Chargers -3.5 vs Ravens

[Bisket]

thoughts? opinions?


Ravens D overrated? Chargers gonna start out strong this year?

[RanPicks]

SD GOY - best team in NFL hands down...

[Windy City Irish]

Chargers 19-0

[Romanowski]

ravens best team in afc

[rjb1816]

line is down from 5...most likely due to injuries. last time ravens out here, chargers blew em out. ravens defense overrated without rex ryan and bart scott....saw it in the chiefs game, got schooled by backup qb. offense will put up points

[rjb1816]

not to mention, lot of charger backers got burned last night, on a short week off MNF...raven action already knocking line down

[Bisket]

Originally Posted by RanPicks

SD GOY - best team in NFL hands down...

goy is week 3 against dolphins, like your attitude though.

[Seanie Mac]

Ravens 1/2x

[Seanie Mac]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

line is down from 5...most likely due to injuries. last time ravens out here, chargers blew em out. ravens defense overrated without rex ryan and bart scott....saw it in the chiefs game, got schooled by backup qb. offense will put up points

yea this is true an I hve them in fantasy and I'm kinda worried. hopefully they wake up buy I do think Rex wa alot of their success

[Slammer]

Ravens' D held Chiefs to 200 yds or so total offense. Obviously Chargers will do better than that, but running against these guys will be tough, it has been for most teams, and LT is not the monster he once was. On the other side, Rice, McGahee and McClain should be able to get their yards, just like the Raider backs did last night, so that would look to be a sizable advantage for the Ravens.

Chargers have the edge at QB, but not sure that completely negates the difference in ground games.

[westcoastO]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

line is down from 5...most likely due to injuries. last time ravens out here, chargers blew em out. ravens defense overrated without rex ryan and bart scott....saw it in the chiefs game, got schooled by backup qb. offense will put up points

well then i'm not sure you watched the game.

the chiefs had 11 first downs, 2 of them because of penalties. meaning 9 first downs on offense. yikes.

they didn't even crack 200 yards for the game, 188.

159 yards passing, 29 yards running.

chiefs really only had 1 and a half good drives the whole game.

croyle's stats were cute and everything but this game was completely one-sided. it would have reflected in the score but you have to remember the special teams TD for the chiefs and the drive they started inside the ravens 10 for a TD

not saying the ravens D is as prominent as it was before, but you are obviously going by score alone because the chiefs offense was pretty much non-existent.

[Bisket]

Flacco is the key player in the game, don't see ravens winning if he has even a mediocre day.

[westcoastO]

if the chargers can contain the run better than they did in the raiders game they'll win and cover IMO. rivers is good enough to make plays against that secondary

however, if the ravens dual-backs can make plays like run DMC and bush then i think the ravens will win SU because flacco can manage a game a little better than russell can (i think it's fair to say this). russell's INTs cost the raiders big, not sure flacco makes such careless passes, especially if the ravens are running the ball effectively

i think this whole game depends on the chargers ability to stop the run. too much of a toss-up for me so i'd lay off.

[rjb1816]

with the exception of the first quarter, after the chargers made adjustments the raiders didnt get much in the run game...the chargers also are a much better defensive team at home.

[Seanie Mac]

Originally Posted by Bisket23

Flacco is the key player in the game, don't see ravens winning if he has even a mediocre day.

Don't see chargers winning if rivers continues to be mediocre and the oline gets massacred again.

Trying to figure out if oak d is forreal or chargers o is just nit who we thought they were