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Monday Night Football: Young Guns Dalton & Flacco Duel in Opener

Found April 19, 2012 on Football Nation: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Joe Flacco,  Ray Rice,  Andy Dalton,  A.J. Green
TEAMS: Cincinnati Bengals,  Baltimore Ravens
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For the first time since 2007, the Cincinnati Bengals will square off against the Baltimore Ravens in a “Primetime” Monday Night Football game on September 10 at 7pm. With all the excitement from the release of the NFL schedules, fans get to see two of the premier teams in the league such as the Bengals and Ravens make that Monday Night debut at M&T Bank Stadium. For the past two seasons, the Baltimore Ravens has only lost one game at home during their two-year stretch of making it to the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. Just last week Joe Flacco informed the entire football nation that he considers himself one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Last season, Joe Flacco seemed a bit inconsistent at times during the season which lead to the “rumbling” Ray Rice to carry the team into the playoffs when Flacco did not display elite leadership ability. Playing in the AFC North should change a player’s mentality when stepping onto the field because of the amount of smash-mouth f...
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