Maestrobjwa

I think we're good at receiver. Agholor is not a main reciever...he's one of a group. Even with his inconsistencies, this is the best situation for him...because if he has issues, the others can pick it up. I am concerned about him in the clutch, yes...but it's not so bad we need another receiver. I mean for crying out loud we got Zay, Bate, AND OBJ along with Andrews. We need to focus on maybe running back or an extra pass rusher.

Now see this isn't even fair...GFS trying to make me fall off the better posting/non-posting wagon before December

Yep. Pay no attention between Dec 20th and around mid-Jan (barring some unforseen wrinkle of course)

Alright, since it's still the "off-season" so let's have an honest discussion on this. What I haven't understood about either of your perspectives is...after 8 straight years of mediocrity, why do you expect the discussion to be more positive? And "negative before things happen"...well I mean, like watching a team have an awful season.. negative result after negative result will do that. Is it really a mystery? Is it realistic to expect people to be all positive during this drought? Or is it more...Yeah I get why folks are feeling negative...but they should just shut up about it? Lol

I'm not sure we can say with any certainty it's our best shot. Since things don't seem to work the way they used to...I'm reading everything Saud and it seems like a ton if uncertainty to me about if this acts like a nino, fully couples, etc etc... That being said, I think it's safe to say we'll get more than last year, lol

Yeah man you and HM could have a battle of meteolinguistics, lol This layman was trying to decipher something you posted the other day and I was like "Whaaaaaaaa...."

Because there's a possibility this niño doesn't act like a nino? I mean that's what I got from that post...but maybe I didn't read it right.

Yeah the last few posts were kinda depressing...The part it looking like El niño in th3 southern hemisphere but more niña-like in the northern...and that we made need to throw out the rulebook, per se...that just made me roll my eyes (not at the posters but just the fact that it could be yet another niño that may not act right). This is like fans of a losing team bracing themselves for what new way their team may mess up. Lately we don't do "unusual" well, and I can't remember any of these new "wrinkles" working to our benefit. I just want a regular nino to see what we can get...but instead is it gonna be like..."Oh this niño didn't do what ninos normally do", and hence another unknown about where we are, smh Hope that's not the case!

What, to give them an urban heat island out of pure spite?

Ah okay--that makes sense. Yeah I'll never forget 2003 for just how deep and wet that snow was (neither will the B&O Railroad museum). My scrawny 12 year-old body would sink into the snow and I had to grab onto something to pull myself up, lol First 2 footer I was old enough to fully remember (1996 I have a fuzzier memory of)

So you can still have wet snow even with teens?

I thought 2003 was more of the heavy and wet variety? (I had assumed heavy and wet meant 28-32 degrees)

Yeah even here it was like low 20s if I'm not mistaken.

Our snowiest history has always been..."just cold enough". Very seldom is it 20 degree cold powder (I think the 2016 blizzard came close though, didn't it?) 28-32 degrees...But now we gotta see if "just cold enough" still exists! That's why I'm rooting for this Nino so we know where we're at. I do hope it still works...but we'll see.

I don't think they will. We don't need to be any 7-0 right now. I think "Don't peak too soon" is a very real thing with the Ravens. Both times when we peaked early and got the No. 1 seed (2006 & 2019) we got bounced early! For whatever reason we do better when we gotta fight for it a little more. Last two SB championships we did the WC at home and went road the rest of the way, lol

I can roll with that...because that would be at least one good storm which is more than what we've had, and Aaron Rodgers throwing during warm-ups as a potential bonus we'd never expect

Unless the worst happens with the AO...then we'll be bemoaning Hunga, lol

Yeah even with lowered expectations and the unknown of what still works, if HTHH ruins an otherwise good look we haven't gotten in years, that's gonna hurt given what we've gone through. C'mon we don't deserve that, lolol That would be Jets fan luck

I seem to recall the 2012 team starting out an ugly 5-1 team (legit just looked at a fb memory where I was complaining about how awful the defense looked. I know one game we scored no TDs but won somehow). And really though...how often have the Ravens looked "pretty" anyway? Lol

I'd like to know the same.

Do we really have to dance around it and/or beat it into ground everyday this winter? It's getting warmer, not snowing as much. Period. Pin it, put it at the top...and let's just enjoy what we do get. For me it's getting less and less "fears" and more...uh yeah, we're already here. The way I see it, if this is the reality...it's best we take it for what it is and see what we can still get. I'd love for this to be a legit niño (no volcano interference please, lol) so we can get a legit test of what has been our higher percentage enso state...to see what we can still squeeze out of our new climo.

Speak for yourself

I've been asking about the volcanic analogs and if it's best to use them given we're talking about water and not sulfur...

Right! And then instead of winning the WS they got Giants even-yeared, lol Yeah I'll never forget all them dang cheap runs

Now, seeing as this is water vapor instead of ash (sulfur?)...is the comparison to other volcanos the same? Seems to me it would be a little more unknown, no?