Is it just me, or is the NFL biased against Baltimore?
I mean, people have been saying that the Ravens are the most overrated team in the NFL. People say Tebow is good because he wins and then say Flacco sucks, yet Flacco has won more games in his first 4 years than anyone. People say that the Steelers were the second best team in the AFC playoffs yet they lost to the Ravens TWICE and got eliminated by the Broncos. People say that the Ravens have no chance of beating the Pats when the Pats have never beaten the Ravens in the playoffs and lost to the Steelers who, just as a reminder, lost to the Ravens twice. People say the Ravens are full of criminals, when the NFL as a whole is full of criminals. People say the Ravens arent as good a team as the Pats yet the Ravens had the #3 defense and a middle of the pack offense, and the Pats had a top 5 offense coupled with the 31st ranked defense, which makes a better team? Pats fans say they are going to blow out the Ravens and then go say that Ravens fans are getting cocky. And im the only one who seems to care about this?
Anonymous2012-01-21T12:04:41Z
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I'm from Northern Ohio. There are still a lot of hurt feelings over the Browns moving to Baltimore. Where I'm from, the Ravens are very hated.
Okay, for one the Raven's are too new of a team. They will never get the same respect as the Steelers until they have won for ATLEAST a decade, like the Steelers have. I will admit, though Rice is pretty good. Second, the only reason the Ravens were able to beat the Steelers was because they had to ask for help from outside of the team, which I still highly disagree with, and think was not fair. Every other year they fall short just under the Steelers, which would have happened this year if it wasn't for Jim Harbaugh. This being said, the 49ers being able to beat off pretty much every team this years, and Jim helping John for one game.. what makes you think he didn't help him for all of the other games? The NFL is biased against the Ravens, because they cheated their way into the playoffs. I don't think it could be anymore obvious of what happened if both the Ravens, and the 49ers just so happen to make it to the Super Bowl. Lets see if Jim will be helping out in the defeat of his own team then.
The Patriots offense can do more than the Ravens D and their average offense. Just look at the past 3 years. Although the Patriots did lose to the Ravens in 2009, their season was pretty great, not to mention they did beat the Ravens in that season. Don't even get me started with 2010. Where should I even begin? In 2011, they had the better record (despite the schedule). And nobody says that the Ravens have no chance of beating the Patriots. They do.
In my opinion, a lot of people look down at Ravens is because their offense isn't all that good... and their offense numbers can't compare to the Pats. But Pats have never faced a good D. I don't think Ravens are overrated at all. People just don't think your guys offense can keep up with the Pat's. But I do think they are kind of biased. Ravens do not have a big market reason why we don't hear about them much. NFL is biased against 49ers even more. East Coast Bias. But in that situation they still don't think defense wins championships lol. Era of the QB is about to be over..
First off the pats and ravens have played in the playoffs once and that was the first time they EVER won against the pats. 2nd Flacco does suck.. a lot, the Broncos were 1-4 when Tebow took over then he took them to the playoffs. The patriots defense is 31st in YARDS allowed and 13th in POINTS allowed. Last time I checked yards don't win games. Points do. Yes the Steelers beat the Pats, but that was in the time when Tom Brady was in his slump. He just got off one of the biggest games of his life. Besides this season for the Pats is dedicated to the Owners wife who passed away this summer. They are going to put up a huge fight in memory of her. If the Ravens defense plays like they did last week( almost lost to a 3rd string rookie QB) Tom Brady will destroy their secondary. All in all 2 great teams going head to head. I hope this game is a close and fun one.