Let's Talk About Baltimore (AFC Championship)

[SHOWTIME]

Headed back to the AFC Championship Game!!!! Discuss.

[StalkRavenMad]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

If only he had Lamar around to tell him how to properly structure a sentence.

Dude can do it all...

I see you guys are the type when you don't have anything of substance to add you just start calling names

[pugsnotdrugs19]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

And you guys talk pretty tough for a franchise that until Patrick Mahomes came along had fewer Super Bowls in your entire history going back to the Cuban Missile Crisis than the Ravens did within their first 15 years.

Well, guess who you gotta play this week bub




Matt Cassel ain’t walking through that tunnel

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by StalkRavenMad

I see you guys are the type when you don't have anything of substance to add you just start calling names

Lol, you've never been here before, have you?


Welcome.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Coochie liquor

Can you put the 3 year old on here.

[carcosa]

This thread is giving me the most pleasant sense of deja vu

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by smithandrew051

Attempts per game:

2018 - 9.2
2019 - 11.7
2020 - 10.6
2021 - 11.1
2022 - 9.3
2023 - 9.25

Sure, this year is lower but you’re talking about a very slight difference and using that to claim he’s a different player.

Right around .05 attempts lower than last year. Dude, that’s nothing. If he played 16 games last year, he would’ve had 1 more rushing attempt than this year. 1. That’s it.

I don’t see why it would be a good thing that his yards per attempt are down. Sounds like he either 1) isn’t running away from guys like he used to or 2) teams are learning how to slow down his runs and take better angles. Not sure Id brag about that. It’s counter to the idea that “he runs when the opportunity is there”.

If he only ran when it’s wide open like you’re suggesting, attempts would be way down and yards per carry would be up.

Appreciate the stats. It’s not like he hasn’t run, but the carries have objectively gone down.

Not sure what to tell you other than to ask literally anyone who watches Ravens game/film that there are far fewer designed runs/RPOs this year than ever before. It’s part of the big change from Roman to Monken.

I actually think we might see more designed runs this week since there aren’t many on film this year and it might be something they’ve been saving for this very game.

[zapocalypse]

Hey Chiefs fans. What's going on. Important questions from the opposition:

1. Are there more Chiefs fans in Kansas or Missouri?

2. Do you think Swift is packing heat and / or friends with / taking tips from Michelle Obama?

3. Do you think the NFL and KC has conspired with the 9th circle of hell to be gifted a trip to the SB, where a 3 hour loop of purposeful torture is to be unleashed onto the public, involving Pfizer and State Farm commercials>back with camera shots of Swift or Kelce bro shirtless>football, as part of a very meticulously scripted torture-suicide depopulation plan?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Originally Posted by ReynardMuldrake

Not sure if this or the "drink antifreeze" DM sent is better.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by StalkRavenMad

I see you guys are the type when you don't have anything of substance to add you just start calling names

Sorry, we got bored and started laughing at all of you instead.

When ya'll start responding with more than chest thumping regular season stats and DVOA, we're here for ya.... several have thrown you bones all day.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

You’re doing tricks on these takes.

“He won’t be good when he’s 33!”

“He’s a RUNNING QB!”

Who cares? He’s the current MVP hosting a home AFCCG. Keep grasping onto whichever straws you want to.

Pretty sure I'm not the one that said that a QB running the football is "fundamentally a cognitive skill and not a physical one" while trying to convince folks that Lamar's out there winning with massive brainpower. A veritable football savant, no less.

If either of those things were true, early 30s Lamar should be a BETTER running QB, to say nothing of having unlocked the mysteries of the universe when it comes to deciphering defensive schemes as a pure passer.

This is your disseration, my guy. It's not my job to defend it for you.

Lamar Jackson is a dynamic athlete - the greatest to ever play the position. And because of that, he's an absolute pain in the ass to play defense against. He's also dumb as a bag of hammers and because of that he's been this unholy pain in the ass for 6 years and has only just now won his 2nd playoff game despite having never even had a below average defensive team behind him in the post-season. The one year he had a mediocre defense, he missed the dance entirely.

The Ravens have a damn good team. And a damn difficult quarterback to deal with. But I'm not going to sit here and pretend he's something he isn't because even the Ravens didn't believe this shit for the last 2 years when they weren't wanting to commit to him long-term.

And 'Savant' doesn't happen after 5 years as a starter. You're that guy or you're not. He's not.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

And you guys talk pretty tough for a franchise that until Patrick Mahomes came along had fewer Super Bowls in your entire history going back to the Cuban Missile Crisis than the Ravens did within their first 15 years.

....and you're playing Mahomes this week. You do realize that right?

See you post all that and then you all wonder why we are so confident.

Self ownage.

[New World Order]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

And you guys talk pretty tough for a franchise that until Patrick Mahomes came along had fewer Super Bowls in your entire history going back to the Cuban Missile Crisis than the Ravens did within their first 15 years.

You can talk tough when you’re on the verge of a dynasty.

You can’t talk tough when your choke artist qb has a losing record in the playoffs and hasn’t won jack shit going on his 6th year

[StalkRavenMad]

Originally Posted by Chris Meck

Ok, cool.

You're not scoring 34 points.

I never said they would score 34. 34 points is a huge number to put on any NFL defense. I'll say this the Ravens have shown the ability to score points in bunches and they've done it against some pretty good defense namely Cleveland 2x and SF.

[OneWinningDrive]

Originally Posted by pugsnotdrugs19

Well, guess who you gotta play this week bub




Matt Cassel ain’t walking through that tunnel

Touche! All due respect to Mahomes.

I’m just responding to the idea that the Ravens are some uppity, plucky franchise that is outkicking its coverage. You’ve got the wrong one, the Ravens are probably the best franchise in the league.

[mabbott]

Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive

And you guys talk pretty tough for a franchise that until Patrick Mahomes came along had fewer Super Bowls in your entire history going back to the Cuban Missile Crisis than the Ravens did within their first 15 years.

We also had three AFL Championships, 1 Super Bowl win and another Super Bowl appearance before Mahomes. Just to be fair all of that was in the first 15 years of the Chiefs existence.

[raybec 4]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Do the laws of thermodynamics apply in the Ravens QB room?

Like, when you put Lamar in a room with his OC and QB Coach, does the football IQ run away from him and into his coaches similar to heat escaping into a cold void?

Because if so, the WORST thing you can do to his football IQ is put him in offensive meetings with the offensive staff that was only recently introduced to throwing underneath. It'll just suck all the savant right out of him.

The phrase "Suck the savant" needs to be added to the CP lexicon.