After equaling the sixth reversals of the NFL last season, a year after equaling the head of the league with 31 in 2023, the players and coaches of the Baltimore Ravens spent the whole of off -season to focus on the possibility of removing the ball in front this season.
They are obsessed with the 2000 historic unit of the franchise which led the league with 49 points to remember, with an average of just over three per game on the way to win their very first Super Bowl and ran exercises in practice adapted to their preparation to be in a position to play on the ball.
However, during the first four games of the season, only Washington commanders generated fewer turnover with only one, compared to the lean 2 of the Ravens, who both won their week 2 victory against a Cleveland Browns attack led by Joe Flacco, who was banished earlier this week.
In addition to being close to the bottom of the league to be taken away, the defense of the Ravens is also ranked second in total of the authorized yards (1,627), abandoning a porous average of 406.75 yards per match. It is not too far behind them, their Rival of AFC North Arch Pittsburgh Steelers, who abandoned the fifth largest number of yards (1,530), abandoning on average 382.5 yards per match.
The greatest disparity between the two terribly underperformative units is not the 97 yards less than the 3-1 steelers in first place allowed; This is the fact that they only rank behind the Jacksonville jaguars in forced turnover with 10. In order to fill the gap, stop bleeding and get out of the field more often, the second -year defensive coordinator of the Ravens, Zach Orr, believes that the key to his unit is improving in this crucial field is summed up with the simplest responses.
“I think we have to hit people stronger. Let’s start by overthrowing the ball,” said Orr. “I think we are a physical team, but we have to take a notch. And I spoke to the guys.
During the first four games, the defense of the Ravens was sometimes physical, but has always had trouble descending blocks, which prevented them from being able to get off the field. Their defensive line players could not disengage to prevent ball carriers from reaching the next level or freeing their seconds to play. Their passing passes could not regularly generate pressure and finish in the quarter with only 4 bags in four games. Secondary did not make a lot of games on the ball, with a single interception and several occasions that missed to unscrew rides and overturned.
With several of the main starters of the Ravens on the Defense dealing with injuries, they may have to count on more of their depth pieces and young players to intensify and make games to get stops and generate turnover, from this weekend with their home match of week 5 against Houston’s Texans.
“It certainly creates a challenge,” said Orr. “Obviously, you want to be able to do what guys can go out here and feel comfortable running. Obviously, we have a lot of young guys who will go there and play football for us, but I think that preparation throughout the week can help manage this. And all these guys were with us through us throughout the spring, so a lot of playbook, they are already working.
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