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Baltimore Ravens beat Washington: Good, bad and the ugly

By Chris Schisler

Ravens, Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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Oct 4, 2020; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Football Team running back Antonio Gibson (24) rushes for a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens during the second quarter at FedExField. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 4, 2020; Landover, Maryland, USA; Washington Football Team running back Antonio Gibson (24) rushes for a touchdown against the Baltimore Ravens during the second quarter at FedExField. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports /

The Bad:

The Ravens gave up way too many completions. Terry McLaurin had a good day, he certainly would have been a good day to have him in a PPR fantasy football league. He had 10 grabs for 118 yards. Antonio Gibson only had four receptions yet he averaged 20.5 yards per catch. It didn’t add up to a lot in terms of the impact of the game. It’s not something to freak out about, but after what the Chiefs did to the Ravens secondary it’s not exactly comforting for Ravens fans.

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The run game was inconsistent in this game. One problem is that the Ravens never let any of their running backs work up a sweat. They kept rotating between Mark Ingram, Gus Edwards and J.K. Dobbins and nobody got into their zone. The run blocking wasn’t great either. This is a reoccurring problem. That’s kind of the story of this game. The Ravens didn’t play a perfect game by any measure but their shortcomings didn’t cost them all that dearly.

The Ravens were out of sync in this game. Let’s call a spade a spade, the offense couldn’t get into a rhythm and there were some problematic moments of the game. The game should have been a little easier. There was a Jackson interception where Miles Boykin was probably as much at fault as the quarterback. There was some forced run plays that were snuffed out immediately.

Washington seemed to know what was coming and Greg Roman didn’t have his best game as a play-caller. For the second week in a row Jackson finished with under 200 passing yards. He had 64 rushing yards and played a solid game. It just seemed like he was pressing as a passer. There were moments where he could have taken off and made a play where he stayed a passer and had to do it the hard way.

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