The virtually unmentioned performance of 3rd string ORT Kelvin Beachum surprised a lot of people. Maurkice Pouncey quietly but professionally played the OLG position for the first tim ever while Doug “Bronco” Legurgsky earned hispay playing againg Haloti Ngata and BALs other interior D-linemen.

BAL was lucky to have retained DE(?) Paul Kruger who was a strong impactful player, especially with his consistent pressure on the Steelers backfeil under pressure.

In the offseason, and now with all the injuries to Ravens LBer stars, I was stunned to see the Ravens let go of OLBer Jarret Johnson in the off-season. As as Steelers fan Johnson was what we call in Pittsburgh a “Steelers-killer”, meaning he always had a big day against the Steelers and seemed to come of a kind of nowhere to hurt us on offense.

Finally- i was stunned to see them release Haruki Nakamuri who was a solid, experieced backup DB and punt returner.

One more last point; Joe Flacco is a highly talented QB, a hard worker, a good guy and a very good QB- but- he doesn’t have any hate or anger or determination, or….call it “killer instinct” in him yet. He’s just TOO reserved.

I like the kid. I think he can be a champion, but he has to find the fire inside or he’ll allways get beat in big games.

As a Steelers fan i respect and appreciate what the Ravens hav done and what they’re becoming. They help the Steelers push CIN and CLE to be tougher teams. I ALWAYS fear Ravens games.

And i hope that when the day comes they beat us in the post-season(ugh..almost chocked typing that) they have what it takes to go all the way. The Ravens deserve a Superbowl appearance as much as any team in the league.

And in the off-season somebody needs to take Flacco out to a Gentlemen’s Club and then a dicy dive bar and get him in a fistfight:-)

And to those that don’t think having Lewis and Suggs back will make a difference you are just not paying attention. Suggs is much more of a factor against the run than casual fans realize. His prescence has really helped the run defense. And anyone that thinks the team is better off right now playing with a career special teamer at MLB rather than Ray is clueless. Not only is Ray out, but so is his backup. So this will help the defense.

Will it be enough to get over the hump? Who knows. But there is no doubt this is good news for the blackbirds.

This is the result of using HGH to speed up his achilles recovery. Biceps just don’t tear off both of your arms. Look at the players with this injury and you can see performance enhancer written all over them (Orakpo and Landry to name a couple).

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Are you saying that the use of HGH to speed up the recovery of his achilles contributed to his bicep tear? How? I’m not trolling, I’m curious.

HGH is used for a quicker recovery and to my knowledge isn’t known to cause muscles, ligaments or tendons to rip and tear (the rippin and the tearin). If you wanted to turn this into a steroid comment you may have something.

If they make it back and contribute, modern medecine should do a study on these guys.

Aaron Smith had the same injury in 2010, and 15 weeks later he could not make it back, and he worked hard to play in the Superbowl.

Curious how they are doing it.
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Aaron Smith had a torn biceps TENDON. That is far worse than a torn bicep muscle. When the tendon tears there is nothing holding the bicep to the lower arm so you can’t lift anything or even turn your wrist.
I have had both bicep tendons tear and each took over 12 weeks to heal.

Neither guy will make a positive impact

You’re right, I’ve never seen a WR whine and whinge and beg for a flag as much as Bolden does every single time he misses a catch he should have made (which is often). That takes true passion.

Hope they can both play, won’t be shocked if neither is effective. I almost wish the Ravens took some notes from the Eagles and started firing coordinators. Cam and Pees gone in the offseason will be phenomenal.

I saw Leftwich run away from Suggs, and as a pass rusher arm strength is just as important as your legs.

If they make it back and contribute, modern medecine should do a study on these guys.

Aaron Smith had the same injury in 2010, and 15 weeks later he could not make it back, and he worked hard to play in the Superbowl.

Curious how they are doing it.