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Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:07 am Post subject: Andy Dalton tossed four first half touchdowns |
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Bengals safety Shawn Williams forced a fumble of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco with just under three minutes to play. Dre Kirkpatrick recovered the loose ball and the Bengals added a 40-yard Randy Bullock field goal to put the game out of reach and earn a 34-23 victory.After an opening three-and-out James Hurst Jersey , the Bengals pushed the ball into the end zone on four straight possessions in building a 28-7 lead. Dalton connected with Green three times and added a fourth to Tyler Boyd in building the early advantage.Dalton completed 24 of 42 passes for 265 yards and four touchdowns on the night. Joe Mixon had 84 rushing yards on 21 carries before being sidelined with a knee injury.However, the Ravens would score a late first half touchdown on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco to Mark Andrews to close the deficit to 28-14 before the break.A 55-yard Justin Tucker field goal and 21-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to John Brown drew the Ravens within five, 28-23, with just under 10 minutes remaining. But that would be as close as the Ravens would get. Bullock converted a 28-yard field goal to make it an eight-point game and the 40-yard kick after Flacco’s fumble sealed the deal.Flacco was intercepted twice and lost the fumble late to account for all three Ravens turnovers. He finished with 365 yards and two touchdowns with 31 completions on 54 attempts. The Bengals held the Ravens to just 66 rushing yards on the night. Baltimore also turned the ball over on downs twice in Cincinnati territory on the night.ESPN identifies the Ravens main weakness so far With three weeks of the 2018 NFL season in the books http://www.ravenscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-tavon-young-jersey , the picture of each team is beginning to come into a clearer focus. Each of the 32 teams have their own set of strengths and weaknesses. Now that we’re starting to become more familiar with each squad, we also can begin to identify them for who they are.ESPN decided to do this exact exercise in relation to weaknesses, naming one primary issue for each team so far. They did so in order of their power rankings, starting at number one with the Los Angeles Rams and working their way down.At number 15 sit the Ravens http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/sam-koch-jersey-authentic , and writer Doug Clawson identifies what’s been a pretty glaring issue with the squad so far:This is definitely a fair criticism based on just the numbers alone, just watching the team it’s clear they’ve lacked a consistent running attack so far in 2018. Though the weakness itself is clear, it’s fair to wonder how much of it is on the running backs and how much of the blame lies with what has at times been an underwhelming offensive line this season.The latter reasoning seems especially true when considering the fact that Buck Allen and Alex Collins have both flashed as big time playmakers for the team in different ways this year. Some more consistent rushing lanes would no doubt give them a chance to break out on the ground moving forward. Whether Baltimore will be able to produce rushing lanes is a different story at this point, though there are some possible reinforcements on the way. The signing of Hroniss Grasu at center and the all but inevitable insertion of Orlando Brown Jr. into the lineup seems to indicate the line could be due for a bump in performance soon.Regardless http://www.ravensfootballauthentics.com/james-hurst-jersey-authentic , the lineman have held up well enough in pass protection and seem to represent the main glaring weakness on the offense so far, which is a positive development considering the aforementioned room for improvement. If they do improve moving forward, this offense has shown flashes of being one of the better units we’ve seen in the entirety of the Joe Flacco era. |
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