Baltimore Ravens

Dave, how much do you like-- You didn't get to talk about this game yesterday.

How much do you like the Colts wide receivers against Baltimore? I mentioned the Ravens gave up the most big plays last year.

What do you think about the Colts wide receivers?

Uh, the Ravens defensive scheme is changing under Jesse Minter.

I fully expect Josh Downs to be the focal-

'Cause that's the game of the week, yeah.

This is the game of the week, okay.

The Colts and the Ravens.

And, like, what I've, I've just grown to appreciate what, how other teams build and how other teams do things.

And, like, like, you, if you talk to 17-year-old JJ about, like, enjoying what the Ravens are doing, you know, as a Steelers [laughs] fan growing up, like, he would, he would punch me in the face, right?

Yeah.

Because just-

If it was strictly based off of the 2025 season for Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, uh, I would be an absolute fool to predict this because going back through the game logs, he threw for more than 275 yards just three times this past season, and all of those instances occurred in week 12 or later during the regular season.

His season high for 2025 came in the final regular season contest against the Baltimore Ravens where he threw 31 complete passes on 47 attempts, compiling 294 yards and a touchdown in the process to lead the Steelers to a victory.

Now, we saw Aaron Rodgers have some success in previous games, especially the first game of the 2025 season.

And I wanna be very clear when I say that Aaron Rodgers was far from the issue when it comes to the Pittsburgh Steelers offense and their woes in 2025.

I think Steelers, Steelers.

I think Steelers-Ravens, Steelers-Bengals.

Used to be, but do you really care anymore?

God, I think just the Steelers.

Couple of different ways that, that we pivoted, Dave.

Jonathan Taylor, of course, the workhorse back for the Colts, up against that Baltimore Ravens defense.

I think that he is going to be involved heavily in what Daniel Jones, as a limited Daniel Jones...

Remember, I don't think they're gonna let him get out the pocket much.

So I'm going with the Buffalo Bills.

Baltimore Ravens minus three and a half against the Colts.

Um, you talk about coaching bumps, and this is supposed to be one of the biggest ones in all of football.

The, the Harbaugh thing was so tired.

Derrick Henry is entering the twilight of his career.

I think that this offense is going to be really good this season.

I think that the Ravens getting the pre-season Super Bowl stuff are absolutely justified in doing so, and I think the Colts thinking that it's year two of Daniel Jones, this isn't sneaking up on anybody anymore.

Um, yeah, I, I think that they are going to body bag the Colts in this game.

He's riding with Team Gritty.

Ravens minus 3.5 versus Indy.

That's another one that was on my list.

I'm getting ravaged here.

Ravens.

Minus three and a half.

All right.

You got A-Chan and Malik.

And as we know in the NFL, things can change quickly.

So the perception that you have of these teams could drastically change, whether it is the Seahawks and Patriots from a year ago being teams that you weren't thinking would make the playoffs and go on and represent their respective conferences in the Super Bowl, or whether it's a team like the Ravens.

Yes, injuries played a factor.

Oh, man, that's a talented roster.

All right, here we go.

First game that gives me any bit of interest, and Fat Jack talked me off of this too, but Colts, Ravens, Ravens laying three and a half.

I like the Ravens.

How do you guys feel about this one?

This game interests me.

And I think there's a lot of people that even think the best version of Daniel Jones is not a great version.

Alec Pierce is banged up.

The expectations for the Ravens are through the roof.