AFC North Week 8 Predictions

[Bmore Birds]

(11-01-2020, 06:35 PM)Dill Wrote: Congratulations Bengals!    4th ranked AFCN team stomps AFCS division leader.

Lol  Browns  

Good game Baltimore. Physical game. Steelers lost two starters to injury, Ravens lost two to injury, plus one disqualified. Still they ran all over the League's best defense in the first half. They are certainly one of the NFL's top teams.

Biggest congratulations to the Steelers though, as Ben engineers his umpteenth 4th quarter comeback and the top-ranked Steeler defense holds off a B'more final rally.  The lead changed 5 times, but in the end, it's the Steelers with most grit and heart.


So the pride of the division is    7-0.  

(Next up, the Cowboys.   Trap game or are we looking at 8-0?) 

Good game and congrats. I was lucky to be at the game yesterday. I have a medical condition and never thought I'd be able to go to another game so yesterday was a huge blessing for me despite the loss (and the obnoxious guy sitting behind me dressed like a bumble bee who's from here but roots for the Steelers because his dad is an Eagles fan. Yea he's one of those guys, shocker I know)

It was a frustrating loss and an important one in a 16 game season. I was very disappointed but after 24 hours I feel more optimistic. Losing Stanley for the year hurts our chances long term and that's what has me most concerned. But we finally used Dobbins and unleashed our read option more and it hurt Pittsburgh on the ground. That part of the game surprised me because the Steelers are so good up front. 

I'm a big fan of Lamar's game but he played poorly. No need to sugarcoat it. Fans around here are very sensitive about Lamar like most fanbases are about their QB. A lot of them want to blame Roman but Lamar has to play better and is better than what he showed. If he doesn't have 4 TOs including a pick 6 and a red zone fumble, the Ravens probably win that game and I don't think that's a homer statement or an anti Lamar statement.

The narrative on him is a little unfair, he has played very well in some big games and makes big time throws. But yesterday was not one of those times and it's up to him to quiet the big game talk. So I can't argue with anyone about that, I'll just bet on Lamar in the end.