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How long will Steve McNair hold off Kyle Boller at QB for the Baltimore Ravens

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, Extra, Extra, Ravens News Here, General by dawgpounded on Thursday 20 September 2007 at 5:29 pm

Steve McNair didn’t play in the 2nd game of the season after injuring his groin against the Cincinnati Bengals in the season opener.  McNair completed 20 of 34 passes (58.8%) for 203 yards with 0 TDs and 1 INT (63.7 QB Rating) and he also lost 3 fumbles.  It’s amazing that McNair couldn’t move the football against a defense that allowed the Cleveland Browns to roll up over 500 yards and 51 points last week.  Kyle Boller relieved McNair in the 4th quarter of the first game of the season and he started and played well last week against the Jets.  He has completed 25 of 41 passes (61%) for 204 yards with 2 TD passes and 1 interception (79.7 QB Rating).  Boller has also carried the ball 3 times for 7 yards (2.3 ypc).  Coach Billick seems likely to stick with McNair for the time being, but, if he doesn’t improve his play on the field soon I don’t think Billick would hesitate to replace him with Boller.

The Baltimore Ravens sign linebacker Nick Greisen

Blogged under Free Agent Additions, Bloglockers, Front Page, Extra, Extra, Ravens News Here, General by dawgpounded on Thursday 20 September 2007 at 4:33 pm

The Ravens have signed free agent linebacker Nick Greisen to help out with depth.  Greisen played in all 16 games last season for the Jaguars and he made 34 tackles, defensed 3 passes, recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass.  Over his career, Greisen has played in 70 games and he has made 188 tackles, defensed 13 passes, has 4 sacks, forced 4 fumbles and has 1 interception.  Greisen will help the Ravens on special teams and he will help out on defense if the need arises.

The Baltimore Ravens lose De Trevor Pryce to a broken wrist

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, Extra, Extra, Ravens News Here, Injury Reports, General by dawgpounded on Tuesday 18 September 2007 at 5:40 pm

The Baltimore Ravens have lost Pro-Bowl DE Trevor Pryce to a broken wrist that required surgery on Sunday Night.  He will miss at least the next three weeks.  Pryce was off to another good start this season for the Ravens with 6 tackles and a sack so he will be missed big-time by the defense.  Dwan Edwards who has 4 tackles on the season will replace Pryce in the starting lineup.  This is a huge dropoff as Edwards has not been that much of a contributor to the defense in his career as he has mostly been a special teams player until now.

Baltimore Ravens 20, New York Jets 13

Blogged under Game Recaps, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by dawgpounded on Monday 17 September 2007 at 9:34 am

The Ravens made big plays when they had to yesterday to hold off the pesky New York Jets.  MLB Ray Lewis intercepted a Kellen Clemens pass in the enzone late in the 4th quarter to seal the victory.

Kyle Boller made a rare start and he ran with it completing 23 of 35 passes for 185 yards with 2 TD passes.  RB Willis McGahee also was busy as he carried the ball 26 times for 97 yards (3.7 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 6 yards and a TD.  TE Todd Heap led the Ravens in receiving with 7 catches for 76 yards (10.9 avg) with 1 TD catch.  Derrick Mason also had a decent game with 8 catches for 54 yards (6.8 avg).  The Ravens rushed for 118 yards on 34 carries (3.5 ypc) and they completed 23 of 35 passes for 185 yards.

The Ravens defense was led by MLB Ray Lewis who had 7 tackles and the game winning interception.  The Ravens defense was sharp against the run holding the Jets to 69 yards rushing on 27 carries (2.6 ypc).  The Jets completed 19 of 37 passes for 235 yards.  Rookie Yamon Figurs had a solid game on special teams as he returned 2 kickoffs for 89 yards (44.5 avg).

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=270916033

Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Jets

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 14 September 2007 at 9:03 am
Both of these teams are coming off disappointing losses which saw each team lose their starting Qb to injury.  The Jets got punished 38-14 at home by the cheating New England Patriots and the Ravens lost a tough game 27-20 in Cincinnati.  With Chad Pennington out the Jets would like to run the football against the Ravens but that will be easier said than done against a defense that held the Bengals to 55 yards rushing on 23 carries (2.4 ypc).  Thomas Jones only rushed for 42 yards on 14 carries (3.0 ypc) in the opener against the Patriots as they had line breakdowns especially at left guard where Adrien Clarke had some issues.  The Bengals did throw pretty well against the Ravens defense so the Jets could take the training wheels of QB Kellen Clemens in his first NFL start and let him challenge them a bit.  WRs Laveranues Coles, Jerricho Cotchery and Justin McCareins are a pretty good set of WRs to throw to but the Jets must be careful because CB Chris McAllister and S Ed Reed are both big time playmakers on the defense of the Ravens.

It’s still possible that Steve McNair could give it a go this week because he’s as tough as nails.  But, the more likely scenario is that Kyle Boller will get the start against the Jets.  The Jets defense was torched last week by Tom Brady who threw for 297 yards and 3 TD passes.  The Jets didn’t sack him even once!  With both of the starting CBs (Andre Dyson & Justin Miller) likely out for this football game, look for the Ravens to throw the ball deep after they establish their running game.  They should have no problem doing that as the Jets allowed 134 yards rushing last week to the Patriots.  Willis McGahee will carry the ball the bulk of the time this week and he should have a really good game.

PREDICTION:  Both of these teams are banged up, but the Jets are in far worse trouble.  I like the Ravens at home but I like the Jets to stay within the 9.5 pointspread.

 

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