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Baltimore Ravens Secure Playoff Spot, Top AFC North
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12/22/2024
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And Baltimore clinched their spot within the AFC postseason and avoided Pittsburgh clinching
00:12
this division.
00:13
For the Steelers, it is not going to be easy, though they do still actually at the moment
00:19
sit atop the division and they are only plus 125 to win it.
00:24
So it is not out of bounds that they can still find a way to the top of the North, Donnie.
00:30
But I think it is very difficult to not take that result, look at what these two teams
00:35
have left and think, yeah, Baltimore is probably going to get it done with Pittsburgh having
00:42
to play Kansas City and Cincinnati the rest of the way, although both are at home.
00:45
Now you're right.
00:46
And certainly from that game yesterday, you take the momentum and say, well, who cares
00:50
what happened before with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Rabins.
00:52
That game was a very good Rabins look.
00:54
And the one thing that I do watch that game and say, it's cold weather, like the conditions
00:58
were bad, which is, again, they went over the total when they had two good defenses
01:01
going up against each other.
01:02
But just remember this blueprint, Baltimore, 23 total attempts for Lamar Jackson, three
01:07
touchdowns, one interception.
01:09
On the ground, 38 carries as a team, 220 yards, 5.8 yards per carry against one of the better
01:14
run defenses in the NFL.
01:16
This is what makes it so scary because, Kevin, I know you bring up this point and rightfully
01:20
so.
01:21
A couple weeks ago, like they're eight and five.
01:22
They're nine and five.
01:23
Now they're 10 and five starting to look better, but there's still five losses.
01:25
They're not unbeatable.
01:26
But whenever, Joe, I see this type of game and go, this is the best of the Baltimore
01:31
Ravens.
01:32
If they use this type of, again, you're not always going to get a buck 62 out of Derrick
01:35
Henry, but you're going to get stunted once in a while.
01:37
But the game plan is what works for Baltimore.
01:39
It was perfect yesterday.
01:41
Just don't lose that.
01:42
And Derrick Henry, 24 carries, 162 yards.
01:45
We've seen Derrick Henry have limited carries sometimes in terms of the Baltimore losses.
01:50
When they're eating, it's when Derrick Henry's ripping off 125, 150 yards per game because
01:56
that opens up the play action for Lamar.
01:58
And then you have everything at your disposal.
02:00
Look at Zay Flowers yesterday.
02:02
Five receptions, 100 yards, you're able to distribute the football.
02:06
The defense has to worry about Lamar in regards to the edge in terms of the RPO game.
02:11
So now you're having defenses defend the whole field as opposed to just one section.
02:16
And that's what Pittsburgh was able to do in the first matchup, right?
02:20
They grinded it out.
02:21
It was a lower scoring game.
02:22
They got Lamar and put Baltimore into long third downs.
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They dialed up blitzes.
02:27
They forced throws underneath coverage.
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That wasn't the case yesterday.
02:31
Baltimore dictated the tempo from the onset.
02:33
And I think if they were to play like 10 times, Baltimore would want to play exactly the way
02:39
they did last night to pull out that victory.
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Now, can they maintain that in a playoff situation?
02:45
We'll see because that's still the weakness of Baltimore.
02:48
Lamar Jackson, when the game is on the line and he has to throw the football up until
02:52
this point, he got to an AFC championship game but couldn't win it.
02:55
So I want to take what you guys just said and kind of dive into the way this game actually
03:03
played out.
03:04
Because the final score is shiny.
03:06
It was a touchdown game.
03:08
Derrick Henry hit a 44-yard run to put them at the 11-yard line.
03:13
You know what they did on the next play, Donnie?
03:15
Yes.
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They picked off.
03:17
Now, what was the saving grace?
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Good old Russell Wilson.
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Again.
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It's coming.
03:26
Baltimore keeps telling me it's going to end the way it always does.
03:32
With us sitting here going, yeah, I don't know if Lamar can get it done.
03:35
Yes.
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I don't know if this team can get it done.
03:37
I don't know if his core can get it done.
03:39
That's what they're telling me.
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And until the books give me a number where that is even remotely priced in, I will never
03:48
consider betting them.
03:49
So that number right now to win the Super Bowl is 7-1.
03:53
Would you take 13-14?
03:56
So is that what you would need to bet them for a Super Bowl price?
03:59
For me, especially due to my investment on Philly and perception on Philly, I'm not betting
04:05
anyone to win the Super Bowl unless Wentz takes over for Mahomes.
04:10
I would bet Baltimore to win the AFC at like 6-7-1, you know, the type of numbers Minnesota
04:17
gets booked at.
04:18
You know, Minnesota gets booked for like 10-1.
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Minnesota controls their destiny to be the one seed.
04:23
Hold on.
04:24
Minnesota controls their destiny to be the one seed.
04:27
Baltimore is almost a coin flip to win their division.
04:30
But the difference is that Baltimore has a two-time MVP and Minnesota has a journeyman
04:35
backup that's getting it done.
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So that's why the perception from the books is Minnesota's not built for the long haul.
04:41
But you just look at the Ravens and know what they can be, but you know betting on them
04:46
to win a Super Bowl.
04:47
Then they find themselves in Kansas City and Spagnola just goes, I know the exact blueprint
04:51
to stop this guy.
04:52
And Lamar goes 17-41, three interceptions, they don't run the football, and they lose
04:56
by four points.
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And we go, why didn't they just run the football?
04:59
Because why?
05:00
We see it every year in the playoffs.
05:01
It's the same rinse and repeat.
05:07
It's the same rinse and repeat.
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