Ja’Marr Chase was the receiver who harm Baltimore most in Week 5 (10 catches, 193 yards, two touchdowns), displaying his explosive run-after-catch means on a 70-yard landing play.
Tee Higgins, who additionally had a large day in opposition to the Ravens final month (9 catches, 83 yards, two touchdowns), didn’t observe Monday and Tuesday, placing his availability for Thursday night time in query.
However, the Ravens should even be cautious of Bengals tight finish Mike Gesicki, who had two landing catches and 100 yards receiving in opposition to the Raiders. Burrow has nice belief in his accuracy and sometimes locations throws the place his receivers could make performs on the ball, even when lined. It will likely be vital for the Ravens to win battles for the soccer when Burrow throws into tight home windows.
“Last recreation, there have been a lot of contested catches, and it appeared like they got here down with a lot of these,” Humphrey stated. “You know what you are going to get with Joe. He’s an elite quarterback, so it is at all times a powerful problem.”
Humphrey is glad to have one other shot at Cincinnati, a probability to indicate that Baltimore’s cross protection is really headed in the proper path. Burrow can benefit from even the smallest mistake in protection, however Humphrey believes the Ravens’ cross protection is changing into extra cohesive.
“We simply should preserve chasing the particulars,” Humphrey stated. “We should do it precisely how we’re coached, precisely how we’re doing it in observe, to get it to go in the recreation. We cannot observe all of it week this manner – coach this manner – after which get in the recreation, and it isn’t precisely the way you simply practiced it.
“So many occasions this yr, only one man just isn’t precisely the place he is alleged to be, and that is the place it has been hit. It’s these little, tiny particulars that is made all people tighten up their method, tighten up their mindset. … It makes you focus, and that is what we’d like.”
