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Originally Posted by RunKC
I don’t understand the fear of the Ravens. Their pass rush is average and their safeties are weak. We torched their asses last year with Ear Thomas. Now he’s gone and they have a huge weakness there.
The Steelers are our stiffest competition. They’ve got a defense at the same level as the 49ers last year with an elite pass rush. The Steelers actually remind me a lot of the 49ers last year with Ben just needing to be a facilitator most of the time. Steelers weapons aren’t good enough and their OL is top 5 in the league.
Steelers defense is the only unit in the entire AFC that could give our team problems. Aside from them that’s really it.
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The Steelers couldn't put away a lousy Giants team until late.
The Ravens are just uniquely situated to hang in a shootout. They can't stage a come-back, but if they're clicking early, they can go score for score with us.
And their pass rush w/ Campbell and Judon is hardly dog-shit. Moreover, while they don't have Thomas, Thomas was pretty mediocre last season. And what they DO have now is Peters to go with Humphrey, which gives them probably the best pair of man-corners in the league and one of the few units that might actually be able to credibly play man against this squad. Peters can't cover Hill but he's a REALLY good matchup with Watkins - plays exactly the kind of style you need to play on him. Humphrey is as good as any CB in the game and can make Hill work. Meanwhile Queen is as good a Kelce matchup as you can have, provided he develops.
And the team is EXTREMELY well coached. Their OC is perfect for their weapons and the D has played better than the sum of its parts for 15 years.
Yeah - be concerned about the Ravens. They're easily the 2nd best team in the league, IMO.
Don't fear them - but don't underestimate them either. That's a good football team.