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The Broncos backed into the playoffs.  There are no two ways about it.  After Tim Tebow put together an improbable string of phenomenal clutch performances in the middle of the season, Denver lost three straight to close out the year but still managed to win the AFC West.  Naturally, Tebow believes it is God’s will that allowed the Broncos to reach the postseason.  Terrell Suggs would agree with that, but he also believes that unlike the Ravens, the Broncos need God’s help to win.

“With all due respect, we don’t pray on the sideline,” Suggs said Tuesday on First Take. “I mean we do — we give it up to God (just for) safety and health, but we’re gonna go out there and win that game. We don’t need our kicker to make a 62-yarder. I’m just saying. We don’t need guys to fall out of bounds and then we get to punt it back … we don’t need stuff like that to happen for us.

“Our quarterback knows how to go out and win games. When our quarterback prays, he be like, ‘You know what, God, you sit on your couch and enjoy this. Thank you for blessing me and letting me wake up to play this game. I’m gonna impress you.’

“There’s getting it done and there’s not getting it done. Once again, God had to save Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos. Like I said, they didn’t win. It’s simple – you win, you’re division champs. He couldn’t even give them two drives. They lost, 7-3. Two drives gives them 9-7.”

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Sunday night’s game was one of those where it is difficult to figure out which team it says more about.  On the one hand, you have the Chargers who are finally healthy and look like the team we all expected them to be before the season began.  On the other you have the Ravens, who had looked like arguably the best team in the AFC before being handled in Week 15.  Are the Chargers for real, or are the Ravens not as elite as we thought?  Speaking out of frustration following the loss, it sounded like Terrell Suggs was leaning toward the latter.

“Championship teams don’t take a step back,” Suggs barked after the game according to CSNWashington.com. “It’s a reality check. (If) you don’t show up to play in a big game like this, you get your ass whipped.”

Prior to their dud against San Diego, the Ravens were in control of their own destiny for a playoff bye after earning only a wild card spot in each of the last three seasons.  Now, they will need some help over the last two weeks if they want to play at home.

Sizzle is known for speaking out of frustration so I doubt he actually thinks the Ravens are no longer a championship team.  That being said, Sunday night was yet another example of how wide open the AFC is.  After 14 games we still don’t have a clear-cut favorite.  As fans we should be thankful of that.  It’s almost like the playoffs have already begun.

Chest bump to Pro Football Talk for the story.

We all know that most NFL players have some sort of chemical imbalance that sets them apart from the rest of us. In order to fly around a field and take a beating from 275-pound men, you have to have a uniquely functioning brain. Guys like Terrell Suggs, who told us on Thursday that nothing gets his piss hot like a Ravens-Steelers game, takes that to an entirely new level.

If these last two days have shown us anything, it’s that Suggs could be the most intense player in the NFL — hands down.  It’s one thing to just talk like a maniac, but if Suggs doesn’t mean every word of what he’s saying then he is a tremendous actor.  Take, for example, the comments he made on Thursday on the NFL Network about owning Ben Roethlisberger’s ass.  We strongly recommend checking out the video here to get the full effect.

“Men lie. Women lie. Numbers don’t …,” said Suggs, who has sacked Big Ben 10.5 times in his career. “I keep (Roethlisberger’s ass) in a nice little refrigerator. In the basement — in my basement. Check it out from time to time.”

For a while it sounded like Suggs hated Brady more than any quarterback in the NFL, but Thursday’s comments would indicate that’s not the case.  Terrell then talked some more about the Ravens-Steelers rivalry.  After seeing some of his wardrobe selections in the past we didn’t really need further confirmation that he hates Pittsburgh, but he provided it anyway.

“Ravens-Steelers — my rival,” Suggs continued. “I like to think that I exist because they need someone to stop Big Ben. So, yeah, we like Smith and Neo from ‘The Matrix’. Co-exist for each other — Joker and Batman.”

For Baltimore’s sake I hope this guy doesn’t burn himself out before Sunday even gets here.  At this rate Terrell’s piss could get so hot it scalds his bladder.

If ever there is a work stoppage in the NFL that causes a season to be cancelled, Terrell Suggs and Bart Scott won’t have to worry.  Vince McMahon will be calling.  We all love football here in America, but to these guys, it is more than just a game; it’s a theatric production.  For Suggs, any game between the Steelers and Ravens might as well be Wrestlemania.

“Ravens-Steelers gets everybody’s piss hot,” Suggs told 105.9 the X in Pittsburgh via Pro Football Talk on Wednesday.  “We know what this game’s about.  F*** it.  Let’s do it.

“I consider Heinz Field my Madison Square Garden. In my eyes, if you’re an opponent and you want to go into a hostile environment, what better than Heinz Field. . . .  I don’t think there’s a player they hate more than me.  But I love that.”

At this rate Suggs might as well go ahead and bust out the “Can’t Wait” shirt and march into Heinz Field wearing it.  Terrell then called his team “soldiers” and said they’ll be ready for battle.  He also said he is hopeful Hines Ward will play because “that’s when my piss will be definitely hot.”  Keep in mind these comments were made on Wednesday — four days before the big game.  Somebody get this man a cold towel.

The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars 12-7 in a pitiful performance Monday night. They only gained 16 yards by halftime, including one passing yard by Joe Flacco, and they didn’t record their first first down until under six minutes left in the third quarter. Coach John Harbaugh called the disgrace “almost as bad as you can play on offense.” Flacco said the team needs to be better even when they’re off their game. But nobody was as straightforward regarding the team’s problems as linebacker Terrell Suggs.

“It baffles me that Ray Rice only had seven carries,” Suggs said. “This is a Pro Bowl running back you’re talking about. They fed their horse. We have to feed our horse. It’s all right, just calling a spade a spade.

“When I have a Pro Bowl running back, and he’s not getting his touches, I’m going to feel some kind of way about it. He wants the ball. And I think we should feed him. Ray Rice is a phenomenal player. You have to use your phenomenal players. I have to question how many touches Anquan [Boldin] had. We’ve got guys on this team that can do some great things. We have to use those guys. It’s that simple.”

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Does the above photo have anything to do with the prospect of Terrell Suggs playing fullback against the Jets on Sunday night?  I guess it’s possible.  The shirt is obviously classic Bart Scott, who plays for the Jets.  It would also stand to reason that a linebacker would be excited to play some offense and potentially get their hands on the football.  The infamously outspoken Suggs compared the potential of him playing fullback to his being a play-maker like LeBron James.

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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs had a monster game in his team’s season opener Sunday. The pass rushing specialist had three sacks in a blowout win against the Steelers. On Wednesday, he joined The Rich Eisen Podcast to talk shop.

The best part of their interview was when Eisen asked if Suggs still had the same bling that he showed off during his first visit to the NFL Network studios in 2004. Suggs said that while he still has the bling, he no longer wears it or buys it. His reason is great.

“Of course I still got [the bling]. It’s in the vault though — I don’t wear it too much. We got kids now — you can’t buy bling when you have kids,” Suggs said.

“I just don’t buy it anymore. I’m buying more like 529s now, college funds, CDs, trusts,” Suggs explained. “Things like that, put credit in my kids’ names.

“It sucks. I wanted to be a Toys R Us kid forever!” Suggs joked.

The entire exchange was pretty humorous and it actually says a lot about Suggs. Here is a man who may have thrown around his money and wasted it on jewelry earlier in his career. Now that he’s older and has a family, he’s much more responsible. I can think of several NFL players who could stand to learn from Suggs’ maturity. If JaMarcus Russell had heeded the message, maybe he wouldn’t have some of the problems he has now.