop. I know 1 thing there will be plenty of
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LVSC sent-out an opening line of Baltimore minus 2 ? hosting Pittsburgh. Seba said the company?s oddsmakers debated whether to send out 2 ? or three.
?You could justify making the Ravens minus three because they?ve been so good,? Seba said. ?The game means more to Baltimore. Pittsburgh could lose and still be in first. If Baltimore loses, Pittsburgh clinches the division.
?I think Pittsburgh is slightly the better team, but when you figure home field and what the game means to Baltimore, it?s real close to three.?
Props to Thomas
?You could justify making the Ravens minus three because they?ve been so good,? Seba said. ?The game means more to Baltimore. Pittsburgh could lose and still be in first. If Baltimore loses, Pittsburgh clinches the division.
?I think Pittsburgh is slightly the better team, but when you figure home field and what the game means to Baltimore, it?s real close to three.?
Props to Thomas
Unless of course the REFS are yet again going to do whatever they can to help Pitt win as usual.
This is the play where they marked Pitt just an inch short of the first down giving them 4th & an inch instead of 4th & 2. A free 2 yards on a crucial 3rd & 10.
This is the play where they marked Pitt just an inch short of the first down giving them 4th & an inch instead of 4th & 2. A free 2 yards on a crucial 3rd & 10.
Welcome to Baltimore
some interesting stats about the Ravens? defense at home.
They?ve given up 60 points in 6 home games. Even a Steeler fan can tell you that?s 10 points per game. But in reality, 14 of those points came from a fumble return for a TD (Cincy) and a kick return for a TD (Philly). Another 3 came from the Redskins' awe-inspiring 1-yard drive that resulted in a FG last week. Pretty hard to blame the defense for giving up those 3 points. If you take those 17 points out of the equation, you get a defense that?s allowing 7.16 points per game at home.
Meanwhile, the defense has scored 25 points at home by itself (Ed Reed TDs vs. Cle, Phil, and Wash, plus 2 Safetys). In addition, they?ve set up the offense for TD drives of the following lengths: 1 yard, 10 yards, 12, yards, 17 yards, 35 yards, and 36 yards. They?ve also had a 2-yard FG drive.
Opposing QBs have completed 95 of 205 passes for 965 yards, 4 TDs and 13 INTs for a 40.4 passer rating. Jamarcus Russell (66.2 rating) and Jason Campbell (60.4) have the two highest ratings and are the only QBs to throw for more than 170 yards (228 and 218, respectively). Not coincidentally, the Raiders were losing 19-0 at halftime and the Redskins were losing 14-0 in the first quarter. I think the Ravens backed off and played softer coverages with the lead, leading to slighter better stats for the opposing QBs.
Other visiting QB ratings:
C Palmer: 35.3
D. Anderson: 22.9
K. Collins: 52.0
D. McNabb: 13.2
K. Kolb: 15.3
In addition to the 13 INTs, the Ravens have 15 sacks and 4 fumbles. They?re allowing 64.8 yards per game on the ground and haven?t given up a rushing TD.
They?re not giving up any big plays at all. The four TDs they?ve allowed this year are:
a 19-yard screen pass Cleveland RB Jerome Harrison
an 11-yard pass to Titans TE Alge Crumpler
a 2-yard pass to Oakland RB Justin Griffith
a 5-yard pass to Washington WR Randle-el.
I?m still not sure what happened at the end of the Titans game. All game long, the Titans had drives of 37, -4, 21, 6, 5, and 8 yards. And then on their last two possessions, they went 81 yards for a FG and 80 yards for a TD. That?s still a killer.
Other than that, they?ve given up only 3 drives of more than 60 yards all year. Oakland had scoring drives of 66 and 69 yards, and the Eagles had the 69-yard drive that ended in Ed Reed?s 107-yard return. All three of these came with big leads and can also be attributed to the prevent D. For that matter, the Titans? long drives probably can be too.
some interesting stats about the Ravens? defense at home.
They?ve given up 60 points in 6 home games. Even a Steeler fan can tell you that?s 10 points per game. But in reality, 14 of those points came from a fumble return for a TD (Cincy) and a kick return for a TD (Philly). Another 3 came from the Redskins' awe-inspiring 1-yard drive that resulted in a FG last week. Pretty hard to blame the defense for giving up those 3 points. If you take those 17 points out of the equation, you get a defense that?s allowing 7.16 points per game at home.
Meanwhile, the defense has scored 25 points at home by itself (Ed Reed TDs vs. Cle, Phil, and Wash, plus 2 Safetys). In addition, they?ve set up the offense for TD drives of the following lengths: 1 yard, 10 yards, 12, yards, 17 yards, 35 yards, and 36 yards. They?ve also had a 2-yard FG drive.
Opposing QBs have completed 95 of 205 passes for 965 yards, 4 TDs and 13 INTs for a 40.4 passer rating. Jamarcus Russell (66.2 rating) and Jason Campbell (60.4) have the two highest ratings and are the only QBs to throw for more than 170 yards (228 and 218, respectively). Not coincidentally, the Raiders were losing 19-0 at halftime and the Redskins were losing 14-0 in the first quarter. I think the Ravens backed off and played softer coverages with the lead, leading to slighter better stats for the opposing QBs.
Other visiting QB ratings:
C Palmer: 35.3
D. Anderson: 22.9
K. Collins: 52.0
D. McNabb: 13.2
K. Kolb: 15.3
In addition to the 13 INTs, the Ravens have 15 sacks and 4 fumbles. They?re allowing 64.8 yards per game on the ground and haven?t given up a rushing TD.
They?re not giving up any big plays at all. The four TDs they?ve allowed this year are:
a 19-yard screen pass Cleveland RB Jerome Harrison
an 11-yard pass to Titans TE Alge Crumpler
a 2-yard pass to Oakland RB Justin Griffith
a 5-yard pass to Washington WR Randle-el.
I?m still not sure what happened at the end of the Titans game. All game long, the Titans had drives of 37, -4, 21, 6, 5, and 8 yards. And then on their last two possessions, they went 81 yards for a FG and 80 yards for a TD. That?s still a killer.
Other than that, they?ve given up only 3 drives of more than 60 yards all year. Oakland had scoring drives of 66 and 69 yards, and the Eagles had the 69-yard drive that ended in Ed Reed?s 107-yard return. All three of these came with big leads and can also be attributed to the prevent D. For that matter, the Titans? long drives probably can be too.
