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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Right off at the top, and we're going to talk
about those Baltimore Ravens. We are going to talk about
those Baltimore Ravens that were supposed to be the top
ten the Power rankings that I got dogged for not
having them in their week one, not in their week two,
not week three.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
In hell, We're going to show you week four. We
blow up there.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
But I'm sure you guys are I'm sure you guys
are so uh was that before or after you all
got blown out by the KNCAG Slow it down, baby slip.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Let's back it up, guys.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Let's ask the question, guys, what is wrong with the
Baltimore Ravens. Guys, Let's dive into it because when you
look at the Baltimore Ravens guys right now, they are
in unfamiliar and frankly uncomfortable territory. After Sundays thirty seven
to twenty blowout lost to the Canca Chiefs, they now
say that one to three for the first time since
twenty fifteen. Lamar Jackson and John Harball has built a
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repetition reputation as potential contenders year after year after year,
But right now this look like the Ravens team that
we are used to seeing to the first four games, guys,
the Baltimore Ravens have given up one hundred and thirty
three points. Let me rephrase that for you. They have
given up one hundred and thirty three points. That is
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the most allowed in any four games fan during Hardballs
eighteen years as head coach. That's just not bad. That
is historically bad in Baltimore Ravens terms. Now I understand
the hint. The injuries have quote melted this defense. The
biggest story is the defensive injuries. Right in twenty twenty four, guys,
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the Ravens were the healthiest team in football. Practically, no
one missed time on the Baltimore Ravens in twenty twenty four.
But guess what twenty twenty five, it is the exact opposite.
On Sunday, they finished the game without six defensive starters
Rokwan Smith, Humphreys, Nate Wiggins, Kyle van Voy and then
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Travis Jones. Right, that's four Pro bowlers on the shelf
on the sideline. That has forced Baltimore to throw in
rookies like Sharks Buchanan into starting roles, giving them major
snaps two journeymen like Brent Yurman and John Jenkins. Even
cj Oki straight out of the end of the straight
out of the International Pathway program, saw twenty three points
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in his debut guys against Patrick Maholmes. That's a recipe
for disaster. Let's just be honest, and it has showed.
The Ravens ranked thirtieth in EPA per play aloud and
then twenty seventh against the pass as well. Opposing offices
are scoring touchdowns at a seventy five percent rate when
they go into the red zone. Last year that number
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was under fifty percent, best in the league. This isn't
a ben don't break defense anymore. It's a bin and
then breaking wide open type of demens because they.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Suck right now.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Now, when you look at the offense on paper, the
Baltimore offense looks just fine. Right They scored one hundred
and thirty one points to the first four games of
the season, second most ever for a losing team. In
that span, they're averaging over six yards per carry, leading
the NFL in explosive runs. That is a huge, huge, huge, huge,
But here's the issue. It's boom or bust. That's what
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the Ravens have been all season long boom or bust
terrh Henry has three fumbels already this season, outside of
a outside of a few big runs per game, he
is getting stuffed. They're getting stuffed. Success rate on rushing
attempts twenty eighth in the league. Your King Henry is
getting shut down. Your King Henry is getting blasted twenty
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eighth in the league. Gets success rate rush per attempt
That is terrible. That is terrible. That is forcing Lamar
Jackson into many third and long type of situations. On average,
the Baltimore Ravens faced third and eight, one of the
most one of the longest distances in the NFL. Matter
of fact, it's rate twenty ninth in the NFL. Jackson
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has been sacked already fifteen times this season, the worst
sack rate of the league at twelve point six percent.
Compared that to last season when he only took twenty
three sacks all season long. And it goes beyond them,
and it goes beyond the sacks. The offensive struggling in
the red zone, converting a just a fifty four percent
rate into touchdowns, way down for the league best last season.
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That's seventy four percent. That is a massive drop off.
So guys, you got to ask the question, where do
the baltim Raves. Where do the Baltimore Ravens go from here? Yes,
the schedule does finally lighten up a little bit. They
got the Texas next week, one of the worst teams
in the NFL Melow Mike. Now, with that being said,
when you look at the AFC North, guys, it is
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still wide open. The Pittsburgh Steelers are now three to one,
but they are flawed. The Bengals are without Joe Burrow
right now, losing to the Broncos. The last I knew
on the Monday night footed football and the Browns are scrappy,
but you know what, they're not elite. The Ravens issues
are real, but they're not fatal if they can get healthy.
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Harball insists none of these injuries are season injury, but
durability is no longer on their side.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Guys.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
History tells us not to count the Ravens out. Remember
twenty twelve when they went ten and six, but they
got hot late and won the Super Bowl. But this group,
we need to slow it down, bait. They got to
cut down the turnovers. Get consistency and the running game
and pray that their defense heals up. So, guys, here's
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the big question for the day. Are the Baltimore Ravens
still contenders in twenty and twenty five or is this
just a lost season waiting to happen? Guys comment down
below with your thoughts. I want to hear from you
Ravens fans especially, but the rest of the NFL landscape
let us know. Are the Ravens contenders still in twenty
and twenty five? No, they're not. But guys, as always,
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your voice be heard. Old Man Rivers said, made Lamar
look sad for that's sure, Hollo Lulu blue flu. So
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if you guys do not know what the blue flu
is last season or actually might maybe in the last
two seasons, now Old Man River correct me if I'm wrong.
Every time a team played the Detroit Lions, win, lose
or draw, they would lose the following game. And as
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you guys know, the Baltimore Ravens play the Detroit Lions
last week. Is the blue flu the real deal? I
think that has been busted, but we'll see Melo. Mike
says Ravens next up for Texans, and Lamar has a Hammy.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Hammy Melon.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Mike, keep that energy because because we're getting ready to
dive deep into Lamar Jackson, right Alpa Rob says Jackson
is wrong, he can't figure out Spags defense. And now,
for Rob, you are one hundred percent correct because matter
of fact, I while listening to the broadcast on Sunday,
I don't know who the commentators were.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Was it Tony Romeo?
Speaker 1 (07:24):
I don't know, may have been Tom whoever the commentator was,
says that Lamar Jackson was one in five, now one
to six versus the Kansady Chiefs. He has never lost
more than three games versus any other team in the NFL.
Spags defense definitely has Lamar Jackson figured out. Now every
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time the canc she's my Cans, She's play Lamar Jackson
and the Baltimore Ravens. I'm still always always on the
edge of my feet. I never feel comfortable right, never
feel comfortable. Love Lamar Jackson is a very dynamic type
of quarterback, very type of athletes. So as spags does happen,
quote figure out one bust to play here or there,
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it could definitely turn the whole thing. Melon Mike says,
Texas defense has allowed fifty five points through four games,
Ravens offense eight hitting thirty on Sunday, Baby, slow it down,
Slow it down, because we will be talking about the
Ravens and Texans on our preview show on Saturday, and
Melon Mike will be to to turn in Saturday at
nine pm East Coast time. I'm assuming you're down there
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in Texas, so a pm your time Saturday, tune.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
In because we're gonna talk that shit. Baby.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Alf Robb says, I don't care about these injuries. Every
team has injuries, just as the Foy nine ers. And
that is very, very true.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Alpha Rob. You hit the nail on the head.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
These teams that are losing, the Ravens, the Texans, the Raiders.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
The Saints. The list goes on and on and on.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Injuries, injuries, injuries, over hurt, over hurt, over getting healthy,
over her Herbert. But what about the Detroit lines last
year they had twenty seven guys on devis alone. Be
on ir Now granted they were one and then like
I told you they were be I told you the
injuries were gonna eventually catch up to them. But they
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didn't use that excuse. Next man up mentality. Ravens need
to use that. Texas need to use that. Who Green
Bay Packers, We're getting ready to dog you guys here
very ray soon. Look at topic number five. There packers
missing the playoffs. Playoffs were talking about BAFT. They were
talk about playoffs. Baby, stop using the injury as a crutch.
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Next man up, Next man up, and oh, by the way,
next man up, figure yourselves out and then we can
talk some shit. But Old Man Rivers says, what is
up for the what's up next for the Baltimore Ravens.
He says that they're they're they're going to scratch that
fourteen to three mark. Old Man Rivers says the raven
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are not gonna lose another game for the rest of
the season. Melo, Mike, old Man River, you guys are
clearly old Hold old heads, right, you guys are old heads.
My chair's falling down. I gotta fixed it. Hit the
like button so I can buy a new chair. The
hydraulic things broken, or go to Elite Contrecte over there
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on Facebook. Check it out. Get your concrete needs taken
care of. The Baltimore Rayvens are not gonna go undefeated
for the rest of the year, Old Man River. They
will lose several games this season. Now, one thing I
was kind of hard on about the Baltimore Ravens this
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season is this. I said they're gonna be a nine
to ten win team this season because of their schedule.
Because when you look at their schedule, yes, they got
the Texans coming up at home, right, and then they
play the La Rams at home, gonna be a very
very tough game. But then you got teams like the
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Packers coming up, teams like the Steelers and the Bengals,
all the visual games. Matter of fact, they play what
is it, one, two, three, four divisional games in five weeks.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
They got a tough, tough schedule the Chiefs.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Many people thought the Texas were gonna be good. This
could be an off week. Still can't overlook him. The
Texas want to get that win.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
But as the.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
Schedule does get easier, I do not see them rolling
through the Rams. I don't see them rolling through the
Steelers twice. I don't see them rolling through the Bengals twice.
I don't see them rolling through the Packers twice. Like,
come on, their schedule does get easier?
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Play the Bears, play the Dolphins, the Vikings, trash, the Jets, Patriots,
Patriots not too bad but going but winning, but winning
thirteen games in a row, and then expect to make
a Super Bowl push.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Somebody put this old man River to bed because.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
He is talking crazy right now, crazy crazy crazy? What
a coin toss as an overtime? What's about this coin toss?
Mellon Mike said, The Chiefs are two and two, not
much better than my one and four. Texas, Welcome to
the suck buck Listen, where can we talk about the
Kansay Chiefs? Keep that energy, baby, keep that energy. But
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these trap games though? What about these trap games though?
Speaker 2 (12:43):
Texas?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Is whoa are you referring to the Texans and Ravens
a trap game for the Ravens or is that a
trap game for the Texans because they're both one win teams.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
You can't really.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Afford to be overlooked at anybody with the type of
situation that you're in with the Baltimore Ravens or the
Texans or.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
The United Saints. Trash by the way, what up West?
But what what are these trappede Right?
Speaker 1 (13:12):
But Mike says the Lions had a decade of top
ten first round picks that built their debt.
Speaker 2 (13:17):
Other teams basically won the two thousand. Not wrong, not wrong.
Speaker 1 (13:25):
It was a scare of a score for the Bengals
fourteen three. Oh my bad, my bad, my bad. He
old man Rivers trying to feel me. The score of
the Baltimore or the Broncos Bengals game is fourteen to three.
Not that the Raiders will go fourteen to three, but
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they're not not going to go fourteen to three because