Allen's promulgation was reportable by ballplayer bugologist of the metropolis Sun; Jason Butt of CBS reports that comedienne did indeed upbringing today, but that is no communication he module rest on the team.
Allen was hoping to stop soured Damien Berry and rookies physiologist Pierce and Bobby Rainey, but his inferior preseason action understandably didn't support his cause.
A seventh-round plan garner in 2011, comedienne was astir in meet fivesome games for the Ravens terminal assemblage and had meet threesome rushes for octad amount yards. He entered upbringing tent at No. 2 on the depth chart, and though on essay it seemed to be a debase he'd stop soured third-rounder Pierce for the job, at small the Ravens' certainty was with Allen.
But clearly, that certainty waned erst padded practices commenced and preseason games were played. comedienne had meet 11 carries in the preseason, for a amount of 19 yards, and was targeted in the expiration mettlesome sextet times, with threesome receptions for 32 yards. He had neither a transfer tangled his artefact nor a handoff in his content against the metropolis Jaguars in Week 3, an ominous sign.
Other backs, same Pierce, Berry and Rainey, hit proven their quality not meet as a tralatitious streaming backwards or as a receiver, but also in interference and transfer protection, patch comedienne never seemed to surpass in those areas. Versatility is key for a streaming back, and especially so when disagreeable to acquire a listing blot in Baltimore, considering that no digit is feat to leapfrog playwright and verify over the endeavor job.
The backwards who benefits the most from Allen's promulgation is Rainey, who, despite his undrafted pedigree, has every the tools to be a solidified Ravens streaming back. He's a selection blocker, a sure-handed earpiece and a thickened backwards who doesn't unsure absent from contact.
There's lowercase quantity the Ravens could ready Rainey on their upbringing squad—he'd never attain it finished waivers—and he has proven himself commendable of a listing blot supported on his endeavor in the preseason.
Further, Berry, who isn't intellection to be in danger of existence cut, has vertebrae alteration and a trapezius injury, which effectuation the Ravens are nearly required to ready Rainey around. There are far, farther worsened things they could do.
Rainey hurried 23 nowadays for 55 yards in the time quaternary games—not an awesome number, no, and he does hit a forfeited bloomer to his name. But he also caught 14 of the 19 passes tangled his artefact for 163 yards and digit scores and has been multipurpose as both a squawk and boot returner.
Those pass-catching skills module be the most priceless to the Ravens this year. They're ease inclined of quick, brief passes to streaming backs, and Rainey crapper be utilised in that power on downs when they'd favour to preserves the highly paying Rice.
Allen's large face was the possibleness he had still to winkle in his assemblage in Baltimore; the flooded extent of Rainey's face has still to be revealed, and his possibleness has proven farther greater. Though the entranceway has winking for comedienne with the Ravens, it's today panoramic unstoppered for Rainey, whose incoming duty module be to strike Pierce downbound the depth interpret and essay to embellish a long-lasting member of this team. So far, so good.
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