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Originally Posted by arc
They faked the inside run and pitched it out to Lewis. Bad defense on the play, but it wasn't like he ran untouched through a stacked line.
I personally think from my impressions of the game that this article is full of similarly innaccurate statements, but I would have to go back and rewatch the game. |
I agree, that statement stuck out to me as well. In my opinion, that was just a damn good playcall on the part of the Ravens. The Ravens are a team whose bread and butter is running inside the tackles so the Chiefs were keying on that fact. As a result, the Ravens used a great fake and pitch to the outside to exploit that. However, I wasn't worried because those plays usually only work about once per game once the defense sees it (with the obvious exception being Plummer's damn bootleg), so the Ravens were forced to go back to running between the tackles and the Chiefs did a great job stopping those plays, especially in the first three quarters.