2011 official Subsim NFL thread

AVGWarhawk · 01-16-12, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Ravens and Pats will be a good match up. Key for the Ravens will be to get to Brady, if they don't it could be a long day. He has to many weapons at his disposal and their Tight Ends are monsters. Flacco needs to be much better for the Ravens, even against the Pats Defense, who seemed to finally wake-up against the Broncos.

Personally, I don't see the Ravens getting past the Pats. The Pats offense is stellar. Their defense not so much. But, our offense is not super bowl caliber. Mediocre defense can beat the Ravens offense. The Ravens defense is stellar...up to a point. If we do not get at the QB in the first 3 seconds and the pass play is on our coverage is awful. Yesterday, all the interceptions was courtesy of a young QB. We capitalized on the mistakes made. The entire game was defensive football for both. The Texans are number 2 in defensive ranks. We witnessed that with 5 Joe Flacco sacks. It was fortunate for us that Flacco did not follow suit with the long ball waiting to be picked off. The stadium has a collective gasp when Joe cocks his arm. Truth be told, Flacco telegraphs what he is going to do and the pump fake is non-existent. Furthermore, Cam Cameron play calling sucks.

For the Ravens to beat the Pats the following needs to occur:

1. Frustrate Brady. Let him NOT get a penalty call and he will fold. Tease him about his hair. Tell him his mom wears combat boots. Whatever it takes.
2. Use players that the Pats are not targeting. IE, Ray Rice has a big target on his back and rightfully so. They need to use Ricky Williams more. Boldin to run false patterns.
3. Work like a bandit on the blitz and pass coverage. Brady is like a frigging homing missile. We can not allow him to launch the ICBM.
4. Play small ball. Mount Rushmore was made taking one chunk at a time. Each yard should be taken 10 at a time by the running game. Eventually the Red Zone comes into sight.
5. Remember our roots....a bunch of guys out for blood on the football field.