Week 9:Baltimore Ravens(4-4)

[polamalubeast]

It's a must win ..... for Baltimore...The steelers have a chance to hurt the chances of the ravens to make the playoffs with a win.

I never thought after the week 4 that this game would be a must win for Baltimore but not for us.

[saturdaysarebetter]

Sure would be nice to put the Ravens in the rear view mirror for the rest of the season.

[polamalubeast]

The Ravens should be very desperate, so the Steelers must be ready ...

[teegre]

Throw the records out... @Baltimore is always the toughest game of our season.

[AtlantaDan]

Ravens open as 3 point favorites - seems about right. Two evenly matched teams with home field advantage to Ravens

http://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/las-vegas/

As posted above, Ravens players and the coaching staff will be approaching this game with a sense of desperation. And not just potentially for their season. If Harbaugh misses the playoffs again this year the owner may be ready to make a change.

So the Steelers are going to be getting the Ravens at max intensity and cannot afford another sleepwalking first quarter start.

[Moose]

Throw the records out... @Baltimore is always the toughest game of our season.

As are the games with the Browns and the Bungholes ! NO teams are gimmee's with this team.

[GoSlash27]

Throw the records out... @Baltimore is always the toughest game of our season.

Agreed. Baltimore has a solid defense. They'll be tough to beat in their house.

[Iron Steeler]

They took the air out of our stadium. We abandoned the run game. With the ravens you can't just trying and line up and slug with them. Need more pre snap mis-directions.( Look at Carolina)

Harbaugh has Tomlin figured out. This is going to be a tough game....aaaand we play Carolina the following Thursday with no rest or preparation.


So this Sunday will be a high emotion/ high physical game. Then Thursday we will be a sloppy mess performance on all fronts .

[86WARD]

They took the air out of our stadium. We abandoned the run game. With the ravens you can't just trying and line up and slug with them. Need more pre snap mis-directions.( Look at Carolina)

Harbaugh has Tomlin figured out. This is going to be a tough game....aaaand we play Carolina the following Thursday with no rest or preparation.


So this Sunday will be a high emotion/ high physical game. Then Thursday we will be a sloppy mess performance on all fronts .

Need to come out of these 2 games 1-1 or better.

[Fire Goodell]

Ravens will be desperate, but this is a must win for our team as well. Time for some effing payback.

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Need to come out of these 2 games 1-1 or better.

If that happens then rather win this one, being a division game and all. Carolina is one we can more afford to lose imo.

[86WARD]

Ravens will be desperate, but this is a must win for our team as well. Time for some effing payback.

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If that happens then rather win this one, being a division game and all. Carolina is one we can more afford to lose imo.

I don’t think the Ravens or the Panthers are good. The Steelers should beat both of these teams fairly easily...but they won’t...not easily at least...

[Fire Goodell]

I don’t think the Ravens or the Panthers are good. The Steelers should beat both of these teams fairly easily...but they won’t...not easily at least...

I think the Panthers are the better team, but I see us struggling against the Ravens more. The Ravens are one of those matchups where you throw the records out because they always give us a hard time

[Mojouw]

Both these teams (Ravens and Panthers) are legit playoff caliber opponents.

I don't see how Steelers go any better than 1-1 and if they lose a close hard fought game to the Ravens, the physical toll may cause them to drop the Thursday night game.

This two game stretch might be the key to their season.

[86WARD]

Cowboys, Bengals, Giants, Eagles, Ravens are the teams the Panthers have beaten. They’ve lost to the Redskins and the Falcons. I’d argue that the Steelers are far superior to any of those teams listed above. This should be a win for the Steelers bit as Mojouw states, the physical toll from the Ravens game could also effect the outcome of the Panthers game.

[cubanstogie]

Ravens and Panthers similar matchup for Steelers IMO except for the fact Cam can run much better than Joe. They both love TE and check down to RB's. Something that frustrates the hell out of me. I think at worst they go 1-1. Steelers and Ravens momentum wise are 180 degrees from when they played earlier this year. Steelers are trending up and after yesterday when the free kick debacle happened they were in the same situation as week 1 against the Browns and responded this time. That was a good sign. I would love to see Vance make some plays early and get em fired up. As everyone Im tired of sluggish starts.

[Lady Steel]

I don't think it's going to be easy but, yep, it's a must win for our boys in the Black 'n Gold. They can do this!

[polamalubeast]

It's not supposed to be easy to play against ravens, especially in their house....I mean, they only lost by 1 point against the saints last week.

The panthers have a great team with a very good HC and QB .... I mean, they were 15-1 in 2015, 11-5 last year and 5-2 this year ... 2016 was a fluke .

[Craic]

I think the Panthers are the better team, but I see us struggling against the Ravens more. The Ravens are one of those matchups where you throw the records out because they always give us a hard time

This.

I don't care how bad the Ravens are, they almost always play us tough. In the same way, it doesn't matter how bad we are, we'll almost always show up against them.
Exhibit 1: Charlie Batch for the win.

[Crow-Magnon]

I ain't got much to say after last Sunday's debacle. IMO, it was a shitshow after the first series. Sloppy, sloppy play. No crowd noise to speak of and the Ravens still looked lost. The secondary really misses Marlon Humphrey. And the running game is pathetic.

I'm looking at an L and watching Harbaugh's last hurrah as the HC.

[Moose]

I ain't got much to say after last Sunday's debacle. IMO, it was a shitshow after the first series. Sloppy, sloppy play. No crowd noise to speak of and the Ravens still looked lost. The secondary really misses Marlon Humphrey. And the running game is pathetic.

I'm looking at an L and watching Harbaugh's last hurrah as the HC.

Sure hope you're right about the L on your team, not too sure on the Harbaugh's last hurrah thing though.

[AtlantaDan]

I ain't got much to say after last Sunday's debacle. IMO, it was a shitshow after the first series. Sloppy, sloppy play. No crowd noise to speak of and the Ravens still looked lost. The secondary really misses Marlon Humphrey. And the running game is pathetic.

I'm looking at an L and watching Harbaugh's last hurrah as the HC.

Hi Crow - I know the feeling when the Steelers fall apart and I assume the end is near. FWIW I look for Ravens playing at their peak this Sunday.

Is Jackson being worked into the offense as a more traditional QB (aside from garbage time on Sunday) or is his involvement still more along the line of gadget plays where Flacco stays in and pretends to be a receiver while Jackson takes the snap?

[polamalubeast]

[polamalubeast]

[Crow-Magnon]

Hi Crow - I know the feeling when the Steelers fall apart and I assume the end is near. FWIW I look for Ravens playing at their peak this Sunday.

Is Jackson being worked into the offense as a more traditional QB (aside from garbage time on Sunday) or is his involvement still more along the line of gadget plays where Flacco stays in and pretends to be a receiver while Jackson takes the snap?

Jackson is mostly being used to run options while Flacco (worthlessly) lines up as WR. So...10 actives and one inactive on the field lol. They ran a play where he lined up and took the snap and had a receiver wide open and he threw it 5 yards short into the dirt.

I will say he truly can run a great play-action. His fakes are fantastic. When the cameramen get bamboozled constantly you know his fakes are good.

[AtlantaDan]

Jackson is mostly being used to run options while Flacco (worthlessly) lines up as WR. So...10 actives and one inactive on the field lol. They ran a play where he lined up and took the snap and had a receiver wide open and he threw it 5 yards short into the dirt.

I will say he truly can run a great play-action. His fakes are fantastic. When the cameramen get bamboozled constantly you know his fakes are good.

Thanks for the info

[Fire Goodell]

Jackson is mostly being used to run options while Flacco (worthlessly) lines up as WR. So...10 actives and one inactive on the field lol. They ran a play where he lined up and took the snap and had a receiver wide open and he threw it 5 yards short into the dirt.

I will say he truly can run a great play-action. His fakes are fantastic. When the cameramen get bamboozled constantly you know his fakes are good.

I figure if Flacco doesn't even run routes, why not take him off the field? Unless they're trying to set up something late in the season where nobody will bother covering him and a pass goes to him for like a critical 1st down

Do they use Jackson as a WR? If not I'm sure alarm bells are going off in the heads of the DC every time he comes in

I remember the Steelers way back used Kordell Stewart similarly but O'Donnell still tried to run routes, although horribly and defenses wouldn't even bother covering him lol.

[fansince'76]

They ran a play where he lined up and took the snap and had a receiver wide open and he threw it 5 yards short into the dirt.

Flashes back to Kordell Stewart.

[polamalubeast]

[GoSlash27]

My biggest concern: Coty Sensabaugh went out with a toe injury in the Browns game and didn't practice today.

[polamalubeast]