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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I get it, because crazy shit happens... and crazy shit is the only way the Ravens scored yesterday. After the holding penalties in the first half though and some of the really tight coverage and that one dude flying around.... I can see why they wanted to hand it off or get the ball out quickly.
I wanted to see more ~4-7 yard stuff to Kelce and Rice instead of so many screens and the lack of creativity in the run game... but end of the day, the Ravens offense just didn't have it.
If it's say 27-17 I'd probably say... sure, they've scored a few times and could make it closer again. Seven points at halftime though and through 3 quarters..... meh, that offense probably isn't more than doubling their output, especially considering the first TD was such a broken play.
The Ravens were working damn hard for first downs, much less getting into and scoring in the red zone.
Sure, it puts pressure on the defense and they were playing with fire a bit, but I get why they did it and it's amazing they can lean on the defense like that.
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The 4-7 yard shit over the middle was exactly what I DIDN'T want to see.
That's where balls get knocked into the air for interceptions. Or guys end up in the middle of 4 dudes flying downfield to knock the ball out.
I wanted to see a couple deep shots to try to open up the sideways/screen/run game a little bit. But barring that, the LAST thing I wanted to see were balls in the short/intermediate areas over the middle. The juice doesn't justify the squeeze there, IMO.