Ray Reed Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) When: November 1st, 2020 1pm EST Where: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland Why: To take hold of first place in the AFC North and put a damper on the Steelers hype train 3 Keys to the Game 1: Interior offensive line needs to get some sort of push in the run game, and they need to be better than they have all year. If we consistently have 2nd and 9s against this team after our first down runs, and not 2nd and 6s, we won't win this game. 2: Quick pressure on Ben. He's throwing it quick and they're spreading teams out this year. With Tavon/Avarett/Marshall hurt, we're going to have some unfavorable matchups when they go 4-5 wide. The pass rush needs to get to Ben before he can find those mismatches. 3: Let Lamar be Lamar. In these types of games, rarely do players' stats look pretty. Lamar isn't going to put up that gorgeous passing statline we all want to see this Sunday, and that's ok. Just move the offense and get the win...the best chance of doing that is letting Lamar go off-script IMO. Call plays to get him in space and let him improvise and win us the game. Edited October 28, 2020 by Ray Reed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drd23 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Not as bad as the Steelers' injury report though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Chris Wormley..NT? That's an odd one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AFlaccoSeagulls Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 if Jimmy has another Achilles injury, that's it for his career man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Pretty obvious what the Steeler's game plan is going to be. Spread us out and play small ball, hoping to attack our susceptible depth pieces we're now forced to rely on at CB. Will help them avoid the now more formidable pass rush/blitz packages too. Of course, that's essentially everyone's game plan against us. We'll need the running game to emerge(Great time for a Dobbins/Edwards breakout), Lamar to connect with his playmakers(Andrews & Hollywood), and the defense to continue improving upon what they've been doing thus far in 2020. X Factors for the Game?.. Offense- Devin Duvernay: He's earned more opportunities, according to Harbaugh himself, and if we're smart- there'll be some emphasis put on his inclusion into this offense coming off the bye week. Plus impact in the return game would be huge too. Defense- Yannick Ngakoue(Who else?): Big name new addition and likely future cornerstone of the defense. How does he look in his first game for the Ravens? Traditionally he's played very well against the Steelers and could be a deciding factor in this game as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Reed Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Yeah that Jimmy situation is NOT good by the looks of it - limited Wednesday and missed Thursday after a bye week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.10.E Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I'm stoked to see Dorsey play 80+% of snaps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamKid Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Ray Reed said: Yeah that Jimmy situation is NOT good by the looks of it - limited Wednesday and missed Thursday after a bye week... Some encouraging news...we'll see if it keeps trending in the right direction, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondbull424 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Jimmy and Marlon have been in enough games against the Steelers. I’m not arrogant enough to claim they don’t “NEED” practice, but if there’s players in our secondary that need those reps, it probably are the backups who might see plenty of reps in this game and will need to be uber ready to go. Hopefully the Achilles thing is just more of a slight heel soreness and not legitimately his Achilles in some sort of Kevin Durant State. If so I’d rather be sit this game out and we lose the battle so as to win the war later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Reed Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, DreamKid said: Some encouraging news...we'll see if it keeps trending in the right direction, Woo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodgyman5220 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Ray Reed said: Woo! Yea to be fair, I tore my Achilles this February, and this week with the cooler weather hitting the PA area, my heel has been really sore. So maybe this has been a minor discomfort type thing due to the weather and some rest just to be safe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wackywabbit Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Coming off a bye week, I'm going to really feel the fact that we now have an extra 1 hour to wait to see this matchup, because of DST ending. Edited November 1, 2020 by wackywabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.10.E Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hedging the ole happiness here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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