More specifically, their offense—and especially their expiration game—looked farther meliorate than we've seen thusly farther in the Joe Flacco-Cam Cameron epoch and if this is a suggestion of what's to become in the lawful season, then this is understandably a assorted team. One, as I said as the mettlesome wrapped, that seems to genuinely belong to Flacco.
Passing was the visit of the period for the Ravens, with 48 of their 76 plays reaching via the air—and 36 tangled by Flacco. Of Baltimore's 32 prototypal downs, 23 were tangled and 433 of their 571 yards came from their quarterbacks' arms.
During the two-plus lodging with Flacco low center, the Ravens ran the ball meet 10 times, resulting in exclusive 44 yards, with 30 of those reaching on digit Ray playwright run.
Flacco's 36 throws aren't probable something we'll wager on an every-week foundation in the lawful season, but he manages to establish that eventually existence asked to transfer that such won't termination in a dull performance. He had digit touchdown passes in the game, and a vacuous Hail Jewess interception to near the prototypal half.
The Ravens' endeavor to pace up their choler has also helped somewhat mitigate Flacco's large flaw—his artefact to kibosh onto the ball likewise long. They also successfully integrated things up in the expiration game, with a greater difference of routes and Flacco was presented the immunity to sonic at the line. As a result, Flacco was healthy to direct figure assorted receivers, with Torrey adventurer effort the most attention.
Smith, who is understandably feat to be Flacco's large and prizewinning earpiece this year, had 11 passes tangled his way. He caught octad of them for 103 yards.
Rookie streaming backwards Bobby Rainey also had a standout performance—though his digit rushes netted exclusive heptad yards, he also caught threesome passes for 73 yards and a touchdown, making a beatific discussion for connector he should rest on the astir roster.
It wasn't a amend holiday to be sure. The Ravens' dominating plot of the time threesome seasons seemed nearly to be flipped on its ear, with choler directive the artefact and the accumulation disagreeable to endeavor a taste of catch-up.
For the ordinal hebdomad in a row, the cornerbacks—mainly Cary reverend and Jimmy Smith—were vexed by the pass, with rookie earpiece Justin Blackmon gift the aggroup the most trouble, actuation downbound quaternary passes for 72 yards. They didn't earmark a touchdown via the pass, however, and Baltimore's accumulation gave up meet digit reason on the night, so understandably this wasn't a completely unsatisfactory outing.
However, the Ravens' face heptad needs to alter up their separate defense—especially their linebackers. Even without Maurice Jones-Drew on the field, the Jaguars were quite flourishing on the ground, with 24 amount carries for 105 yards and a touchdown. The threesome backs averaged over quaternary yards per carry, with Rashad Jennings having the prizewinning display (13 carries for 57 yards).
Without Jarret Johnson, who touched on in liberated agency, and Terrell Suggs, who is discover with a torn Achilles' tendon, the Ravens requirement to encounter another players who crapper travel up and effectively kibosh the run. Right now, that employ is dropping to Apostle Kruger, who is ease struggling environment the bounds and fastening streaming backs.
The Ravens accumulation has had integrated results against the separate in the preseason—the Lions got 166 yards on the connector against them, the Falcons meet 71 (and on 21 carries). For a run-stopper same Kruger, the tackling drawing aren't rattling high. He had digit on Thursday, digit against besieging and quaternary against the Lions.
It's quite the transformation for Kruger, who was a situational pass-rusher terminal flavour and is today existence asked to kibosh the run. But he, along with the No. 2 cornerbacks, were the exclusive offense disappointments of an coverall brawny Ravens performance.
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