Congrats, Ben hung up 6 touchdowns the last time and guess what? It made ZERO difference in the playoffs. Ben may very well not have AB and if he does have AB, it'd be a very far stretch to believe that he's at full strength. That's a torn calf on four weeks of rest.
Guess what that '14 defense produced? 49 sacks. Guess how many the '17 defense sits at? 40 with a game to go. But you know what 2014 REALLY lacked that this 2017 defense does not? Quality starting corners. If I remember correctly, it was Webb (who was well past being a starting corner), Melvin, who would have been like sixth string, and Levine, who would come in around seventh string. I'll take what the defense currently has over what '14 had.
Doesn't matter if the Ravens will see them in the divisional round or in the wild card round. What happened in the regular season goes out the window.
You can only play who is on your schedule and right now, the Ravens are going to go 6-1 down the stretch if the Ravens win on Sunday and that puts them as the hottest team in the playoffs, especially with how Flacco has heated up.
Also, I'm pretty sure Detroit was one of the top 10 offenses in the NFL and easily one of the top 5 passing offenses in the NFL and they handled that game pretty damn well until a short blip when Jimmy went down. I like what the Ravens are doing.
First you argue that what happens in the regular season goes out the window, then you come around and argue that if we go 6-1 down the stretch we will be the hottest team in the play offs.
which one is it?
Either the regular season matter or it dont.
So you want to argue that this years pass rush is on the same level of that in 2014?
As for Detroit.
They have a worse offense then any of the teams in the AFC that made the play offs.
They have a far worse defense.
They are worse in turning the ball over.
We played them at home which is not something we will be doing in the playoffs unless we end up as the 5th seed and play the 6th seed in the championship game.
Sure we can repeat what we did in 2012 and catch everyone off guard.
That is sport, upsets are possible.
However the odds are against us based on what we know right now.
Why should anyone take us seriously when we havent won a single game against any quality opponent in an away game?
Until we do just that , people will look down on us and rightfully so quite frankly.