There is always a price. I'll be heading to the Panthers/Ravens preseason game next Thursday. I'm ready for some football :D

They picked up Matt as soon as the Chiefs signed Alex Smith. And from what I saw on the local sports show, Ponder is getting a bit better, but still making the same mistakes he made last year. He hasn't figured out how to throw off his back foot yet. One nice thing about Matt in the preseason game against Houston, I think that was the first time a Vikes quarterback has thrown for over 200 yards in a game in at least a few years anyway!:woot:

Oy - your going to get to see Cam and Smitty make the Ravens eat some Crow.... NICE!

Welcome to da hood. :stare:

My Niners have patched up the reciever holes it had last year.

Anquan Boldin is in the house.

We got Kaepernick, who played so cool in the biggest stage in sports a few months ago, he really impressed me.

Go Niners, after all the misery we had, 5 win, 8 win seasons, for once we can be optimistic.

On paper, they are the number one team.

How it pans out in reality is anyones guess, but it looks great for them.

Hopefully Colin Kaep does what he did last year, and look to pass first and not fall into an "RG3" pattern, and hurt himself constantly running.



On a side note, Alex Smith is a great pickup for the Chiefs, Harbaugh fixed him, KC will compete with him, Alex is a good qb, he was always used wrong.

Don't worry, we are just visiting. Nice place - who does the decorating?

Here is to an injury free game! (It's preseason, I don't get too worked up - yet.)

Besides, we are in the city of brotherly love this week. Any eaglet fans need a hug? Your gonna need one after the game!

Hated to see Boldin go. He will be double teamed much like he was when playing in Baltimore. Sucked because the guy is a great player.

On paper? What kind of paper? :hmmm:

The decorating is done by Smith/Wesson, Glock, Baretta, Winchester and Taurus. :haha:

It is preseason. All out war is not called for. :up:

On paper, like Madden stats, they are number one.

On paper is simply based on stats and performance, it is simply a prediction.

No one expected on paper 2 years ago, the 49ers would go the NFC championship game, they were an 8 win team the year before.

On paper means nothing, as every game must be played.

(Tom Brady took a pay cut to save salary cap room, that is a true elite.)

I feel that they jumped too hard on Joe Flacco, it hampered the Ravens ability to keep and pay Boldin, allowing the Niners to scoop him up with draft picks.

Flacco is not an elite qb, and should not have been paid like one.

IMHO of course.

As for Boldin being double teamed, it leaves one of our other guys open, and with a competent qb with a run game, and a sonic cannon shoulder, I feel Boldin will fit in nicely.

Ray Lewis will be missed, him and Strahan are 2 modern day defensive legends. My 2 favorites since Charles Haley, and Lawrence Taylor.
Edit: Watch out for the Chiefs, Smith will improve them.

Soopa:

The only paper that matters is in the bathroom. :03:

In your opinion of course. :03:

Agreed. Once the cash vanished so did the players looking for better pay and deserved better pay.

His stats say otherwise. :03:

His presence on the field? Certainly. Needing him the game to win? Not really. He spent a better part of last season on the bench.

Not being mean AVG, Just do not get Flacco.

He is not in the same class as Eli Manning or Tom Brady, or even Aaron rodgers.

Sure stats...But that brings us back to the "on paper" discussion, know what I mean?

Too much money for him, with no one around him, what can he do, at least RG3 and Vick can run.

I cannot predict the final outcome, I just want it to be be Ravens Niners again:D

It was so much fun last time, wasn't it?:salute:

RG3 and Vick are not elite QB by any stretch of the imagination. Eli, Brady and Rodgers make it look pretty and easy. Flacco does not have that finesse as seen by great QB. However, a QB does not need need to make it look pretty to be successful. Let see how Brady fairs with Welker gone and Hernandez locked up. Fact remains, Flacco has not missed post season play since becoming QB in Baltimore. That is not stats. It's in the history books.

I do not see the Ravens up against the Niners again this year. We lost a lot of good talent. All the same, it was a great game and one to remember for years to come!

I am fearful of talking too much crap.

Bad karma and such.

Just make sure you guys beat any New York, or NFC west team you come across.

I hated the Ravens in the bowl. Hated to see a brother on brother, (even if John helped jim with info on the Pittsburg game last year ) No real reason for me to hate them, and I love Ray Lewis. He is the Derek Jeter of football, the guy who makes a difference with only his presence.

I can see the Ravens up there in the AFC.
I do not see Denver as being able to compete, despite the losses to the Ravens..

The difference will be John Harbaugh, A fine coach, from a fine stock. He will adapt and overcome.


Seeya in the big game next year, the world will be sick of Harbaugh brother Super Bowls. :D

I predict the Browns will take the super bowl in 5.

Knicks in 4 is mine.