Joe Burrow "There's nothing down the field if teams play us like they (Ravens) did"

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(10-10-2022, 08:27 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I know Collinsworth was calling for it. Boyd has fallen along the way side. I can understand if Chase and Higgins are on the field but it's puzzling in a game like last night with no Higgins and a great match up. He should've been a major part of the game plan last night and instead he gets 4 targets.

There shouldn't be any "understanding" of going to Chase and Higgins over Boyd.  You attack the weakness on the other team.  Not their strength.  Peyton Manning would take what a defense gave him.  Sometimes it was Harrison, sometimes it was Clark, sometimes it was Reggie Wayne, sometimes it was Edgerrin James.  

The point is they knew their fourth best option was a mismatch for your fourth best coverage guy and they attacked it until a team altered, which would allow them to take some shot.  That is how they came out and scored so many times their first couple drives and teams would have to adjust.  It was high %, and it was effective.