Todd Monken Praised for Game Plan Against Bills
Unlike his Bills counterpart, Ravens Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken is getting kudos for his sport plan in Sunday night time’s sport, particularly in how he used Henry.
“In the season’s first two video games, Henry solely had 14 mixed runs from beneath middle. In the final two, he is had 32 runs from beneath middle. He’s rushed for 172 yards (5.2 yards per carry) on these 32 carries,” The Athletic’s Ted Nguyen wrote. “These stats do not embody his runs from pistol, that are clearly efficient. Lamar Jackson is much less of a menace on under-center runs as a result of quarterback choices aren’t out there however the sacrifice is properly value it to get Henry going.
“Monken also needs to get credit score for being prepared to dial down his want to get into unfold formations and air the ball out — an adjustment I do not suppose he would have made final season. He additionally cranked up the Ravens’ play-action price to 61.9 % in opposition to the Bills, by far their highest of the season. This was a wise strategy in opposition to the Bills, who’re decimated at linebacker.”
Sports Illustrated’s Gilberto Manzano additionally praised the Ravens for establishing their offensive identification.
“Having a star operating again—these nonetheless exist—is making the Ravens’ opponents rethink giving them the beneath sport on this period of defenses doing the whole lot they will to remove downfield passing,” Manzano wrote. “In signing a 30-year-old operating again who had 2,030 profession carries earlier than this season, Baltimore seems to have displayed some ahead considering. That would possibly come off as a little bit of an oxymoron for those that nonetheless imagine run-heavy offenses cannot win in as we speak’s soccer.
“But Henry is not taking part in in an old-school predictable offense and always dealing with stacked containers. He turned his 24 carries into 199 yards vs. the Bills and sometimes noticed large lanes to burst by means of as a result of linebackers are having a tough time guessing whether or not Jackson will maintain the ball or give it to Henry.”
