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Bills Mafia, This will be the last time I check this board until Sunday (and hopefully I'm happy when I come back!). Just wanted to say I hope it's a good, clean game and it comes down to the wire (let's be real I hope the ravens win 100-0 and I can start resuming normal cardiac rhythm early in the game but we know that's not happening). Good luck tonight, and appreciate the hospitality on the board this week. I hope whoever wins tonight wins the SB. Go Ravens!

Okay, you want to go back to last year's game and stats? Now we're stretching to the brink of objectivity, but I'm happy to go that route. My point was that you compared him to "rushing QBs". He's a next level runner and the best athlete on the field.

I see a poster come on here every 5 pages or so and say something along the lines of, "Has everyone forgotten how good we are why does everyone on this board think we're going to lose??" What thread are you reading? Because it's not this one. Almost every comment on here is positive or saying Ravens are good at "xyz" but Bills will pull this out. There's maybe one negative post every 1.5-2 pages. It's like some people are trying to create the "Bills against the world" narrative. Most pundits like blabbering out LJ because he makes highlights plays, but when you look at vegas and the actual picks from "experts" is very even. The Bills are a fantastic team. I legitimately think this game is a coin toss and will be very close either way. I can live with your other comparisons, but comparing any other "rushing QB" in the league to LJ is just stupid. That's not an "objective" thought I would stick with.

Not accurate. It's the first time we're not favorites with LJ at QB. When we went to Pittsburgh and had half our team out with COVID we were something like 10-point underdogs. Actually almost won that game, too.

I wouldn't be surprised if we have Marlo in the slot and Jimmy Smith plays the other outside role along with Marcus. We've done that this year plenty of times. A lot of times it depends on the teams though, their WRs, etc. If they did put Marlo in the slot on Beas, they'd put Peters on Diggs and Jimmy on the opposite side.

Trust me I get it!!

Again, that wasn't the question. He asked about if we've faced a QB like Allen. Man a couple of y'all woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Chill.

Mahomes shredded us for sure, but that wasn't his question. Mayfield did well in a game that was a complete anomaly. He didn't do so well in WK1...

I'm a few pages behind catching up on the thread but I'm assuming someone told you Pat Mahomes?

I would expect all of them to play. Marcus has been on the injury report what seems to be the entire back half of the season. But it doesn't sound like anything major. You nailed it on the depth, though. Not much. Luckily Jimmy Smith is still solid, but then it falls to Averett - who I honestly think has played well during this winning streak - and Tramon Williams. Let's just hope Marcus plays!

The Jags game was a weird one. They couldn't stop a thing, we were railroading them, but the rushing stats don't really show that. Lamar didn't get much. If I remember correctly, LJ was also pulled with about 8 or 9 minutes left and Tyler Huntley led the last two drives. The Browns game there was just zero defense being played. It was an anomaly. We almost never get into shootouts like that. It just felt like both offenses were doing as they pleased. Wild game but it really screwed with our defensive statistics for the season. The only thing that makes me feel good about the game that doesn't reflect on a quick glance at the season box scores is our health. Yes, our franchise LT is out and our backup (but heavily used) TE is out, but our defense is very healthy for the first time all year. You really saw that last game against the Titans and that's very encouraging if you're a Ravens fan.

....what? I'm assuming this is a satirical comment? But in the 1/100 chance it's not: "hats off" is a phrase used to to congratulate or show respect for someone.

One point of clarification. I've seen a couple comments the last 50 pages or so about our "TEs". We really only have 1 now. Last year we had three tight ends and it was fantastic. We had Andrews, Hurst and Boyle. This off-season we traded Hurst to the Falcons, leaving us two. Then Boyle got hurt during the Patriots game. We've picked up Eric Tomlinson, but he's basically a non-factor. That's changed our offense this year. Those 3-TE sets were absolute daggers to defenses, and that part of our offense is just gone. Poof. Ugh. I can't stand comments like this. They're short-sighted and frustrating. If you read even one article on LJ you would know that's not him at all. He a legitimately very, very nice dude. He actually said after the game he wanted to pull the team off the field so that they DIDN'T get into it with the Titans. He knew emotions were high because of what's happened the last couple games and then the defense going out onto the logo.

The Ravens offense was very mediocre against the Titans. And while the pure stats may tell you otherwise, we actually didn't have that great of a running day. I think both Edwards and Dobbins were held to only 80 or so total yard between the two. LJ getting 130+ is what skewed the stats. On the other side of the ball, the defense balled out. Henry could barely get past the line of scrimmage most plays, and we just shifted the line a yard back seemingly every play.

Hey @Hapless Bills Fan I actually saw that the other day. Just added it to the list of reasons why I like Allen. Just a good dude. I actually just saw LJ say this yesterday: "People are always just talking about Josh and his big arm, but he's doing it all out there," Jackson said. "He's getting out of the pocket, taking advantage of what the defense gives him, throwing the ball on a rope. He's slinging the ball like a Patrick Mahomes. He's helping his team out a lot. He's one of the key reasons they're putting up so many points and winning games. Hats off to Josh because he's been doing it since his rookie season."