Baltimore at San Francisco (02/03/2013)

     Championships are won by defenses.  Clearly, the Ravens have proven, (especially on the road) that given the opportunity, they have the ability to turn the ball over, and give it back their offense.  That being said, both teams enter this SB as Big Play teams, on  the positive side of the ledger. As I said, clearly the Ravens are the better defense in this matchup. The offenses of both teams, are competant, but not spectacular. Again, I give Flacco, the slight edge. Flacco, the pocket passer, has the edge, primarily because he tends to throw 40 plus yd strikes down the field, and has the deep threats to haul them in. Inspite of his "homerun" tendancies, he still maintains a comparitively low INT ratio. SF's Kaepernick is exciting to watch, especially IF he can escape from the pocket. As teams like Seattle, and Atlanta, have shown, if he's contained in the pocket, he's a little less explosive. CK likes to dink and dunk down the field,mixing in run plays, to sustain long, time consuming drives. His effective throwing range is usually within 25 yds. And just like Flacco, he's when pressured, he can be sacked. If the Ravens have a weakness, it is obviously on special teams, as witness by 2 huge returns by Denver. As both Wilson,Rodgers, and Ryan have shown SF "D" can and has been burned by the long ball. If the 49 er's are to win, then it has to be by constant pressure on Flacco. Flacco has tendancies to fumble, when rattled in the pocket. They also need to have huge returns on special teams to set up possible SF drives by CK.  If San Fran D allows time for Flacco to go deep, it might prove to be a long afternoon indeed. Also the reliabilty & range of SF's David Akers is highly questionable, and will probably be the undoing of the Niners ,in a tight game. IF Flacco & Rice don't fumble, and the "burners" connect on Joe's bombs THEN it's all over for SF!

BALTIMORE    + 3.5( Prime Play!)

What happened to your phony Italian accent. Enjoyed having you and No Friggin' Way around this season. All of us weren't laughing with you......... BUT AT YOU- And I'm LMFAO at you!

Hmmmmm, by "Off to Catalina", you mean you're "Off to buy some off brand Catalina dressing with your welfare check for your welfare government cheese salad?" Once again, the classic professionals come through, and the classic idiots like you lose big time - - you all know who you are, I'm not going to name names............

Better luck next year, if you're not out on the streets with you're pathetic gambling "skills" by then............

RAVENS BABY!!!!!! EVERYONE SHOULDA LISTENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

What happened to your phony Italian accent. Enjoyed having you and No Friggin' Way around this season. All of us weren't laughing with you......... BUT AT YOU- And I'm LMFAO at you!