UndyTaker Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Battle of the birds and battle of the top 2 RBs in the league this year. The Ravens are without a doubt the hardest test this team will face until playoff time and we may need all the GDT magic available to come out of this with a win. Ravens come out of the gate with the top ranked offense. #3 in passing YPG, and #2 in rushing YPG. Stopping Henry and containing Lamar are the obvious answers, but its just so hard to do over 4 quarters, especially late in game. Defensively the Ravens are ranked 24th in total defense, however that is in large part due to their pass defense which is ranked 31st worst. Their run defense is the 2nd best in the league. If Smitty cant play this week then we sort of play into the Ravens hand and it just adds to the level of difficulty this game will be. Will be interesting to see which Eagles team shows up for this one considering this game mostly matters in keeping up with the Lions for the #1 seed. The Vikings are sure to lose, and we hold the tiebreaker over the Packers if our records match. The Ravens need this game more desperately than we do considering they arent even leading their own division. However coming off a shorter week after playing on Monday night on the west coast and not getting back to the east coast until Tuesday morning, AND it being Thanksgiving on a practice day, I wonder which Ravens team will show up as well. In other words I could see both teams not showing up for different reasons. Both teams coming back from the west coast during holiday week will make things interesting. All of that said...Eagles came away with a big win in LA and are in the drivers seat for the #2 seed I feel. Regardless if we win or lose this Sunday the most important thing is staying healthy. Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving though. Get fat. Get drunk. Enjoy the games being played! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Stand Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 This is probably the game I’d be most surprised to win. first game without BG, no devonta likely, no slay and they’re a pretty high powered offense winning this game would probably put me in 2017, 2022 mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 5 minutes ago, Last Stand said: This is probably the game I’d be most surprised to win. first game without BG, no devonta likely, no slay and they’re a pretty high powered offense winning this game would probably put me in 2017, 2022 mode I feel like there's a good shot Devonta plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EagleBlueDon Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Need Smitty for this one man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 21 minutes ago, Danger said: I feel like there's a good shot Devonta plays. I doubt it. They have shown they are being pretty careful with hamstrings this year and he didn't practice today. The good news is because the injury happened on a Thursday he likely is back next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 This is a really bad matchup in theory. They are so good on offense that regardless of what the defense has done I simply can't imagine we keep them in total check. They also are a very good defense at stopping the run which is our bread and butter of course. If Smitty is out I think it is pretty unlikely we win this one. On the road vs a bad matchup down a key player especially in this matchup is probably too much to ask. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 The reason teams don't run on the Ravens is because you can throw all day on their secondary. We need Smitty. It's not so much can we run on the Ravens it's can we stop the run vs DH and Lamar? If they are gashing us on the ground, that only opens up the passing game. In otherwords, how We approach a game on offense. We need to get pressure, force a TO or two and 🙏 we can tackle. If not, this one might get ugly. BG getting hurt as the best Run stopping DE/Pass Rusher isn't ideal. Hopefully Sweet is a Go? Losing both vs this offense could be a death blow. Would love to get the Win, but honestly am not expecting it. Surprise me, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadway Joe Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 I don't think we're winning this one, but I would go crazy if we do. If we don't, I'm going to get anxious that the December collapse is on again, even if it's unlikely (or isn't?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 40 minutes ago, Broadway Joe said: I don't think we're winning this one, but I would go crazy if we do. If we don't, I'm going to get anxious that the December collapse is on again, even if it's unlikely (or isn't?). We probably aren’t winning out regardless and after this game the only tough ones left are the Steelers and Commies. If we can go 2-1 over those three games I think that’s excellent tbh. This team isn’t collapsing. We aren’t squeezing by bad teams, we are physically dominating good ones. Only thing that can stop this team from being a top 1 or 2 seed is injuries at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleBlueDon Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 Not enough confidence in here. Eagles have looked better than the Ravens overall this year. Especially lately. They're good but we're good too. Gotta remember that. The way the defense is playing I feel good about this one. Fangio is simply a mastermind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Am I crazy to think that the athletes we have like Nolan Smith and Cooper DeJean are going to be very beneficial at stopping Lamar's run ability? Also considering we go against Jalen all the time in practice. They aren't the same but man Jalen is as close as it really comes to Lamar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ_Eaglesfan Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 19 minutes ago, EagleBlueDon said: Not enough confidence in here. Eagles have looked better than the Ravens overall this year. Especially lately. They're good but we're good too. Gotta remember that. The way the defense is playing I feel good about this one. Fangio is simply a mastermind. It’s just a bad matchup in my eyes. Has nothing to do with the quality of the teams. Eagles can definitely win this game, but It’s probably the worst matchup of any of the contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daimonas Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) i dont think lamar's legs kill us this game. Baun and Dean are athletic enough to keep up for the most part. I'm more worried about him buying time against a diminished pass rush and our DE's holding the edge against Henry without BG. Edited November 28 by Daimonas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UndyTaker Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 54 minutes ago, EagleBlueDon said: Not enough confidence in here. Eagles have looked better than the Ravens overall this year. Especially lately. They're good but we're good too. Gotta remember that. The way the defense is playing I feel good about this one. Fangio is simply a mastermind. I think the Eagles are better than the Ravens but I think its more of a timing thing playing against them this weekend. We're coming off a good win on the west coast down our 2nd best WR and losing one of our best Dlinemen. Ravens coming off an even bigger win against a better team Monday night on the west coast and seem to be getting Roquan Smith back vs us. Just seems Ravens are coming off just as much momentum as we are, but are the more desperate team for a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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