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Ravens Vs. Patriots 2012: AFC Championship Game Thread

ST. LOUIS, MO - SEPTEMBER 25: Bernard Pollard #31 of the Baltimore Ravens hits Sam Bradford #8 of the St. Louis Rams after the pass at the Edward Jones Dome on September 25, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)

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8 months ago: ST. LOUIS, MO - SEPTEMBER 25: Bernard Pollard #31 of the Baltimore Ravens hits Sam Bradford #8 of the St. Louis Rams after the pass at the Edward Jones Dome on September 25, 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)

One more slate of games until the big one. Of course, there's more than enough to keep fans of the St. Louis Rams occupied. The AFC opens things up today, with the Baltimore Ravens traveling to play the New England Patriots.

The Rams played three of the four teams in the conference championships today. The Pats were the only team they did not play, but will have that opportunity later this year in the London game.

Baltimore beat the Rams by a final score of 37-7. The game was one of those rare occasions to piss off Steve Spagnuolo, who in a huff told his wife that they would no longer be speaking with the Harbaughs. He softened his stance a day later.

I really have no vested rooting interest in either of these teams. It's a sham if Josh McDaniels ends up getting a Super Bowl ring this season given his body of work in St. Louis, so there is that.

Complete coverage of the game can be found over at SB Nation's dedicated AFC Championship story stream, including highlights, news, etc.

I've got my weekly mock draft posting tomorrow at SB Nation, so stay tuned for that.

Catch up on the week that was in the multitude of stories below!

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You want my help on your Mock draft? Hahaha!

It seems I picked a player (Whitney Mercilius) I thought was great for Cleveland last night, that isn’t in the Top 10 at his position…
You should have Aaron Dobson somewhere in your Mock. No one else does, so you can be the first! :-)

I liked the pick if it means anything lol
I did too, but I was just looking at the player depth spread sheet thingy you, DB and (formerly) Rams in the UK have...

He isn’t even listed, so I assumed I screwed up?

I have that too

I don’t think anyone has updated it since the beginning of the season and Mercilius came out of nowhere this season so that would be why he isn’t listed

I'll check it out when I get home

You guys may need a new link

The positional rankings have not been updated since the start of the season

and desperately need doing, but I will be on it shortly. Feel free to check back shortly and use it in the future.

Cool! Thanks again for letting me see the chart. If there is anyone on the TST staff that needs it, it's me
RIP Joe Paterno

and i hope baltimore wins. im a patriot hater, so take it for what it is.

I’ve got my weekly mock draft posting tomorrow at SB Nation, so stay tuned for that.
I think it’s safe to say that TST has the best draft coverage of any SBNation site outside of mocking the draft.
messed up the format on that

but the point remains valid

Totally agree. TST has to be the Mock Draft headquarters of SBNation
We should be the best at drafting.

We been drafting high so many years can’t help but be good at it.

Ravens over Giants

All I’m saying.

S.F. is going to beat New England today! lol
Not-so-bold prediction

Ray Rice has a field day on NE’s D today

Bold Prediction

James Neal snaps the deficit :)

If they let Flacco throw the ball instead of handing it to Rice, the Ravens lose.

The weather is miserable in S.F. today. Lots of rain and wind

On a serious note. Bold Prediction:

Alex Smith and Joe Flacco combine for more INT’s than TD’s.

i hope the cheatriots get fkn destroyed.

Ill be hoping Flacco has a career day today(not likely), its gonna be on ice today to get the job done.

Dont hate the Pats as much as others,

Actually want them to win..

You dirty son of a bitch!!!!!!!

jk…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….cough

Haha I saw that coming
Booooo....

Where’s my whoopin’ stick?

Adam Vinatieri is the Devil

I like some of the individual players (Welker, Gronk, Woodhead, Ochocinco, etc) but I hate BB

Im a Brady fan to be honest,

I think its amazing how he was a sixth round pick and is now (IMO) the best qb of this generation, just my opinion though..

Wasn't he a 7th?
nope 6th

199th overall

Nope 6th
Too-shay

Hes then not as good as I thought! Might as well have been a 1st

yeah

I’m not sure how I feel about him. He’s from michigan and he seems like a he can be a douche, but I admire his leadership, success, and all of the hot chicks he’s banged

Plus 1 gazillion
Doesnt hut that he had a top 5 coach of all time in BB
I think it does

but that’s just cause I hate BB lol

Why do you hate BB? haha
cheater and he's an emotionless asshole
he's actually known as the harbringer of death in many northeastern cities in America
Not going to argue the first point

And as for being emotionless, his players responds to it..

then he consumed their souls lol

I don’t know how players respond to a leader like him

Yea he seems like a dick

Reporter: so how’s Brady doing?
BB: looks at reporter uh we already answered that…
Reporter: so will he play?
BB: we already answered that
xD felt sorry for that reporter..

yeah I just flat out don't like the guy lol
Sleeveless hoodie!
The Force compells us to.

This made me fall out my seat xD
He

Is the Sith lord of the Cheatriots empire, spreading his cheating and bastardly ways across the universe. Would love to be locked in a room with him, only one person would leave alive, and it wouldnt be his piece of shit ass.

"Be mindful of the living Force, my young Padawan."

Now I’m going to go chug a beer and text some girls before my inner-nerd fully takes over.

Strong in you, the force is....

i gotta grab a beer to now.

Live long and prosper

I gotta puff puff pass

get out of here treky!!!!!!!!!

jk lmao.

Never seen Star Trek

Movie was pretty solid, though. Can I stay?

seriously man, your killing me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brady’s a great qb, but wish him certain painful and aganizing death. Di you mean your sig to be Brady + Blackmon???

Haha no dude its just respect for how he plays the game..
Hmmm

Any players playing today that went to Penn State?

Navorro Bowman

idk about any others

best CB in the league...

JUSTIN KING

Jimmy Kennedy...

is on the Giants

i want it to be Ravens vs Giants

Put I’m thinking it’ll be New England vs New York.

Cam Cameron and Flacco will not be able to beat Patriots and keep up with them scoring, especially in Foxboro

Eli will beat that San Fran D and Alex Smith will make everyone forget the Saints game and cock it up. No overzealous blitzes, just a beastly 4 man rush and solid coverage.

Giants = Best front 4 in football
Weather will be a factor today in S.F.
most certainly

Although Eli can play in any conditions… I don’t think Alex Smith will be able to.

Only issue is if Eli just randomly plays like a bum, which he’s prone to do.

S.F. has miserable weather, so the 49ers should be used to it
I think if Ray Lewis plays good football today

I’ll be ready to forgive him for murder

I think if he murders someone today

I might be able to forgive him for playing poorly. I hate the Pats

I could see it happening
For your sake, I hope the victim is BB
for my sake,

I agree

i hope its a BB/Brady combo :)
lol

as soon as they showed BB i said “fuck you” out loud. my gf was like wtf was that?

Tyler should try Opera... lol
How does Phil Simms still have a job?
I hope some Bank gives away college tuition

To some underprivileged kid if Ray Lewis can break Josh McD’s spine with a spear hit at halftime today

….too harsh

not harsh enough..........
Holy shit...
I won't say it....

…but you know what I’m thinking right now :)

I just got back from vomitting

What happened? Did they wave it off?

jswirb riled you up, eh? lol
I'm too young to understand football
Ha! Too funny! Oh, wait, you're too young to understand funny? lol
Finally something jswirb said that I can agree with

jswirb is always right.
jswirbs friend said: ’jswirb you are always right".

Was wishing thered be a blizzard going on.

Snow game woulda been sweet.

There hasn't been a snow game all year, has there? I'm with you though, a snow game would have been awesome!
Flacco needs to check down faster
If you had to choose one to lead your team, who would it be?

Matt Ryan, Mark Sanchez or Joe Flacco. I think I’ve lost all faith in all three.

Although, Flacco better freakin get a ring this year.
Ryan

Flacco, someone else, Sanchez…..in that order

i'd go for Ryan

Just becayse of Flacco’s horrible facial attire

Phil-fucking-Simms...enjoy listening to this tool for the next 3 hours.

I rather listen to the fax noise from the phone for 3 hours.
Rams fans

pay attention to Ravens offense, Brian Schottenheimer runs the same offense.

Damn. Nothing more Reed could have done there.
YES! 3 points
Still celebratin that 4-3 win, eh?
HA! ;)
If only the Rams could still get a point

After an OT loss

Wilfork blew that up
you see these fuckin dreadful playcalls by the Ravens?

This is the guy our OC learnt from…

Sure Flacco isn’t great.. But the playcalls have been worse.

Whatre you talking about?

they have -6 yards!!!! thats beastly……..

especially with that awesome blocking
If I'm Baltimore OC

I’m not taking out Ray Rice and handing off to Ricky Williams on 1st down.

Totally agree. Rice should get 80% of the touches
They gotta do more than consecutive

Runs up the gut, though…..get that guy a screen

hmm, that was nice aplay....finally
Had he tossed it a little sooner

and hit the guy in something of a stride, that could have gone for 6.

Thank god. Watching this offense was making me contemplate the mass ingestion of anti-depressants.

yea he coulda got it off sooner but at least he got a positive gain.
took his time ay?

Flacco shouldve made that throw earlier tho, woulda been a TD

Brady's going for 6 picks this week
id send him a thank you card if he did.
god i hope McDouche loses today.
Rice up the middle bonehead
If New England wants to win

They gotta mix the run in, basically a balanced attack because the Ravens are playing the pass the whole way..

TD Pats

This game is as good as over IMO.

No way Flacco and Cam Cameron can keep up with the Pats.

Harbaugh knows this and is praying for a defensive score.

I think you forget

just how truly porous the New England secondary is. Flacco starting to gain some confidence, I think this game is far from over.

Josh McD is struggling against the Ravens D.
O'Brian is still running the offense isnt he?
They brought in Josh for at least Tebow.

Don’t know how much of this is on him,
but,
Baltimore is hittin hard,
and gambling on D.

yea, true enough.

I wasnt expecting to see this from the Ravens, let alone Flacco.

Brady will figure it out though.
Who's this flacco guy?
Maybe Falco replaced him lol
wait a minute...

that looks a lot like alex smith..

Flacco looks more like a 70's porn star
chances on being fisher's long lost son?
wow

you just blew my mind. might be a possibility.

Hey, look: Ray Rice.

He’s a constant reminder that this team utilized a draft pick on his college teammate, one Brian Leonard.

Leaping Brian Leonard..
Here we sit, still with no legitimate wide receiver or outside linebacker.

But we drafted Brian Leonard.

Hey, we drafted Klopenstein, and that worked out good.........

is he even in the nfl still?

Free agent

34 catches in 4 years.

Anyone remember..

The game where Ray Lewis de-nutted Brian Leonard ?

TD!
what's that? (i'm a rams fan)
if it isnt a 3 and out then i have no idea.
It's that thing Torrey Smith did 3 times

When he ran into the pretty painted area

when he was being skooled by King
Yup

Same thing! Haha

beat justing king? i thought everyone did that.
Ohh they scored a Justin King
new phrase of the day right there.
He thinks he's a soccer player
but he never uses his head
or his hands......
Certainly doesn't use his hands
Something other teams do to screw with their opponants heads
wait...

so after 2 run plays you can throw on 3rd down? (mind blown)

unless its 3rd and long, then you run, everytime.
No

Remember on 3rd and long you do a draw play..

until you get to the goaline, then you pass a lot and when you run it you use backups.

how hasnt the league caught onto that trend yet i have no idea.

Were so ahead of the game its scary..
Jswirb was right about you. Lol
Lol how is that?
Just too damn young to understand
Haha I was joking but alright
So was I

Sadly, he was not!

Haha, man hes always right, cant deny it xD
You gonna take him up

On that ‘cup of joe’ wealth of knowledge offer?

No rather get my eyes scratched out and ears busted and bleeding..
I found a picture of jswirb! lol

Haha too funny
they are idiots

and don’t know the draw play yet

Damn, I hate legal intentional grounging

lmao

Demoff looks like Flacco there. if only wasnt so grey.

i wanted to make one of bradford,

but i cant find any pics of him at a press conference lmao

lol dam

thatd been even better.

The result of his last travel fling when he was coach of the Oilers?
Flacco has a higher QB rating than Brady right now... Why does that stat make my head hurt? lol
Torry nooo!
someone gimme a score please
Sounds like you need an intervention
Dont they give those out free to rams fans?
only if you fly to london...
This is random, but if Hue is considering taking a QB coach Job then why not the Rams???

He would be great with Bradford, report via rotoworld.

The Cardinals will interview ex-Raiders head coach Hue Jackson for their quarterbacks coach vacancy.
Jackson recently lost out to Brian Schottenheimer for the Rams’ offensive coordinator gig and has not been formally linked to other jobs. Jackson has been a position coach before, overseeing QBs in Baltimore and WRs in Cincinnati.

Shocked Hue isn't interviewing in Pittsburgh?
id take him

I dont know if after losing out for OC here he’d interview here for a lesser job though.

I still want John Ramsdell to come back if San Diego lets him go.

How about Ken O'Brien? He does some work with some pre-draft QBs that seems to have worked out well, and if I remember right, he had a pretty good play action fake? Something Sam desperately needs to work on
has he done anywork besides coaching Palmer at USC?
He worked with Ponder and Locker
fk it

right now as long as we get a qb coach who has had any kind of success ever working with qb’s ill be happy. we just need a qb coach bad. god McD is a dumbass.

Yea I wouldnt mind O'Brien...

I remember last year before the draft watching the work he did with Locker, think he would be a great fit as a QB coach.

Yea, Hue's pride might eliminate us...

I think the Raiders made a HORRIBLE move in getting rid of Hue. He is going to be a very good HC at some point. The only problem a team has with signing Hue is he will probably bolt for the first HC job offered to him. He will probably be a 1 and done with whoever he signs with.

You see

these 3rd and short calls. Get use to this.

3rd & 2 in shotgun is stupid.

lmao

Now thats what im talking about.

Schotty's bringing Sam Sanchez?
Best 'stach ever

definatly agree with this!
Totally agree. Second place would have to be:

Fisher is definitely letting a silent one out in this pic
they've even got the hairline going lol
It's all about short passes and YAC for the Pats

No need to go deep when you’re so consistent

Who is their OC again ?
O'Brien or however you spell it

McD is the “back-up” OC. Seems like Sam three downfield more than Brady is.

Threw**
Did you guys already talk about that commercial with Jax, Sam and 55?
What commercial?
Where they're singing, Allen, the Chiefs and the dolphins are singing too
Got a link?
Not online yet, just saw it in the first half
It was funny.....nice to see the people remember the Rams
Yeah it was a good one. Sam looked so awkward
I've always liked Pitta.

Should have been a flag.

i was pissed when Ravens took those 2 TEs

They were 2 of my favourite TEs in that draft…
Dickson and Pitta should have been Rams

How is that not helmet to helmet on the Pitta hit?
wow

what a run by Smith

and the huge facemask on smith too

dragged the guy lmao

Ray Lewis and Ed Reed time.
Wasn't necessary
YES!!! Fumble!
sometimes...

i wish we took suh and cam newton….

Dont we all?
i like watching cam newton play

he should have gotten the hype that tebow got…

Yea he proved me wrong

Didn’t think he was going to be that good..

i didnt think he was going to be good AT ALL,

i was probably the biggest doubter possible…

Yea I was under the impression that he shouldnt

Have even been a first founder..

You're a Bradford follower

You wouldn’t even be on this site, otherwise

True..
Glad you're here though, homie
Haha glad to be here.... homie..
We wouldn't have gotten Cam...unless we sucked in 2010
had we taken suh,

i think aj feeley would’ve made sure we got cam newton… lol

Nah, Claussen would've probably
it's okay guys

I’m back in the thread, I know you were all worried lol

yeah, I almost quit drinking
Let me go ahead and unload this....
not quite sure what you're getting at there...
He is Bifidus Regularis' bitch today! lol
Now I'm really confused lol
I was gonna end it all

Thankfully, you came back!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

don’t know how i misinterpreted that haha

Am I bifidus regularis, though?

Cuz I’ll put the clip back in!

You are if you're a "regular" guy! lol
Due to beer consumption

I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night to ‘go’ but I consider that regular

Your face is now on milk cartons, and there is an Amber Alert out for people to be on the look out for a guy who mumbles about the Draft...
I would go ahead and cancel all that

cause I’m back

How do we know it's you? You could be the kidnapper?
oh shit he's on to me!
How much do you want? Even if we pay you, we are going to sick jswirb and Rammon105 on you so you'll be miserable forever!

no! please God no!

I’ll give him back! JUST MAKE THE TROLLS STOP!

We wield great power here at TST... You can keep him till the game ends... lol
Flacco is playing really well

But wowwww that Gronkowski injury looks NASTY

Is anyone else thinking

“The fuckin ravens tried the run the score up on us” everytime you see harbaugh?

You know you're a bag of dicks when you have a custom "BB" on your specially torn hoodie
Finally, opened my first beer
ever?
Today
bottles or cans?
Bottle
I approve.
It's Sam Adams though....never buy it, don't know why I did
i'm a bud kind of guy.
Bud light, PBR and Raineir are my go to cheap beer
Ranier is my "I only have enough money for 1 beer" beer
Too bad they moved the brewery to Cali :(
They did?

I didn’t like it much but it was definately bang for your buck. Like Mickeys Big Mouth.

I like Mickey's
I used to drink it quite a bit when became legal drinking age
I drank plenty of Steely 211 back in the day
Winter lager?
octoberfest is the best sam adams, and i still wouldnt buy it lol
Just Boston. For my winter ales I stick to NW microbreweries (pyramid, deschutes, Alaskan, etc)
...Of the next case of beer?
Still working on my Costco sized case!

My gf actually gave it to me and said “here lighten up!”

Jesus, thought Brady got decapitated
we can only hope...
I might like Brady

But you alls hate for him is funny as hell..

He'd still be smarter than Gilyard
Ray Lewis speared Brady's back in half.

Hahahahahhahahahaha!
Gisele doesn't really strike me as a beard.
Oh, Fu Manchu...
Rice would have broken that for a big gain
wow

fkn horrible pass Flacco

Who else but Flacco?
lmao @ peyton manning papa johns commercial..
wow

unbelievably awesome INT!!!!!!!!

Holy fucking pick....nice tip
Wow.

Great play right there.

N.E.'s D is tired
this is gonna be Brady after the game.

That

was some piss poor execution up front.

Wilfork has owned the middle all day. What were they thinking with that call?
Come on! Flaccoooo PUNCH!
to evans

or Rice take it all the way

Well damn.
Wilfork

I want Wilfork to play DT for the St. Louis Rams. please

Damn! There goes the game to N.E.
Give up the quick TD so we have time to score

Who did that?

4th and ballgame and that's your throw, Fu Manchu?

Flinging it out there to avoid a sack like it’s first down? Terrible.

Baltimore has not had an answer for Wilfork all day.

i dont like Harbaugh runnin the score up Ram game 37-7 fuck him
Its the pats

Can’t win either way. Kind of like the 49ers in the SB. Either the AFL wins or the 49ers win.

I don't like Bellicheat ripping our superbowl off

Fuck him.

dam straight man.

agree 100%

Clutch Ed Reed.
Why not the 50 yard FG?
5/19

from 50+.

Torry Smith.

Awww.

Billy Cundiff.

Fuck you. Go back to Drake.

Gaahhhh!

I hate this app!

What a woefully pathetic end to a good game.
It would have been so epic if they would have won off that int
Got a chance with 2 TOs
and Flacco

but they do have time

so that was a receiver covering Boldin
ginn is inactive for whiners,

that might hurt them…

The New England secondary is so bad

they have Julian fucking Edelman covering down. Jesus.

think they would trade wilfork

for king? :)

That guy plays every position
he's the best
YES!
wow

evans shoulda held onto that.

You dropped it!! Fuck!
get that man a rams jersey.
That DB had a handful of jersey
holy fkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow....
He is going to have a very loooooong off season
Your FF roster has 62.52 points so far
is that good?

I was torn by which D to pick. I feel like I may have picke the wrong one because Baltimores did pretty good. 3 ints or 4?
I hope SF loses 2-0 with 6 ints.

I think it great. We still have Nicks, Davis and the SF D to go

The bad news is we lost our only QB and RB. We should be OK if it’s a low scoring game in SF

If they can get a couple of turn overs then a couple of TDs by Nicks wouldn't be bad
Cundliff... what a jerk!
didnt he play for stanford?
Holy shit! That was bad.
LACES OUT DAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

godamit!!!!!!!!!!fkn fuck fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good work, Cundiff.

Scott Norwood will buy you a beer tonight.

God damnit.
Saw that coming...god I hate the Patriots...
Clutch FGs

have cost sooooooo many teams big games this year…. Bama, stanford, Okla. St., Boise St., Baltimore… wtf…

BSU deserves it. 2 years in a row and last year it was against the PACK!!
Bad kicks happen in college.

Every, and I mean every NFL kicker should be automatic from 32 yards. Hell, Morten Andersen did it well into his forties.

Should've caught that pass....
Laces out, Dan !!!
sorry Tampa_Ram, didn't see your post.
lmao its all good.

i bet that kicker is gonna hear that for the next 8 months.

I see our new kicker next year. :)
Josh Brown for Ed Reed?
it's a seemingly fair trade
That might be fair but I like that Endlweis or whoever

He’s like an Amendola that plays both sides of the ball

Edelman?
yeah Edelman

but he’s like a pretty shitty corner lol

But he gives such a high effort. Clap, clap!
Honestly expected the Pats to win by ten but back to the SB they go...
Boooo....
In all honest

I just wanna see a Pats vs Giants rematch…

You might still get boston vs SF
THe Pats vs Giants holds more story lines though

They’re playing in Peyton Mannings house
Brady is his arch enemy who could get his 4th ring to tie Montana
Eli is his little brother who could surpass him in rings
Rematch of one of the craziest SBs ever

Go Big Blue...is it just me or does Eli look like this guy ?

What was the cheering and booing during the national anthem about?
I was staring at Cutie McSweetheart
Oh, I misread your post

It does seem unusual during the national anthem

someone fell on Iupati's leg
What's the difference..

Between a 49ers fan and your freezer ?

My freezer doesn't like other freezers?
Your freezer doesn't fart when you pull the meat out.

where the whiners/giants thread?
That "Prius V" does V stand for vagina?
well if a guy is driving it

V could stand for Virgin.

or the japs are helping the women emaculate us
The next game thread is up!

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