Ravens V Redskins - Beltway Brawl or Maryland Massacre?

The ravens are a pass first team with an avg qb. Honestly they really don't scare anyone anymore, they defense is old and not great( actually it's bad) and I believe Robert will continue his streak of 0 Ints.

Skins 28
ravens 20 .That's actually the part that worries me, even though I agree that flacco isn't great by any means. I still don't understand why the giants didn't throw the ball more against our Swiss cheese defense.

In other news - which Beltway are we brawling over? 495 or 695?

Good thread here.
Since I work around 80% Raven fans every 4 years I get pounded with it. Have the Redskins ever won against the Ravens? I remember the pitiful last time. They came out physical first thing and demanded submission.....and got it for the most part... but we played them at M&T last time. 12th man needs to demand submission here this time....get loud for the skins foremost. Alot of energy transmits to players. I think if they know you want it ,they'll get it for you... Seems to work for the Ravens at M&T because they're terrible away. Fed Ex isn't really away for them though. Steelers have the blueprint for defense. Good rush will shake Flacco. Tight coverage fustrates Boldin and Torey. Keep a spy close to stop that little f$#@! diddle diddle in the middle shit and the RG3 and company power boost will take care of the rest. Game over. Lights out! The only thing that scares me is Cameron is still trying his best to prove they have a pass attack. We're weak defending it. We need to keep time of possesion on our side like we did against NO. Morris needs to play like after he fumbled the ball against NY. Man I hope we get this one....This one's for the fans on the northern front. We need some respect again. Go Skins!!!

As bad as the redskins pass defense is, the run defense is really good (4th in the league I believe). The defense has to bottle up Ray Rice and force him into one of those 20-25 carries, 65-75 yard days which would be really damn good. Key to the game: Turnovers, the Ravens have turned the ball over 2+ times only 4 time this season. 3 of them were their only losses and the only win was 9-6 against KC.

That's actually the part that worries me, even though I agree that flacco isn't great by any means. I still don't understand why the giants didn't throw the ball more against our Swiss cheese defense.

In other news - which Beltway are we brawling over? 495 or 695?

it's 695 vs 495/95

I here you dude, Rice isn't the only one now. Pierce looked good last week against Steelers. Pierce got some good run time. Ravens will start looking for home field advantage and this win is important for that reason. They seemed to save Rice some last week. Probably looking to save him some for post season. More got put on Pitta and the other dude #12 (punt return man). Ravens pass attack and get out ahead with points will be first against us. They know our offense scores now. If they accomplish this it'll be hard to recover against there pass defense for sure. Key will be to shake Flacco...Thats what the Steelers manage to do.

We keep saying our offense makes up for our defense, but a win this time will require a stout pass and run defense. Flacco's been honing his craft and Hall is on crutches I heard....not good. We don't have that "next man up"

most of the ravens fans i know were redskins fans who were there in the good times, the health, but couldn't remain true in the bad, the sickness.

i want this one so bad

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This is going to be a weird game. Both Ds are nothing to write home about and the passing attacks are nothing to write home about due to inconsistency. Rice and Morris are going to be the core of this game, but RG3 is going to be the difference.

The wuss over at Walterfootball has this going straight up for the Redskins, but won't put any units on it. (http://walterfootball.com/nflpicks2012_14early.php) A spread of 1.5 is pretty narrow though.

most of the ravens fans i know were redskins fans who were there in the good times, the health, but couldn't remain true in the bad, the sickness.

i want this one so bad

I hear you dude. I need to show in my profile I'm 49 yrs old and I remember seeing Sonny and Billy throwin some thrillie. I seen it come and go and come and go. I hope I'm getting a look at it comming back. The colors have always flowed thru my blood. Burgandy and Gold is how I roll. Baltimore once was blue and white. I recall a horse shoe. So now Purple???? WTF with that anyhow?? Please kick that ass!!!!

All I know is, if the Redskins don't win I'm going to have to hear it from EVERYONE. Family. Friends. Exes. Strippers. Pimps. Hos. Crackheads. Bill collectors. Everyone will talk some crap.

Living in the DC Metro area, losing to the Ravens is almost as bad as losing to Dallas.