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NFL 2012 Week 6 - Dallas Cowboys (2-2) vs Baltimore Ravens (4-1) - 1st Half - Madden '13 - HD

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The Baltimore Ravens have a wild card coming to town this week—the 2-2 Dallas Cowboys, who are about as unpredictable a team that there is in the NFL right now. 

The Cowboys are often as responsible for losing games as other teams are for beating them, and it's hard to tell which iteration of the team will be taking the field. As such, the Ravens must be prepared for everything—the good Cowboys, the bad Cowboys, the great ones and the worst ones.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo is like the living embodiment of that old nursery rhyme: When he's good, he's very, very good, but when he's bad, he's horrid. And sometimes, it doesn't matter much what opposing defenses do to force him into making mistakes—he can mess things up all on his own.

But Baltimore's defense has a reputation for making error-prone quarterbacks look worse, and it should certainly approach Romo with this in mind on Sunday.

The Ravens, without Terrell Suggs, have relied more on blitzes than a traditional pass rush to get to quarterbacks, which could hurt them against Romo. He and his offensive line are smart about blitz pickups, and there are clearly first downs to be had when they can take advantage.

However, if the Ravens pressure him often enough, the errant throws will come. And players like safety Ed Reed will be there to capitalize on those off-target passes, ready to pick him off and kill whatever momentum Dallas' offense has managed to build.

Joe Flacco is the ninth-most-sacked quarterback in the league at the moment, having been brought down 13 times.

Through the first four games of the season, Ware and Spencer have combined for seven sacks and 16 hurries, against quarterbacks oftentimes better protected than Flacco. Clearly the offensive line, and the tackles in particular, have a major test on their hands.

With the Ravens at home, they'll have more opportunities to run the hurry-up, no-huddle offense they've been fine-tuning; it didn't work out so well last week in the loud Arrowhead Stadium, but this week in the comfort of their home stadium, it may be Flacco's golden ticket out of repeatedly ending up on the turf.

If Baltimore's defense cannot get to Romo and force him into making mistakes, the Ravens will likely need a heavy dose of scoring—and thus passing—to keep pace with what can often be an extremely high-octane offense when it gets going. They'll need to keep Flacco upright, contain the two linebackers and move the ball quickly in order to do so.

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