Tennessee Titans @ Baltimore Ravens Preview
by Jimmy on Oct 4, 2008 1:47 PM CDT
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PrintAnother week, another slobber-knocking football game. This one should be a low-scoring affair. The "experts" are pretty split on this one:
Hoge loves us.
This one is pretty simple in my mind. The team that wins the turnover battle will win the game. The good news for the Titans is that they have been very good in turnover ratio this season leading the league at +6.
The Titans' rushing attack against the Ravens' defense will be a lot like last week. Chris Johnson should find some success because of his speed, but LenDale White will probably find the yards hard to come by.
The Ravens' defense is very good against the pass as well. Kerry Collins's main charge will be to take care of the ball. They will need him to hit some throws down the field to open things up, but the defense is going to win game.
The passing attack will be at a bit of a disadvantage because Justin Gage is probably going to miss the game, but hopefully that means that Lavelle Hawkins will see his first significant time.
Defensively the game plan is simple, stop the run and pressur Joe Flacco. Flacco has looked pretty good so far this season, but he is still a rookie. Jim Schwartz is going to throw a lot of different looks at Flacco to try and bait him in to making a bad decision that results in a turnover. The Titans typically don't blitz much, but I bet there will be a couple of extra blitzes called tomorrow.
The Ravens have some talent in their backfield with Willis McGahee, rookie Ray Rice, and Le'Ron McClain. The key for the Titans will be to limit the gains of these guys on first and second down to force the Ravens into obvious passing situations.
This will be a physical football game that won't be easy, but the Titans will be the better team on the field tomorrow. As long as they take care of the football they will emerge 5-0.
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wow
this dude flip flops more than an american politician
by vancouverTITAN on Oct 4, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
if you're Baltimore, do you try to cut KC at the knees and bring in VY...
…or is that a monster you’d rather leave well-enough alone? Any Ravens fans have a thought?
DannoE
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Go Titans!
the Ravens don't play dirty, so there would be no cutting at anyones' knees
VY would be better against us than Kerry Collins however.
The Titans haven’t played a 3-4 yet this season, so the Ravens may have better ways to attack the Titan O-line than previous teams.
My Ravens prefer...
…a sitting duck rather than chasing around a chicken. Collins may bethe better passer but is an easier target to line up. Young gave us fits trying to corral him last time we played you guys (and came back to win from a 26-7 deficit). Last time we played Kerry Collins was in SB35 (2001), and I’m sure he had nightmares for a long time afterwards. Hopefully today will be no different. Both QB’s will probably not help anyone’s fantasy teams today. It will come down to who can win the battle of the trenches and the turnover battle. I would pick the Titans if the game were in Tennessee, but since it is in Baltimore, I’m going w/ my home team Ravens 16-13. Check out my rant over at my blog:(www.BaltimoreBeatdown.com)
Let’s have a great, hardhitting game where both teams come out healthy!
Rexx
Leave in the journeyman PLEASE
One tired dimension is better than two Young. We like to set em’ up an knock em’ down. Our defense is complex at times and having to take extra game time to prepare for a running quarterback is far worse than lining up against Fort Collins. We’ll run stunts, blitz our DB’s and hold up the line of scrimmage. I would not want to face the roll out abilities of VY. Let’s keep it simple and may the best team win. Ravens 20-13.
Not so Fast!!
I see the Titans picking up the next two (they’re down 10-3 to the Ravens right now) but from weeks 8 through 12…it doesn’t look good for them. What happens if Collins goes down? Does Fisher go back to Vince Young (is he mentally ready) or does Simms come in?
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