According to the Denver Broncos Twitter page, the football team has hired Gary Kubiak as their head coach. The Ravens offensive coordinator will also be bringing Rick Dennison and Brian Pariani from the Ravens coaching staff with him.

Though Kubiak recently made a statement that he was staying in Baltimore, this was before his “dream job” opened up. Kubiak spent 20 years in Denver and has been friends with Broncos GM John Elway for more than 30 years. The two have worked together as teammates and colleagues.

Even Kubiak’s youngest son, Klein, is working as an intern in the Broncos’ personnel department. He tweeted out a message saying, “Welcome home, Dad!”

There are also rumors that Adam Gase, the current Broncos offensive coordinator has met with Jacksonville and the Ravens plan to interview him soon.

This potential “switcheroo” move has interesting implications as the play-calling systems for Joe Flacco and Peyton Manning are strikingly different, with Kubiak focusing more on a play-action attack. And, of course, there are questions about Manning himself who could retire due to his declining health.

Kubiak and Flacco did make a good team, but let’s hope the new offensive coordinator—which has not been a stable position for the Ravens—sticks around for longer than a year.

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And, yeh, by the way, Baltimore had another pretty damn fine quarterback named Bert Jones, who led the Baltimore Colts to three consecutive AFC East Titles. No one in Indianapolis ever heard of Bert Jones, apparently.

Okay, we’re done now.

Here’s three reasons why the Ravens are going to beat the snot out of Indianapolis this weekend.

1. Andrew Luck’s luck is about to change: The third-year QB is not facing the Jacksonville Jaguars or Tennessee Titans. The Ravens have allowed the second fewest TDs in the league this year. Our front seven is big and tough and will be a load for Indianapolis to deal with. Courtney Upshaw, Pernell McPhee, Brandon Williams, and C.J. Mosley are young and getting better.

2. We will move the chains and score: Guess what? We’ve got a quarterback in his prime, who has won a Super Bowl. And he’s playing well and has a fine crew of offensive weapons. The Ravens rank 6^th in total yards and the best way to stop Luck remains to keep him off the field.

3. Indianapolis just lost their starting safety on top of losing their best pass rusher: LaRon Landry, the team’s second-leading tackler, has been suspended for four games for games for using PEDs and Indianapolis isn’t exactly deep at the position—his replacement is essentially a special teams player. This is on top of news that Indianapolis’s top pass rusher, Robert Mathis, recently tore his Achilles while training off-site during his four-game PED suspension and now will miss the rest of the season.

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