Because they are a finesse team. So much of the offense is predicated on timing routes and coordination between Burrow and his receivers. All the back shoulders he throws are a perfect example of a finesse game. They also struggle mightily when played by a more physical defense as we’ve seen against the Ravens the past 2 years.
Breakouts for the Ravens:
Kyle Hamilton. Had a solid rookie year last year where he was used as mostly a slot corner in certain packages and is now having a first team all pro season in 2023. He plays deep safety, box safety, slot corner, and linebacker equally well and can singlehandedly take over a game on defense with his playmaking. He has the most coverage snaps in the league at safety, is the 4th most targeted safety, yet only allows a 58.0 passer rating. He has the most PBUs, 2nd most pressures, and most sacks of any safety. And he just broke the franchise record for TFLs in a season by a DB with 8 (1st in the league among safeties as well), previously set by Ed Reed. This guy is gonna be a beast for us for years to come.
Justin Madubuike. He has improved every year in the league and is this year is the culmination of that. He has 10 sacks on the season already as a DT and 10 more TFLs to boot. His stats are a little gaudy imo considering he gets a ton of great looks on our defense with the stunts and picks we run, but he is still having a great year and the impact he has is undeniable.
Breakdowns for the Ravens:
Ronnie Stanley: Has clearly lost a step or two after looking like he might regain his pre injury form in 2022 after a two year absence from a severe ankle break. Now it is is knee bothering him apparently, but he has just not been solid at LT all year. Last game against the Chargers he gave up 6 pressures and nearly sacked Lamar himself twice. You hope for the best but its hard to see the ravens keeping him on next year with a 26 million dollar cap hit when we can save 11 million to cut him.
Justin Tucker: All of our special teams have been abnormally bad this season, but even considering that it been a bad year for Tucker. Not just bad for his standards, bad by any standard. He has a career low FG percentage of 80.7 and is 1/5 on field goals 50 yards or greater. Though one of those 50 yarders was blocked, the Ravens haven’t been calling his number as much on long field goals which shows the level of confidence the team has in him has diminished. We will see whether his performance is a symptom of our overall special teams dysfunction this year or the Tucker era of kicking dominance is coming to an end.
Greatest show on turf, 2000s colts, 2010s saints, 2020s bengals
Season ending jukes from Addison
Rome Odunze might not even be a top 5 receiver lol
Justin Fields is a dollar store Josh Dobbs
I hate that call but its right
Fuck yeah we won an ugly game
At least Herberts tan looks pretty nice
Finally Lamar makes a play out of structure. Really needed that for my mental health
we got that first down by a full yard wtf
Johnston appearance!
That was a madden animation lol
Its already a total shit show goodness
Dont know whats better, Browns getting cooked or Chiefs getting cooked
Is anyone else’s local CBS affiliate ruining the game with that stupid banner
I am so excited for the Steelers to drop a literal goose egg in ther first post Canada game after their fans whined about him for years
Dont understand Steelers fans constantly calling for Canadas head… There is just 0 talent on this offense other than Pickens. Its a miracle their offense isn’t worse.
The offense was not a finesse offense. It was literally the greatest rushing offense of all time and our OL was dominant.
The defense however was the definition of a finesse defense. They covered very well but they lived off of turnovers, all our pressure came from blitzes and our run D was soft as bread pudding. Nobody ever tested it until the playoffs bc the offense always jumped ahead to such giant leads.