Yup huge win for the Pats, they run the ball so well. Ravens D woke up in the second half like last week, but it wasn't enough. Their center screwed up 9 snaps, 5 of which were handled OK by Lamar. The others got by him, including that one that went 16 yards behind him (and the one by Ingram). Skura injured his finger 3 weeks ago, and has been bad since. Add in the weather and you get this
One positive is that the Ravens can be underdogs again. Hated the expectations that last season brought. I posted that here last season and going into the Titans game. It just doesn't feel right. Of course you want to win, but it shouldn't feel like "it's supposed to be automatic"
I already thought the expectations should have been lower with Yanda retiring. We're talking about an all time great tackle, who was the heart of the offense. He's the one that is responsible for letting Lamar and Ingram go off last year. He retired but they still had one of the best guards in the league... Until he broke his ankle
(Oh and in this game they lost Boyle, the best blocking TE in the NFL, for the season
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The hope is to beat the Brownies again and the Steelers. The other games are the Titans, and some cream puffs (Giants, Cowboys, Jaguars, Bengals, although the latter is a divisional game that can go crazy).
Should be able to make it into the playoffs and go from there, as underdogs.
Patriots are still irrelevant but who knows, they are maybe in the hunt now. They have to play the Bills again, Dolphins are good, and you also have the Cardinals and Rams in a dome (Dolphins in a dome too). Even the Chargers have potential to beat any team, again in a dome. This was a huge game for them, and the weather came up big on every Ravens drive (especially the last one)... Things always seem to go their way for some reason, so actually don't count them out
