Ravens: 4 matchups to watch in Week 9 against the Vikings

1. Ravens’ receiving corps vs. Cameron Dantzler, Bashaud Breeland, and Mackensie Alexander

This is very broad, but with the way the Ravens move and rotate their receivers and how the Vikings deploy their cornerbacks, it is difficult to pinpoint a single matchup between these units.

Vikings cornerback Cameron Dantzler enters this weekend with a questionable designation but is expected to play. If the last week’s game is anything to go by, the Vikings will be desperate for him to play.

Against the Cowboys, Dantzler, Bashaud Breeland, and Mackensie Alexander were the only cornerbacks to play snaps on defense — that is their trio. With Patrick Peterson out, they are down to their minimum, and the Cowboys exposed them as a unit that is vulnerable.

This is the game where the entire Ravens receiving corps could go off.

The Ravens have the players to threaten this secondary and expose them. If Watkins and Rashod Bateman are both full goes, with Marquise Brown and Mark Andrews taking their usual roles, the Vikings will struggle to cover all of them.

Alexander is a particular weakness. He operates in the slot and last week gave up a 73-yard touchdown down the seam — we all know how much Jackson loves the seams.

Whoever Alexander is matchup up with, be it Bateman, Watkins, Brown, or Andrews, I like the Ravens’ chances.