Anyone that watched this game can see why I just can't get behind the Titans,they never can seem to get it right.I want to vomit right now because now I will have to listen to an entire week of the sportstalk morons telling me how great Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are and how that "tough Ravens defense" slapped Tennessee in the mouth on their home field,when in reality,they had zero to do with this win the Titans just laid an egg when it came to holding on to the ball.I only hope that they have to go into Pittsburgh and get their asses handed to them.
Word. Not to mention Baltimore lucking out by Chris Johnson being hurt. F Baltimore.
That's exactly what's gonna happen. Pittsburgh's defense is better than Baltimore's and they will rattle this rookie QB. There's a reason why a rookie QB has never started a Super Bowl. Joe Flacco won't be the first.
First of all, ditto to both landlocked and Thundergod--I'm getting to where I can't stand Baltimore again these past few games (starting back with the 2nd game against Pittsburgh at Baltimore) for a non-divisional opponent, and I really hope that if Pittsburgh wins (because I'm not so sure that the Bolts could do it, at least not in the style that I would *appreciate*, if you will) tomorrow, that they smack the Blackbirds back to hell next Sunday. I don't mind Flacco and some of their offensive players, but I'm gettin' frickin' tired of hearin' about their thug-ass defense with the exception of Trevor Pryce and their other safety (Leonhard, I think it is). Those two don't seem so bad, but I've had all I can stomach watching some of their other guys on that side of the ball. Still, as much as I thought Tennessee should have won this game (I'll get to you in a sec, Joe), they did shoot themselves in the foot and ultimately didn't
deserve to win this game...though, like Tommy said earlier, I do agree that they moved the ball fine against Baltimore.
Did some of you people watch the same game on CBS that I did? Baltimore BEAT THE SHIT out of Tennessee. I have never seen so many players limp off and be escorted off the field than I have in this game. Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Bart Scott, and all those dudes BEAT UP the Titans, and that's why they won. Stop being upset because Baltimore BEAT THE SHIT out of the Dolphins last week.
Look, man, I don't know about the rest of the guys, but I will say this--I can agree with you that Baltimore did roll us up (I'd say "BEAT THE SHIT" would be a little bit of strong words because without all of those turnovers, it would've been a respectable game--not saying we would've won, and they
did force those turnovers, but I know it would've been at least a close game because we were able to move the ball against them the few times we had pass protection or it was dumped down to the backs) and, yes, that was frustrating for me as a Miami fan. But that is
NOT the reason that I'm hating on the Ravens right now. While not a Titans fan (obviously), I do prefer them to the Ravens (I have a lot of friends that are Titans fan and don't like the Ravens, so...) and would have liked them to win. I think they should've won but they made too many stupid mistakes/bad decisions at critical junctures (both penalties and turnovers) to deserve to win, regardless of the yardage disparity in their own favor. But, yes, I did watch the game, and I happened to also see a few of those ol' Ravens have to go to the sidelines. What about old man Willie Anderson? Or our former Alabama fullback, Le'Ron McClain? Or Samari Rolle? I'll give you that we all saw "Ray-Ray" lay the timber to Tennessee's fullback, Ahmard Hall--but what did he do besides get up and start jawing back at "Ray Ray" after the big lick? I think I watched the same game you did, and the big hitting was definitely going both ways.
It was almost silly, though, how overhyped/amped both sides were out there, fightin' like a bunch of women. Still, it annoyed the piss out of me when Ed Reed of all people (who I honestly can't say I'd ever seen do something like that before today) was obviously trying to hurt Chris Johnson when he was already going down and locked up from the waist down by another Ravens defender--you all that saw that play know exactly what I'm talking about. Yet, when they show the replay (the flag had already been thrown), they flagged one of Tennessee's offensive lineman for a personal foul that, from what I saw, didn't occur. One of the other o-lineman was throwing Reed off of Johnson, but I know I would've been doing the exact same thing if I was him, and I hope that's not why they called a penalty and just pinned it on the wrong guy/number.
I'm sorry, but shit like that just totally rubs me the wrong way, and it seriously seems like Baltimore is one of the teams doing it more and more as of late. Props to them for pulling out the W in Nashville, but I hope they get their asses smacked around like the bunch of punks they are next Sunday.
Oh, and believe it or not, I actually
do like John Harbaugh.
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