This efficiency offers Baltimore’s protection one thing to construct on.
From the first snap, the Ravens’ protection was locked in. Marcus Williams, again in the beginning lineup after being benched in Week 8, made an outstanding deal with on the sport’s first play, and Ar’Darius Washington made an interception on the subsequent play.
The drops and miscommunications that haunted Baltimore’s protection towards Cleveland have been cleaned up. Denver is just not an offensive juggernaut, however this was a step in the proper route.
It helped that Marlon Humphrey was again in the lineup, however the Ravens have been nonetheless shorthanded alongside the line of defense with out Michael Pierce (injured reserve/calf) and Brent Urban (concussion). However, second-year inside linebacker Trenton Simpson (9 tackles, one sack) was lively and second-year outdoors linebacker Tavius Robinson led the go rush with two sacks. The Ravens have been stout in the pink zone and made the Broncos earn most of what they obtained.
Facing the Bengals will give Ravens an excellent higher indication of whether or not their protection is trending up. Meanwhile, General Manager Eric DeCosta may nonetheless make a transfer to strengthen the protection previous to Tuesday’s commerce deadline.
“Ravens protection – we owned as much as the problem that everybody was placing on us this week,” nickel cornerback Arthur Maulet stated. “We must construct off it.”
