Week 7 Baltimore Ravens @ Minnesota Vikings

[Ellicottraven]

How many rush yards to the Vikings have so far?

 

[jdynamite]

Wow he kept his balance and just lunged forward for 4 yards more

 

[TheCity5]

Oh man, if Carr could have read the play earlier.

 

[29BmoreBird22]

Wow he kept his balance and just lunged forward for 4 yards more

53

 

[rossihunter2]

when t sizzle starts missing tackles in the run game you know something's going wrong

 

[Sami84]

This team is lightyears away from being great again. the flacco era needs to end

 

[jdynamite]

How many rush yards to the Vikings have so far?

53 now, 20-25 coming in this drive.

 

[Adreme]

It’s the end of the 2nd, we’ve only attempted to run the ball 7 times. You want to argue that they can’t run and I’m teling you they aren’t even trying to set up the run.

The reason they have only run the ball 7 times is because every run has gone nowhere. So you are saying the right after a failed run on 1st down is to try again on 2nd down? They are the 4th best run D in football and our OLine is in tatters and the combination is showing in our run plays.

 

[RavensDFan]

From spending the whole first half on the field

Before this drive, which the defense is allowing the Vikes to stay on the field this long, we held TOP. So why is our defense "gassed" and the Vikes look just fine? Stop it. Just stop it.

 

[gtalk12]

Once again the D stops the offense. 9 points by the half. How many points have we scored on offense? Oh that’s right, we haven’t. We just give the ball back or get within 50 yards so Tucker can kick it.

 

[Ellicottraven]

This run defense is breaking down.

Breaking implies they're in the act. I believe they've already broken down

i just want alex collins to get the ball and i want camp to get the ball - no one else on offence should touch the ball

I think Allen deserves the ball too. He seems to have become Flacco pressure valve. Without him, Flacco will fold.

 

[RavensMania]

Before this drive, which the defense is allowing the Vikes to stay on the field this long, we held TOP. So why is our defense "gassed" and the Vikes look just fine? Stop it. Just stop it.

The defense isn’t gassed, but it’s the middle of the field that has been open all day.

 

[Sami84]

The problem with the ravens?

Our best players are by nfl standards '' Good''

not great

 

[RavensDFan]

So BWill is back. Davis is back. We held TOP before the defense allowed that long Vikes drive. Excuses now?

 

[rossihunter2]

so the vikings have 53 rush yards on 15 carries which isnt even 4 ypc so its not like the defence is doing bad but we're used to 2.5 ypc levels of dominance - the problem is that they are getting well over 3.5 ypc without springing a run longer than 8 yards

 

[29BmoreBird22]

The offense has 53 yards of offense. Oh boy...

 

[jdynamite]

Just don't throw a pick 6.

 

[rossihunter2]

The offense has 53 yards of offense. Oh boy...

the vikings run game has as many yards as our entire offence

 

[Ellicottraven]

What are they doing? Just take a knee and go to the locker room and regroup. Why risk injury?

 

[gtalk12]

The reason they have only run the ball 7 times is because every run has gone nowhere. So you are saying the right after a failed run on 1st down is to try again on 2nd down? They are the 4th best run D in football and our OLine is in tatters and the combination is showing in our run plays.

The answer is yes, you keep running the ball. Just because you got stopped once in the series doesn’t mean you just abandon the run game. You keep chipping away until you can break one or at least keep the defense on its heals. Alex Collins gets one touch and then we go on 2nd and 10 for a short pass to a TE for a gain of 1 and the TE gets blasted. Are you and I watching the same game?