Ravens with something to prove
7:31 PM EDT Monday, October 9 2006
It seems like no matter what the Ravens do, they get no respect from across the league. The Ravens most vocal critic is Bill Simmons a.k.a The Sports Guy. His predictions are almost laughable. Here's the latest:
BRONCOS (-4) over Ravens
Four predictions for this one:
Air McNair gets fully exposed. He has played four decent minutes in the past two weeks. You can't pull that crap against a defense like Denver's.
Once the Broncos get a lead, Shanahan won't ask Plummer to do anything. And I mean, anything. He'll do the same thing Marty did last week.
You will hear a lot of barely audible "IN-COM-PLETE" chants on your TV.
Mike Tirico officially starts to look like one of the kids from "The Squid and the Whale."
Here's the best part, directly below that is his record on the season:
Last Week: 6-8
Season: 29-29-2
Nice. Anyway, he's not the only one with bad things to say. Joe Theisman, another top NFL analyst, had this to say:
"This is going to be a tough game for the Baltimore Ravens to win"
He's backed up on this. Not one of ESPN's 7 "experts" picked the Ravens tonight.
But here's Ray Lewis take on it:
"I don't mean to keep bringing up comparisons to 2000, but I remember vividly that we were not picked one week during that season to win a game," Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said Thursday. "So we love it. Keep us underdogs. There's no expectations when we go in. You hear all the talk all week, that they can't do this and they can't do that. OK."
I love it too. In all fariness, I can't guarantee a win for the Ravens tonight but if they do win, it will be because Jake "The Mistake" Plummer will throw a couple balls to Ed Reed. Then people will say Plummer cost the Broncos the game, the Ravens will still get no respect and we'll be home underdogs again against Carolina next week.
