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Old 10-18-2012, 08:48 AM
HPF Bob HPF Bob is offline
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I think the Ravens are desperate after losing two players last week but I can't see putting Thuggs in for more than a few snaps at best. There's no way he's in "playing shape" and putting him out there would probably do more to risk injury than to contribute defensively. However, I could see putting him in for a few snaps just to boost his confidence that he is "back". Anything beyond that would be stupid.
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Old 10-18-2012, 10:08 AM
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Have to imagine the Ravens just want a new emotional leader out there following the loss of Ray Lewis.

It is strange how similar these two teams are coming into this game. Both loss an important leader at inside linebacker (Lewis and Cushing), both have an ailing top cornerback (Webb and Joseph), both have an ailing defensive tackle (Ngata and Mitchell), and both rely on a dynamic running back to make their offense work in both the running and passing game (Rice and Foster).

That the Ravens have a few former Texans (Vonta Leach, Jacoby Jones, Bernard Pollard) and the Texans just picked up a Raven to backfill Mitchell, not to mention these two teams last met in the playoffs 9 months ago, it makes for a lot of familiarity for Sunday's game.
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Old 10-18-2012, 05:38 PM
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I sometimes think teams pick up ex-players of other teams just to pick their brains about the opposition or make the opponents change signals if nothing else.
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Old 10-18-2012, 09:05 PM
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Just like us the Ravens are going into their bye week and since this game is already so important for both teams in terms of potential tie-breakers when home-field and all rolls around for the playoffs, why not throw everything and everyone you can at the competition in this game because it's gonna be a long 2 weeks before the next game ?
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Old 10-19-2012, 12:32 PM
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It was interesting to see Jacoby Jones make a 108 yd kick return last week, sure hope our return coverage doesn't let that happen.

I guess Texans will be fired up after the embarrasing result against Green Bay.

And hope JJo is back to normal self in secondary now.
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Old 10-20-2012, 07:49 AM
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Beat their asses, especially for what happened in January.
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Old 10-20-2012, 05:48 PM
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Thuggs is activated and, to make room on the roster, the Ravens have released OLB Sergio Kindle. If the name sounds familiar, Kindle is the former University of Texas star who fractured his skull in a fall down stairs two years ago and has hardly played since. He has no hearing in one ear and the Ravens were unsure how he would play with crowd noise. Didn't there used to be a player that was legally deaf a few years ago? I seem to recall a player from Nebraska like that who was an outstanding talent and they used hand signals for him.

Edit: That was Kenny Walker, Denver Broncos (1991-92).
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