Twelve Ravens Thoughts ahead of Week 7 clash with Cleveland
Luke Jones offers his latest purple musings as Baltimore aims to get back on track and stay in first place in the AFC North.
Luke Jones offers his latest purple musings as Baltimore aims to get back on track and stay in first place in the AFC North.
“Our job is to score points. We’re not trying to rely on [Justin Tucker]. The only time we should rely on him is for extra points.”
“In practice, we had a couple of routes I talked to him about and kind of envisioned what I see. I had a great feeling of how he looks at it.”
Quarterback Lamar Jackson was a limited participant with a hip issue on Wednesday.
Until showing otherwise, this is a pretty good team carrying a vibe of not being good enough or smart enough in crunch time.
The Baltimore head coach discussed a number of topics Monday in the aftermath of the Week 6 loss to the New York Giants.
In a performance littered with mistakes, Baltimore offered a master class of self-destruction on Sunday.
When Lamar Jackson plays poorly – and most of Sunday was another poor effort throwing the ball where he actually wanted to throw it, especially the long ball – the Baltimore Ravens are going to have a whole lot of trouble trying to finish football games against competent competition.
Lamar Jackson’s fourth-quarter interception put the Giants on a short field for the go-ahead touchdown.
Baltimore blew a 10-point lead in the final 12 minutes to fall 24-20 to the New York Giants on Sunday.
Despite two high-profile offseason additions at safety, Chuck Clark remains the constant at the position.
Baltimore will see old friend and former defensive coordinator Wink Martindale on Sunday afternoon.
“Those guys are doing a great job at all types of blitzes in different areas — different guys trapping with the blitz, cover 0 blitzes, and stuff like that.”
Longtime Baltimore real estate leader Bill Yerman and Nestor have been close for years. Recently, they both spent time in Canada noticing how much different life is there in the modern world. Of course, there’s some Springsteen tour talk here, too, to go with the Pearl Jam shows of Quebec and Ottawa on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at The Beaumont.
Luke Jones offers his purple musings after Sunday Night Football in Baltimore.
“They’ve been getting a lot of noise about how they’ve been playing. In our eyes, they played lights out.”
All last week, the Ravens defense talked about last season’s problems against Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. In a heavyweight battle on Sunday night in Baltimore, it was Mike Macdonald and responsible play that allowed the Ravens to prevail to take first place in the AFC North.
The heat on head coach John Harbaugh was so last week ago. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Ravens important win over Bengals and the road ahead for the AFC North leaders.
Baltimore will try to avoid the first 0-3 home start in franchise history in Week 5.
Bill Yerman joins Nestor at The Beaumont to discuss rock and roll, Springsteen and Oh Canada
Luke Jones offers his latest purple musings ahead of an AFC North showdown on Sunday Night Football.
“The fans are paying their money to see us go out there and perform the right way, go out there and get ‘W’s’ for them.”
Playing in front of a full Baltimore crowd for the first time, J.K. Dobbins scored two touchdowns in Sunday’s defeat.
Back-to-back home losses of that nature are unacceptable and troubling for a team with lofty aspirations.
Welcome to October. The high-ceiling Baltimore Ravens are suddenly a troubling 2-2 and the defending AFC champions are coming to town for Sunday Night Football. And head coach John Harbaugh is under siege from the Baltimore fan base.
“I saw [Devin] Duvernay late. If I would have seen him right off the bat, that would have been a touchdown.”
Every week before the Ravens game, Luke Jones joins Dennis Koulatsos for a spirited chat about this week’s opponent. This week: beating Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.
Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the wonders of Lamar Jackson as Bills await showdown
Longtime football insider Vic Carucci gives Nestor a primer on Josh Allen and Buffalo Bills
Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the wonders of Lamar Jackson as Bills come to Baltimore as favorites on Sunday.
Will Buffalo be able to slow the red-hot Mark Andrews in Week 4?
Longtime football insider Vic Carucci gives Nestor a primer on the history of the Buffalo Bills and the path to a Super Bowl with a true franchise quarterback.
The Bills will be facing a quarterback playing at a different level than the one they stymied in the 2020 postseason.
Voice of Buffalo Bills John Murphy joins Nestor to preview Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson in Baltimore
Bills great Steve Tasker joins Nestor to discuss tackling Lamar Jackson and what makes Buffalo go with Josh Allen
Longtime voice of Buffalo Bills John Murphy joins Nestor to preview Josh Allen vs. Lamar Jackson in Baltimore in a matchup that will set tone for AFC and who might go where in January.
Our old pal and Bills Hall of Famer Steve Tasker talks about the rise of the franchise of Western New York and the ways to slow down Lamar Jackson for any NFL defense.
Two of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks square off in Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.
Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the wonders of Lamar Jackson as Bills await showdown
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the MVP candidacy of Lamar Jackson after win over Patriots