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Baltimore relies heavily on the deep ball, and deep ball offenses are often inconsistent. Baltimore ranked 30th in offensive consistency this year, based on game-by-game offensive DVOA. They were 26th last year. Consistency is usually considered a good thing, but when you go into a game as the inferior team trying to score an upset, it’s better to be inconsistent. If each team comes out and has their average performance on Sunday, the Ravens will lose by two touchdowns. Inconsistency means that Joe Flacco put up a 3.2 yards per pass, two-interception craptacular like he did against Houston back in Week 7. But it also means that the Ravens could have one of those days where everything clicks, where Ray Rice is gaining five yards per carry and all those deep passes all fall right into the hands of the receivers (and then don’t bounce off those hands, especially if the receiver in question is Jacoby Jones).

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | AFC Championship Game Preview

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The Best of the Week in PatsPropaganda

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Wow, a pre-AFC Championship Best of.  It doesn’t get much better than this.

Yesterday I had the chance to attend the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl media day and Blog With Balls symposium. It was a great chance to hear both Herm Edwards and Dick Vermeil speak, and also talk to some of the players. Blogs with Balls had three interesting panel discussions, and it gave me a chance to meet a few fellow writer/bloggers.

Believe it or not but I made nice with a Jets blog, check out Brian Basset’s The Jets Blog. It was also a chance to meet up with someone who has been linked to many, many times in this space, Yahoo’s Shutdown Corner editor Doug Farrar.

Great time and great talking football with some guys who know their stuff. Thanks to Blogs with Balls for coming to LA!

Here’s the best of the week:

Mike D’s Stuff

Patriots Rivalry with Ravens Will Define Brady, Belichick’s Final Seasons <— MUST READ if I do say so myself.

PatsPropaganda & Frenz Podcast 1/17: AFC Championship Edition 11am EST

Breaking Down Patriots’ 2013 Salary Cap: Where Is Money Best Spent?

Local/National

How the terminology of the Erhardt-Perkins system has helped maintain the dominance of Tom Brady and the Patriots – Grantland

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Film Room: Conference Championships

Tom Brady through the eyes of his backups – ESPN <– MUST MUST READ

One scout’s breakdown of Patriots-Ravens: Baltimore will struggle with matchup issues – WEEI | Christopher Price

Patriots vs. Ravens: Aqib Talib a Key Difference for New England in Rematch

Sterling Moore, hero of last year’s AFC Championship Game, looks on from afar this year – NFL – Don Banks – SI.com

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Back in those days, Brady was unmarried, with no kids or obligations. And he spent all of his time on football. Miller used to laugh at the fact that Brady didn’t know much about politics or just about anything else going on in the world outside the football offices back then. He didn’t have time. His impromptu quarterback meetings over breakfast on game days were like lightning rounds on quiz shows. He’d have his backups run him through a fire drill of questions and possible scenarios.

NFL playoffs – Tom Brady through the eyes of his backups – ESPN

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Even if Corey Graham has the athleticism and the talent to keep up with Wes Welker, the bigger concern becomes whether the Ravens will be able to adapt on the fly and get everybody in the right place against the league’s fastest offense without making mental mistakes. Peyton Manning only had a decent game throwing against the Ravens out of an occasional no-huddle last week, but that Denver offense doesn’t run the no-huddle in the same way that New England does. It had a devastating impact on the Texans, and it could end up being a difference-maker against Graham, Brown, and even veterans like Ed Reed. All the talent in the world doesn’t matter if you’re not in the right place.

Bill Barnwell on the Patriots-Ravens playoff matchup – Grantland

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Chandler Jones won’t tell Arthur Jones how his ankle feels | ProFootballTalk

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Chandler Jones won’t tell Arthur Jones how his ankle feels | ProFootballTalk

Good job, Chandler.

The Patriots take secrecy about injuries seriously. So seriously that rookie defensive end Chandler Jones won’t tell his own brother how he’s feeling. Of course, that’s largely because Chandler’s brother, Arthur Jones, plays for the Ravens. Arthur told reporters this week that he saw Chandler suffer an ankle injury on Sunday and was concerned, but Chandler wouldn’t tell him how he was doing because he doesn’t want the Ravens to have any insight. “I know he got rolled up bad last week, so I was trying to figure out if he was going to play or not and get the inside scoop,” Arthur Jones said, via USA Today. “But he’s doing a good job not telling me anything.”