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as for the Ravens um you know I you pointed it out Chris um how you thought that the adjustment from last year's AFC Championship game when there were only six runs by a running back a head scratcher of ultimate playoff head scratchers that will live for a long time you know threatening the why did the Seahawks not run it with Marshon Lynch again why did Malcolm Butler Only play one snap in special teams in a Super Bowl where Nick FES was throwing for 900 yards and then last year in the AFC Championship Game why did the Ravens only run it with running backs just six times in a game that was definitely still there for the taking and a running attack would have actually maybe calmed things down and you said Derk Henry may have six runs in the first drive and I'm like it's a lot he had five he had five I was so close he had five but only ate the rest of the way why I and the fourth down play where they went for it at Midfield they run that weird out rout to flowers like you have Derek this is why you signed him and in this penultimate Drive of the game last night in which they wound up only settling for three leading to the Chiefs last Drive where they wound up punting it back for the final throws of the game from the Ravens last night they did go for it on fourth down they did hand it to Derk Henry and um that said okay you try to maybe keep it's obvious that 22 is GNA get a ball one would think on a on a short gain so maybe that's why they went in a different direction with that that throw that looked bad that is from snap um that only eight carries for Derek and and you could see sometimes they were in that pistol again we talked about it with Rod Woodson because he likes to have a head of steam running straight ahead right and so you don't get ahead of steam when he's just standing next to the quarterback in shotgun and getting the ball handed to him and the thing that's I didn't see last night too often was no fullback in front of him yeah only a handful of plays with the fullback where where where Lamar's under Center full back behind him and and and then there's an eye dotted by Derk Henry we saw pistol we saw under center with no fullback we saw you know um a shotgun formation where where where Henry was to either the right or left of Lamar I think they're hunting and pecking a little bit here as to what is the best scenario and I think they'll wind up landing on that while they're figuring out what the offensive line is going to look like as a congealed unit with full communication going down and where they're lining up I I I'm I'm I I do believe the two tight endet with Andrews and likely is their best way to go forward you know I'm wondering if baitman can be a deep threat a a solid number two and I know how I you how I feel about that word solid I'm little worried about a down the field threat here uh but I'll tell you this though um defensively I'm I'm not particularly worried about them at all and and uh no they tightened up after that opening drive on the field before the game I saw Lamar again the whole count of if he'd lost 30 pounds I saw him he looked great he looked he looked fast out there D he looked 100% yolked and healthy like he looked like a healthy dude who's lost 30 lb he looked sculpted and he looked really good and then we saw last night I I just don't think 122 yards on the ground out of him in a game where where you're trailing I I don't know if that's the win and that's why I think John Harbaugh is just going to go for two just let's get from the two yard line let's take our chances and you know man I'm dying to know what the play call would have been well I I just think wait till he does it again they're they're going to do that're going to do it this is the team and the Lions you know they just kind of screw it let's go for two I'm just dying what the play would have been based on the script last night so that's my takea away from the Ravens you know I I I'm I'm uh that's my Takeaway on the Ravens um I do believe the Bengals are going to win this division that's what I predicted um the Ravens absolutely can there's no question about it a and well we'll see how Cincinnati looks against KC in a couple couple weeks that's their next game catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to3 Eastern for free

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