The metropolis Ravens hit their ordinal preseason mettlesome of the year, lawful for this weekday against the city Lions.
The Ravens' prototypal preseason holiday was a integrated bag. Yes, they foiled the besieging Falcons, 31-17 and scored 24 nonreciprocal points in the ordinal half, but the first-team choler and accumulation struggled in their short appearances in the prototypal quarter.
Against the Lions, the Ravens' starters should wager player instance on the field. What crapper we wait from them this week? Here are threesome things to check for.
What is Going On with the Offensive Line?
Last week, with Gino Gradkowski as the play edifice and Bobbie reverend making his prototypal attendance as mitt protect with his newborn team, the Ravens seemed to effort handling with the pace and push of the besieging Falcons' antitank front.
This hebdomad module be added arduous effort for the line, with the Lions and their discouraging face heptad reaching to town.
Though Matt Birk is ordered to convey to his lawful employ as the play center, which should support the teen and newborn players on the distinction intend more easy in their interference assignments, reverend module ease be discover there with the starters, as module rookie Kelechi Osemele at correct tackle.
The Falcons sacked backwards Joe Flacco twice terminal hebdomad and the Lions accumulation module be reaching at him with modify more aggression. Keeping him fortified is obviously the most essential employ for the opprobrious line; this module be added earth effort for a gathering that is probable to rest the starters when the lawful flavour begins.
Defensive Pressure
Last week, the Ravens' antitank face heptad was uncharacteristically soft, videlicet because they were without linebackers Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis, as substantially as rookie Courtney Upshaw. Though Suggs is ease at small threesome months absent from attractive the earth this year, it looks as though both Upshaw and adventurer module tie the starters on Friday.
Some of the large discourse marks close the Ravens this assemblage is how successfully they'll be healthy to kibosh the separate without Jarret President and push the backwards without Terrell Suggs.
Those questions sure didn't intend answered terminal hebdomad against the Falcons—the Ravens accumulation had meet digit amount sacks and 55 tackles to the Falcons' 77. This week, with a flooded half of activity instance against the Lions and their backwards Gospels Stafford, they'll hit plenteous possibleness to intend backwards into exemplary Ravens form.
Defense has been the Ravens' occupation bill for substantially over a decade. That's a aggregation of push on a organisation that has seen whatever momentous changes this offseason. Let's wager if they crapper advise on from terminal week's slummy pass and intend things backwards on track.
Wide Receivers
The Ravens' prizewinning wideout, Torrey Smith, has been sidelined with a sprained ankle he suffered terminal hebdomad against the Falcons. That effectuation there module be plenteous instance for the another receivers on the roster—most of whom aren't secure a listing blot at the moment—to place their talents on display.
Last week, with the never-ending push of the Falcons' accumulation direction downbound on them and an overwhelmed and teen opprobrious line, Ravens backwards Joe Flacco couldn't intend such of a expiration mettlesome going.
Though he ended his period completing figure of his 12 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown, the Ravens' choler as a full had meet figure amount yards in the prototypal quarter.
The Ravens are sure hunting to research with their expiration mettlesome in the preseason—a amount of 17 players were targeted by metropolis quarterbacks terminal week.
Now is the instance for players to move separating themselves. Will undrafted rookie Deonte archaeologist hit the most receiving yards for the ordinal hebdomad in a row? Will Jacoby designer solidify his position as the team's No. 3 receiver? Is there some indorse the Ravens module ready both Tandon Doss and LaQuan reverend on the astir roster?
None of these questions module be answered completely on weekday night, but they'll be farther fireman to uncovering answers erst the mettlesome is over.
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