A 5-2 Seahawks team will roll into M& T Bank Stadium ready to take on AFC North Division Baltimore Ravens ( 6-2), looking for answers. The Ravens have one of the top defenses in the league. Last week the Seahawks secured a win over the Cleveland Browns who rival the Ravens as the top defense in the league. The Ravens defense ranks no.1 in points allowed a game. Giving up a mere 1.1 points a game, the Ravens are no.3 in pass defense and no. 2 in total defense.
RUN GAME WILL BE KEY
If the Seahawks are to have any chance against the Ravens they will need to run the ball with regularity. Question one is how good is the Seahawk’s run game? The combination of Ken Walker III and Zach Charbonnet is averaging 107.1 yards a game.
“ We can run the football. Our guys are good at carrying the rock. We just need to give them more chances and to do that, you have to get more first downs. That means you go back to third down. It’s the same old, same old.” HC Pete Carroll said Wednesday during Wednesday’s press conference “ There’s not a new story there. We have to convert on third downs so that we can create the next series of downs. You can’t go three-and-out without losing on third down. You have to win those and then it’ll happen. It’s not just calling more runs; we have to develop the opportunity for the runs to be a bigger part of the game.”
RAVENS EFFICIENT OFFENSE
What makes the Ravens such a formidable opponent is not just their defense but an efficient running game that is averaging 143 yards per game and is ranked no. 3 in league. How will the Seahawk’s no.8th ranked run defense fair against a Lamar Jackson offense that can not only run the ball with efficiency but pass with consistency?
“They’re throwing the ball quite a bit, dropping back and trusting it, protection is good, Lamar (Jackson) is doing a really good job with it. You can just see that they have shifted some emphasis, but they’re still a running football team. They’re still averaging 140 yards a game rushing. They’re able to mix it really well. He adds so much. He’s rushed 70-something times already, so he’s a big factor. We have to see if we can keep it under wraps.”
Before they can ascertain how good they are, the Seahawks offense must play mistake-free football. Were it not a heads-up play by Jamal Adams and Julian Love the Seahawks were surely headed for defeat. Rarely does a team commit three turnovers in a game and come out on the winning end.
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