Sunday, October 09, 2016

Redskins vs Ravens - Escape!

Washington sneaked into Baltimore and escaped with a win over a superior team. The Ravens easily could have have kept running the ball at the Skins over and over again but inexplicably stopped the ground game. 

Instead, without injured wideout Steve Smith, Joe Flacco and the Ravens offense was flummoxed by Joe Barry's defense. 

The Skins benefited not only from a failed but aggressive call with the poorly executed fake field goal but spectacularly from the fumbled interception into the end zone.

Yes, Washington certainly played competitively and had missed opportunities of their own. Most importantly, I was really confused they they had 3rd and 1 six times and tried passing on ALL SIX of those plays. They failed ALL SIX times. Yes, the Ravens defense is stout but the most convertible type of 3rd down is 3rd and 1! Matt Jones could have attempted to push the pile, they could have tried a QB sneak, they could have tested the edge, they could have even run a naked QB bootleg if they wanted to keep their pass-heavy look.   

That said, if the Ravens had done nothing but call 15-20 more running plays, the game easily would have tilted in their favor. 

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