Quote Originally Posted by ApocalypseLater:
interesting... but let's remember that the Ravens beat 3 teams that weren't very good... Broncos were the only one of the 3 that was almost legit, but Champ Bailey is so bad at this point in his career, and Fox's scheme requires a shutdown corner... Champ Bailey is a liability on that team so big that they would be lucky to beat ANY of the teams that made the playoffs this year... all any team had to do was throw the ball at him 10 times, and it's a win... that's exactly what the Ravens did... Colts and Pats were both a farse all along, and most of us knew that...
point is... you are concerned with how the Ravens are playing, but seemingly unconcerned with how the 49ers are playing... just seems peculiar!
for my money... the wins by SF in these playoffs were considerably more impressive than the wins by Baltimore...
According to my power ratings which is a mathmatical formula based on stats that have a high correlation to winning NFL games, not based on my opinoin or perception of the teams.................................
Denver was the 3rd best team this season and Pats the 4th. Packers only 5th best and Falcons 7th best.
According to Advanced NFL Stats, a perdiction model based a stats that have perdictive value..................................................
Denver was the no.1 team........................and the Packers, Pats and Atlanta well behind and all almost even rated, that's not an opinoin or perception of those team s.
Ravens manhandled the Pats by 15 and the 9ers just escaped with a 4 pt win against about the same quality team.
Ryan scored a monster QB Passer rating of 114 which was the best ever in NFL playoff history for a losing home QB and the worst ever performance by a defense......................................................
While the Ravens defense manhandled 2 better QB'S holding both well below 114................................
And some think 49ers performance was better
You keep posting your perception of the teams and I'll keep posting the facts..................................................................................