The Ravens Have ONE Defensive Weakness

[Luvnit2]

(10-10-2020, 12:21 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: I just looked at team defense for 2020 and, as usual, the Ravens are near the top.  However, the defensive statistics are strongly skewed because the Baltimore rush defense is top ten but overall pass defense is bottom half.  The Ravens’ defense is 26th in passes completed, 18th in interceptions, and 17th in sacks.  That’s not normal for Baltimore.  

This plays into Joe Burrow’s strength which is completing passes. I think he can dink and dunk the Ravens to death tomorrow a la Virgil Carter.  Patrick Mahomes ran lots of successful slants and short wheel routes against Baltimore last week and I think this might work for Joe Burrow too.  

If the Bengals can manage to run against the Ravens tomorrow, even better.  This will open up the pass game even more.  Once again it comes down to effective offensive line play and I need to see more push and less reaction.

It also comes down to Burrow being accurate, on short passes to allow receivers best chance to run after the catch, on throws over 20 yards (his major weakness so far) to start making the throws he made in college. We saw him do it, now to progress (he is doing very well) I want to see throws on the money short and long.