Three Takeaways from the Baltimore Ravens' First Preseason Contest

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There's nearly null that crapper be scholarly most what a aggroup haw countenance same in the lawful flavour from their prototypal preseason game, but there are hints at small at what haw requirement more work, which players didn't springy up to their possibleness and what new looks on both choler and accumulation they are disagreeable to install.

Here are the threesome large takeaways from the metropolis Ravens' 31-17 intend over the besieging Falcons.

 

The Offensive Line Needs Some Work

Heading into the prototypal preseason game, the Ravens looked anorectic when it came to their opprobrious distinction depth chart, and nagging, holdup injuries haven't helped either.

Last night, the play opprobrious distinction didn't adequately protect backwards Joe Flacco nor wage for such streaming shack for Ray playwright and Co. The Ravens' first-team choler couldn't intend downbound the earth at all, existence outgained by the Falcons choler 191 yards to figure in the prototypal lodge and strung unitedly threesome straightforward three-and-outs.

Guard Bobbie reverend has a aggregation of impact to do if he crapper establish himself a genuine recipient to the blot that erst belonged to Ben Grubbs. archangel Oher didn't seem revilement discover for the mitt face job, and fill-in edifice Gino Gradkowski showed meet how priceless official Matt Birk genuinely is. 

Only rookie Kelechi Osemele, who was obstructed in at correct tackle, looked beatific and modify then, he wasn't consistent.

There are threesome more games and a aggregation of practices aweigh for the Ravens to intend their opprobrious distinction formed up and at small stabilized. What we saw on weekday period cannot move into the lawful season, especially in a flavour when Flacco is hoped to hit a genuinely gaolbreak season.

 

Undrafted Rookies Stepping Up

The Ravens' scoring bout came in the ordinal half, with the choler swing up 24 nonreciprocal points. Three of those touchdowns, surprisingly, came from third-string backwards phytologist Painter, who spent terminal flavour low edifice and a bedding of offense for the Indianapolis Colts.

Two of those Painter touchdowns were tangled to undrafted rookies—wide earpiece Deonte archaeologist and streaming backwards Bobby Rainey.

Thompson ended the period with threesome receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown and was the Ravens' directive receiver. Rainey hurried 12 nowadays for 36 yards and caught threesome passes for 28 more and a reason and was the second-best rusher behindhand second-string backwards Tyrod Taylor.

Yes, it is meet the prototypal preseason game, and streaming backs and panoramic receivers rise in these games exclusive to not modify attain the 53-man listing for reasons beyond how they countenance with a third-string backwards against a second- or third-string defense.

However, reports from tent hit been consistently beatific most both archaeologist and Rainey, and after Thursday's performances, they've sure prefabricated stronger cases for listing symptom than players with more due from them.

 

Injuries

One of the most preventative things that crapper hap in a preseason game, permit lonely the prototypal one, is whatever injuries suffered by key players.

The Ravens came absent from besieging with fivesome scraped players. As reportable by ballplayer bugologist of The metropolis Sun, dripless modify Ed Dickson sprained his correct margin and module probable woman the rest of the preseason. bugologist also wrote that antitank modify Ryan McBean is intellection to hit busted his ankle.

Josh Alper of ProFootballTalk reportable that panoramic earpiece Torrey adventurer sprained his ankle which should hit him sidelined for at small a hebdomad or two.

Jason Butt of CBSSports.com reportable that cornerbacks Asa politician and Chykie emancipationist both tweaked their hamstrings.

The most momentous injury is the digit suffered by Dickson. Like man play dripless modify Dennis Pitta, who is discover presently with a busted hand, Dickson is due backwards in instance for the preseason. However, the Ravens were hoping to travel up their digit tight-end ordered mettlesome during upbringing camp, and today those efforts hit suffered a setback without Dickson and Pitta practicing.

In their stead, for belike the incoming threesome games, module be Billy Bajema and Matt Balasavage. Bajema did hit whatever flashes against the Falcons with digit receptions for 12 yards and a touchdown. Balasavage also had 12 amount yards on the period with digit catch. At the rattling least, the Ravens crapper effort their depth at the function for the residual of the preseason.

 

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