Survivor Pool Solutions for Week 3: Baltimore Ravens

With the parity in today’s NFL, selecting THE team for your Survivor Pool each week takes more thought and strategy than ever before. We here at Bump and Run don’t want you to screw it up. Survivor Pool Solutions will help to alleviate the stresses of making that gut-wrenching decision (at least we hope so). This week’s play: The Baltimore Ravens.

If you took our advice and used the Washington Redskins in your Survivor Pool last week, you won – barely. We apologize for any anxiety you may have endured. This week, we fully expect the Ravens to put your mind at ease before halftime. After two weeks, Baltimore has arguably been the most complete team in football.  We all knew about Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and T-Sizzle on the defensive side of the ball, but the big story in Charm City has been the arrival of Joe Flacco. Offensive coordinator Cam Cameron has caught teams off-guard by allowing his young quarterback to air it out. Flacco’s numbers after two weeks: 43 for 69, 497 yards and 5TD’s. Those type of numbers damn-near guarantee winter football in South Beach: either the Pro Bowl or the Super Bowl.  

Oh, we forgot to mention the Ravens’ Week 3 opponent: the 0-2 Browns! Cleveland comes limping into Baltimore licking their wounds after getting dismantled by the Broncos 27-6. Brady Quinn has been wildly inconsistent and the Ravens aren’t exactly a “get back on track” opponent. Normally we wouldn’t suggest betting against a desperate, winless team playing a division rival, but let’s be real: can you honestly see the Cleveland Browns beating the Baltimore Ravens on the road? Neither can we.

Still not convinced? Here are a few other games to consider:

Green Bay over St. Louis

New York Giants over Tampa Bay

Survive and advance. We’ll see you next week.