Patriots-Ravens "The Patriots Don't Understand What Kind Of Game They're About To Get Into" Live Blog
“Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth” - Mike Tyson
These words sum up the Ravens playoff dominance over the Patriots oh so perfectly. You can have your “genius” coach. You can have your cushy home field in Foxboro. You can have your X’s and O’s and your big name weapons. None of that matters when the Ravens come to town. They’re relentless. They wreak havoc. They rattle great QB’s and make them soft as cream cheese. Everyone figured the Steelers would roll over the Ravens because they assumed Big Ben would sit comfortably and pick apart our secondary. And they were dead wrong. The Ravens come to play in January because they bully the opposition. So you can imagine how fired up the city of Baltimore is when they hear something like this:
Ravens coach John Harbaugh told his team last night: The Patriots don’t understand what kind of game they’re about to get into. #physical
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) January 10, 2015
I’ll take my guys any day in January. How could you not given the track record? No team in NFL history has a higher winning percentage in playoff history than the Baltimore Ravens. Nobody’s won more road playoff games than Joe Flacco. He’s done it against teams like the Patriots time and time again. Why start doubting him now? What makes today any different? So I hope the Patriots bring everything they have today because they’re going to need it. This year’s Pats team is great, but the pick here is clear as day. January Joe gets it done once again.
Ravens win 23-20.