Week 3 Ravens Vs Patriots

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Just in case...if last week is lingering.......

"We can’t dwell on that,” Jackson said. "It’s still early in the season. We’ve got to focus. We’ve got 15 more games left of the regular season. We aren’t going to let this loss define us.”

 

The Ravens are 3-point favorites, and they need to right this ship really quick and take advantage of the opportunity of the other AFC North teams losing.  The Ravens have never won a regular season game in New England. They are 2-10 there all time.

Dobbins, Jones, Proche, Stephens and Stanley are all questionable at this time.

The Ravens only have 2 OLB's on their roster. Yea....a little irresponsible. Jason Paul Piere is at the Castle today. Maybe they sign him. Nobody else wants him. Why not? ...Eric?.....

Linebacker Odafe Oweh has received defensive grades under 50 from Pro Football Focus in each of the first two games this season. That only happened to him once last season as a rookie.

the Ravens are getting a whopping 2.6 ypc from runners other than Jackson.

Why didn't they use Hill more? 

Team Stats
                                         Ravens     Pats
Points Per Game                    31.0        12.0
Points Allowed Per Game    25.5    17.0
Total Yards                           374.5      333.5
Yards Passing                   265.5    232.5
Yards Rushing                   109.0    101.0
Yards Allowed                   473.5    297.0
Pass Yards Allowed            389.0    219.0
Rush Yards Allowed              84.5    78.0

Will Belichick outfox the Ravens again with a trick play? Oh...Mac Jones can throw the deep ball. Somebody tell Macdonald.

9. Baltimore Ravens (1-1)

Week 2 ranking: 6

Biggest early adjustment: Turn the run game around

The return of running back J.K. Dobbins can't happen soon enough. Dobbins, who has been out since suffering a devastating left knee injury 13 months ago, represents Baltimore's best hope of getting a once-proud run game back on track. With Kenyan Drake and Mike Davis, the Ravens' running backs have totaled 79 yards rushing in the first two games of the season. That's the fewest of any running back group in the NFL. The Ravens will struggle to finish out games if they can't run out the clock like they've done in the past. -- Jamison Hensley

Fastest in the NFL.

Rashod Bateman’s fastest speed as a ball carrier, per

@NextGenStats

tracking, in 14 Ravens games: 21.48 mph Hollywood Brown’s fastest speed in 46 Ravens games: 21.3 mph

On the Horizon......

Edited September 20, 2022 by vmax

[GrubberRaven]

Max, I appreciate you keeping the positive.  God bless you friend.

[tsylvester]

The Pats have a bad offensive line, if the Ravens can't get to a statue of a qb, then we have bigger problems.

Jones is accurate, but his receivers are all possession types. The defense should rebound.

Their defense will like play the same type coverage the Phins employed. Lamar should feast once again as the Pat's do not have the talent to pull off that coverage, consistently.

Now, can the Ravens run the ball?

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18 minutes ago, GrubberRaven said:

Max, I appreciate you keeping the positive.  God bless you friend.

Thank you Grubber!

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It's not the loss that defines them.  It's the way they have played that does.  The jets are so putrid we pulled a win.  

1 hour ago, tsylvester said:

The Pats have a bad offensive line, if the Ravens can't get to a statue of a qb, then we have bigger problems.

Jones is accurate, but his receivers are all possession types. The defense should rebound.

Their defense will like play the same type coverage the Phins employed. Lamar should feast once again as the Pat's do not have the talent to pull off that coverage, consistently.

Now, can the Ravens run the ball?

The pats can run though.  We are vulnerable to the run.  If I'm Bill I jam that ball down our throats until 9 are in tg3 box.

 

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Jeff Zrebiec • TweetShift
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 — Today at 2:16 PM
Imagine Lamar Jackson will be asked about this during his press availability after practice, but he was wearing a sleeve on his right arm and he didn't seem to be doing his usual amount of throwing early in practice. Media, however, can only watch a small portion of practice.

Jeff Zrebiec • TweetShift
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 — Today at 2:25 PM
LT Ronnie Stanley was practicing for Ravens and he seemed to be doing a bit more than what we've seen him doing in recent practice weeks.

Jeff Zrebiec • TweetShift
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 — Today at 2:10 PM
DBs Brandon Stephens (quad) and Damarion Williams (ankle) and WR James Proche (groin) were all back to practicing for Ravens.

Jeff Zrebiec • TweetShift
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 — Today at 1:34 PM
Former Gilman standout and Baltimore native OLB Brandon Copeland has signed with the Ravens practice squad.
[1:36 PM]
Copeland, 31, played 16 games with the Falcons last year. He has seven career sacks, five of them coming in the 2018 season with the Jets.

amison Hensley • TweetShift
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 — Today at 1:03 PM
The Ravens are in a logjam with a 1-1 record.

There are 19 teams who are currently 1-1, which are the second-most in NFL history, according to @ESPNStatsInfo. In 2012, there were 20 teams who started 1-1.

Lamar Jackson through Week 2 of the 2022 season - No. 1 in Touchdown Percentage (10.2%) - No. 1 in Yards per Completion (14.0) - No. 1 in Net Yards Gained per Attempt (8.67) - No. 2 in Yards per Attempt (9.0) - No. 3 in Passer Rating (120.1) - No. 4 in QBR (76.5)

 

 

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Fantasy Point Per Game Leaders

1. Stefon Diggs (35.5)
2. Cooper Kupp (31.8)
3. Lamar Jackson (31.4)
4. Josh Allen (30.6)
5. Tyreek Hill (30.0)
6. Amon-Ra St. Brown (29.9)
7. Jaylen Waddle (28.9)
8. Jalen Hurts (28.9)
9. Carson Wentz (27.8)
10. Michael Pittman (27.1)

amison Hensley •
 — Today at 2:43 PM
Ravens practice report for Wednesday

It appeared that OT Ronnie Stanley increased his workload during individual drills
WR Devin Duvernay (concussion) and CBs Marlon Humphrey (groin) and Marcus Peters (knee) did not practice
CB Brandon Stephens and WR James Proche returned

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Here's a good article on Tucker....

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As he has done before every game and practice since college, Tucker will finish his warm-ups with a kick from the right hashmark, 48 yards out. It was from that exact distance 20 years ago that Tucker's idol, Adam Vinatieri, kicked a last-second field goal to lift the New England Patriots to their first Super Bowl victory, 20-17, over the St. Louis Rams. 

"To me, this is one of the biggest kicks that's ever been, if not the biggest kick that's ever been made," Tucker told ESPN. "This [routine] just puts myself in that mindset, each and every day. How am I going to approach this kick and this moment when it arrives?

"That's one of the greatest parts of sports, seeing one guy propel his team to that winning moment."

Tucker's 91.1% accuracy on field goal attempts is the best in NFL history. And he's not only the most accurate, but he's also the best in high-pressure situations. He has converted 59 straight field goals in the fourth quarter -- including a 51-yarder Sunday in Miami -- and overtime, which is the longest active streak in the league. That includes an NFL-record 66-yarder last season in the closing moments of a 19-17 win in Detroit.....How the Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker became one of the NFL's all-time greatest kickers (espn.com)

 

Baldinger makes a Bold Prediction...

White jersey's Sunday....

 

 

"Hopefully, we'll just have a balanced offense and not just a heavy run and sometimes throw or heavy throwing and sometimes run – just keep it balanced," Jackson said Wednesday. "And I feel like the sky is the limit for us."

 

Edited September 22, 2022 by vmax

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Another reason why Art belongs in the Hall of Fame....

Jamison Hensley 
 — Today at 1:01 PM
No one knows for sure how Brownie the Elf became the Browns' mascot.But it was Art Modell who put the elf on the shelf.

  "My first official act as owner of the Browns will be to get rid of that little f---er." 

Edited September 22, 2022 by vmax

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Piling it on today! 

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The OL is not built to have a balanced offense.  

[GrubberRaven]

15 hours ago, vmax said:

Piling it on today! 

Hopefully tomorrow is a similar report.  Positive news that Stanley and Boyle practiced on a Thursday as they usually don't.

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Bateman leads the NFL with a 27.8-yard per catch average.

Stanley update....

Injury updates....

 

 

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Like a lawyer,  If his lips are moving he is lying.

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Jamison Hensley • TweetShift
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 — Yesterday at 4:15 PM
Ravens injury report at Patriots

DOUBTFUL
OT Ronnie Stanley-z

QUESTIONABLE
RB J.K. Dobbins*
CB Marlon Humphrey*
CB Marcus Peters*
CB Brandon Stephens*
CB Damarion Williams*
TE Isaiah Likely-y
WR James Proche*

*-Full practice Friday
y-Limited practice Friday
z-DNP

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• The Patriots are one of five teams Harbaugh doesn’t have a regular-season win against on the road. The other four are the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals.

• The Ravens are averaging 28.3 points a game on the road since 2019, the third most in the NFL.

• A week after leaving the Dolphins game early and entering the concussion protocol, wide receiver and All-Pro return man Devin Duvernay is expected to play Sunday barring a setback.

• Harbaugh also said that rookie third-round defensive tackle Travis Jones, who hurt his knee late in the preseason, is healthy and could make his debut Sunday.

• An interception Sunday for safety Marcus Williams would make him the first Raven to have an interception in three straight games since Cary Williams in 2012.

• Judon is one sack away from 50 for his career.

• Peters and Patriots safety Devin McCourty both have 31 interceptions, currently tied for the most among active players.

• Cornerback Shaun Wade, who was drafted by the Ravens in the fifth round in 2021 and traded to the Patriots about four months later for two draft picks, has yet to see action for New England this year and played just three games last season.

• Sunday’s game is the Patriots’ 2022 home opener. They’ve won 17 of their past 20 home openers at Gillette Stadium.

• Ravens special teams coordinator Chris Horton and Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater were once roommates at UCLA.First-and-10: Key matchups and subplots for Ravens-Patriots, plus a prediction - The Athletic

 

 

[varaven45]

Is Dobbins ever playing again ? He’s a definite maybe every Sunday.  What up ? 

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21 minutes ago, varaven45 said:

Is Dobbins ever playing again ? He’s a definite maybe every Sunday.  What up ? 

Good to see you va!

I think we see him Sunday. He's had 2 full weeks of practice. Hill should see more PT too. 

Drake and Davis need to take a seat. It's not all on them. The blocking has been sub par.

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45 minutes ago, varaven45 said:

Is Dobbins ever playing again ? He’s a definite maybe every Sunday.  What up ? 

He tore 2 ligaments, his hamstring, and meniscus.   That takes a while to get over.  He probably won't get to 100% this season at all.

[tsylvester]

Stanley is out, but I think Jones would make the biggest improvement for the defense, the team. Turn him loose!

[varaven45]

4 hours ago, vmax said:

Good to see you va!

I think we see him Sunday. He's had 2 full weeks of practice. Hill should see more PT too. 

Drake and Davis need to take a seat. It's not all on them. The blocking has been sub par.

Max, took a little sabbatical but glad be back.I hope you are well Max. 

Man, hard to figure this team.  Until we get a healthy Dobbins and Gus, the O looks one dimensional.  Lamar can’t do it all.  And the defense ! 
 

Clueless about tomorrow.  If the D steps up and makes a big play or two, we can take it: 

if not and we make Matt Jones look like Brady, well ……. 
 

It looks like another coin toss outcome and maybe a Justin Tucker game.   
 

Go Ravens

[cravnravn]

What's the cap hit for cutting the Turd Stanley?

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Since they redid his deal about a month or so ago it's is cost prohibitive.  

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/ronnie-stanley-18954/

[tsylvester]

JK looks like he will play..