Ray Lewis ≥ A Swat Team's Battering Ram?

Sport's Science is a pretty cool show on FSN. I've seen it a couple times before...pretty interesting. Although, I'm no scientist, I feel there are other factors that play a role with the athletes & the "science" of what they're doing. Anyways, Ray Lewis was recently featured on the show (video on BR.com also) & they compared his Bull Rush vs. the force of a SWAT teams battering ram. I felt like they probably should've done this test against either a Shittsburgh Rothshitberger or any WR but they thought it would test be more affective against the door. Needless to say the door lost, you can check out what happens in the vid above (although I feel like we already knew Ray is sick & will destroy anything in his path, already). I did have one problem with this segment though, in the highlights bull rushes they freaking have a clip of some Colts guy taking Flacco out! WTH not bad enough you show Flacco getting sacked you gotta have a Colts guy doing it. I notice all the networks like showing Flacco getting his, check any of the motages on ESPN or CBS when they show random highlights of the upcoming teams or whatever they'll show a clip of Flacco getting hit. Real Dumb, but that's fine keep showing those clips & ignore his huge 45 yarders thats fine. I guess you gotta keep sucking on those Brady's, Mannings' (both), & Roethlisberger's balls, it only keeps Flacco's passes looking sweeter.

Ravens 2009 Schedule is Up

PRE-SEASON:

1. Thurs, Aug. 13 vs. Washington Redskins......4:30 p.m.
2. Mon, Aug. 24 vs. New York Jets....................5 p.m.
3. Sat, Aug. 29 @ Carolina Panthers.................5 p.m.
4. Thurs, Sept. 3 @ Atlanta Falcons..................4:30 p.m.

REGULAR:

1. Sun, Sept. 13 vs. Kansas City Chiefs...............10 a.m.
   
2. Sun, Sept. 20 @ San Diego Chargers.............1:15 p.m.
3. Sun, Sept. 27 vs. Cleveland Browns................10 a.m.
4. Sun, Oct. 4 @ New England Patriots..............10 a.m.
   
5. Sun, Oct. 11 vs. Cincinnati Bengals.................10 a.m.
   
6. Sun, Oct. 18 @ Minnesota Vikings.................10 a.m.
   
7. Bye
8. Sun, Nov. 1 vs. Denver Broncos......................10 a.m.
9. Sun, Nov. 8 @ Cincinnati Bengals..................10 a.m.
10. Mon, Nov. 16 @ Cleveland Browns.................5:30 p.m.
11. Sun, Nov. 22 vs. Indianapolis Colts................10 a.m.
12. Sun, Nov. 29 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers...............5:20 p.m.
13. Mon, Dec. 7 @ Green Bay Packers..................5:30 p.m.
14. Sun, Dec. 13 vs. Detroit Lions.........................10 a.m.
    
15. Sun, Dec. 20 vs. Chicago Bears.......................10 a.m.
    
16. Sun, Dec. 27 @ Pittsburgh Steelers................10 a.m.
17. Sun, Jan. 3 @ Oakland Raiders.......................1:15 p.m.

Times are in Pacific (for us West Coasters), most of these games are gonna be on the NFL network for us too. Obviously not the Monday Night & Prime Time ones, but probably all the 10am's. Now for my predictions with this year (most of which I can only base on past performances) I'm gonna go ahead and say we have a pretty easy season. I think we can chalk these teams up as W's: OAK, DET (they will never be good), CLE, & CIN. Oakland & Detroit I don't think I need to explain. Although we are in Oakland, they will still be terrible & unless there's some kind of divine intervention, we will kill them. Cleveland will be pretty bad still & Cincinnati with the loss of Housh I predict they may take DET's place with a 0 win year.
Now, for the rest of the games:
KC: has 2nd round pick: could help them get a little better, but we should still be able to take them down.
SD: LT is still there & Rivers (if he can find someone) might be a mini threat but I feel good about this one even though we are away (also predicting at least 1 pick with Reedfense).
NE: away real tough especially with Brady coming back I'm gonna hope for the best but expect the worst.
MINN, eh, Peterson is good, but thats about all we have to worry about with them even away from home.
DEN: with the loss of Cutler I think these guys might be done next year.
IND: this is a toss up I don't really know what to expect with them, I'm gonna say this is a toss up (especially at home).
PITT: going to be tough....again, I don't wanna see anymore inconclusive call this year though!
GB: I don't know about this, Rogers is still pretty good. All I know it will be cold & I don't want to be there
CHI: OK, they may be a real threat this year. Adding Cutler, with Forte, & their D from last year they may be pretty, pretty, pretty good. I don't want to think about this game but hopefully home field advantage can get us a win.

I don't really care about the preseason stuff but I wanna see the Jets & Skins games (Skins just cause they're gonna loose)

Rolle is Back 4 YRs/ 4 Good also Boller peaced out! CYA!

I LIED!!!! Rolle you wanted to go, but leavings so hard when you're team is this good. Yesterday Samari Rolle signed a 4 year deal to stay with Baltimore. Although I think he may be taking a back seat to Carr, I think he will still see the field more than Washington (who I think semi-sucks) & our new guy Foxsworth (who needs to prove his worth to me before I say anything). I still wish we got to keep Leonhard & McCalister who I think were the ultimate, but I guess this new coach & new blood deal will refresh the team to something, hopefully, better. Either way, Rolle is back & I'm expecting him to pick it up this season!! I don't wanna see anymore WR's burning you off the line, I want more interceptions & I want better coverage! You're at the "winding down career" age of 32 so maybe Ray talked you into staying with him here & finishing with a good team. Let's finish on a high note. THANKS! In other celebration news Bollers gone!! w00000000t! The Rams signed him to their team last Saturday. Have fun with that St. Louis, maybe he can do something for your team, other than cower & throw interceptions.

Ravens loose another Secondary: Ivy

Are our players serious?!?! The defensive coordinator leaves & basically our defense explodes. Half the defense become free agents & the other half opt to be released. Last thursday Corey Ivy signed with the Cleveland Browns to reunite with the old team & our old RB Jamal Lewis. But keeping up with our Offense reinforcement we signed Jared Gaither to left tackle. It looks like we're trying to turn the team more as an Offensive threat as well as keeping up with our Defensive strength. Gaither grew up in MD (like our new CB Foxworth) so I think this will add to his playing abilities. We still are waiting on our draft picks so we will have some opportunities to get some good players. Overall I feel that players that come to Baltimore only exceed expectations. Even players that were sub par at prior franchises, when they come to Baltimore they seem to play better than they did before. Hopefully we'll continue our trend of building players to be some of the greatest in the league.