Last Sunday night’s game between the Ravens and the Steelers was historic for all Ravens fans. It’s the 92-yard drive that finally made doubters into believers. Flacco, while inconsistent, is fully capable of putting the team on his shoulders and winning a huge game that matters on the big stage, in prime-time, while nearly the entire NFL fan base is watching. Sure he had some miscues along with an almost costly fumble, but it’s how he responded with precision and poise on that last drive that got just one more monkey off his back. The funny thing is if you talked to him about the drive, you wouldn’t think he felt much pressure at all.
With all the excitement involved with beating your arch rival twice, it's time for this team to move on and really step it up in week 10 against Seattle. As much as we all rejoiced (I literally almost cried tears of joy) when we saw Torrey Smith make that game winning catch, by the next day many of us fans immediately thought about the let down in week 2 when the Ravens lost to the Titans after their emotional win against the Steelers the week before. The possibility of another letdown in Seattle is definitely in the back of our minds.
Since Flacco and Harbaugh have been in Baltimore, the Ravens have only lost 3 times to a team under .500, the most recent being only 3 weeks ago against the Jaguars in the Monday night embarrassment. That loss is not a too distant memory, so this leaves us fans a little nervous about Seattle. At the beginning of the season most fans were checking this off as a win. Now, in week 10, while very optimistic after last week’s game, you can’t help but think in the back of your mind of the possibility that this game will be tougher than expected.
Despite any doubt, I do have confidence that Joe, Harbaugh, and the rest of the team understand this more than anyone. They are one of the most talented teams and all they’ve needed to do these past few weeks is work out some mental and physical kinks. They certainly don't want to give back any wins.
Now that we've swept the Steelers, its time to make another statement...that Ravens will be the team to beat in the AFC and are ready to put that Super Bowl push into full gear!
Now here’s that game winning drive one more time (hey, the team needs to move on, not us fans):
http://www.nfl.com/videos/baltimore-ravens/09000d5d823dcffa/QB-Flacco-to-WR-Smith-26-yd-pass-TD
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