Hey, What's New In Baltimore? NFL Ravens Week 8 Thread

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DET @ CHI

NYG @ MIA

OAK @ TEN

PHI @ MIN

CLE @ STL

IND @ CAR

PIT @ CIN

JAC @ TB

HOU @ SD

BUF @ NYJ

NO @ SF

WAS @ NE

 

Monday:

 

GB @ DEN

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Big Games!

 

Giants vivisect Miami in LONDON!

Bears seek revenge at home!

Someone in the AFC east crawls towards .500!

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Awesome

[NoCalMike 0]

I'll go out on a limb and say my Skins only lose by 10 points this week...

[cabbageboy 0]

Here are my predictions for the week's games:

 

DET @ CHI: The Lions are doing pretty well, but the Bears may well have righted the ship. I'll take Chicago by 7.

NYG @ MIA: It's in London, can the Dolphins finally get a win? Nah. Giants by 13.

OAK @ TEN: Not sure what Young's status is, but I can't see the Raiders winning it on the road. Titans by 6.

PHI @ MIN: Eagles are in desperate need of a win. I really have no idea who wins this, but the Vikings have at least been sorta decent at times. Minn. by 3.

CLE @ STL: Can the Rams finally get that first win? This might be it, but I don't see it. Browns by 7.

IND @ CAR: This is a dangerous game for the Colts with them on a short week and the Panthers coming off the bye. Still, if it was Vinny starting I might be tempted to say upset, but David Carr? Indy by 10.

PIT @ CIN: Steelers need to get on track but who knows which team will show up. I'll say the Bengals by 4 in a minor upset.

JAC @ TB: David Garrard may be hurt, and it's on the road with a short week.....Tampa by 5.

HOU @ SD: Not sure if this game will even happen or not with the fires. If so, Chargers by 9.

BUF @ NYJ: God, who knows. I'll go with the Jets to get a win at home by 3.

NO @ SF: The Niners have NO offense and the Saints might be on track now. Saints by 10.

WAS @ NE: The Redskins may fare a bit better than most here, but they aren't going to win. NE by 13.

 

Monday:

 

GB @ DEN: Oh dear. Does the world really need the Broncos making some sort of lame run to a 9-7 record? Cause I sense them winning here by another Elam FG.

[Canadian Brandon 0]

Hopefully the Titans will have an easy game against Oakland. They should rest Vince one more week before the schedule gets tough.

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Thanks for getting the good thread titles back on track, Agent

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One of my favorite songs.

 

Chicago

NY Giants

Tennessee

Philadelphia

Cleveland

Indianapolis

Pittsburgh

Jacksonville

Houston

Buffalo

San Francisco

New England

Denver

 

It feels like the league shakes down as such:

1. New England

2. Indianapolis

3 through 30. The rest of the league

31. St. Louis

32. Miami

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Hey, Green Bay, re-sign Samkon Gado.

[Canadian Brandon 0]

So apparently VY is starting for the Titans. I smell a blowout.

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I think the Bills can win, but it's going to be tough. The Jets are at home and desperate for a win so they'll be playing that way. This is Edwards' first road start so it will be interesting to see how he handles it. If he can adapt to playing on the road, Buffalo will probably win.

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Denver in primetime...again...because the world didn't get enough of it last season.

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From Newsday...

 

Mangini announced this morning that Chad Pennington is the starting quarterback this weekend. Following his evaluation during the last two days, Mangini said he liked Pennington's decision-making as well as his play-making, pointing to his 5-yard scramble on third-and-5 ("Classic Chad," he said) and the Jets' final TD and 2-point conversion with no time remaining.

 

Mangini said it was tempting to not make an announcement -- "very tempting" -- but he wanted to "move forward and get this issue behind us."

 

Are you kidding me? He's basing his decision on a lucky scramble and a garbage time touchdown? Madone a mi.

 

Christ, I never realized how stubborn Mangini is.

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Beat Reporter: What's missing from the running game?

Cedric Benson: uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh. uuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh.

 

Suddenly our problems are becoming more evident.

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Quinn Gray will get the start for Jacksonville against the Bucs. Judging by what I saw on Monday night, this is good news. And we get another quarterback black hole the next week in Arizona, so we could easily be riding a two-game win streak into the bye. Garcia still hasn't thrown an interception.

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Denver in primetime...again...because the world didn't get enough of it last season.

 

Indeed. But on the bright side, Super Bowl XXXII rematch part III! Although, the most interesting part of that game is going to be how empty Mile High is going to look with the World Series in town- especially if the Rockies are winning in five.

[Guest Gym Class Fallout]

Nah, they'll fill it up. Coors Field will be packed with Red Sox fans.

[Ripper 0]

How bad does Quinn Gray have to suck before they turn to Matt Jones...who?....Matt Jones.

 

Seroiusly, I never understood why noone would take a chance on him at QB, but make it happen Del Rio.

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I read that the Chargers game could be played in Texas. Fuck that. I completely understand not being able to play in San Diego this week. Play it in Arizona as was suggested or some other neutral site. Don't give the Texans 9 home games like the Giants got in 2005.

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Denver in primetime...again...because the world didn't get enough of it last season.

 

Indeed. But on the bright side, Super Bowl XXXII rematch part III! Although, the most interesting part of that game is going to be how empty Mile High is going to look with the World Series in town- especially if the Rockies are winning in five.

 

Will we let them score a touchdown so we can hurry up & try to score one ourselves?

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I read that the Chargers game could be played in Texas. Fuck that. I completely understand not being able to play in San Diego this week. Play it in Arizona as was suggested or some other neutral site. Don't give the Texans 9 home games like the Giants got in 2005.

It's much more likely to be at Texas Stadium than in Houston as the Chargers have expressed their desire to not play in Houston.

 

The latest update here though is that the mayor of San Diego is going to be the one to make the final call and that "all signs" point to the game being in San Diego, though possibly on Monday instead of Sunday.

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“I couldn’t find London on a map if they didn’t have the names of the countries. I swear to God. I don’t know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I learned that. I know London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him. That’s the closest thing I know to London. He’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London. I’m sure that’s a coincidental name.

 

Channing Crowder

Miami Dolphins

 

My goodness.

[Guest Vitamin X]

I'm convinced the heat in Miami messes with people's heads so much that they become entirely geographically retarded. I remember telling people when I lived there that I was moving up here to Portland and only a couple people knew where that was. Same thing happened with a friend of mine that moved to Baltimore, and another one who moved to Denver.

 

They deserve to be winless. I would love, in a year where the Patriots would most likely look like they're going to go undefeated, for the Dolphins to go completely winless. Take that, `72.

[cabbageboy 0]

The Patriots have to play in Indy bear in mind. If they lose that one not only would they not be undefeated, they might not even get home field throughout the playoffs.

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Junior Seau's house burned down. The house will just surprise everyone by rebuilding itself a week later in Boston.

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“I couldn’t find London on a map if they didn’t have the names of the countries. I swear to God. I don’t know what nothing is. I know Italy looks like a boot. I learned that. I know London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him. That’s the closest thing I know to London. He’s black, so I’m sure he’s not from London. I’m sure that’s a coincidental name.

 

Channing Crowder

Miami Dolphins

 

My goodness.

That's fantastic.

[devo 0]

My favorite part is "I don't know what nothing is". Not "I don't know where nothing is", which would still have been appalling. I can't tell whether he's trying to say he doesn't know anything or that he's unfamiliar with the concept of nothingness.

[Guest Gym Class Fallout]

It's kind of a Zen thing. I don't know what nothing is.

[Failed Bridge 0]

Junior Seau's house burned down. The house will just surprise everyone by rebuilding itself a week later in Boston.

Belichik has the house listed as "probable"

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Hey, Green Bay, re-sign Samkon Gado.

 

Must've been Ted Thompson's naptime.