In Week 4, the Ravens ran over the Bills with a double dose of Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson.
Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken has no downside doubling down on that strategy heading into Sunday’s Divisional Playoff sport in Buffalo – particularly contemplating the way in which Henry and Jackson are operating proper now.
Henry has averaged 158.3 yards per sport over the previous 4 contests. He ran 199 yards, together with an 87-yard landing on the Ravens’ first offensive play in Baltimore’s 35-10 win earlier this season.
Both groups have modified since. Buffalo’s protection is more healthy, as beginning linebackers Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard, as properly beginning nick cornerback Taron Johnson, didn’t play in Week 4.
The Ravens have additionally developed, and so they could possibly be with out main huge receiver Zay Flowers once more after he missed a fifth straight observe Thursday.
“We’re a unique crew now than we had been then when it comes to how we assault folks, our personnel, who now we have [and] who we’ll have Sunday evening,” Monken stated.
“So, in the end, for each groups, it should come all the way down to what they do properly. Irrespective of what that sport was 13 [or] 14 weeks in the past, what we do properly, what they do properly, as a result of whenever you’re actually good, you might have tendencies. You simply do. You must do what you do properly and do it higher than they do it.”
Without Flowers within the lineup towards the Steelers, the Ravens offense utilized two tight finish units on a season-high 69.4% of performs. Reserve offensive lineman Josh Jones additionally performed 15 snaps (20%) as an additional blocker.
But the query stays: can the Bills cease Henry and Jackson on the bottom?
“It’s going to be a heavyweight combat,” Henry stated.
