Around the NFL week 9

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by mooby

Yeah no kidding. Torrey Smith came up clutch at the end. If it wasn't for him people would be bitching about all the other Raven receivers that failed to come up when they needed them the most. Would've been the same story from last year's playoffs.

Loved the story about how Ray Lewis and Ed Reed went up to Torrey Smith at the end of training camp and told him he needed to forget the bad camp he had, and how the team was counting on him, etc.

Torrey Smith, Bolding, Flacco, and the Ravens Offensive Line had a great game-winning drive there. The Steelers were blitzing left and right and Flacco was protected for most of the time. Kudos to Flacco also for moving around in the pocket at times, also Boldin had some good catches.

Good question at the end of the game, who is the dominant AFC team? I really don't think the Ravens are, but I'm sure they will be in the mix.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

Torrey Smith, Bolding, Flacco, and the Ravens Offensive Line had a great game-winning drive there. The Steelers were blitzing left and right and Flacco was protected for most of the time. Kudos to Flacco also for moving around in the pocket at times, also Boldin had some good catches.

Good question at the end of the game, who is the dominant AFC team? I really don't think the Ravens are, but I'm sure they will be in the mix.

Yeah the Ravens still haven't been consistent on a week to week basis, but I think the AFC is wide open at this point. The only team who has played consistently good football every week this season is the Packers. At the end of the season I expect the Ravens, Steelers, and Pats (unless it turns out that their defense is so awful even a top-notch Tom Brady couldn't bail them out, as was the case today) to be the top 3 teams in the AFC. Texans will probably take the South, as they should. I think I'll go with the Raiders to take the West, I don't trust the Chargers or the Chiefs, and even though I like the Bengals I don't see them getting past a team like the Pats or one of their AFC North foes.