January Banter 2025

[blizzardmeiser]

Chiefs Commanders SB. Let’s go! 

[H2O]

Harbaugh didn’t turn the ball over 3 times. Blame those. That’s it. Ravens did what the Lions did. And the Bills benefited 

[Jrlg1181]

I said it last January - last year was the year for this current Ravens team with all the AFC qb injuries and home field... was very very unlikely that they could or would beat the Bills and Chiefs back to back on the road this seasons playoffs ...

[MN Transplant]

On behalf of the remaining no-Lombardi teams, guess I’m rooting for Buffalo.

[Herb@MAWS]

Balto=turnovers.bad.

Buffalo=none.good. 

[Maestrobjwa]

Just now, H2O said:

Harbaugh didn’t turn the ball over 3 times. Blame those. That’s it. Ravens did what the Lions did. And the Bills benefited 

Yeah this was not on him like...at all. I mean the 2-pt try is the only thing where you say maybe. Debatable for that...but otherwise? Players gotta play.

[nj2va]

Bills vs Commanders LFG!

[blizzardmeiser]

I’m always rough on Lamar but he got his team down the field and scored with a chance to tie it up. He played much better second half. 

[CAPE]

Just now, Maestrobjwa said:

Yeah this was not on him like...at all. I mean the 2-pt try is the only thing where you say maybe. Debatable for that...but otherwise? Players gotta play.

Its everything together. Lamar needed to eat that ball on the bad snap. Andrews cant fumble on that pass play. He should have caught that pass for the conversion, but they would have been kicking an extra point there to tie the game if Harbaugh was more sensible earlier.

[aldie 22]

9 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

On behalf of the remaining no-Lombardi teams, guess I’m rooting for Buffalo.

No

[87storms]

Ravens GM will have Harbaugh decisions to make.  You're not gonna want to be an owner paying a player ~250 mil and not make the SB.  It's an unfortunate reality in sports.

[wxdude64]

1 minute ago, blizzardmeiser said:

I’m always rough on Lamar but he got his team down the field and scored with a chance to tie it up. He played much better second half. 

And it would have been MUCH better to kick for one. The decision to go for 2 earlier came back to bite. Dumb idea to go for that 2 earlier IMO. 

[MillvilleWx]

Man, I’m glad I saw that 10+” snow storm earlier this month cuz the start to this year has been absolute dogshit  
 

Rough storm today

Ravens blow it

Tooth needs to be extracted 

Grandmother dies 

Some other personal stuff  

 

Just freakin awful. My God. I hope the rest of the year is better. 

 

[nj2va]

1 minute ago, MillvilleWx said:

Man, I’m glad I saw that 10+” snow storm earlier this month cuz the start to this year has been absolute dogshit  
 

Rough storm today

Ravens blow it

Tooth needs to be extracted 

Grandmother dies 

Some other personal stuff  

 

Just freakin awful. My God. I hope the rest of the year is better. 

 

Hang in there. Prayers to you and your family. 

[Maestrobjwa]

21 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Ravens GM will have Harbaugh decisions to make.  You're not gonna want to be an owner paying a player ~250 mil and not make the SB.  It's an unfortunate reality in sports.

It's gonna be an interesting decision...do they let Harbaugh go into a lame duck year? Hm...

[87storms]

Just now, Maestrobjwa said:

It's gonna be an interesting decision...do they let Harbaugh go into a lame duck year? Hm...

Yea, and I'm not even saying he should be let go.  He's obviously built a machine there and isn't responsible for a dropped td, but LJ is on a meaty contract in his prime.

[pazzo83]

50 minutes ago, H2O said:

Harbaugh didn’t turn the ball over 3 times. Blame those. That’s it. Ravens did what the Lions did. And the Bills benefited 

Jackson not surprisingly was focused on this post-game, taking full responsibility.  A lot of respect for him.

[pazzo83]

24 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Man, I’m glad I saw that 10+” snow storm earlier this month cuz the start to this year has been absolute dogshit  
 

Rough storm today

Ravens blow it

Tooth needs to be extracted 

Grandmother dies 

Some other personal stuff  

 

Just freakin awful. My God. I hope the rest of the year is better. 

 

hang in there man!

not sure if you're a Caps fan, but we are looking good!  O's look to have another strong season!  We still have quite a bit of winter left, and it seems to want to be cold and snowy this year!

[ravensrule]

29 minutes ago, MillvilleWx said:

Man, I’m glad I saw that 10+” snow storm earlier this month cuz the start to this year has been absolute dogshit  
 

Rough storm today

Ravens blow it

Tooth needs to be extracted 

Grandmother dies 

Some other personal stuff  

 

Just freakin awful. My God. I hope the rest of the year is better. 

 

So sorry to hear. Sorry about the loss of your grandmother. Hopefully the rest of 2025 is an amazing year for you. 

[Maestrobjwa]

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

Its everything together. Lamar needed to eat that ball on the bad snap. Andrews cant fumble on that pass play. He should have caught that pass for the conversion, but they would have been kicking an extra point there to tie the game if Harbaugh was more sensible earlier.

 

1 hour ago, wxdude64 said:

And it would have been MUCH better to kick for one. The decision to go for 2 earlier came back to bite. Dumb idea to go for that 2 earlier IMO. 

An interesting perspective from someone who covers the Ravens who knows ball:

[HighStakes]

Harbaugh isn't going anywhere. The team has won 2 consecutive AFC North division titles with a combined 25-9 regular season record. We've They  made the playoffs 6 out of the last 7 seasons. Only miss was the first year Lamar got hurt and missed the last 5 games after an 8-4 record. They are a hell of a team. I'm personally not of fan of Harbaugh's personality and he struggled with time management and too many going for 2 bad decisions ( athough I was ok with going for 2 tonight) but he's a great coach and I'm fine with him until they start losing which hopefully isnt anytime soon. The team plays hard for him and his message stays strong and doesn't get stale after all these years. He doesn't lose the locker room and he extremely organized in running the team. Unfortunately we're just spoiled from having a consistent winner with a great owner and front office. 

[ravensrule]

19 minutes ago, HighStakes said:

Harbaugh isn't going anywhere. The team has won 2 consecutive AFC North division titles with a combined 25-9 regular season record. We've They  made the playoffs 6 out of the last 7 seasons. Only miss was the first year Lamar got hurt and missed the last 5 games after an 8-4 record. They are a hell of a team. I'm personally not of fan of Harbaugh's personality and he struggled with time management and too many going for 2 bad decisions ( athough I was ok with going for 2 tonight) but he's a great coach and I'm fine with him until they start losing which hopefully isnt anytime soon. The team plays hard for him and his message stays strong and doesn't get stale after all these years. He doesn't lose the locker room and he extremely organized in running the team. Unfortunately we're just spoiled from having a consistent winner with a great owner and front office. 

Consistent winner doesn’t help when you haven’t been to the SB in 13 years. Something has to change. Plus the best thing we have going for us Monken is most likely leaving. 

[Maestrobjwa]

19 minutes ago, ravensrule said:

Consistent winner doesn’t help when you haven’t been to the SB in 13 years. Something has to change. Plus the best thing we have going for us Monken is most likely leaving. 

That is not the best thing...Look at Lamar's numbers under him: He hit career highs! He got more control of the offense too. The offense has been Top 2 or 3 in the league both years. Monken screwed up last year's playoffs; you can't say the same this year. 24 runs, 18 passes, balanced game in slick conditions. So I don't know what Monken did this year to say that him leaving makes us better. He sure as heck didn't lose us the game tonight!

[ravensrule]

7 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

That is not the best thing...Look at Lamar's numbers under him: He hit career highs! He got more control of the offense too. The offense has been Top 2 or 3 in the league both years. Monken screwed up last year's playoffs; you can't say the same this year. 24 runs, 18 passes, balanced game in slick conditions. So I don't know what Monken did this year to say that him leaving makes us better. He sure as heck didn't lose us the game tonight!

I’m not sure if you misread my post, but what you said makes absolutely no sense. I guess I didn’t put a comma after Monken so you misunderstood what i was saying. I’m saying Monken is the best thing we have going for us, and now he is gone. 

[Maestrobjwa]

Just now, ravensrule said:

I’m not sure if you misread my post, but what you said makes absolutely no sense. I guess I didn’t put a comma after Monken so you misunderstood what i was saying. I’m saying Monken is the best thing we have going for us, and now he is gone. 

Oh shoot...yes without the comma there brain filled in the "best thing we have going for us IS Monken is most likely leaving". Totally misread it--my bad!

And yeah man...Monken never struck me as a head coaching type, but, his resume the last 4 years with us and Georgia is quite tempting, I'd imagine. Oof...I hope he stays. It would royally suck to lose MacDonald one year and him the next, smh

[WxUSAF]

Please win next week, Bills. I’d rather have 3 weeks of “Josh Allen is the real MVP” takes than yet another Chiefs storyline. 

[wasnow215]

I feel sad for Ravens' fans. I said on here maybe a couple weeks ago "in what way will the Baltimore Ravens disappoint their fans this year?" because it always happens. And I'm not talking about losing the Super Bowl- to me that's a great season.
 

The Philadelphia Eagles haven't even played well in the playoffs really. Not with all their talent. And I've been a fan for nearly 50 years now since I remember watching football. The difference is they are +6 in turnovers in the two games they've played in this year's postseason and part of that is they have not turned it over at all.

 

Genuinely happy for Washington fans as I've lived down here for the past 16 years, originally from South Jersey. I actually like Washington fans as a whole and it just tickles me that now the only team that has not made it to an NFC championship game in the 21st-century is the Dallas Cowboys! Just about 30 years for them lol.

[Herb@MAWS]

1 hour ago, wasnow215 said:

I feel sad for Ravens' fans. I said on here maybe a couple weeks ago "in what way will the Baltimore Ravens disappoint their fans this year?" because it always happens. And I'm not talking about losing the Super Bowl- to me that's a great season.
 

The Philadelphia Eagles haven't even played well in the playoffs really. Not with all their talent. And I've been a fan for nearly 50 years now since I remember watching football. The difference is they are +6 in turnovers in the two games they've played in this year's postseason and part of that is they have not turned it over at all.

 

Genuinely happy for Washington fans as I've lived down here for the past 16 years, originally from South Jersey. I actually like Washington fans as a whole and it just tickles me that now the only team that has not made it to an NFC championship game in the 21st-century is the Dallas Cowboys! Just about 30 years for them lol.

Ravens didn’t deserve it. After 5 weeks of playing great team ball and no silly mistakes … they reverted back to the early season Ravens.  Yet they still had a chance late in the game. Lamar’s fumble for a Bills’ TD just about sums up several of the losses this season. Unfortunate that Andrew had his first fumble in 6 years at about the worst possible time in the game. 
 

Buffalo played smart. The best teams find a way. 
 

I’ll be rooting for the Commanders going forward. 

[wasnow215]

Just now, Herb@MAWS said:

Ravens didn’t deserve it. After 5 weeks of playing great team ball and no silly mistakes … they reverted back to the early season Ravens.  Yet they still had a chance late in the game. Lamar’s fumble for a Bills’ TD just about sums up several of the losses this season. Unfortunate that Andrew’s had his first fumble in 6 years at about the worst possible time in the game. 
 

Buffalo played smart. The best teams find a way. 
 

I’ll be rooting for the Commanders going forward. 

And then that drop on the two point conversion. I really would've liked to have seen how that played out.

[Darkstorm]

12 hours ago, ravensrule said:

Consistent winner doesn’t help when you haven’t been to the SB in 13 years. Something has to change. Plus the best thing we have going for us Monken is most likely leaving. 

Monken leaving is not a good thing.