However, again, the Bills defense kept the Ravens offense to only 13 points and managed multiple times to stop the Ravens offense when they needed to. Bills defender Preston Brown recovered it, giving the Ravens their first turnover on the season. Head coach and ex-Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan has promised the fan base he would bring the team back to postseason prominence.
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Buffalo did a pretty good job stopping the run throughout the preseason.
“And that gives our defense some confidence for the future”. That defense played extremely well. It was lame to hear Taylor use the “we were taking what they gave us” excuse after the game, too. The Bills failed to take advantage of the only turnover in the game, the Ravens coughed up the ball in the first quarter and the Bills failed to put any points on the board from the turnover.
Taylor used his quickness to avoid a ferocious pass rush, but he had little success passing downfield. He started 14 games for the Bills a year ago, throwing for over 3,000 yards and 20 touchdowns while adding 568 yards on the ground.
“Today was just a glimpse of what we can become”, Weddle said. “It doesn’t take as long when the players are more experienced” to get ready for the season.
“What was absolutely baffling though was the play calling, particularly the lack of a single deep pass attempt”.
“If I didn’t know better, I’d say that he (Taylor) looked like the sequel to Trent Edwards, same number 5 and everything”. The 66-yard score almost doubled his longest catch as a Minnesota Viking previous year, which was 34 yards. “Instead we doubled somebody else”.
The Bills missed a chance to pull even when Dan Carpenter was wide right on a 49-yard field goal try midway through the third quarter.
Former high school teammates Shareece Wright and Jimmy Smith stood side by side, discussing their part in an outstanding defensive effort against elusive quarterback Tyrod Taylor and the Bills. Bills DT Jerel Worthy left with a knee injury in the fourth quarter and did not return. On Baltimore’s next possession, the team’s top pick in 2015, Breshad Perriman, made his first National Football League reception with a leaping grab at the sideline for a 35-yard gain. But a knee injury sidelined the Central Florida product for his entire rookie season, and this year started off poorly with a training camp injury to the other knee.
Taking a lot of flack this preseason for not getting another skilled wide receiver, Sammy Watkins and Robert Woods proved that they can not do it alone this season. The defense has given up 114 total yards in the first half but only 3 points. Watkins caught four passes for 43 yards. Wallace had the worst season of his career while in Minnesota, where he caught just 39 passes for 473 yards and two touchdowns. Timmy Jernigan and Terrell Suggs each finished with a sack.
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The Ravens got a first down on end around by Mike Wallace – who had burned Duke Williams for their only TD – with 3:09 to play. There has been some pressure on Joe Flacco but its been inconsistent. “What’s a $2 steak nowadays?” We’ve got a lot of things to work on.
