peachesenregalia wrote:Alright then, beardy-ballicks. What'd YOU have in mind?

I will think on it today. As of yet, we haven't established the language of the bet. I believe you said the Ravens would win Nine games. I said no more than five, initially. Recently I adjusted to six...

So what of seven and eight?? Are they a push/no action?

Re: stakes.... I'd be down with a 100 dollar donation to .NET but I don't think it would be right to take your wife's money...

Lets think on it.

bestfightstory wrote:

peachesenregalia wrote:Alright then, beardy-ballicks. What'd YOU have in mind?

I will think on it today. As of yet, we haven't established the language of the bet. I believe you said the Ravens would win Nine games. I said no more than five, initially. Recently I adjusted to six...

So what of seven and eight?? Are they a push/no action?

Re: stakes.... I'd be down with a 100 dollar donation to .NET but I don't think it would be right to take your wife's money...

Lets think on it.

Yeah, 7-6 wins is a push in this case. $100 donation to .net is fine, but a bit pansy-ish, which is unsurprising coming from you. Something more annoying and potentially embarrassing/humbling would be more my bag here.

Pansy-ish? Really? You don't know me well enough to suggest I am prone to pansy, I wouldn't think. How about a $300 donation and a 2 month ban from .NET?? (To commence one week after the Super Bowl)? 3month?

The delayed enforcement is a bit pansyish, I'm sure, for a big tough brute like yourself, benji, but I wouldn't feel good about taking away the thrill of a Seahawks Super Bowl Run on .NET over a silly bet. And I am not willing to risk that, for myself, either.

Again, lets think on it.

bestfightstory wrote:Pansy-ish? Really? You don't know me well enough to suggest I am prone to pansy, I wouldn't think. How about a $300 donation and a 2 month ban from .NET?? (To commence one week after the Super Bowl)? 3month?

The delayed enforcement is a bit pansyish, I'm sure, for a big tough brute like yourself, benji, but I wouldn't feel good about taking away the thrill of a Seahawks Super Bowl Run on .NET over a silly bet. And I am not willing to risk that, for myself, either.

Again, lets think on it.

See, you're just barking up the wrong'un with all that. It needs to be something funny for the other party, not vindictive. Do you still have the beard? What about you shaving off the beard and going beardless for the entire offseason if you lose?

peachesenregalia wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:Pansy-ish? Really? You don't know me well enough to suggest I am prone to pansy, I wouldn't think. How about a $300 donation and a 2 month ban from .NET?? (To commence one week after the Super Bowl)? 3month?

The delayed enforcement is a bit pansyish, I'm sure, for a big tough brute like yourself, benji, but I wouldn't feel good about taking away the thrill of a Seahawks Super Bowl Run on .NET over a silly bet. And I am not willing to risk that, for myself, either.

Again, lets think on it.

See, you're just barking up the wrong'un with all that. It needs to be something funny for the other party, not vindictive. Do you still have the beard? What about you shaving off the beard and going beardless for the entire offseason if you lose?

That's way too easy. I almost always do that. My beard generally grows mid-August until April.

bestfightstory wrote:

peachesenregalia wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:Pansy-ish? Really? You don't know me well enough to suggest I am prone to pansy, I wouldn't think. How about a $300 donation and a 2 month ban from .NET?? (To commence one week after the Super Bowl)? 3month?

The delayed enforcement is a bit pansyish, I'm sure, for a big tough brute like yourself, benji, but I wouldn't feel good about taking away the thrill of a Seahawks Super Bowl Run on .NET over a silly bet. And I am not willing to risk that, for myself, either.

Again, lets think on it.

See, you're just barking up the wrong'un with all that. It needs to be something funny for the other party, not vindictive. Do you still have the beard? What about you shaving off the beard and going beardless for the entire offseason if you lose?

That's way too easy. I almost always do that. My beard generally grows mid-August until April.

Well, something along those lines is what I mean. no bannings and nothing monetary. could be a sig or avatar or some other such nonsense.

This is what you guys should do.

Loser makes this their avatar:


and puts in their signature:

....Yes, my avatar is me ....

hidn wrote:This is what you guys should do.

Loser makes this their avatar:


and puts in their signature:

....Yes, my avatar is me ....

there'd be no shame in having Shane MacGowan as my avatar. the man's a legend.

Can somebody make sure Wenhawk sees this thread so he can distribute the proper amount of crow should these predictions turn out to be INCORRECT?

Ravens still have Ray Rice who singlehandedly won the game against San Diego after their defense blew yet another lead. Flacco shows elite play every once in awhile too (even if he got an outrageous contract) and their secondary is pretty young/talented. They have great coaches on both sides of the ball as well. Obviously not having Ray and Ed will hurt them but someone else will step up. Browns won't do anything until they get a quarterback and even then Josh Gordon is their only decent wide receiver. Trent will be good this year but they just aren't complete enough to compete. Average pass rush, no safeties, Joe Haden can only do so much. The fact they signed Jason Campbell proves they still are the same Browns of old.

Bengals will get better but Andy Dalton is average. If AJ Green wasn't the next Megatron his stats would be much worse. I don't see them making much noise in the playoffs until they get a better QB or Andy Dalton becomes a great system quarterback like Hasselbeck became for us, but even then Matt understood the West Coast Offense better than most.

Steelers are old and have no playmakers on offense. Defense continues to be old. I can see them being below .500 for the next few seasons.

AFC is average and will be for the next few years so I can still see two teams coming from this division, but Ravens will be in the playoffs.

Post Draft and OTAs. I'm still all in on Cincy winning the division and no way in Hell Baltimore sees the playoffs as many in this thread believe.

The Ravens did lose a lot, and they didn't exactly clear the bar by a ton to make the playoffs last year. But Ozzie Newsome is one of the best GMs in the game and he just had a pretty strong draft (again). Dumerville is an upgrade over Kruger, IMO. I'm starting to wonder about Flacco too. He was sensational in every postseason game. Every single game his passer rating was 110+. Did Flacco just turn the corner? Smith and Rice are pretty darn good too. I'm keeping an eye on that offense.

I do think BFS is right about one thing though (and remember, BFS picked the Ravens for the SB before last year, we had the same SB prediction). Anyway, he's right about Cincy. I'd expect Cincy to take the division this year. Cincy is young and they are tough. They are about the closest thing the AFC has to the 49ers or Seahawks.

Ozzie is one of the best in the business. you guys need to trust him more. IMO ravens are better this year then last. Their draft was strong and they plugged a lot of holes they needed to cover. with the additions of Marcus spears, and chris canty through free agency that allows Ngata to move over to full time DT, which he is very dominate. and with brandon williams to take over terrance cody IMO they have the best D Line in the league with a deep rotation. Arthur brown should be a very good MLB to take over ellerbe, and they picked up Daryl Smith who when healthy is a potential pro bowl LB'er. Bernard pollard was good but was a liability in coverage and Ed reed lost a step. Michael Huff is a stop gate, but he can get it done. And Matt elam should be great for the ravens. They will bring a top 10 defense to the field in 2013 BOOK IT!!. on offense they are essentially the same except for the loss of Boldin. I believe this is the big move that will hurt them the most. If they do not win the division it will be because another receiver on their team does not step up and take some production away from Boldin. Outside of boldin and Smith I think all the other WR's on the roster had a total of like 20 catches or something.. So if they can get a WR to step up and take on some production then I believe they will win the division and go deep in the playoffs. You heard it here first folks. oh and BestFightStory... you can BOOK THAT

People are underestimating Baltimore's upcoming season, but they're not going to the Super Bowl again, certainly.

It's the 2nd quarter of the first game of the season and I already know I am




INCORRECT

Nice resurrection there. Ozzie is a genius. But they are desperate for wr help. Then a rookie takes out Jacoby. Flacco is Mann though. As is Ray Rice

bestfightstory wrote:It's the 2nd quarter of the first game of the season and I already know I am




INCORRECT

It's alright. I won't keep bringing it up to mock you like '16-1'.

peachesenregalia wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:It's the 2nd quarter of the first game of the season and I already know I am




INCORRECT

It's alright. I won't keep bringing it up to mock you like '16-1'.

The difference is I never lied and can admit when I am wrong.

Nice try, though, stalker.

bestfightstory wrote:

peachesenregalia wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:It's the 2nd quarter of the first game of the season and I already know I am




INCORRECT

It's alright. I won't keep bringing it up to mock you like '16-1'.

The difference is I never lied and can admit when I am wrong.

Nice try, though, stalker.

Nope. The difference is I won't keep bringing it up for a cheap laugh, months after it happens.

peaches is officially back on ignore and my .NET experience is better again.

bestfightstory wrote:I guarantee it.

Get in touch with Largent80s bookie. I'm sure he is offering 16-1 odds.

Was the Denver game a W or L in your count ?

pmedic920 wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:I guarantee it.

Get in touch with Largent80s bookie. I'm sure he is offering 16-1 odds.

Was the Denver game a W or L in your count ?

It was a Loss. I still don't think Baltimore wins their division, nor makes the playoffs.

bestfightstory wrote:

pmedic920 wrote:

bestfightstory wrote:I guarantee it.

Get in touch with Largent80s bookie. I'm sure he is offering 16-1 odds.

Was the Denver game a W or L in your count ?

It was a Loss. I still don't think Baltimore wins their division, nor makes the playoffs.

Was gunna mess with ya. I going to slow my roll for a minute tho.

Looks like you may have retracted your opinion too soon. The ratbirds look like crap in the second half and have had more injuries in this game than I think we have all pre season. They will not be good.

OrFan wrote:Looks like you may have retracted your opinion too soon. The ratbirds look like crap in the second half and have had more injuries in this game than I think we have all pre season. They will not be good.

They looked damn competitive for a quarter, though!!

This game should have been in Baltimore.

Lame

Ah, its NFL season! Overreaction threads abound!

On the road, in denver, after a lot of roster turnover, and they have played Denver tough but made some serious mistakes and now they are a five win team?

Come on.

Baltimore is good enough for 9 wins, maybe 10 if Harbaugh doesn't screw the pooch like tonight.

seahawk2k wrote:Ah, its NFL season! Overreaction threads abound!

On the road, in denver, after a lot of roster turnover, and they have played Denver tough but made some serious mistakes and now they are a five win team?

Come on.

I started this thread on March 21st, nitwit.

The overreaction is your's.

Ha, fair enough. The one time I don't read through a whole thread before commenting and look what happens. Lesson learned.

Skimming is dangerous here. It's the first thing I learned while learning the differences between here and "The Blue". Live and learn.

bestfightstory wrote:

seahawk2k wrote:Ah, its NFL season! Overreaction threads abound!

On the road, in denver, after a lot of roster turnover, and they have played Denver tough but made some serious mistakes and now they are a five win team?

Come on.

I started this thread on March 21st, nitwit.

The overreaction is your's.

pwned.

Baltimore sure looks like an 8-8 team right now. There are a few things to like about the 2013 Ravens, but not one thing you love. Both their defense and their offense looked incredibly ordinary.

Cincy is looking like a cinch for the AFC North right now.

I still see the Ravens going 9-7 or 10-6, probably getting a wildcard in a relatively weak AFC. Remember that Mile High is a tough place to play, and they have a lot of new starters on D that might take a game or two to get in rhythm. I just don't see who else grabs a wildcard ahead of them, maybe KC and/or Indy?

I just want to know why they have two stud running backs and they got 21 combined carries while Flacco is throwing 62 times. I guess when you get a $100M contract, you don't have to have balance anymore.

EverydayImRusselin wrote:I just want to know why they have two stud running backs and they got 21 combined carries while Flacco is throwing 62 times. I guess when you get a $100M contract, you don't have to have balance anymore.

Wonder if the Ravens are starting to re-think think that $20 mil per year contract they gave Flacco?

volsunghawk wrote:

EverydayImRusselin wrote:I just want to know why they have two stud running backs and they got 21 combined carries while Flacco is throwing 62 times. I guess when you get a $100M contract, you don't have to have balance anymore.

Wonder if the Ravens are starting to re-think think that $20 mil per year contract they gave Flacco?

Agreed. I mentioned last night that it's like they didn't bother to look at the regular season statistics.

There is absolutely no way they lose that many games. Most likely their record will be 9-7 or 10-6.

MANUNITED23 wrote:There is absolutely no way

Well.




You've convinced me.

I just think people are massively overreacting. If Oher and Jones didn't get injured, it would have been a much closer game. Not to mention Clark's TD drop.

Way to beat a guy when he's down. (Banned.)

Well, it appears you were INCORRECT on this one, Leif.