Look at the spot Balty was in earlier this year when they visited Miami and let me know what you think.. It was a perfect spot for them.. Cameron aspect, revenge from last years loss, losing streak..
The Ravens (3-3) won for the first time in their five visits to Miami, and for the first time in nearly a month.
"This was going to make or break our season," Suggs said. "When you lose three or four games in a row, players are only human, and they stop believing. We've got guys believing."
Just saying, situationally it couldn't have been a better spot for Balty in game 1 this year... Game 2?
I totally agree Tee . I played Balt big the line made no sense . Thought should have been a PK maybe -1 either way . Think Miami played TONS better then what we see from the final score .
Problem is samething happened vs NE in the rematch . They played tons better then the final score but still manage to be -34 pts in those 2 games .
Think Crowder played well last week but at anytime he could go down and think while he is playing like he is 100% his knee isnt .
Think the fact Miami had to scratch and claw the last 2 weeks on the road is going to live them drained . They will probably feed off the wins early , the home crowd , excitement etc but that will slowly fade. Which I like more as it sets up into Miami's strength of 1st Quarter play ......
ATS mark very key IMO ...
Balt is 12-4ATS and looking at the lines I can see why . They havent been road chalk often and continually undervalued which is what strikes me as crazy since they are a tad inflated here . Miami started the season very low in value ..+3 at Home vs Miami , +14 @ NE , +7 hosting SD , PK with Buffalo at home and neutral field vs the backup QB . All showing how weak this team is. They caught NE by suprise but since havent fared well vs the better teams . The beat a struggling SD team who LT was less then 100% and what was the key point ? Stuffing the SD run game at the 1yd line when they were about to tie late 3rd Quarter ..same situation today they wont stuff the BALT backs ..teams are getting 4.2 YPC and think only SD didnt run the ball effectively in Miami and we are talking Foster for SF , Jones for Sea , Fargas was okay for Oak ...
Miami wins games thats clear but the WIN games vs teams who dont know how to win close games .....
Ask yourself how many close games did Oak , Sea , SF especially on the road , KC , the Jets late in the year , etc .....win ? those teams almost always lose the close game late ..and fundamentally sound Miami doesnt vs that type of medicore team opponents...
The trick here is this Miami defense rates HIGH because vs the West teams they faced at home they played very slow paces and had limited possessions. Less possessions skew the amount of plays ran and hide the defenses weaknesses..
I mean how can the 10th ranked run defense allow 4.2 YPC? Thats absurd ..I can consider 4.0 medicore ...4.2 is BAD ...and talking about INTS the past few weeks no doubt the secondary has shown improvement but Favre was printing INTS at the end and has a sore arm while the other game was Thigpen who is greatly improved but still Tyler Thigpen if ya know what I mean ...
Flacco passing and off a 250 yard 1st Half vs Jax where he had a nice day with Clayton not just the useless Mason show..
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=yspsctbg align=middle><TD class=ysptblhdr colSpan=10>Passing</TD><TD class=yspwhitebg noWrap width=1 rowSpan=200><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="1"></TD><TD class=ysptblhdr colSpan=6>Rushing</TD><TD class=yspwhitebg noWrap width=1 rowSpan=200><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="1"></TD><TD class=ysptblhdr colSpan=3>Sacked</TD><TD class=yspwhitebg noWrap width=1 rowSpan=200><SPACER type="block" height="1" width="1"></TD><TD class=ysptblhdr colSpan=3>Fumbles</TD></TR><TR class=ysptblthbody1 align=right><TD class=yspdetailttl align=left height=18>Situation</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl height=18>G</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>QBRat</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Comp</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Att</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Pct</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Yds</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Y/G</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Y/A</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>TD</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Int</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Rush</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Yds</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Y/G</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Avg</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>TD</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Sack</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>YdsL</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>Fum</TD><TD class=yspdetailttl>FumL</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right><TD class=yspscores align=left>Total</TD><TD class=yspscores>16</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>80.3</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>257</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>428</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>60.0</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>2971</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>185.7</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>6.9</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>14</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>12</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>52</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>180</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>11.3</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>3.5</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>2</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>32</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>276</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>11</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>2</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1 align=right><TD class=yspscores align=left>Home</TD><TD class=yspscores>8</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>66.8</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>108</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>197</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>54.8</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>1280</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>160.0</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>6.5</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>4</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>7</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>26</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>81</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>10.1</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>3.1</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>2</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>8</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>94</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>4</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>0</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2 align=right><TD class=yspscores align=left>Away</TD><TD class=yspscores>8</TD><TD></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>91.7</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>149</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>231</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>64.5</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>1691</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>211.4</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>7.3</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>10</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>5</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>26</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>99</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>12.4</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>3.8</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>0</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>24</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>182</TD><TD height='\"16\"'></TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>7</TD><TD class=yspscores height='\"16\"'>2</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Includes @ Pitt , @ NYG , @ Dallas , @ Indiana , @ Miami , then @ Cle , @ houston , @ Cincy ....
I truly think they are asking for Miami money here ....would you play Miami @ PKem is the question one should ask if they like Miami ...only 1 close loss @ Houston all season the rest by 6 or more...Ravens just 1 win away by less then DDs and that was 9 at Dallas and the opener vs CIncy by 7 ...
So Balt wins comfortably and Miami loses comfortably for the most part ....
Ravens in a wins are 11-0 ATS and 1-4 ATS in losses while Miami is 1-4 ATS in losses just the Houston game ....
Good Luck ...I thought Miami looked like value but the difference in talent is huge as is most of the playoff experience ...Pennington won his playoff game @ NY last week in my mind:cheers: