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SInce I am bound by my oath of friendliness at covers -

Ice4Blood= How can the Ravens score 30 points against the Pats ?..The last time ravens put up 30 points was on Nov 20th 31-24 against the bengals..

Vansack let the smoke simmer down inside the fogged up crystal ball you're looking upon from, There is no doubt in my mind, nor should there be in anybody else--THE PATROITS WILL TRAGICALLY END BALTIMO's SEASON BY HALFTIME

Baltimore currently at +615 to win the SB / 30 pts ..wtf

i don't like the sound of that. 

Another cue i forgot to point out was that the Ravens must stop a tight end who puts up wide receiver number, i think he finished the reg season with over 1400+yds  and over 20 td's/ had an amazing 145yd,3 td performance last week against the Broncos--He's a Beast in every level I'm not downplaying the ravens...Yes the ravens have a few key weapons on defense they can use to hinder Gronko -O.K if you think Ray lewis is old, i think you've really underestimated him.even at 36 yrs old he's still one of the premier defensive players in the game ..My final call here should be and would be a 38-24 Patroits Victory..

Thanks Van and I value your views but I don't see it. Maybe I am SQUARE on this but I really don't think Balt is as good today as their legend of the past is. The Texans damn near handed it to them last week in their own house and Balt has had some questionable losses on the road this year. Minus that Jacoby Jones blunder, that game would have been different. Balt's offense was awful and their def looked slow. Slow compared to Balt of the past. I think NE has an elite offense and an improving def. I think Balt has a good def and a average offense at best.

I think NE and their TE's (among others) will give an aging Balt defense more than they can handle ... and, of course, they won't let up.

BOL bud and again, thanks for the thread. Always good stuff.

Ice4Blood= How can the Ravens score 30 points against the Pats ?..The last time ravens put up 30 points was on Nov 20th 31-24 against the bengals..

My final call here should be and would be a 38-24 Patroits Victory..

people love to mention Balt struggling against houston - as if that one game is the whole season....

i dont like the total, just said I wouldnt be surprised.....

Houston was one game. 

NE has a putrid defense.  Not sure why everyone is choosing to ignore that fact.   They give up the 2nd worst in yards in the league (almost dead last by .5 yard per game), and yes their PPY given up is pretty good - I attribute that to good fortune rather than any quantifyable variable.  And those numbers are all even worse when adjusted to SOS.

The 7.5 here is absurd IMO.  If this game was before last week, it would have been about 3 to 3.5. 

 Brady has 6 TDP's in the last 5 games versus the Ravens.....

He's great...No ?....Ravens love being an 8 point dog,they were..now 7....they will say all the right things this week...promise you guys one thing ....These aren't the Bronco's coming to town...