The Ravens and Bengals round 3. Will Lamar return?  Will the Bengals play a complete 4 quarters? I for one think they will. I look for them to start another deep playoff round like last season. The game is scheduled to kick on Sunday night at 8:15 on NBC as their Sunday night game. Go Bengals! WHO DEY!!

Wonder who the officiating crew is in this one. Hope they get ahold of the extra little shots, etc. early. 

I wasn't impressed with Sunday's crew and it had nothing to do with missed facemask penalties, etc. Letting all the chippy stuff go eventually blows up and I would hate to see either team lose a key player for throwing a punch or something else. 

They're playing one week apart after an already heated game at times. Control it early! 

Hopefully Lamar doesn't play. 

The Bengals win regardless. 

7 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Hopefully Lamar doesn't play. 

The Bengals win regardless. 

I'm still not sold that Lamar is on the Allen/Mahomes level, but him being out surely made him some money, don't ya think? 

I agree on not playing. Your point is proven now, IMO, you come back and blow the knee in a loss and they will use it as another reason not to pay you. I know it's all a business, but if I'm Lamar I see now reason to believe they will be loyal to me, at all. 

3 minutes ago, ChickenWyngz said:

I'm still not sold that Lamar is on the Allen/Mahomes level, but him being out surely made him some money, don't ya think? 

I agree on not playing. Your point is proven now, IMO, you come back and blow the knee in a loss and they will use it as another reason not to pay you. I know it's all a business, but if I'm Lamar I see now reason to believe they will be loyal to me, at all. 

He's not on that level yet, no. I agree. Part of that is his own fault, part of that is that he hasn't once had the weapons that Mahomes and Allen have had. 

It should be extremely clear now his value to the Ravens organization. They are stale hot dog water without him. There is NOTHING he can do, besides winning a Super Bowl (not happening) that is worth him playing again this season. If he plays and they lose, it will be blamed on him. If he plays and gets hurt, he doesn't get his money. 

Be selfish, Lamar. Sit out, secure the bag. 

3 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

He's not on that level yet, no. I agree. Part of that is his own fault, part of that is that he hasn't once had the weapons that Mahomes and Allen have had. 

It should be extremely clear now his value to the Ravens organization. They are stale hot dog water without him. There is NOTHING he can do, besides winning a Super Bowl (not happening) that is worth him playing again this season. If he plays and they lose, it will be blamed on him. If he plays and gets hurt, he doesn't get his money. 

Be selfish, Lamar. Sit out, secure the bag. 

I agree with the bolded 100%. I think he is a top half of NFL QB (at least), but man is it hard to truly gauge. I'm astonished by their drops, etc, every single week. 

Just now, ChickenWyngz said:

I agree with the bolded 100%. I think he is a top half of NFL QB (at least), but man is it hard to truly gauge. I'm astonished by their drops, etc, every single week. 

Put Lamar behind a decent offensive line, with legitimate #1 and #2 receivers and a good RB and let's see what comes of it. Until that happens, his true potential will never be known, IMO. 

The Bengals are a 6.5 favorite. 

1 minute ago, theguru said:

The Bengals are a 6.5 favorite. 

That's a big ole line for an NFL playoff game. 

1 hour ago, ChickenWyngz said:

That's a big ole line for an NFL playoff game. 

To think it is only the third largest of the weekend!

24-14 Bengals

The Bengals will need to play much better to win this Sunday. If the turnovers were even yesterday, the Ravens win. Ravens outgained the Bengals. Ravens won almost every stat category except turnovers.

2 hours ago, bugatti said:

To think it is only the third largest of the weekend!

That’s crazy. 

Alex Cappa is out this week, maybe longer. 

11 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

He's not on that level yet, no. I agree. Part of that is his own fault, part of that is that he hasn't once had the weapons that Mahomes and Allen have had. 

It should be extremely clear now his value to the Ravens organization. They are stale hot dog water without him. There is NOTHING he can do, besides winning a Super Bowl (not happening) that is worth him playing again this season. If he plays and they lose, it will be blamed on him. If he plays and gets hurt, he doesn't get his money. 

Be selfish, Lamar. Sit out, secure the bag. 

I think in Baltimore's eyes, foolishly, Lamar is the weapon.   But that model doesn't really work in the NFL.   The only one to really go that way and stay relatively injury free was Vick, and he was out for, what 2+ seasons in the prime of his career.