Baltimore Ravens: The worst performance in franchise history
The Baltimore Ravens lost 44-7 to the Jacksonville Jaguars. There is no way around it, this was the worst performance in franchise history:
The Baltimore Ravens went into the half getting trounced by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The first half ended with the Ravens losing 23-0. It was a nightmare for the Baltimore Ravens fanbase. The Ravens gained a whopping 15 yards in the first half. The Jaguars had 261 total yards at the same point. Sam Koch punted six times before the merciful halftime intermission. The other possession for the Ravens ended with an interception.
The Baltimore Ravens didn’t seem to be there. It certainly didn’t look like the team that beat the Bengals 20-0. It wasn’t the same team that beat the Browns with relative ease. This Ravens team made moving the football look like climbing Mount Everest with their legs tied and their arms behind their back.
The defense got almost no pass rush while they slipped into a 23-0 hole. When they did, Eric Weddle couldn’t complete a sack. The Jaguars took the game to the Ravens. It looked like Blake Bortles was playing on air. Leonard Fournette led the Jaguars rushing attack, a rushing attack that totaled 77 rushing yards in the terrible first 30 minutes of football.
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The offensive line was as bad as it could get. Flacco didn’t have a chance, though his performance was lacking by any measure. The offense looked hopeless. The Ravens made the Jaguars look like the New England Patriots. Give credit to the Jaguars. They came into this game with the right mindset and played with purpose. The Ravens simply gave them all the help they could get.
But wait, it gets worse:
The second half began the same way. The Jaguars extended the score to 30-0 with relative ease. Then Terrence West fumbled the football and the Jaguars had a long return to give the offense a first and goal. Then the Ravens gave up a touchdown to Mercedes Lewis against Tony Jefferson. All the sudden it was 37-0. Halfway into the third quarter the Ravens were getting embarrassed, to a degree you seldom see in football.
Make no mistake about this. This is the worst game in franchise history. They were 2-0. They were coming off dominant wins. When the game started fans were expecting a win. When the game ended fans had to question everything. The Ravens embarrassed themselves in this game. It was just awful. The Ravens have had some bad moments. This was without question the worst.
After a fake punt made matters worse, the Ravens found themselves down 44-0. They took out Joe Flacco and started running the football. When the fourth quarter began, the game was over. Baltimore looked like they were sleep walking in the beginning of the game and at the end of it they just wanted it to be over. There is no nice thing to say. This was the worst performance the Ravens ever had and it isn’t even close. It was a total beat down. The Jaguars played well. Give them credit, but the Ravens played absolutely horrible football.
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There is nothing good to take from this game. John Harbaugh should just throw the tape in the trash. The Ravens just have to move forward. The problem is that after the worst showing the Ravens have ever given their fans, they have to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. We’ll see what happens but the Ravens surely have a lot of things to figure out.