Originally Posted by gordonelloyd:
Pretty sure this week the ravens will show that the Steelers are not for real. Same for the Bengals beating the Chargers, but I don’t think the Chargers have the respect that Pittsburgh has somehow earned anyway.
In my view, we have to be worried about three teams. Bengals if they have the trio of Chase, Higgens and Joe. Ravens if Lamar doesn’t choke. They have already figured out how to use Jackson and Henry together, which wasn’t the case our first game against them. And the bills. Normally you could rely on Mahomes beating Allan even when they both bring their a game. But that hasn’t been the case so far with Mahomes this year and how he has not been playing his elite level. Hopefully that will change this Sunday.
If we get home-field advantage with a win on Sunday, that will be so important as it will give us at least one if not, two games to rest people up.
personally, i see the steelers/ravens splitting the season series. the steelers might lose tomorrow, but i think the last ravens/steelees game will be what determines the division. having been playing around w the ESPN playoff machine a bunch recently, I definitely see at least 5 or 6 losses for the Ravens on the year. People want to act like they’re some super team but they’re a team with a super offense and a super stinky defense.
on the whole, i really don’t see a huge difference in overall quality between the two. ravens are just flashier. one could easily argue the steelers are a much more well rounded team, and that might play itself out this weekend. If the ravens offense doesn’t play a *perfect* game it’s gonna be a struggle.
also i think the chargers are incredibly scary and I have a feeling they’re gonna look good against the bengals. they are legitimately the last team i want to play in the playoffs. Bengals right behind them. the steelers are also probably a worse matchup than baltimore too because baltimore has no pass rush and teams that have no pass rush arent gonna beat us. yes, the ravens offense is scary compared to pittsburgh, but I would trust spags to dial up enough plays to keep them off balance while we’d roast their defense all game long. bengals overall dont have a pass rush but they seem to against us for whatever reason [Reply]
Originally Posted by gordonelloyd:
Pretty sure this week the ravens will show that the Steelers are not for real. Same for the Bengals beating the Chargers, but I don’t think the Chargers have the respect that Pittsburgh has somehow earned anyway.
Looking at the Steelers' schedule, they've beaten...
Falcons, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Jets, Giants, Commanders
Lost to the Colts and Cowboys.
And somehow that shit schedule earns you a stronger SOS and SOV than the Bills (and by a good margin for SOV). :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Looking at the Steelers' schedule, they've beaten...
Falcons, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Jets, Giants, Commanders
Lost to the Colts and Cowboys.
And somehow that shit schedule earns you a stronger SOS and SOV than the Bills (and by a good margin for SOV). :-)
Steelers have four wins against teams w a .500 record. Thats not bad. The ravens have 3. They have one impressive win against Buffalo. They lost to the fucking Browns. [Reply]
Don't have the clip on hand but last year at TX Worthy ran this really sick pivot route inside the 5-yard line to get wide open on a TD and I have a feeling they've been waiting until this week to break that one out. [Reply]
