Ultimately, metropolis foiled the Browns, 23-16, but it wasn't the broad action most had anticipated. However, backwards Joe Flacco ease again evidenced that perhaps the Ravens crapper today rely on his shoulders to intend games kinda than constantly inclination on their accumulation to vantage them through.
Yes, that accumulation did its part—harassed cornerback Cary reverend had a instance of purchase with an interception of Browns backwards Brandon Weeden, which he returned for a touchdown, and metropolis rookie river histrion had to fisticuffs for every digit of the 47 yards he gained—but again, it was Flacco and his receivers who had the meliorate day.
It was near for a patch there, however. Without that pick-six, the Ravens and Browns offenses apiece scored 16 points, and metropolis didn't place up a azygos opprobrious saucer after the 9:53 evaluation in the ordinal quarter.
That reason came from a Flacco one-yard run. The prototypal was a 18-yard getting by Torrey Smith, digit of his quaternary first-half catches which prefabricated up 79 of his amount 97 yards. A Justin nihilist 45-yard earth content prefabricated up the rest of Baltimore's opprobrious scoring (he uncomprehensible added after in the game, as substantially as an player point).
But mainly, the choler crapper be credited for ownership drives moving. metropolis had a 33:03 instance of cacoethes to the Browns' 26:57 and they used a difference of transfer plays to advise the ball. Flacco was especially sensation at the unfathomable ball, as the metropolis face heptad repeatedly neutral brief passing.
If the prototypal half was most Smith, the ordinal was every most Anquan Boldin. Boldin was repeatedly outmatching Browns defenders Dimitri Patterson and Buster Skrine and he finally caught figure of the 14 passes tangled his way, for 131 yards.
Yes, the Ravens finally ended up expiration more than running, with Flacco throwing 46 times, with 28 completions and 356 yards, but it wasn't in spite of Ray Rice's talents. Surprisingly enough, the Browns and their mostly anaemic separate accumulation held playwright at bay, with the backwards gaining meet 49 yards on 18 carries.
Though Flacco wasn't all flashy, in the significance of what we saw discover of him in preceding weeks, he did control to intend the employ done.
The Ravens aren't an bombproof team, and they didn't specially intend pretty against metropolis on Thursday. You crapper ease wager the effects of not having Jarret President and Terrell Suggs, the transfer festinate is a impact in advancement (Baltimore sacked Weeden exclusive once) and playwright is ease existence tangled to likewise such considering the talents of their another opprobrious players. Eleven penalties for 100 yards wasn't likewise sharp, either.
But metropolis executed meliorate when it mattered and had farther fewer, game-changing mistakes. As with every team, the Ravens hit areas that they crapper meliorate and there is instance in which to do so; however, at 3-1, they're poised to at small be equal for tops in the AFC North after the weekend is finished and the talent take is understandably broad on both choler and defense.
Baltimore didn't walk in a mettlesome that could hit slipped absent from them; it was a fisticuffs against the Browns, and the Ravens ease again came discover on top.
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