Baltimore Ravens Football
Ray Rice has struggled, but why?
The fans and the media have not been bashful about blaming Ray Rice for the Ravens run struggles this year. Rice has 549 Rush Yards to his name (27th of 49 HBs) and a yards-per-carry average that has finally eclipsed the 3.0 mark for the season after the win over the...
AFC playoff race narrows, Week 15
With focus on the Ravens playoff chances, it was a wild weekend featuring three teams from the AFC North. The Browns had the Patriots pinned but gave up two touchdowns in the final 30 seconds to lose it 27-26. The Steelers Antonio Brown was expecting Mike Tomlin to...
Ravens survive, move to 7-6; What did we see?
Overcoming the elements, their own suspect play-calling, and a crazy last couple of minutes - the Baltimore Ravens beat the Minnesota Vikings 29-26. With the win, the Ravens improve to 7-6 on the year, and remain in possession of the last Wild Card in the AFC.(Discuss...
Sunday Match-Up: Minnesota @ Baltimore
The Baltimore Ravens (6-6) have now won two in a row and three of their last four and appear to be peaking at the right time for a playoff run. Still it won't be easy to hold that sixth and final playoff spot. There's still a mix of teams only a game behind them in...
Time for Arthur Brown to get his shot
Oh the weather outside is frightful…The weather report from the NFL network for this Sunday’s matchup between the Ravens and Vikings, calls for a high of 34 degrees with “ice pellets”. Not rain, not snow, certainly not sunny. Ice pellets. Weather has not been friendly...
A Closer Look at the Vertical Passing Offense
In recent weeks, the Ravens deep passing attack has found some success. In his last two games, Joe Flacco has thrown for well above his average yards per attempt, including an outing against New York where he threw for 10.5 YPA - his highest average of the season. You...
The Ravens Blitz-Happy Third Down Defense
The nail-biter on Thanksgiving night brought out the aggression in defensive coordinator Dean Pees. Ben Roethlisberger enjoyed a fairly clean pocket on the "Money Down" when he faced the Ravens defense in Week 7. This was not the case this past Thursday as the...
Gallery: Ravens Third Down Defense
A gallery of the Ravens' 3rd down defense. This will include personnel, formation, and result. Meant to be a supplement to . First Quarter, 13:35, 3rd and 12 Steelers using 11 personnel (1RB, 1TE) Ravens using 1-6-4 personnel (1DL, 6LB, 4DB) Result: The Ravens dared...