Next Up: Wild-Card Bye

[OURavensFan]

Preliminary:
Cleveland -2.5 feels obvious
I'd take Dallas -7.5 all day long. That line should be 9-10 at least. That's got blowout written all over it.
Rams +3 makes a ton of sense
I think BUF/PIT should be 10 so that's about right. Even if the game is "close", a like 23-13 win makes plenty of sense. Pittsburgh's defense is going to need probably 2-3 turnovers to be able to score more than about 10-13 points in this game.

No real feel for the others. If the Chiefs line gets up above 4 or so I'd bet Dolphins.

I should have listened to you about the Jaguars I just thought no way they’re this bad right ?

 

[JAAM]

Agree with a lot of the discussion on who we "prefer" to play, but end of the day, we are the best. We know we're the best. We fear nobody. We play well, and we will beat every single team that we play.

3 wins away from a Lombardi trophy.

You have me at full candy corn, per usual.

 

[Dom McRaven]

I'd take Dallas -7.5 all day long. That line should be 9-10 at least. That's got blowout written all over it.

Indeed. I'd be surprised if the 'Boys punt more than 3 times in the game. DAL is MUCH better at home and the Pack's defense sucks. Same defense that allowed the Panthers to put up 30 prior to never scoring again for the rest of the season.

 

[rmcjacket23]

I should have listened to you about the Jaguars I just thought no way they’re this bad right ?

Well I expected a better showing then they gave quite frankly. But yeah Lawrence was injured, they haven't done shit since Kirk left, and I thought TEN would be highly motivated in what is likely the last games for Tannehill, Henry, and possibly Vrabel.

Plus even going back to when we played Jacksonville, it was pretty obvious... they're not really good at anything. They're pretty much average across the board.

 

[allblackraven]

I just think the games will be in hand and no reason for Lamar to be out there.

I know but you said Snoop.
I just can't anymore....

 

[allblackraven]

Only worried about the ravens as I have been in every game we’ve lost

We should have only 1 loss this season… to the steelers in week 18

There is no team in the nfl that worries me more than the ravens

Which is gonna make it hard to watch the next 3 games because there’s only the expected or the negative outcome - no positive surprises

Positive surprise would be we win 3 tight games in a row but then, half of us would be dead by the time we lift the trophy.

 

[ravenslord]

Fuck Joe Flacco

 

[Tank]

Tomlin is going to be in his bag a lot of key bill players are hurts like douglas if so pickens/johnson with that najee/warren can play bully ball afc north football

OK, cool. They’re still getting stomped.

 

[All_black_everything]

Bad news for the dolphins

https://twitter.com/CameronWolfe/status/1744472344989503802?s=20

 

[Adreme]

Preliminary:
Cleveland -2.5 feels obvious
I'd take Dallas -7.5 all day long. That line should be 9-10 at least. That's got blowout written all over it.
Rams +3 makes a ton of sense
I think BUF/PIT should be 10 so that's about right. Even if the game is "close", a like 23-13 win makes plenty of sense. Pittsburgh's defense is going to need probably 2-3 turnovers to be able to score more than about 10-13 points in this game.

No real feel for the others. If the Chiefs line gets up above 4 or so I'd bet Dolphins.

I agree it will be a blowout but I am not sure the score reflects that. I could entirely see this being a game where both teams have 6 possessions and the final score is 27-20 but it never feels close.

With Josh Allen 2-3 turnovers feels like almost a given at this point. Buffalo has not looked good in quite awhile. They have not looked great honestly since they dominated that September game against Miami. Since then I think they have only won by that margin twice: once against Cowboys (their best win of of the year) and once against the Jets. Every other game was close including ones that had no business being close. Nothing from them in the past 3 months has suggested they can win a game by 10 against a competent team. This game easily could be 20-13 or 17-10 Bills just like most of the rest of their wins.

 

[cobrajet]

Eagles aren't safe. They play like shit and it's possible they won't have Hurts or Brown (or both). Secondary is cooked, Evans and Goodwin might have a field day.

Eagles been looking like ass. Now they are really banged up. They would have been better off playing their backups.

 

[rmcjacket23]

I agree it will be a blowout but I am not sure the score reflects that. I could entirely see this being a game where both teams have 6 possessions and the final score is 27-20 but it never feels close.

With Josh Allen 2-3 turnovers feels like almost a given at this point. Buffalo has not looked good in quite awhile. They have not looked great honestly since they dominated that September game against Miami. Since then I think they have only won by that margin twice: once against Cowboys (their best win of of the year) and once against the Jets. Every other game was close including ones that had no business being close. Nothing from them in the past 3 months has suggested they can win a game by 10 against a competent team. This game easily could be 20-13 or 17-10 Bills just like most of the rest of their wins.

I mean they beat Dallas by 21 less than a month ago, and the score wasn't even that close.

For me it actually has less to do with Buffalo. They'll score 20-25 in their sleep. Steelers effectively haven't played a playoff team since before Thanksgiving. They struggle to score points against the most average of defenses, and they're not going to have TJ Watt. And most importantly, they're a dreadful road team when playing a good opponent.

 

[JO_75]

ravens are going to most likely be facing the texans again

Most likely the Browns. They're favored over the Texans, and the Browns are a dreadful matchup for what Houston wants to do on both sides of the ball.

Browns are going to be the favorite but the Texans are going to be a sneaky upset team this weekend. If there is going to be an upset, it comes from Houston beating Cleveland. Houston didn't have Stroud in the regular season when these two faced off. That alone makes a big difference where Houston can keep the game very competitive. I'm not ready to say Houston will upset Cleveland but let's just say I wouldn't be surprised if Houston did win and we end up playing Houston again.

- The Chiefs aren't playing well but the Dolphins are banged up on defense. No Xavien Howard, they won't have Jerome Baker and Andrew Van Ginkel. I expect KC to do what they do and turn it up for the playoffs.

- Pittsburgh is 1-10 all time without TJ Watt, including a massive 38-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills last season. Buffalo isn't playing well, Josh Allen's turnovers is what will keep Pittsburgh in the game. If Buffalo can limit the turnovers, I don't see how Pittsburgh wins.

 

[rmcjacket23]

Browns are going to be the favorite but the Texans are going to be a sneaky upset team this weekend. If there is going to be an upset, it comes from Houston beating Cleveland. Houston didn't have Stroud in the regular season when these two faced off. That alone makes a big difference where Houston can keep the game very competitive. I'm not ready to say Houston will upset Cleveland but let's just say I wouldn't be surprised if Houston did win and we end up playing Houston again.

- The Chiefs aren't playing well but the Dolphins are banged up on defense. No Xavien Howard, they won't have Jerome Baker and Andrew Van Ginkel. I expect KC to do what they do and turn it up for the playoffs.

- Pittsburgh is 1-10 all time without TJ Watt, including a massive 38-3 loss to the Buffalo Bills last season. Buffalo isn't playing well, Josh Allen's turnovers is what will keep Pittsburgh in the game. If Buffalo can limit the turnovers, I don't see how Pittsburgh wins.

Rams beating Detroit would be the most obvious of upsets. Tampa beating Philly wouldn't surprise anybody either.
And I think Miami beating KC isn't that far fetched, either.

 

[GodIsGreat]

Browns are going to be the favorite but the Texans are going to be a sneaky upset team this weekend.

Yup, the browns didn't see stroud, but the texans seen flacco, also the texans didn't have anderson, I think stroud is going to show up big in primetime

 

[RaineV1]

For the wild card matchups, I'm picking:
Browns beat Texans
Chiefs beat Dolphins
Bills beat Steelers
Packers beat Cowboys
Rams beat Lions
Buccs beat Eagles

 

[UPennChem]

For the wild card matchups, I'm picking:
Browns beat Texans
Chiefs beat Dolphins
Bills beat Steelers
Packers beat Cowboys
Rams beat Lions
Buccs beat Eagles

I mostly agree but am gonna go with Dallas and Philly winning. Agree elsewhere

 

[redrum52]

For the wild card matchups, I'm picking:
Browns beat Texans
Chiefs beat Dolphins
Bills beat Steelers
Packers beat Cowboys
Rams beat Lions
Buccs beat Eagles

I think Dallas is going to WORK GB

no offense to our Packers buddy

Edwards future Raven?

 

[JO_75]

Ref Crews for Wild Card Weekend:

Browns @ Texans - Clay Martin
Dolphins @ Chiefs - Brad Allen (Yep, the ref from the Detroit-Dallas game gets a playoff game, unbelievable)
Steelers @ Bills - Carl Cheffers
Packers @ Cowboys - Ron Tolbert
Bucs @ Eagles - Adrian Hill

 

[RaineV1]

I mostly agree but am gonna go with Dallas and Philly winning. Agree elsewhere

I just can't trust Philly in big games right now. Feels like they have no momentum, confidence, or ability to make clutch plays. They couldn't beat the Cardinals or Giants to win their division. For that matter they went 1-5 in the last 6 games of the season.