01-11-2023, 07:39 PM
(01-11-2023, 07:11 PM)BoomerFan Wrote: It really is sounding like Jackson won't play. He still has swelling and didn't practice today.
We definitely shouldn't take the Ravens lightly but if we prepare for them and are disciplined we can beat them. Disciplined might mean running the ball for small gains and throwing quick passes for short yards while the defense does the heavy lifting. Don't ask too much of the offensive line.
Good news for us.
Though I must say I hope that camp vanilla has the right of it, and our second half struggles were because we held our cards close to our vests. I don't buy that entirely. We had numerous overthrows/underthrows/misreads and drops that left 3-4 TDs on the board. That is flat out sloppy, it does not have anything to do with playcalling. You try to make the play in front of you. Also, the OL getting pushed around, particularly early and in pass pro, that is also a different thing. And you want to protect Burrow at all times.
I think BOTH things probably contributed.
Hopefully I was just being overly pessimistic.