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A Shocker on Shock Street: Tennessee over Baltimore

Route 9 : 1/13/2020 7:43 am
I know it's the NFL and yeah, yeah, yeah parity. I am still stunned by this one.

Where would you rank this last weekend's game in terms and lists of other NFL playoff shocker/upsets? If this one isn't high on your list, what games are?
They remind me of our 2007 squad  
Saquads26 : 1/13/2020 7:50 am : link
They are fun to watch and fun to root for!
Jets over Colts  
Jimmy Googs : 1/13/2020 7:58 am : link
shook a few up...
A few of those KC or San Diego teams with  
widmerseyebrow : 1/13/2020 8:00 am : link
Marty Schottenheimer at the helm.
95  
crick n NC : 1/13/2020 8:01 am : link
Colts (barbarity) go into arrowhead and knock off the 13-3 chiefs
Barbarity (lol)=Harbaugh  
crick n NC : 1/13/2020 8:02 am : link
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Ravens are talented  
JonC : 1/13/2020 8:06 am : link
but looked like they've been reading too many media clippings about themselves and forget to show up for the game, Jackson included. NFL teams have to learn how to win in the playoffs, Ravens will have to wait a year to take the step.

Vrabel showing why I liked him for NYG a few years ago, his team looking Patriot-like.
I didn’t look at this as a big upset  
joeinpa : 1/13/2020 8:07 am : link
Going into the game I felt Titans had a very legit chance to win. The line was inflated which I felt made Tennessee the best bet of the weekend
In 2011  
figgy2989 : 1/13/2020 8:10 am : link
We went into Green Bay and beat a 15 and 1 Packer team in the Divisional Round. We dominated that game and you can see a lot of similarities to the way the Titans beat up the Ravens.
Not shocked  
Jerry K : 1/13/2020 8:52 am : link
I thought Tennessee's excellent offensive and defensive line play, along with Henry's running, gave them a good chance.
They showed a graphic in the game  
Mike in ramapo college : 1/13/2020 8:56 am : link
that only 4 other times in NFL playoff history has a team won a game where there was a 5+ game differential in wins (the Giants claim 3 of them).

That makes the win historic. They didn't just win by chance, they punched them in the mouth and the Ravens seemed shell shocked.
RE: Ravens are talented  
Motley Two : 1/13/2020 8:59 am : link
In comment 14776121 JonC said:
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but looked like they've been reading too many media clippings about themselves and forget to show up for the game, Jackson included. NFL teams have to learn how to win in the playoffs, Ravens will have to wait a year to take the step.

Vrabel showing why I liked him for NYG a few years ago, his team looking Patriot-like.


I was thinking they look more Teams That Beat the Patriots-Like
I was shocked but shouldn’t have been  
sb from NYT Forum : 1/13/2020 9:01 am : link
Tennessee essentially did to Baltimore what they did to Cleveland in the first game of the season. Punched a big-talking arrogant team in the mouth and they didn’t know how to respond.
RE: RE: Ravens are talented  
JonC : 1/13/2020 9:01 am : link
In comment 14776179 Motley Two said:
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In comment 14776121 JonC said:


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but looked like they've been reading too many media clippings about themselves and forget to show up for the game, Jackson included. NFL teams have to learn how to win in the playoffs, Ravens will have to wait a year to take the step.

Vrabel showing why I liked him for NYG a few years ago, his team looking Patriot-like.



I was thinking they look more Teams That Beat the Patriots-Like


Those two types of teams aren't all that dissimilar at their foundations, but it's a good point.
RE: 95  
WalterSobchak : 1/13/2020 9:02 am : link
In comment 14776117 crick n NC said:
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Colts (barbarity) go into arrowhead and knock off the 13-3 chiefs

That was a fun team to watch. They came within a hail Mary that bounced off a Colts players stomach in the end zone , of beating Pitt in the championship game.
The '06 Chargers were a wagon and loaded. 14-2 and stunned by the Pats in a gritty divisional game.
I think Baltimore resting most of their players in the final week vs Pitt combined with the bye week really had them off their game. Ingram should have rested but everyone else should have played in week 17. A lot of drops and other sluggish plays. Just a shocker really. Your talking about a team that won 12 straight and beat a whos who list of all the best teams in the league along that streak . Itll be interesting to see how teams adjust to Jackson with a off season of film to study , or maybe Jackson gets better.
In the  
Pete in MD : 1/13/2020 9:20 am : link
news coverage leading up to this game, it certainly seemed like the Ravens were way too confident. Tennessee came to play from the first whistle and Baltimore could not handle the adversity well. I suppose they were used to playing with the lead most of the time.

I think I heard they were only the second 10-point home favorite to lose in the NFL playoffs. And they didn't just lose, they were manhandled from start to finish.
I love how TN is doing it the old school football way.  
penkap75 : 1/13/2020 9:31 am : link
Will root for them all the way, but I'm agnostic but all the remaining teams.
Tennessee  
SomeFan : 1/13/2020 9:50 am : link
was coming into the game strong so although an upset it was not shocking.

Against KC, I see TN using a ball control strategy (no surprise there). But, IMO, Tannehill has to be efficient and hit on some big plays and 3rd downs for TN to win in KC - no INs or mistakes. I think he / they can do it. To me, next week's game comes down to Tannehill's play.
I picked the Titans (publically)  
jvm52106 : 1/13/2020 9:59 am : link
and the reason I felt so good about was actually by going back to much earlier in the season to a game the Ravens lost, handily, to the Cleveland Browns. The Browns ran all over Baltimore's defense. I saw Henry as the battering ram that will wear the Ravens down as long as the Titans play tough defense and do NOT turn the ball over.

Jackson improved a ton this year BUT, he is still a very vulnerable passer with accuracy issues. Make him throw and the game changes a lot.

The Titans now have another game with a team that struggles to be physical with the opposition. I can see the Titans winning this game as long as they slow down the Chiefs and they themselves do not turn the ball over.
There's been some pretty good January football this year. I've been  
Ira : 1/13/2020 10:11 am : link
enjoying it.
Never shocked anymore.  
giant power : 1/13/2020 10:30 am : link
Free agency has changed football so much. A chock would have been a team going into Soldier Field in 1985 and beating the Bears or coming into Giants Stadium in 1986 and knocking off the Giants. Those were superior and dominant teams. The thought of them losing at home was nearly inconceivable. I took my seat for that Championship game against the Skins and I can't remember ever being so smug and confident in my expectation for a victory. The difference between being able to win or lose in todays NFL is not nearly as dramatic.

Also, Lamar was placed way up on a pedestal based on this year's performance, a man walking on water. Everyone talked about all the teams that passed on him in the draft missing out on a generational talent. I still think he is an excellent player, but some of those pre draft concerns about his passing skills came to fruition and were put on full display in a big home playoff game. As good as Lamar can be, his game does come with some potential worts.
And the Ravens still would have won  
HomerJones45 : 1/13/2020 10:32 am : link
if Mr. Analytics and the Ivy League twits blathering in his headphones had kicked field goals when they had the opportunity. Vrabel did exactly what he did against the Patriots- play a 70's era game of running, defense and taking minimal chances through the air to avoid turnovers. In that kind of a game, you take points whenever you can get them. Instead, Hairball went for 4th downs while in FG position and kept his team, which churned out 500 yards of offense, out of the game.

The Ravens were out-generaled. A total fail for the "go on 4th down" analytics crowd which will never be mentioned because analytics is only the cause of winning and never mentioned in losses.
RE: They showed a graphic in the game  
bradshaw44 : 1/13/2020 10:36 am : link
In comment 14776172 Mike in ramapo college said:
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that only 4 other times in NFL playoff history has a team won a game where there was a 5+ game differential in wins (the Giants claim 3 of them).

That makes the win historic. They didn't just win by chance, they punched them in the mouth and the Ravens seemed shell shocked.


I loved when they put that graphic up and it had the Giants in there for three of the wins.
The Ravens,..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 1/13/2020 10:40 am : link
didn't lose because of analytics, nor would they have won by kicking FG's.

Tennessee played a prevent D most of the second half. The score was already in their favor so they kept everything in front of them.
TEN used the classic formula to stop running game and  
Victor in CT : 1/13/2020 10:57 am : link
especially running QB. Stack the box, maintain lanes, keep the QB in the pocket and force him to beat you throwing from there. Jackson couldn't do it, and on some plays he couldn't hit the side of a barn. The few times TEN lost contain he hurt them, but those times were few and far between.
RE: And the Ravens still would have won  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 1/13/2020 12:58 pm : link
In comment 14776367 HomerJones45 said:
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if Mr. Analytics and the Ivy League twits blathering in his headphones had kicked field goals when they had the opportunity. Vrabel did exactly what he did against the Patriots- play a 70's era game of running, defense and taking minimal chances through the air to avoid turnovers. In that kind of a game, you take points whenever you can get them. Instead, Hairball went for 4th downs while in FG position and kept his team, which churned out 500 yards of offense, out of the game.

The Ravens were out-generaled. A total fail for the "go on 4th down" analytics crowd which will never be mentioned because analytics is only the cause of winning and never mentioned in losses.

but but but teh numbers and Science!
RE: Never shocked anymore.  
Route 9 : 1/16/2020 10:35 am : link
In comment 14776363 giant power said:
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Free agency has changed football so much. A chock would have been a team going into Soldier Field in 1985 and beating the Bears or coming into Giants Stadium in 1986 and knocking off the Giants. Those were superior and dominant teams. The thought of them losing at home was nearly inconceivable.


Nice "back in the day" post about an era where losing at home in the playoffs was inconceivable, according to you but conveniently leaving out the 87 (the next year after the two years you mentioned) 49ers being upset by the Vikings. 1988 49ers went into Chicago and won. Giants in 1990.

Oh yeah, yep, everyone saw those ones coming I bet.
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