Baltimore RAVENS @ Denver BRONCOS....A QB DRIVEN League...every snap!..Where do you start as the 2013 NFL Season opens up in the MILE High City...FLACCO vs MANNING Mile High...UNITED in Orange has no VON MILLER...ELVIS is back in the Building...WES is More is in the SLOT...No RAY LEWIS for the 1st Time In RAVENS History...It's GAME-TIME and Who U Wit! #PurpleBrowns #UnitedInOrange

The Story lines are in abundance here as the Ravens for the first time in a long time will travel to Kickoff the 2013 NFL Season and this isn't Peyton Manning and Tom Brady's League...Child Please!    The Purple Browns should play the game under a forfeit as that is some Rocky Mountain Oysters right there!

Nonetheless e are here for an 8:30pm ET Kickoff and no matter win or lose it's one of sixteen and it's a marathon not a sprint. The Broncos were a heavy favorite to get to the Big Bowl in 2013 as Manning's Playoff Record never come sup until he loses in Winning Time and that would be twelve times. Flacco meanwhile has been "Straight Cash Homie" in Winning Time and winning the Big One in 2012 helped him some but thee is plenty of work to get done.

RAVENS @ BRONCOS from Sports Authority Field 5,280 Ft up....

What to Look for from #PurpleBrowns @ #OrangeCrush

Flacco has weapons even though Pitta (Dislocated Hip) and Boldin (49ers) are no longer there. They had Issues on 3rd Down as he went to both of those players a lot in 3rd down. That would be something to watch for the Broncos.

Manning has a plethora of Weapons on the outside as Wes Welker is in the slot. Decker and Thomas are monsters as is the three-headed Tight Ends in new Starter Julius Thomas along with Jacob Tamme and Joel Dressen. The concern is the Broncos RBs in Starter Ronnie Hillman and Rookie Monte Ball especially in pas protection.

Defensively the ravens up front are even more formidable as a healthy Haloti Ngata to go with Bookends T-Sizzle and Ex-Elvis Dumervil as he stars in "Ole' Skool FAXgate" with Jonah Hill playing Dumervil's Agent.

The Broncos will be without 3rd leading 2012 Red Jersey Collector Von Miller due to a suspension. Now they have moved starting Will BAcker Wes Woodyard to Mike and in Von's Place Nate Irving. Mr. Irving will get a lot of attention if there are no plays being made on Flacco but he has to play his game.

The Ravens Two-Headed Running Back Duo of Ray Rice and Bernard Pierce should be tough for the Broncos to handle without Miller.

The Broncos have eleven defensive Backs on their 53-Man Roster and they will try to play all of them as Flacco once again should light that "Superbad-Like" Secondary up with no Champ Bailey. Remember Champ was getting eatin' alive by one Torrey Smith as Smith looked like the 2nd coming of Randy Moss....Vikes circa 1998.

They game ill com down to who makes the most plays when "Clutch" calls and someone has to be "Clutch". Will it be Manning and the Offense or Suggs and Dumervil and that Defense.

The Ravens Secondary is clearly the better one as LaDarius Webb is back and looking close to his former self before that ACL Tear in 2012. Corey Graham is on the other side locking down things. If there was a concern it would be the new Safety Tandem of Michael Huff and James Ihedigbo. Manning will look to play Cat and Mouse with both.

Both Teams want to get of to a good start for the 2013 Season. The Broncos need it maybe more being at home and No Von Miller for the fist Six Games of 2013. The Ravens need it just as bad as they have moving parts inn place and this will be their first test with that Charm City Engines with all sorts of new parts.

Winner: Ravens 34-24 as Flacco out duels Manning and for that Broncos "D" it is evident they need Steve Urkel #58 with the Glasses!

Game Time 8:30pm ET on NBA

360 Degrees..No Faith Hill bring on Carrie Underwood...in the Intro!