Btw, the Baltimore Ravens are currently favored -3.5 pts against the Chiefs on MNF. Moneyline is -155. Vegas really touting the Ravens right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Btw, the Baltimore Ravens are currently favored -3.5 pts against the Chiefs on MNF. Moneyline is -155. Vegas really touting the Ravens right now.
They were already talking about this game this afternoon on Sirius. Said what sane people already know: The Ravens have less room for error the way they play, which is the same as last year. Get a lead and they’ll struggle. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Halfcan:
This seems to be the narrative. The haters cannot wait for Mahomes to lose so they can start up the Jackson is better bullshit.
The Chiefs have won 11 straight- including 6 straight when down by 10 points (an NFL record) and we are treated like the Jets going into Baltimore.
Chargers were fired up and given a lot of calls by the refs- and still lost. Somebody please give the Chargers a Blue ribbon for 3 quarter winners!
We heard all this same shit about the Unstoppable Ravens before our Home Opener last year- and we beat them soundly. Their defense can't stop us, and Lamar can't play from behind.
Exactly. Game should've ended in regulation after that great catch completion by CEH on the 15 yard line. From there we would've easily scored the game winning TD. The stupid penalty negated that.
The Ravens defense are nowhere near to the calibre of the defense we faced on Sunday. We should easily score at the very minimum 30+. I just can't see a scenario where Lamar outscores Mahomes. Can't see it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
Been over to their forum - they're not necessarily scared - but several indicate great concern due to the absence of Tavon.
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Btw, the Baltimore Ravens are currently favored -3.5 pts against the Chiefs on MNF. Moneyline is -155. Vegas really touting the Ravens right now.
The Chiefs destroyed Vegas last weekend. Read that 97+% of the moneyline bets were for the Chiefs. That combined with the amount of parlays involving the Chiefs ended up wiping out all profits Vegas made from their sportsbooks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DelaWhere?:
Ravens were a top 3 defense last year.
This year through the first two games, the Ravens lead the NFL in fewest points allowed (22), takeaways (five) and have allowed the third-lowest quarterback rating (76.8) to opposing quarterbacks. After racking up four sacks and 13 quarterback hits in Week 2.
Granted they did play the Browns Week 1.
Chiefs were SB champs last year. Welcome to 2020. Your O line is worse as well as your defense. Lamar looks the same, can’t read defenses and go through all the progressions. I think our offense will be more than your defense can handle. Can’t wait to watch Harbaugh start outsmarting himself with analytics and failing. Better hope you get a lead cuz we’ve seen how Lamar reacts under those situations vs Patrick! [Reply]
Everyone in the thread should please remember how JakeF originally found his way to us and keep that in mind when he shitposts. He's an Alex Smith ball sniffer, after all.
Re: The Ravens' weaknesses...
1) The offensive line has NOT been close to as good or dominant as it was last year. They miss Marshall Yanda, and Stanley has been playing hurt and less impactful. They are more vulnerable here, and Jackson faced a lot of pressure on Sunday. He was sacked four times and the Ravens board is expressing concern about how often he's under pressure.
2) Their passing game is still predicated on hitting the middle of the field. I think Roman has made some nice adjustments with the rollouts, cutting down the amount of field to read and putting stress on the defense due to Jackson's legs/being on the move, but it still looks like the best way to challenge the Ravens' offense is to force them to throw it outside in deep and intermediate ranges. Jackson throws a nice deep ball on 9 routes, but it's still lower percentage (because it's lower percentage for everyone).
Re: The Chiefs' weaknesses
1) It's got to be LB play. Ben Niemann is "light in the shorts" - just doesn't tackle with much striking power/force, and that makes it easier to shed him and/or push him back for extra yards. I don't see how he's playable against Baltimore. For me, I think this is the week to try the alignment they used in base sets last year... with Gay replacing Ragland on the strongside and Wilson sliding back to WLB. In the nickel set, I'd love to see Gay as one of the 2 on the field but expect it will still be Niemann instead. Getting Pennel back should help the LB... as the interior of the line has been getting blown up a lot, putting traffic in the LBs laps. Better anchors from the Chiefs' DTs should clean that up.
2) Slow starts have become a real trend. That really doesn't work against Baltimore. They need to come out efficiently and put up points early. [Reply]