then Indy and now the injury bug. Ouch, you have my deepest sympathies. Something tells me Andre will still get his touches.

Don’t even practice it all week, except at the goal line. Pass, pass and then pass some more. Cleveland put up 27, but look at how. the first seven came on a kickoff return, the next pair of FG’s came on short drives after great punt returns. Their Special Teams killed us, as Cribbs had over 150 return yards! Their final two TD’s came on short drives set up by bad coverage on punt returns- again! So there is was.

Did I say pass? Yes, pass.

20% of your plays should be runs against the Ravens, at most. And those should be half draw plays. I don’t think there’s a single weak spot in the Ravens rush defense.

The pass is a bit different, especially because Samari Rolle is coming back. I expect you’d want to test Samari to see if he’s really ready to play, but he practiced some last week and will likely be fine. This sucks for Owen Daniels, because the Ravens have the option to put Frank Walker on him now, who would usually be lining up outside.

Your RBs can still be a big part of your offense, as the 3-4 is vulnerable to screens, and the Ravens in particular are vulnerable to holes in the zone over the middle. Those are going to be prime RB catching spots. Andre Johnson is obviously going to be huge. I’m not sure how the Ravens will respond to him. They always try to gameplan around the thing they fear most about a team, and I think that’s going to be Andre. Sometimes those gameplans are extremely effective, sometimes not. But I wouldn’t be surprised to see Andre say, doubled up by a huge linebacker in press coverage with a corner playing back. Keeps life interesting.

ST are huge in scoring on the Ravens. Our ST have been mediocre.

I think you should also mention that, that does not always work. I believe Cleveland had ONE first down in the fourth quarter. lol

to put us away. They stubborn tried to develop a running game with a two and then one TD lead. They ran up the middle on first and second down, leaving them in third and long situations throughout the fourth quarter. Braylon Edwards dropped an easy catch thatmight have gone all the way and they just seemed to deflate and fold after that. It was great to silence the obnoxious Cleveland fans.

No one, especially a 120 pound rookie (Slaton) will be able to run on us Sunday as it’s now been 27 straight games since we allowed a 100 yard rusher.

You chance lies on your home field advantage, where you’ve played pretty good, pass the ball all the time, and blitz our rookie QB, to force him to beat you while stacking the line to limit our run game. Do that, and you might take it.

we sort of have some rabid, loyal, but outspoken fans from Baltimore Beatdown. raven can be a little over the top, but unfortunately (for Houston), he is usually correct.

I guarantee we win. It’s not like this offense lacks for weapons.