So begins the quadrennial chore
Penning poem about Baltimore
As the gridiron clash draws nigh
Betwixt the Saints and those that fly
While Coach Payton has achieved success
He’s winless in the Ravens’ nest
Even Brees has a bad score
He’s 0 and four ‘gainst Baltimore
Losing as a Saint and Bolt
The Ravens give Drew quite the jolt
It’s been a while I checked the books
Last Saint to win? Aaron Brooks
The smiling passer faced Jeff Blake
Whose starting duties Brooks did take
Ran up to the score the Saints looked bolder
Until the Ravens wrecked Brooks’s shoulder
That injury would be the reason
They wouldn’t win again that season
The remaining games were hell not heaven
Saints missed the playoffs at 9 and 7
But back to present no need to dwell
Of Brooks and Coach Jim Haslett hell
They’re both long gone, which is fine
Replaced with Sean and number Nine
As a pro, Brees did it all
Winning games while records fall
Tops in yards and pass completions
He’ll have a statue by Steve Gleason
Drew still has much work to do
Another trophy, ring or two
He could rack up another mark
Inside M & T football park
He’s beaten almost every club
With one exception he has flubbed
The Ravens defense he must carve
To be like Peyton and Brett Favre
For these legends of the Fall
The pair can boast they’ve beat them all
Hung up wins on the thirty two
And if he wins, then so could Drew
Though he plays like Superman
A great field general with a plan
Though the unkind truth be told
Our quarterback is getting old
Sunday’s game could be the one
To end his Ravens losing run
We only face them every four
For Drew It’s now or never more
But taking on these feathered foe
Named for homeboy Edgar Poe
Will put the o-line to the test
Their D’s amongst the very best
They hit hard like a front end loader
Don’t Believe? Ask Mariota
Who almost got sent up to heaven
Hit many times and sacked eleven
Unger, Armstead, Ramczyk, and Peat
Must keep Drew Brees upon his feet
Block and shift to avoid sacks
And open holes for our halfbacks
Giving Drew some extra space
Down the field receivers race
Finding a mismatch that he likes
To get a pass to “Can’t Guard Mike”
Another guy who can help block
A former member of their flock
Longtime tight end Benjamin Watson
Though he’s older than my dad’s Datsun
With Ted Ginn out on the IR
We need a second wide out star
Will Tre’quan once again blowup?
He’s on my team I picked him up
Bet that Flacco will try to parry
And pick on our young secondary
Marshon is back we should be golden
If Ken Crawley knocks off the holdin’
But Joe will have another worry
When Cameron Jordan’s in a hurry
The stout d-end has quite a knack
For takin QBs down with sacks
And though you may not have known it
Our other DE is a poet
Young Davenport has made some plays
Putting the offense in a daze
Early on Marcus did well
Especially in A T L
One play he made was really nice
Sacking hated Matty Ice
And finally there is Will Lutz
Who was amongst the Ravens cuts
Thankfully he found a home
Booting goals inside the Dome
What delicious irony
If the game came down to three
I can see the sports scribes’ blurb
Won by a guy kicked to the curb
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