On Fridays, we only seem to care about the Ravens around here.
Here are your weekend picks……
Ravens 26, Broncos 21
I would be REALLY concerned if the Broncos had the ball at the end of the game, though. I think the Ravens will win; but I’m not anywhere NEAR as confident as Drew Forrester is….
Navy 20, Temple 16
The Mids will be without Ricky Dobbs again, and needed a miracle to beat Temple last season-and this Owls team is MUCH better. I’ll take Navy in Annapolis; but this will be tougher than you might realize.
Richmond 49, Towson 12
…..with no offense to the Tigers
Let’s see what everyone has to say…
Best of Thursday’s WNST Blogs……
Nestor Aparicio offers links to trailers for Michael Oher movie “The Blind Side”
Intern Super Jack says Glenn Clark, Drew Forrester both picking Ravens
Derek Arnold remembers some of Kyle Orton’s finest moments
And from the rest of the world…..
The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Ray Rice’s size makes him elusive
The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Dwan Edwards having ‘fun’ with more playing time
The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Greg Mattison, Terrell Suggs concerned with Marshall’s ability to get ball AND his ability to make plays after catch
The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Tavares Gooden wore non-contact jersey in practice Thursday with head injury
The Official Site says Fabian Washington knows he must go for arms instead of ball when playing much taller receivers
The Official Site says Cam Cameron believes Denver DC Mike Nolan ‘good football coach’
Denver Broncos Official Site’s Gray Caldwell says Kyle Orton thinks week off will have Broncos well ‘prepared’ for Baltimore
The Sun’s Ken Murray says Ray Rice has gone from ‘curiosity’ to ‘NFL sensation’
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Chris Carr/Ed Reed need to do more with punt returns, stop Orton from making big plays, control time of possession
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Ravens can’t allow Brandon Marshall to burn them, Flacco to get beat up, Broncos’ defense dominate 2nd half again
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Ravens aiming to start new streak of not allowing 100 yard rusher after giving up 100+ to Cedric Benson and Adrian Peterson in last two weeks
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Hauschka still has time to prove himself
7 of 7 Sun analysts pick Ravens
The Sun’s Mike Preston says Samari Rolle, Wally Williams think Dawan Landry, Ed Reed affected by neck injuries
The Sun’s Edward Lee says Fabian Washington still starting, but Lardarius Webb getting more first team reps
The Sun’s Edward Lee says Brendon Ayanbadejo at 1 Winning Drive Thursday, reported he’s ‘ahead of schedule’
The Sun’s Edward Lee says Reed, Flacco, Jarret Johnson, Hauschka, Tyree full participants in practice
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Derrick Mason ‘respects’ Champ Bailey, doesn’t ‘fear’ him
The Sun’s Jamison Hensley says Ravens have given up 22 pass plays of over 20 yards
The Sun’s Edward Lee says Chuck Pagano accepting blame for struggles
The Sun says Mike Nolan’s defense similar to Marvin Lewis’
The Sun remembers Ravens’ ’03 win over Danny Kannell, Broncos
Carroll County Times’ Aaron Wilson says Correll Buckhalter, Knowshon Moreno have combined to rush for nearly 700 yards this season
Carroll County Times’ Aaron Wilson says Jared Gaither (neck) did not practice Thursday
Denver Post’s Jeff Legwold says Broncos will aim to keep ball out of Derrick Mason’s hands
Denver Post’s Mike Klis says Dumervil, McBean, Brian Dawkins all putting together ‘surprising’ performances for Broncos
Denver Post’s Mark Kiszla says Ray Lewis’ ‘reign of terror is over’ with Ravens’ defense struggling
The AP’s Tom Withers says Browns fans planning “Free The Birds”-type protest for Monday Night Football game against Ravens
4 of 8 USA Today analysts pick Ravens
SI’s Peter King picks Ravens 20-16
Sporting News’ Vinnie Iyer picks Ravens 26-23
4 of 7 Sporting News analysts pick Ravens
NFL.com’s Vic Carucci says Ravens ‘longshot’ to make playoffs due to success of Bengals, Steelers
NFL.com’s Gil Brandt says Terrell Suggs will have to figure out a way to get around Broncos OT Ryan Clady
NFL Network Analysts Brian Baldinger, Shannon Sharpe pick Ravens; Joe Theismann picks Broncos
ESPN.com’s James Walker gives Champ Bailey advantage against Derrick Mason
ESPN.com’s James Walker says Todd Heap feels ‘a little urgency’
Talk to you from Owings Mills.
-G
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