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Although I'm not really that surprised, as they never seem to give the Dolphins much credit or respect even when they are winning.

Ravens (-3) over DOLPHINS

The Ravens are really good. Not "they can win the Super Bowl" good, but definitely "they can hang with any elite team and beat all the teams they should beat" good. Their five losses this season: Pittsburgh (23-20, OT); at Tennessee (13-10); at Indianapolis (31-3); at N.Y. Giants (30-10); at Pittsburgh (13-9). Totally respectable. They've been cooking a solid January recipe all season (tireless running game, good special teams, ball-hawking defense, smart coaching staff, no killer turnovers) and caught a huge break drawing a Round 1 team that (A) they already thrashed badly in Week 7, (B) can't throw deep (Baltimore's one Achilles heel), and (C) doesn't have much of a home-field advantage (Miami finished 5-3 at home and failed to play a single dominant game). It's just a perfect matchup for the Ravens -- a deliberate, nonexplosive offense that they can swallow up. Flacco won't even need to throw 15 passes in this game for them to win. And they should.

And if Baltimore takes Miami to the woodshed this weekend, maybe we'll create a "Make sure that Team A didn't completely whip Team B's butt during the regular season before you back Team B in the rematch" rule. Because I think that's where we are headed with this one.

The Pick: Baltimore 29, Miami 10
 
lol, not only do i think we have a rlly good shot at winning this game, but if we do lose i can guarentte that i would be more like by a fg or td then by 2 plus scores.
 
phinmanniac said:
They've been cooking a solid January recipe all season (tireless running game, good special teams, ball-hawking defense, smart coaching staff, no killer turnovers) and caught a huge break drawing a Round 1 team that (A) they already thrashed badly in Week 7, (B) can't throw deep (Baltimore's one Achilles heel), and (C) doesn't have much of a home-field advantage (Miami finished 5-3 at home and failed to play a single dominant game).Guess they didn't see the first Pats game 38-13! It's just a perfect matchup for the Ravens -- a deliberate, nonexplosive offense that they can swallow up. Flacco won't even need to throw 15 passes in this game for them to win.Guess they plan on running! And they should. I agree! The Jests AFC leading RB had 23yds. Good plan!
And if Baltimore takes Miami to the woodshed this weekend, maybe we'll create a "Make sure that Team A didn't completely whip Team B's butt during the regular season before you back Team B in the rematch" rule. Because I think that's where we are headed with this one.:sidelol:

The Pick: Baltimore 29, Miami 10
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Smoke much?:bong2:
 
Why would you expect Miami to be picked when they did not win against them the last time. Miami will likely win or likely lose etc.
 
Baltimore deserves to be favored. Why are people so upset about this?

Does Miami have a great chance of winning? Yes. So does Baltimore.
 
Lomas Brown of ESPN picked us, and so did some other NFL analysts. I don't care who picks who, it only matters what the team does on the field.
 
We have been dogs all season. The post season shouldn't change that. Only the GOOD teams are left.
 
Nobody is happier about this then coach Sparano. I'm sure he's giving everyone in that locker room transcripts from ESPN talking about how the Ravens are going to beat Miami, in Dolphin Stadium. By the time Sunday comes around, Joey Porter is going to be so hyped that he'll probably run through the tunnel wearing Braveheart style face paint and carrying a chainsaw.
 
phinmanniac said:
Although I'm not really that surprised, as they never seem to give the Dolphins much credit or respect even when they are winning.

Ravens (-3) over DOLPHINS

The Ravens are really good. Not "they can win the Super Bowl" good, but definitely "they can hang with any elite team and beat all the teams they should beat" good. Their five losses this season: Pittsburgh (23-20, OT); at Tennessee (13-10); at Indianapolis (31-3); at N.Y. Giants (30-10); at Pittsburgh (13-9). Totally respectable. They've been cooking a solid January recipe all season (tireless running game, good special teams, ball-hawking defense, smart coaching staff, no killer turnovers) and caught a huge break drawing a Round 1 team that (A) they already thrashed badly in Week 7, (B) can't throw deep (Baltimore's one Achilles heel), and (C) doesn't have much of a home-field advantage (Miami finished 5-3 at home and failed to play a single dominant game). It's just a perfect matchup for the Ravens -- a deliberate, nonexplosive offense that they can swallow up. Flacco won't even need to throw 15 passes in this game for them to win. And they should.

And if Baltimore takes Miami to the woodshed this weekend, maybe we'll create a "Make sure that Team A didn't completely whip Team B's butt during the regular season before you back Team B in the rematch" rule. Because I think that's where we are headed with this one.

The Pick: Baltimore 29, Miami 10
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Single most largest amount of pure horse**** I've had the displeasure to read in a very long time...

But................ WGAF? ... Really!
Curious though. Who wrote this drivel?
 
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Yeah that's Bill Simmons. He's the biggest Boston Homer on earth. He'd actually be pretty funny if he could be objective once in a while, but he's such a huge Patriots/Celtics/Red Sox fan it's hard to read his columns sometimes.
 
I wanted to bring this to people's attention. This is the column he wrote during the week leading up to our game against Baltimore back in October:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/nflpicks/081017

If you can't get the link, here's the important text:

DOLPHINS (-3) over Ravens
Thanks to our friend Mike Lombardi for finding this tidbit from Wednesday's press conference with John Harbaugh: The Ravens coach praised offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and said, "He did a great job last year for what he had to work with (in Miami)." That might be the Bulletin Board Quote of the Year so far. Throw in Joe Flacco's "one TD, seven INTs" line through five weeks, and this might be the lock of the week.

I know it's nearly 3 months later, but I wanted to put that out there anyways.
 
Let them pick Baltimore, I think its better for the team. Let the team go in with a chip on their shoulder and once again prove everyone wrong.
 
So then...

Urlithani said:
Yeah that's Bill Simmons. He's the biggest Boston Homer on earth. He'd actually be pretty funny if he could be objective once in a while, but he's such a huge Patriots/Celtics/Red Sox fan it's hard to read his columns sometimes.
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An email bomb should be sent directly to billsimmons@espn.com ? ..

I can guarantee y'all if his prognosticating score skills aren't remotely close to the 29-10 final this jackass predicts, he will have to change his email addy and perhaps find a way to hide his personal IP as well.
 
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