Posted 06 November 2016 - 08:37 AM
Ricker, don't this this the wrong way, I'm not trying to single you out, and I defintely don't question your fandom at all. But I've heard a lot of complaints this week that fans aren't excited. Fans aren't showing up to the game. Basically the "they don't look like a playoff team so who cares" argument. I mean, that defines exactly what a bandwagon fan is and Baltimore fans in general are notorious for that.
If trying to beat your hated rival to move into first place doesn't excite you (not you Ricker) I don't know what to tell those people. Go root for the Pats I guess if you need a team to "look like" a playoff team in order to get fired up in the stands at the game, or excited for a game like this.
Some Baltimore fans man. Orioles too. They don't look like a playoff team, so no one shows up with first place on the line in a heart of September. The Ravens certainly didn't look like a Super Bowl team when they didn't score a TD for five games. They didn't look like a Super Bowl team when they lost three straight including a Steelers game to Charlie Batch, fired their offensive coordinator got drubbed by the Broncos at home, finished the season 1-4 and accidently win the division.
Sports. Anything can happen.
I'm 100% looking forward to this game more so than any other game to date this year. A lot of repetitiveness during the two weeks off. They need to do X, they aren't Y, need better Z.
Well here we are. Getting some key pieces back. A couple weeks for the coaches to reflect and come up with a plan going forward. We'll see how the bye week was spent today. More of the same losing style of football, or a new mindset.
Even if the Ravens lose a close game, if the philosophy looks different, as in committed to running, blitz heavy defense, 3rd down play on both sides improves, there is at least something to look forward to.
Its the Steelers. 1st place is on the line! Ravens could be 5-4 by Friday and the whole tenor of the season changes being over .500 and 3-0 in the divison. But you can't get there without this game...So get freaking excited!!! So much speculation with two weeks off. Lets start fresh and see what the team is made of.
If nothing changes today, then I'll be back to criticizing everything they team does wrong. For now though, let's kick ass.
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