Monday Night Football saw the match up everyone's been talking about, some talking too damn much. The New York Jets vs. The Baltimore Ravens. Rex Ryan vs. Ray Lewis. Darrelle Revis vs. Anquan Boldin. Mark Sanchez vs. Joe Flacco.
The end result was a knock down, drag out defensive minded game loaded with hard hits & penalties. Just about all of the offense came from the Ravens or should I say
Flacco (20-38 for 248 yards 1 int) to
Heap (6 catches for 72 yards) &
Boldin (7 catches for 110 yards). Yes America,
Anquan Boldin is a BEAST. And you should know by now, no Ravens game is complete without a de-cleater courtesy of Ray Lewis. Final score Ravens 10 Jets 9. The Baltimore Ravens showed me not only a glimpse of that new improved offense, but also proved their defense (ranked 3rd last year) is still rock solid. No Ed Reed, no Demarcus Webb, no Dominique Foxworth...and you still hold the Jets to 6 total first downs? Or maybe this proves that Rex Ryan needs to stop front-running to the media, and use that time to deal with his O' coordinators. Because the Jets offense SUCK.
It doesn't get any easier for them next week, having to travel to Gillette Stadium to face Brady and the Patriots. All that pre-season yapping about going to the Superbowl, then starting out 0-2 would indeed be an Hard Knock Life.
Next up for the Baltimore Ravens...Palmer, Ochocinco, T.O and the Cincinatti Bengals.
