Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Twitter: After this game Miami should issue a press release, firing Adam Gase again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 hours ago, HighCalebR said: Thats the Ravens basic premise though. They just played about the worst game they could. Yes and no. The Titans lines significantly outplayed the Ravens lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 hours ago, Leader said: Twitter: After this game Miami should issue a press release, firing Adam Gase again While Tannehill looks better in TEN than he did in MIA, the Titans offense goes through Henry. The Titans physically dominated the Ravens, and I sure wasn't expecting that. 30/195 rushing for Henry vs 14/88 passing for Tannehill. Meanwhile, Lamar had 59 passing attempts. The Titans thoroughly beat the Ravens at their own game. The normal BAL game plan was completely flipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Leader said: ESPN: The Ravens suffered their first loss in 104 days (since Sept. 29) and became the first No. 1 seed to fall to a 6-seed since 2010. Baltimore also became the sixth team since the NFL playoffs began in 1933 to win at least 14 games in a season but fail to win a postseason game. //////////////// Tough loss. We know all about losing in the divisional round as the #1 seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Interesting that even with all the rules enacted to favor the passing game, and all of the hype around analytics saying passing is more efficient than rushing, 6 of the 8 teams playing in the divisional round are built to win with defense and the running game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 2 hours ago, AlexGreen#20 said: Yes and no. The Titans lines significantly outplayed the Ravens lines. Yup, and the 49er lines outplayed MN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said: While Tannehill looks better in TEN than he did in MIA, the Titans offense goes through Henry. The Titans physically dominated the Ravens, and I sure wasn't expecting that. 30/195 rushing for Henry vs 14/88 passing for Tannehill. Meanwhile, Lamar had 59 passing attempts. The Titans thoroughly beat the Ravens at their own game. The normal BAL game plan was completely flipped. This is true. In fact, in the last two games, Tannehill has only passed for 168 yards - which (when you consider it........) is pretty gd impressive. On its own - it's squat. Borderline "game manager" stuff. Maybe doesnt even reach that level - but damn if they werent two huge wins. Thing is - he *looks* to be passing better - than the low yardage numbers would indicate. It's odd. In any case, I'm happy for the guy. Why not? Edited January 12, 2020 by Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pugger said: We know all about losing in the divisional round as the #1 seed. Indeed we do. Retribution tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, Mazrimiv said: The Titans physically dominated the Ravens, and I sure wasn't expecting that...... Now close your eyes and contemplate......Packers/San Francisco? ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Leader said: Indeed we do. Retribution tonight. I was thinking of the 2005 Divisional playoff game against the NYG at Lambeau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Leader said: Now close your eyes and contemplate......Packers/San Francisco? ................ If the Titans can go into Baltimore and win why can't we go to SF and do likewise - providing we win today, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, Pugger said: I was thinking of the 2005 Divisional playoff game against the NYG at Lambeau. Oh. You mean BFs Swan Song game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, Leader said: Oh. You mean BFs Swan Song game. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfman Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Striker said: It's not a real, provable thing. It's wonderful to talk about when it "exists" but then it's conveniently forgotten about after a team fails to take advantage of earning it or preserving it. It's abstract at best and there are plenty of examples you can point to of teams with momentum changing moments utterly failing. Team A misses a 4th quarter FG. Team B win the OT coin flip. Team A misses a chip shot 4th quarter FG. Team B win the OT coin flip. Team B completes two miracle passes and inexplicably ties a game. Team B completes a miracle pass inside the 5 and a go ahead score in sight. Imagine if Team B won in those situations. We'd be talking about how those were momentum shifting moments. For actual analysis not using painful Packer memories: https://grantland.com/features/bill-barnwell-theory-momentum-football/ I'll also add, while I think momentum isn't necessarily real, the psychological impact *can* be meaningful, if not just a tad bit overstated. Coaches should still make the statistically advantageous decision every time. Also, one could argue that punting it away on 4th and 1s that you normally go for it would be robbing your team of "momentum" because you're not showing confidence in your offense. Especially if your defense folds. Maybe Jackson and the coaches are just making poor choices given the situation? Maybe you could see that the Ravens did have some warts that the Titans could expose, such as a highly questionable rushing defense and a young QB who was coming off of a 2 game rest with weapons still injured and is still unproven. First part in bold tells me you've never played any sport at a level higher than junior varsity. The second part in bold, I concur, the fist poor choice they made was going for it down 7 in the first half on their half of the field. That and Tennessee immediately capitalizing on it turned the MOMENTUM completely against the Ravens and they never recovered. Life, like sports isn't played on a computer screen with a bunch of data spit out telling us our every move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrimiv Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Someone should have explained to that GB team playing the 2014 NFCC in SEA how momentum isn't a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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