09-24-2015, 12:52 PM
(09-24-2015, 12:39 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Should be. That's what I'm interested to see.
This is the type of game that should be included in "big games" when people say that we've had issues in the past with primetime and big games. Going into Baltimore and putting the Ravens to an 0-3 start is probably a bigger deal than the difference between us at 2-1 or 3-0. I'll be very impressed if the team is ready to play and keeps it up for a full 4 quarters.
IMO, this team has won lots of big games that weren't on a national stage.
They knocked the Steelers out of the playoffs two years in row essentially. Neither were prime-time games. They have a 14-10 record against the Ravens and most of those game were arguably as big or bigger stakes, when the Ravens actually had a competent team.
They've won plenty of games that people considered bigger than a week 3 matchup against an 0-2 Ravens team. The problem seems to revolve almost entirely around games in the national spotlight.
People found reasons to worry about the Raiders and Chargers games and I was confident we'd win. I feel the same way here. Even if we somehow manage to lose, I'm fully confident that this team will scrap the whole way. I don't foresee a prime-time type of performance coming.
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