Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is a noteably proficient deep-ball thrower, so he should be looking for Perriman downfield quite often. Once again, Rex erred on the side of caution, started Duke rather than Aaron to protect him from injury, and the Ravens were able to jump out to a 10-0 lead early in the game. However, with Joe Flacco back to 100% and Breshad Perriman making his National Football League debut, look to the Ravens passing game to carry the load.
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“We’re trying to get this thing back to where it’s supposed to be”, defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan said. Chalk that up, like so many other problems, to the 16 year drought.
But that was all the Bills’ offense could muster on a frustrating afternoon.
Buffalos final, miserable, ignoble totes on Sunday: 11 first downs, 3.3 yards per play and 160 total yards.
I immediately hopped on the computer and purchased tickets to the game, and started to plan what I called “The Most Electrifying Tailgate in Tailgating History”. We have to make plays. Against the Ravens, Taylor had just one pass completed longer than 20 yards and finished with 111 passing yards in an uninspiring performance.
The Bills scored four plays later on a 1-yard plunge by McCoy on fourth down, lifting them right back into the contest.
“I just need Tyrod to be Tyrod”, Roman said. To get a chance to come back as a starter was definitely something I hoped for and have an opportunity to do so now.
“We just have to move into the next one”, Harbaugh said. It was still a one-score game, but that was enough for the Baltimore defense. The Bills, meanwhile, will turn to starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor to try to improve on last year’s 8-8 campaign. “We have our hands full with all of them”.
The Bills fell 13-7 to the Baltimore Ravens and the offense did not look pretty. Flacco was forced to do that all too often previous year.
“I’m good, feeling real good”, he said after catching five passes for 19 yards.
“Those two plays were differences in the game”, Head Coach John Harbaugh said.
The pass defense was impressive, but Baltimore was also impenetrable against the run, allowing only 65 yards on 24 carries. The pass rush didn’t get much better in the preseason as Buffalo managed just four sacks in four games.
After short, forgettable stints in Miami (2013-14) and Minnesota (last year), receiver Mike Wallace wanted to return to relevance in a big way with the Ravens. The question is whether we fans can hang on that long, as our patience with this team, general manager, coach is razor thin.
“It was a check”, Wallace said.
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It was extremely big, Wallace said, just because I probably havent had a 50-yard-plus touchdown in three years. Our guys have tried to do a good job that we’ve put in there. “It’s special. I have a lot of friends back there and still some players on that team that I really respect”. They think I don’t have it, but I’ve got something for them.
