Dr.Sack

The Ravens beat the Texans earlier this year 25-9. Today 34-10. Clearly the Ravens are healthier and have kept their distance. The biggest difference between the two games, the Ravens running game has gotten better, and the run defense was dominant.

Lamar took some shots, but if he’s upright walking around he’s fine.

Go to the Ravens fan forum Russell Street to find out which team the fans want to play.

If the Bills take care of KC they should have a great chance to exceed the whopping 31 yards on the ground the Texans amassed today.

Any guess on how many injuries the Ravens have taken today?

The Ravens want to be a passing team, but at their core they are a run heavy team that plays 12 personnel and 13 personnel with a 305lbs FB. To beat the Ravens you need to dictate they aren’t going to run the ball on you. To that end you gotta run 3 DTs and crowd the LOS.

Lamar with a taunt that only is called on QBs you don’t expect can run.

Houston should try passing the ball every down.

The Steelers at least would have given the Ravens a physical game. The importance of the #1 seed. Ravens had a 2 week break, then get a cake walk cream puff team that plays with little violence outside of zero blitzes that leave their weak secondary exposed. These are layup passes for Lamar.

6’6” TE vs 5’10” CB. Seems like a fair matchup.

If Houston had a reliable kicker, and didn’t run that stupid trick play last drive, they could be down 16-17. Instead they punted rather than go for it on 4th and 6, then have let the Ravens dominate them the past drive. Outside of a pick 6, this game seems destined to be 10-24 shortly.

Dominant 3rd Qtr for Ravens. Just imposing their will on the Texans. No TOs just a composed beat down.

Correct. If the communication gets corrected at the half, I suspect this will only help the Texans be in a position to sustain drives and pull off the upset. No turnovers so far. This feels like a game the team that gets the first turnover wins.

I suspect 49ers too. Only cause for concern being McCaffery's calf.

Penalties are interesting in this one. Texans 8 for 50, Ravens 1 for 5.

Ravens can win this game by going back to the run, 17 carries 95 yards in one half is no joke. Stop trying to justify Lamar as MVP purely on passing. Isn't this about winning? The way the Ravens can win is by running Lamar.

Either the Texans pass defense has dramatically improved since Cleveland, or Jackson and his WRs are not as good as advertised.

You can't miss FGs in the playoffs. Bills were lucky to survive 2 misses. We need Bass to become the man.

Texans kicker is a liability. But so to is Ravens OL.

If Tyler Bass is your kicker in a game like this, how confident are you?

Only thing that concerns me is what if Martin needs to run out for a FG hold as time is expiring and we don’t have the ability to stop the clock?

I want home games so go Texans. If it’s the Ravens so be it. Texans are heavy underdogs and probably will give the Ravens a game.

One of greatest advantages in this game is homefield. There are other advantages to like, the fact the Bills at home average 29.7 points per game and give up 15. The Chiefs on the road score 20.7 and give up 17.7. The Chiefs “greatest” defense of all-time has created 7 turnovers in 9 road/neutral site games. Wow 7! The Bills “injury” ravaged poverty defense has generated 15 turnovers. Speaking of greatest defense, the Bills have given up 9 3rd quarter points all season at home. The Chiefs Tackles are not good. The Bills Tackles are good. Mahomes completion % drops 7% in Super Bowl’s vs Arrowhead. Travis Kelce is 34 and probably is strongly considering retiring. Nick Bolton’s wrist is badly injured. Sneed was banged up vs Miami. Rashee Rice was banged up too. Mahomes hasn’t looked comfortable all year. Pacheco has been banged up recently. Chris Jones is likely gone. Give Kansas City a dose of the 12th Man and an aggressive physically dominant performance and they will collapse. Bills win, but not by the slightest of margins.

Expect the Bills to use a lot of their Safeties / Corners as LBs this week. Historically teams that commit 6-8 men to coverage do well vs the Chiefs, including the masterclass performed by the Bengals the past 2 AFC Championships. 3-2-6, 3-1-7 exotic looks depending on personnel. The idea is speed is more important to coverage. To that end some guys who might fill positions are Lewis, Neal, and Hamlin. While a not ideal replacement for Bernard, there likely will be scenarios where Klein & Dodson come off and lighter personnel is used.

Brady doesn’t want the job. He will have way more clout in 4 weeks.