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Open Thread: Houston Texans (10-6) At Baltimore Ravens (12-4)

BALTIMORE - OCTOBER 16:  Cory Redding #93 of the Baltimore Ravens helps make a tackle against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium on October 16. 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens defeated the Texans 29-14. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)

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7 months ago: BALTIMORE - OCTOBER 16: Cory Redding #93 of the Baltimore Ravens helps make a tackle against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium on October 16. 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens defeated the Texans 29-14. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)

The first game during Sunday's divisional round for the 2011 playoffs puts two teams together that the Cincinnati Bengals are pretty familiar with. The Houston Texans will travel to the Baltimore Ravens with the winner heading to the AFC Championship game. Who do you have?

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I hate the Ravens

and I hate the Texans…… and I hate NE… at least 2 of them will lose by the end of next Sunday.

Ravens suck a so do Texans ....

So ill be happy to watch one lose today and the other lose next week

hellva of a return
Houston

is built to be very good for the next couple of years at least.

its going to be a harbaugh super bowl
Brian Patteriona

I’m thinking this was the guy who was reporting several other Bengals involved with Simpson’s weed incicdent. He’s now reporting several things about free agency that I don’t know how to take.

  • All of the following comes from this guy’s twitter:

Mike offering Marvin an extension, but Marvin not yet accepting. Simpson rejecting offer given to him. Pat Sims to test free agency market.

P Garcon, M Bush, J Zuttah, C Finnegan & D Goldson are the top 5 targets on Bengals FA list.

There r rumblings that the Bengals would love to sign Bush, draft Wilson, they will let ced walk and they want show scott the door

The Nelson negotiations are in the very early stages. Also, both Livings and Roland will be allowed to walk without offers.

where did you get this information from?
From

Brian Patteriona’s twitter… but like I said, I don’t know how trustworthy this info is…

whats his back ground?
I THINK he was the person reporting multiple Bengals involved with

Simpson’s weed incident but I’m not sure. If so have heard good and bad about his credibility

who is Wilson?
I'm guessing David Wilson RB
well

if they sign Bush, they don’t need to spend a high pick on a RB

true

what if richardson falls to us?

I think he will
Richardson is tempting

so is a good CB and S

yea if richardson falls to us, we have to pick him

then we at least get a S or CB with the 21st

Richardson wont get past the Jets

I do not think they will resign LT and with Sparano as new OC they will want to get back to ground and pound.

I still wouldn't mind them getting another RB if they get Bush.

Bush is great for short yardage situations, but he isn’t a threat to make big plays at all. What I’d really like is a back who has the ability to score any given time he touches the ball.

hmmmm

if hue comes back, maybe bush follows?

Garcon and Finnegan

would be awesome

i heard reports for WR FA targets were

Lloyd, meachem, and Edwards per joe reedy

Yea I did too
who are Goldson and Zuttah?
Goldson

49ers CB, Zuttah G/C from the Bucs

I thought Goldston was a safety
Golds on is a manimal

He can cover and play the run.

HMMM

Wonder why Marvin wouldn’t take an offer

It's just like after '09

He has leverage and he feels this team will only get better, which means he’ll have even more leverage next season if this team continues to improve.

Good point

maybe he’s trying to convince Brown to give him the GM job……a guy can dream

Haha exactly what I was thinking
Pretty sure nothing he has said in past came true
He's been proven wrong over and over and over

When he’s wrong he shuts down whatever site he’s on and hopes people forget, then starts spouting his nonsense elsewhere. He said Carson was filing retirement papers, Brat was staying, Zampese was going to be OC, etc.

Ok

I had heard both good and bad, mostly bad so… just figured I saw it and would pass it on

Here are some details to Simpson and Lewis that this guy has posted on his blog

And as I said, I know nothing of his credibility, just passing along info

A deal has been put in place and presented to Jerome Simpson’s agent. It is said to be for 3 yrs @ 17.2m (with a 2.1m signing bonus).

The process of extending Marvin Lewis has begun in earnest. The latest reports speak of a possible 4 yr – 18.5m. A huge part of the offer would be Marvin has total control over personnel and being able to hire 2 new full time scouts.

The Bengals are also discussing alterations, seeming minor, to the 2012 uniforms.

More info as I get it!!!
yes

uni changes…

He's full of crap

He just spouts the most likely thing and hopes it sticks. i.e. Uniforms— Nike is taking over this year, so it’s a given there will probably be at least minor changes.

When he’s wrong he either invents a conspiracy theory “they’re telling me lies to try to figure out who the leak is, I need to stop giving info for awhile” or completely shuts down his site.

I wasted a few hours following his info last year and gave up when it became clear he was bogus.

Yeah and he seems to be the ONLY one reporting any of this
Interesting

I can see the Marvin deal being plausible but signing Rome to 3 years with his legal issues seems a bit odd

unless

they know more than their telling us

That could be the case

It seems weird that nothing has happened yet

agreed

would think SOMETHING would have happened by now if it was going to happen

Who are you talking about?
Brian Patteriona

But apparently this guy is not very credible so…

Awesome coverage by J-Joe.
wow you can't give up that

kind of turnover

Way to easy

Shoulda never tried to field that

what are the odds jones is a fa in 2012..
I kinda want the Ravens to win it

just because they have a better chance to beat the patriots

yeah i don't hate the Ravens as much as the Steelers
I fucking hate the Ravens with a passion.

I hope they get destroyed this week or next.

Flacco just Flaccoed
All this FA talk

I can’t wait till FA and the draft… get the roster set, and for the schedule to come out… but I guess I got to wait awhile!

I know!

I really hate this time of year lol

All the “waiting with bated breath”

The ravens can't catch today.
That's what 2 or 3 dropped already
Wow he almost did it again
lol yea Yates sucks
Yea he threw it right to him
He's only looking for Andre.

Look another direction dumbass.

can you say

Dalton to thriple covered AJ Green. Young guys do that .

Yeah but Dalton is the man.

Yates is a scrub.

very true

If Dalton didn’t have Green, he might have thrown close to 20 picks this year. Some of those completed deep balls would have been picked off if they’d be intended to anyone in the league besides Megatron, Andre Johnson, Fitzgerald or AJ.

Some teams show up for big games

We need to be one of them if we plan to turn things around.

How come

the Bengals can’t cover against Yates, but everyone else can…

the bengals did, the just didnt captilize on his bad throws

we should of least had 2 INT last game

Is this really the team that carved us up last weekend?
Why didn't Yates throw crap like that when we played them?

Wait he did. Crocker, ugh

Really just more proof that we desperately need to upgrade the secondary.
This was supposed to be a reply to txbengal

But it works here as well.

Haha.....you can almost insert that comment in any thread on CJ and it works
Eff you Texans

Why couldn’t you choke like this last week?

b/c we were busy choking..
True
argh. much more of this and i'll go play team fortress 2 instead

this thing could get fugly quick.

Boldin just made some fan piss his pants in enjoyment.
Turnovers

2 short drives.

And Diedorf is worshipping Flacco
deidorf gets olds

he used to be ok in the 80s and 90s. anymore i wish he’d just shut up.

He is very annoying
Flacco not having a bad game.

Ravens recievers dropped a few they should have caught.

Yes

I just think Dierdorf is annoying lol

won't argue there.
I wish Gus Johnson was still doing NFL games
The Ravens fans are painting

mustaches on their faces… (female fan nonetheless)

wow

Ed Reed NEVER drops that ball. I don’t know what happened.

He's old.
That shouldn't affect his hands.

I mean, anomalies happen, but it’s just too weird to see Ed Reed drop a big INT in a playoff game.

he should retire for his health's sake.. ha
Wow

I am sure the Bengals would have stopped that pass play too………..

Ed Reed's career is done
ed reed wont be done until he's in the hof
I think he's already in the HOF

They had to persuade him to come back for this year. And he’s been playing injured since before the season finale with the Bengals

Nice run there
Foster

always gets those extra yards

Wish we had a Foster!
Trent Richardson will be our Foster.
Not getting past KC.
I just don't see it happening

Someone will grab him before we get a pick.

Foster is a RFA this year

we can have him if we want, but, it’ll cost us our 1st and 3rd

odie with the nice catch
Toughest road games next year

1. Pitt
2. Baltimore
3. Philly
4. KC
5. SD
6. Cle- always tough
7. Wash
8. Jax.

Well outside of our division

KC is always loud and Philly will be tough if they play like they did at the end of the year.

you know to fear the jags

they have bratt as their o-cord now. jags will be 16-0!

Haha

The Bratt is gonna tear some stuff up!!

every road game is tough

I just hope the Bengals can not take every game down to the last minute.

What a Marvin-esque challenge

No chance of winning that one.

Foster is such a beast
Yes he is

and he went undrafted!!!! That is why I don’t want a first round running back

Yea I'm generally of the same mind
Unless it's Richardson
Yes if he falls we have to take him
I thought Mark Ingram was better coming out of the draft

and his first year has been very forgettable (474 YDS & 5 TD) I know injuries had some impact, but I want sure bets for the defense and OL.

Gooo Texans!!!

I don't think Mark Ingram

Can hold a candle to Trent Richardson. Just my opinion though.

Unbelievable
His cuts are ridiculous

And he’s crafty for how tall he is. Gets real skinny in the holes. Once he gets to the second level, it’s on like Donkey Kong. I think Kubiak’s zone blocking scheme is perfect for Jim as well.

him as well**
Wow what a play
those 3rd down conversions

separate average teams from good teams

if only benson had hands like foster lol
and..

quickness, balance, desire, heart, vision. Benson is pretty much the anti- Foster of running backs

foster (even tate) are x2 the back benson is
think how could the texans could of been with Scaub and Williams this year
they should

win the South next year

But I have come to believe they will never ever ever

win in Indianapolis

superbowl bound

chance they make it even without them.

i wonder if the bengals would still be in the playoffs if we had resigned jojo..

we never made it past

The Wildcard games we had with him………..

jojo on a 9-7 cincy team?

especially after the hall injury? we’d have been 11-5 this season at the minimum with jojo here

Yep

with J Joe the Bengals automatically got a win versus the Ravens each year

So JJoe

Is the only reason we beat the Ravens once per year? JJoe is a one man team.

well Leon Hall

didn’t play in either Raven game either.

Yes he consistently made the Ravens WRs and Flacco look very bad
we went 4-12 with him on the team

Last season. Ohh that’s right .. He was injured, which seemed to be most of the time he was here.

one of those wins was against baltimore

and yes J Joe did play in that game

Foster looks like a young Larry Johnson
Maybe Rey

should start taking Cushing’s steroids

Flick-a-Flacco!!

Way to dial that blitz up Wade. Flacco gets a steady stream of diarrhea running down his leg when he senses pressure.

refs for todays game

have done a good job.

what does

Nstompikin Suh know about stopping the run. He is horrid against the run.

Key word here.... "horrid"
Ravens are in a little bit of trouble here
Flacco is sooooooooo awesome
Jones is making Tate look good
CBS

America’s most watched network can’t get their audio corrected. Really?

+10000000000000000000
looked like tate running around back there lol.
JJoe is the man

Did you see how he just covered everyone of those Raven’s WR’s on that play. He is the greatest to ever play the game.

I know, I saw it too
we need a foster type of guy
The Ravens D

has done well on that play fake roll out they do with Yates.

I would love the Bengals

To morph into either if these two defense next season.

with a solid draft, they could.

I'd take the Texans D

because they have J Joseph

I would take the Texans too

They are much younger than the Ravens Defense.

And sacks are starting to roll
Wouldn't be surprised if the Ravens try to dump Flacco after this season

and try to get Manning. They aren’t ever going to get to the SB with Flacco.

that was a heads up play there
good pass there too
and ravens fans think joe cool is still there guy just waiting to break out lol.
just gave the ravens great field possition ( not the joe can do anything with it anyways)
big swing there

maybe should have gone for it

3-4

Watching these playoff games makes me really wish we went to a 3-4 defense.

i was thinking the same thing 30 minutes ago lol.
we have the personnel

just a matter of who is our D-Coordinator

Could be the thinking with Dontay Moch
k

Dunlap, Peko, Atkins on the line, Rucker Fanane and Sims rotate, M. Johnson, Maualuga, Howard, Rivers at LB with Muck, Mock and B. Johnson rotate, almost seems like the perfect fit

That would be great

I’ve been watching the TX D and they’ve been bringing at least 4 rushers on passing downs. The front 3 and stunting a lber. It’s been working well.

whoa that was a great catch
what a momentum change

on that long field goal

that was close
that was HUGE
Tell ya what....

Houston’s defense is going to be ridiculous for years to come.

and when they get there qb back

they will be better than the colts with manning there

I don't know

I think I’ll wait and judge on that. I’ll never count a Peyton Manning led team hahaha. But you’re right though, once they get Schauby and Mario Williams back, they’ll be one heck of a football team.

they'll be thanking Mike Brown for J Jo

for years

looks like the 4th down play did not hurt them at all
I swear

Demeko Ryans eats babies. He has to. I’ve came to that conclusion this season.

wouldn't mind

seeing Maualuga work with him in the off season like Green and C. Johnson and Fitzgerald will do this year

+1

That is my favorite bit of news from the offseason so far. Green couldn’t pick two better guys to work out with.

now

Dalton needs to find Brees and Rodgers an Facebook lol

What the hell was that Yates?
Maualuga... If only............
Ratbirds really don't deserve this
or do they??? lol
No they are really getting dominated

Turnovers killing the Texans

if their offense plays like this next week

in NE it will be a blowout win for the Belicheats

CBS Loves slow motion footage of Ray Lewis yelling...
I can't wait till he retires

sick of him

+1

EVERY stinking game

"TJ Yates has had a pretty good day except for two errors"?

WTF. 5 yards per pass attempt. That’s crap regardless of interceptions.

At this point the only thing that can save the Texans

is if Flacco turns it over.

gotta stop them and make them kick a long field goal
thanks alot texans

now you are putting me in a possition to root for new england ( that sounds gross)

yeah the Belicheats

vs the Ratbirds… I’m rooting for NFC in the Super Bowl.

what the hell are the Ravens doing???

stopped the clock twice

scoring too fast like the 49ers and Saints yesterday

of course the Texans offense is not nearly as competent…

doing their best to

Flacc it up

Neil Rackers hitting the cross bar

and Jacoby Jones dropping that punt… there’s a 10 point swing right there.

3 or 4 INT's dropped by the Ravens

It equals out.

well i guess we will have to settle for a texans overtime victory

just like what happend to the steelers lol.

Yates...Yates.....Yates

Come on baby

Time to ride Andre Johnson

and the tight ends

he was down
yep

I thought he wasn’t at first but after the replay he was

Nastia Lukin is looking good on those Subway commercials
if they have a play where they can get Ed Reed to pay attention to Johnson

and then find Daniels… it’s time for that.

Suggs will probably make a play

and then a 10 minute montage of Ray and he celebrating.

DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He wasn't gonna drop 3 INT's in one game
still got 2 timeouts
Good night
Terrible throw
if only

Crocker would have made that easy pick….damn you Crocker

WTF

you’re supposed to go where Ed Reed isn’t you dumbo

I'll bet Yates feels sick
realistically he most likely will not start another playoff game

in his NFL career.

He might turn into a starter in a few years
Home teams are 7-0

would not be surprised if it went to 10-0

I think the Giants have a good chance at the upset
with Schaub

there’s no way the Texans lose this.

Nope the Texans would most likely be up

by a TD or 3

now i hope the pats destroy the ravens worse than they did the broncos
that would be wonderful
not over yet, haha
enough time for another pick from yates
this would be priceless if Houston scores
Oh it would be
zero penalties on the Ravens today

seems improbable

alot of home cooking today i would say
If Yates would not fricking lock in on one guy

they have enough weapons

Jones has shown his true colors today.

Letting a ball bounce at the fifty with the game on the line. He’s lucky it went backwards.

he'
he's lucky if he's on the team next year
Oh he'll be there I'm sure
horrible last sequence

no need to throw deep for the end zone on 4th and 1

That was the dumbest thing I've seen today

WHY?!?!

Why would you go for it all there

makes no sense

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