Ravens v. Bungles TNF Gamethread ( Please leave your Bills' observations at the door ; -)

[ChrisWatson#21]

Cincy for a couple reasons.  Bills need to create separation from Baltimore since they have the tie breaker and I would like to see the Bills avenge the Bengals loss in the playoffs.  Lastly it hurts JA17's MVP chances if the Ravens have a better record than the Bills at season's end.

[TheFunPolice]

6 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I would rather see Cincy dead and buried.  Burrow is a QB we have had a hard time slowing down.

 

Ditto.

 

Every year it seems like the Bengals start off 1-7 and end up 10-7 and almost unbeatable in the playoffs unless they play another AFC North team. 

 

Bengals I would expect to win vs us or KC, regardless of the home team, but would be a 50/50 proposition against Pittsburgh. 

 

If the Browns were put into the playoffs, regardless of record or injuries I would give them a 70% chance of beating the Bengals. 

 

Football is weird. I would rather the Bengals not be in the playoffs at all. 

 

 

[MasterStrategist]

I'm rooting for Cincy.  Rather see the Steelers win that division and Bmore be the 5 seed.

 

Cincy has had our number recently, but I'm not scared of any team if we enter the playoffs mostly healthy/without any critical injuries.

Edited 8 hours ago by MasterStrategist

[ProcessTruster]

pretty sure I'm good either way this early in the season

 

I want to play the team with the most key injuries, whoever it may be ;

 

relative health in key positions is the great divider in playoff games.  

[ColoradoBills]

8 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

I'm rooting for Cincy.  Rather see the Steelers win that division and Bmore be the 5 seed.

 

Cincy has had our number recently, but I'm not scared of any team if we enter the playoffs mostly healthy/without any critical injuries.

 

The Steelers have all 6 division games left (2-Ravens, 2-Bengals, 2-Browns) along with games against the Chiefs, Eagles and Commanders.

I don't see a lot of wins in their last 9 games.

[Goin Breakdown]

5 hours ago, Jauronimo said:

Playoff Henry has been a no show in the playoffs the past few years after dominant regular season performances.

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HenrDe00/gamelog/post/

This is true too. It's like pb and Jelly. Both are good, but together......look out lol. Bad example but you get it. 

[Beck Water]

7 hours ago, Billl said:

The Ravens are the one team that I think beats the Bills the most often out of 100 games.  Buffalo is unequipped to deal with a power running team that can hit you in the mouth.  Any team that runs a base Nickel with undersized DTs is going to struggle in that situation, and the Ravens were built in a lab to beat up on defenses like Buffalo’s.

 

Recent history disagrees with your thinking. 

Bills are 2-3 vs Ravens under McDermott, including horrific loss in the 2018 season opener where Josh was thrown to the wolves; since Allen came into his own in 2020, 2-1

Bengals, we're 1-3 under McDermott; since 2020, we're 0-2

 

[strive_for_five_guy]

3 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Recent history disagrees with your thinking. 

Bills are 2-3 vs Ravens under McDermott, including horrific loss in the 2018 season opener where Josh was thrown to the wolves; since Allen came into his own in 2020, 2-1

Bengals, we're 1-3 under McDermott; since 2020, we're 0-2

 

Ravens didn’t have Derrick Henry in prior seasons either though, whereas the Bengals had Mixon and were arguably better all around in prior seasons versus this year.

[Johnnycage46]

I am rooting for cincy. I think the 1 seed is out for us based on KC's record and remaining schedule...even if we beat them. 2 is next best so need more losses for Bmore and Houston to give us some wiggle room.

[DeepPass]

8 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

I would rather see Cincy dead and buried.  Burrow is a QB we have had a hard time slowing down.

Agree.  Get the Bengals out of the rear-view mirror

[FireChans]

100% Ravens

 

I will fear Lamar in the playoffs when he doesn't inexplicably become terrible.

 

I will always fear Burrow/Chase/Higgins to potentially light up the opposition.

[Wizard]

Ravens for a loss. First, it gives breathing room for seeding. Second, Jackson a little banged up is good. Third, hope it is low scoring and Jackson and Burrow are just average to boost Allen's MVP odds.

[Beck Water]

49 minutes ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Ravens didn’t have Derrick Henry in prior seasons either though, whereas the Bengals had Mixon and were arguably better all around in prior seasons versus this year.

 

That is true about Henry, and while I'd like to argue that previously the Ravens DID have Mark Ingram and Gus Edwards, they aren't in the same "weight class" as Henry; and 30 year old Henry is so far, looking as though he found the Fountain of Youth to return to his 2019/2020 prime.  1000+ yards after 9 games is ridiculous, especially when he's only playing 50-60% of the snaps per game.

So I have to say you've got a point.

[chongli]

I'm very proud of this thread. I only read through the first two pages, but that is because all the great opinions which made me think hard. They were mostly al high quality posts bringing up perspectives I hadn't thought of. This goes to show you the excellent posters in TBD and one reason why this is the best Bills forum and best football forum, period.

[Dablitzkrieg]

I think you can argue either way.  I hope they both lose

[Big Blitz]

Rooting for the Bengals. 
 

Ok I can’t.  I’ll end up rooting for Baltimore but I think the Bengals winning is a better result for us.  
 

I mean if you can’t be the 1 seed you want the 2.  No AFC game will be easy.  
 

Hopefully Denver ends up the 7.  

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

2 hours ago, TheFunPolice said:

 

Ditto.

 

Every year it seems like the Bengals start off 1-7 and end up 10-7 and almost unbeatable in the playoffs unless they play another AFC North team. 

 

Bengals I would expect to win vs us or KC, regardless of the home team, but would be a 50/50 proposition against Pittsburgh. 

 

If the Browns were put into the playoffs, regardless of record or injuries I would give them a 70% chance of beating the Bengals. 

 

Football is weird. I would rather the Bengals not be in the playoffs at all. 

 

 

I tend to agree, but the Bengals defense does seem really bad this year. worse than usual. The key to their playoff success has been their defense, stepping up in the postseason more so than their offense stepping up. I’m not sure they’ll get their defense to step up like usual.

[PonyBoy]

 

I get the arguments for Baltimore or Cincy to win tonight. I am going to use a phrase we all know. If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best! 

 

Cincy owned us for a playoff game and the Hamlin tragedy...Good! Beat them in the playoffs!

 

Ravens, Jackson MVP 2X over Josh... Good beat him/them in the playoffs!

 

Chiefs, beat them in the regular season games..., not in the playoffs when it really matters... Good! Beat them in the playoffs!

 

NFC champs?... Good, beat them in the Superbowl!!

 

It's the only way to begin to get the media monkey off our backs!!

 

Lets F ing go Bills!!!

 

 

[zow2]

I said Baltimore but i sure wouldn’t mind if Lamar threw a couple picks and generally had a subpar Lamar game to hurt his MVP chances 

[Steptide]

So are we treating this as the official TNF thread?