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4 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

Bengals will definitely lose at least one of those - it's what they do - but they are back to being watchable and for that I am grateful. As for the Steelers, their schedule now gets hard and they kicked off the hard part of their schedule by losing to a team they should not have lost to. I still think the Ravens win this division...

1-5 is tough to come back from. They have the bye and then the Bears and Dolphins. If they beat both(they should) then they are 3-5 and have a pulse. I just think this team has a lot of issues with coaching, discipline and accountability, so I don't think they are capable of reeling off a bunch of wins. Realistically they can only lose 2 more to have a shot at the division.

19 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

As this forum's resident/only Bengals fan...thanks for Joe Flacco. That was neat. 

Love how Tomlin got burned after whining about the trade within the division.

Flacco can still throw the football and with those receivers he can keep the Bengals hanging around until Burrow gets back. Next 2 games are against the Jets and Bears. They could very well be 5-4. 

Other than a brief warm up this weekend, typical Fall weather-normal to below normal temps- looks likely in the LR per the ensembles through the end of the month, and the week beyond into early Nov on the extended products. Bring it. Love me some 'normal' weather in Fall, whether it rains or not. It's simply the best imo. Also wouldn't mind seeing an h5 look like this in January. 

High of 62 after a low of 43. Damn near perfect mid October day.

Pretty sky this morning around sunrise.

14 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

Must be - was definitely pretty clear over in Balt City in any event. 

Mostly sunny here too.

1 hour ago, Jersey Andrew said:

Why was ‘95-96 such a historic year? I believe it was also a weak Nina and things really got jumping early January.

The key feature for the early Jan blizzard was a strong NA block, along with an uncharacteristically strong low(for a Nina) that developed in the GoM.  It was actually a moderate Nina. Common misconception that it was weak Nina, and I posted about this last winter. Weak Ninas usually suck bigtime for the greater DC area- last winter was a rare exception, but hopefully its a new norm.

27 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

Here you go....-both maps were accurate for me. Took me hours to drive between College Park and Greenbelt. Cars abandoned everywhere.  It snowed 3-4 inches an hour with drifts over 2 feet.  And it was not forecasted. Mom was freaking out since there were no cell phones back then...

National Weather Service

 

@NWS

 

#OTD in 1987, a snowstorm hit the Washington, D.C. area, with up to 17" of snow and stranding cars for nearly 24 hours. The event led to the development of the Washington Metropolitan Area Snow Plan to facilitate preparedness and response. https://weather.gov/lwx/winter_DC-Winters #NWS150

 

November 11, 1987: The Veteran's Day Storm will not be forgotten by many Washington travelers. Almost a foot (11.5 inches) fell at National Airport. Prince Georges County, MD was hard hit with up to 13 inches of snow falling in a short amount of time. It caught motorists off guard and stranded cars on the Capitol Beltway. There were so many cars that snow plows could not get through to open the clogged arteries. Cars littered the roadway for more than 24 hours. The event precipitated the development of the Washington Metropolitan Area Snow Plan to facilitate preparedness and response to future storms.

This storm struck before the days of lightning detection networks and Doppler weather radar. When thunderstorms began dumping heavy snow over the Fredericksburg VA, forecasters had no idea. The storm moved northeast across the southern Metropolitan area (Prince Georges County). It was not until the fast accumulating snow hit Camp Springs, where at the time the Weather Forecast Office was located, did forecasters realize what was happening.

That was a very localized heavy snow event. The ol' upper level low surprise. That map there is closer to reality than the one I ridiculed in the previous post. LOL 6-10"? NO. Was maybe an inch or 2 here. It simply didn't do anything for most of the event and by the time it shifted over this way it rapidly weakened.

33 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

I have fond memories of Veterans Day 1987.   I start my tracking around this time.  Rare, but it can snow. I was at Univ. of MD in the bullseye.

That map isnt even close over this way. Might have been an inch or so. Consider the source. 

The prolonged drizzle/sprinkle-fest has yielded 0.21" here

14 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

I really don't think it's gonna get that far (that is 3 straight losing seasons). Biscotti got rid of Billick even after giving him an extension ahead of the awful 2007 season...so we can't say definitively what he's gonna do this time. This is the first year in the Lamar era that we've struggled in the regular season like this and where the coaching issues are reaching an untenable level.

Yeah but is has been stale under Harbaugh for awhile. While they have won a lot in the regular season- they have been front runners that blow teams out while often losing the closely contested games, with a good chunk of those being leads blown late. On top of that they underachieve in the postseason. Just saying, don't let it get to the point where changes aren't made until its too late- i.e. multiple losing seasons. Despite the injuries, this team should NOT be 1-5 at this point. Something is seriously lacking.

Again, the path we are on here is Coughlin and the Giants. He won 2 SBs. It got stale. The fans were restless and saw the need for change. Clamoring for it. Same as we are now. The front office sat on its hands. It got worse. 3 straight losing seasons- they still didn't fire him! He fucking resigned.

FINALLY.

Fucks sake.  Might not work out at this point, but he should have started the game.

Maybe put Huntley in now. Trash time. Rush could get injured taking more sacks or trying to make a tackle on an interception.

At 1-5 its time to unload some players before the trade deadline. Get some picks or spare parts to get further under the cap for next year.

1 minute ago, H2O said:

I think the next euro run will be able to predict Harbaugh and staff getting fired

So you are saying it will be wrong lol

This has to be the worst coached team in football. HC, OC, DC. Just fucking awful. Monken exposed himself when he refused to run the ball in the AFC championship game despite the obvious matchup advantage. Orr is clueless, and Harbaugh should have been encouraged to move on years ago- instead they have extended him. Tom Coughlin won 2 SBs and the Giants refused to fire him- he had to resign after 3 losing seasons. Ravens will probably follow that path.

That TD might be the game. They know the Ravens are going to run and are afraid to throw with this oaf. Good luck Henry.

10 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

What the hell are the Ravens doing???

Monken lol. He can go too. No feel at all.

Best 'skill' Rush has is a hard count lol

4 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Absolutely. With Huntley and Henry, you’d probably never have to throw.

That combo would open up some easy pass plays. Rush is a statue, and an interception machine.

Huntley isnt a great thrower, but he can at least run the offense more like Lamar. Do the RPO.

4 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I’m not sure how much more the Ravens need to see from Rush before letting Huntley play. At least Huntley has one weapon. He can run. Rush hasn’t shown he can run or pass.

He is fucking terrible.

But Harbaugh will stick with him. 

Nothing but drizzle here so far. That area of showers to my southeast isnt making much progress northwestward. Any showers will probably come with the wrap around on the backside of the low as it moves north.

Dryness aside in some parts, hard to beat how nice and coolish its been from the latter half of August forward. Relatively few above avg temp and high dewpoint days in that stretch.