Can Baltimore Ravens dismantle San Francisco 49ers defense?
The Baltimore Ravens have taken on some good defenses this year and they’ll face another in the San Francisco 49ers. Can the dismantle this beastly unit?
Defense wins championships. It’s a theme that’s proven time and time again to be truer than the last time it was said. There’s plenty of examples, to include the Baltimore Ravens 2000 season Super Bowl champs. However, times are changing in the NFL and offense is more prominent than ever before.
These days, if you want to win football games you have to be able to score points, and not just 20-25 points, either. You need to have a high-scoring and efficient offense that can outpace opponents and put them in holes quickly, The 2019 Baltimore Ravens have this kind of offense.
It’ll be put to the test once again this season against the San Francisco 49ers.
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The 49ers possess the league’s top overall defense in terms of total yards allowed per game, as well as passing yards per game. San Francisco also leads the NFL with 44 team sacks, led by Defensive Rookie of the Year front-runner Nick Bosa. The team has a chance to have four players cross the double-digit sack margin for the first time since the 2014 Buffalo Bills. Between Bosa, Arik Armstead, DeForest Buckner, and Dee Ford, the 49ers know how to get after the quarterback.
This will prove to be an incredible challenge for Ronnie Stanley as he looks to shut down Nick Bosa in what will be an epic match-up. Meanwhile, Orlando Brown Jr. will look to slow down Armstead and Ford, while Marshal Yanda dukes it out with Buckner. We’re in for an offensive line vs. defensive line slugfest.
The one weakness that San Francisco has is their 19th ranked run defense. That’s far too leaky to attempt to slow down the Baltimore Ravens top-ranked rushing attack. Lamar Jackson and Mark Ingram will run wild on this defense and torch them repeatedly with chunk plays.
When this happens, Baltimore will have great opportunities to strike against their secondary. Part of what makes San Francisco’s pass defense so good is their pass rush. The truth is that outside Richard Sherman there aren’t any elite pieces left. Guys like Ahkello Witherspoon and Emmanuel Moseley have played well, but they can be exposed. Getting Marquise Brown the ball will be a must, and he can take any of these defensive backs deep with his speed.
Baltimore must make the most of any opportunities to attack underneath with Mark Andrews and their tight ends. Fred Warner is a stud, but he can’t stop all three of the Ravens athletic tight ends. The front-seven, as dominant as it may be, will be in for a long day vs. the Baltimore Ravens offense.
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This game is exciting for so many different reasons. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers look like Super Bowl contenders, leaving us thoughts that this could be a potential Super Bowl LIV game. We also get to see the league’s top defense go-head-to-head with the league’s number one ranked offense (total yards per game). It’s a classic case of “what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” and we cannot wait any longer!