Baltimore at New England (01/22/2012)

This one is hard to see which team wins by the spread.  Looking at baltimore's last game I am feeling like their once Dominant D got softer and messier.  That houston game was suppose to be a blow out and it did look like that in the first qtr.  They dropped INT and slow to the edges.  They made Arian Foster looked really good.

Brady looks like he is on fire.  His receivers look unstoppable.  That and they played Buffalo and Bronco's the last 2 games.  I can't tell if this team should go to the superbowl or they are just playing bad teams which makes them look great.

Throw out all the stats, this is the playoffs.  2 veteran teams where these teams has been before.
Tom Brady is hot and that scares Baltimore backers but defense wins championships.  I know the balitmore played poorly against Houston.  Baltimore knows how to play brady but I don't see them winning this game.  This will be a game won by the kicker... or a late TD drive.

If the Ravens come with their "A" game, they have a strong possibility of covering in this spot.

BALTIMORE  + 7.5

After all things considered it boils down to Flaco vs. Brady--and that's that......

The teams that beat the Ravens were the teams that outrushed them and I don't think the Pats can outrushed the Ravens who allowed only about 95yds/gm.

7.5 is a lot of pts. to give to a team that has a pretty solid defence.

Ravens +7.5 BIG

This matchup is similar to that of NO vs. SF.

Yeah, and look who won that game...............

Line started at 9 - now it's down to 7.5 - - that should tell you something right there.

"The Offense gets the glory, but the Defense wins the game"

                                            ---- Dennis Rodman - from "Double Team"

You are on CRACK!  Where are you getting 9 points from?????  Joe Flaccid is an underachieving Delaware Dolt.  He sucks, Ed Reed knows it, I know it and you will too.  The team is good. They need a qb that knows what the hell he is doing. I guarantee they will NEVER win a super bowl with Joe Flaccid as QB

Shit, Houston beat the Ravens statistically all up and down the field.  Yeah, i know Houston lost the game, but they played better than the Ravens other than the to's

one other thang....look at Baltimore on the road this year......take a GOOD LOOK at it. 

You do know the Ravens won a super bowl with Trent Dilfer in 2000. Just saying.

Except the Niners were at home.

BTW, anyone know why the line dropped so much?  Was somebody anounced out today? 

 

The Pats -9 is decieving as the juice is +118 and to get +9 , the juice is -128.

The reality is Pats -7.5 w/ Juice -104 and +7.5, the juice is -111.

The line @ pinnacle drops half a point today to -7 @+102 and +7 @ -110.

Most of the time when line drops steadily, home team do not cover.

 

Of course. I would take Trent Dildo over Joe Flaccid any day of the week.

7 points is where it should of opened in the beginning..  I thought 9 was too high.  $ will start to flow on NE and the line could end up creeping back up to 7.5 or 8.

I am still not sure what to make of this game...  Belicheck has been adding some interesting wrinkles like using Hernandez out of the backfield.  Not only did he rush for 60 yards, he gives them an extra TE to throw to out of the backfield position..  Smart.  And Gronkowski is playing out of his mind.  How do you cover a guy like that?  If you double team him, then that leaves Welker or Branch with one on one on the outside.  IF Brady has pocket time, he will pick them apart.  That's the question, will he be pressured?

Then there is Baltimore, with that core set of defenders - Reed, Lewis, Suggs, Ngata.  Yes, getting older as a whole but I believe are hungrier than ever.  Remember, Lewis is the only one from this bunch to get a ring, the rest of them want it bad and they realize with their age, they need to do it this year..  They know the key is to get to Brady, at least rush him and not let him get too comfortable in the pocket.

On the other side of the ball, I do believe Ray Rice will have a huge game (150+ total scrimmage yds would not surprise me at all versus the NE defense).  With Rice, it should set up second and short and give Flacco a chance to take shots downfield to Bolden or Smith.

Plenty of points will be scored in this game to go OVER 50.

I see both teams scoring at least 27 pts.

Still not sure on the side.  Leaning Baltimore right now.  Good luck All....

 

NO vs SF was a dome team playing outdoors and they almost won.  This is two outdoor teams and I think Balt. defense will not stop Tom Terrific.  defense wins championships but that was pre-internet days.  leave it to guru Bill to find a way to overcome Harbough then get revenge over Eli who has beaten him twice.  third time will be the charm.  No Harbough versus Harbough.  sorry, save that for another year.  besides no rookie Headcoach has ever made it to the SB in his first year.