Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans: Purple Friday Q&A week 2
A couple more questions about the offense:
@mwhyche22 asks: Is it possible that Duvernay has or will carve out a larger role in the offense?
Answer: I think you will see games where Devin Duvernay has more than one catch for an impressive first down. Duvernay’s problem is that he’s not the priority in the passing game. It’s Mark Andrews and Marquise Brown and everybody else. Now the everybody else is important, but the receptions aren’t going to be overly available. Miles Boykin, Willie Snead and Duvernay are splitting opportunities.
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The thing Duvernay has going for him is that the Ravens have every reason to want the football in his hands. Duvernay may not be the polished veteran receiver that Snead is, yet he is dangerous with the football and he can take a short pass and make it a nice gain. For now look for Duvernay to get involved with screens, jet sweeps and crossing routes. If he’s doing more than that in the second half of the season, you have a lot to look forward to with this young wide receiver.
@briski715 asks: Any concern about the lack of “Yanda” on the interior OL going forward?
Answer: This is in the back of my mind yet it’s not pressing. One thing I know about the Browns defensive line is that it’s a lot to handle. The rest of the Cleveland defense is underwhelming but that’s where their talent is focused. The run blocking has to be better and there wouldn’t be kinks to work out if Mashal Yanda hadn’t retired. If the run game looks stifled in the second week of the season this concern will move from the back of my mind to a pressing matter on the prefrontal cortex.
I like Tyre Phillips and I expect him to get better each week. Remember, Bradley Bozeman went from a headache to a handful for opponents to deal with in just a handful of weeks. Phillips can do the same. The offensive line is basically the same minus Yanda so I believe they can get back to cooking on hot. Though if Ronnie Stanley misses time, concerns will have nothing to do with not having Yanda anymore.