New England Patriots vs Baltimore Ravens Divisional Round Thread

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The Ravens are always good for fukkery in the playoffs ESP vs NE

But I think the Pats secondary is going to be huge in this matchup. Revis and Browner should lockup Torrey and Smitty. Joe is going to struggle IMO

But Brady getting hit by Suggs and Dummervil is a legit worry. Ravens front seven is going to eat. But that secondary is :scust: and the Pats will make enough plays..

24-14 Pats
 

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It's what the Ravens do up the middle that should scare the Pats. Edge rushers don't hurt the Patriots as much as an up the middle push moving Brady from his spot does.

Nor do the ravens have to worry about getting beat deep facing the Pats.

Ngata being back is going to be a big problem for NE. If nothing else thatll open up the edge rushers when they double Ngata..Pats O-Line isnt experienced enough and Brady isnt mobile enough to be consistently effective if he gets moved off his perch. Im expecting jumbo sets and more of that random FB the Pats have to help up the middle to give Brady an extra second or two to find someone down the field. The Pats should be favored by about 7.5-8.5 but I dont see a 2 TD win as suggested by someone above unless Balt really shyts the bed and NE does an extraordinary job in pass pro
 

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i actually did a study on this some years back as a research project with advanced stats comparing the leagues..turned out the MLB had the highest degree of parity even though they dont have a salary cap.

its hard to isolate the variables though...MLB has a minor league system and even their most important position (SP) isnt as important as the most important position in NFL (QB) or the best player on a team in the NBA (generally). the thing is really about stability at QB and i bet that if i dragged that study out more it would show that the most successful NFL franchises in the past 15 years have had the least amount of change at QB (and perhaps coach to a lesser degree).

That's pretty close to being the truth.

The top 5 teams win percentage wise for the last 15 seasons are the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Packers, Eagles.

Pats over that stretch have only had three QB's start games: Tom Brady (207), Drew Bledsoe (18), Matt Cassel (15). They've had the same coach the entire time.

Colts over that stretch have only had two QB's start over 10 games: Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. They've only officially had four coaches: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano

For the Packers only Brett Favre & Aaron Rodgers. They've had two coaches: Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy.

For the Steelers it's only Ben Roethlisberger, Tommy Maddox and Kordell Stewart. They've had two coaches: Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin.

For the Eagles only Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Nick Foles. They've had two coaches: Andy Reid and Chip Kelly.
 

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That's pretty close to being the truth.

The top 5 teams win percentage wise for the last 15 seasons are the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Packers, Eagles.

Pats over that stretch have only had three QB's start games: Tom Brady (207), Drew Bledsoe (18), Matt Cassel (15). They've had the same coach the entire time.

Colts over that stretch have only had two QB's start over 10 games: Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. They've only officially had four coaches: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano

For the Packers only Brett Favre & Aaron Rodgers. They've had two coaches: Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy.

For the Steelers it's only Ben Roethlisberger, Tommy Maddox and Kordell Stewart. They've had two coaches: Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin.

For the Eagles only Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Nick Foles. They've had two coaches: Andy Reid and Chip Kelly.


Good looks. Ive alluded to it on here..I think i may have made a thread on it..one sec.

My paper was going to be in a Statistics journal/magazine. :to:
 

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That's pretty close to being the truth.

The top 5 teams win percentage wise for the last 15 seasons are the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Packers, Eagles.

Pats over that stretch have only had three QB's start games: Tom Brady (207), Drew Bledsoe (18), Matt Cassel (15). They've had the same coach the entire time.

Colts over that stretch have only had two QB's start over 10 games: Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. They've only officially had four coaches: Jim Mora, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell and Chuck Pagano

For the Packers only Brett Favre & Aaron Rodgers. They've had two coaches: Mike Sherman and Mike McCarthy.

For the Steelers it's only Ben Roethlisberger, Tommy Maddox and Kordell Stewart. They've had two coaches: Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin.

For the Eagles only Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and Nick Foles. They've had two coaches: Andy Reid and Chip Kelly.

the illusion of parity is so great in the nfl that fans will always be deluded into thinking their team has a chance

that was all i said (august 2012) :russ:

i musta still been too depressed about it to even bother typing more since i did like 30 pages of writing on it and advanced statistics and shyt :upsetfavre:
 

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You ain't out the woods yet, specially if you play the Bengals. You know how Manning does when the Temp goes under 40 degrees and they beat up the Broncos to a Bloody pulp a few weeks ago.
bruh we gon give them clowns that work, and yea the game close till we got a bad PI call, did u watch the game, we were down by 3 wit minutes to go, we will be aight in denver
 
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