Ravens must control Cleveland D-line
The key for the Ravens against the Browns will be controlling Cleveland's three down linemen, ends Corey Williams, Shaun Smith and nose tackle Shaun Rogers.
Rogers is a load and can occupy one or two blockers. He can also collapse the middle, allowing pressure to be put on the quarterback.
With a young quarterback like Flacco, it's essential to get a strong running game going. A key matchup will be Ravens center Jason Brown against Rogers.
Comments
Shaun Rogers is a beast and he is going to make plays on Sunday. But the key with him and the rest of the Browns D line is to pound the ball. They are big up front but they have no depth. We have maybe the best guard center guard combo that we have had in a long time. It will be a challenge but let the young boys rumble. On top of that we have a proven right tackle. Who is a mauler. I think if we stay with the run by the fourth period we will see their lungs guts and anything else hit the turf..........
Posted by: Eric | September 17, 2008 2:56 PM
I agree! Even though the Browns lost, their defensive front was very physical and they wont be easy to run on. Unlike the last play caller i know the play calling will be designed so they can't key on the run. I liked Billick but he never was able to keep defenses off balance
Posted by: Carey | September 17, 2008 3:57 PM
I was very impressed by how the interior 3 handled the Vikings Williams DTs in the preseason game. I think Pat is a quicker, better vesion of the 2 gap fat tackle and Kevin is a much better, more consistant 1 gap DT than the guy from GB who was in a very deep rotation of good DTs and played with a good defense.
The DTs can only disrupt middle runs for the most part and will almost never beat a double team for a sack. The Ravens should be able to run around them for a while before they begin to run through them. They had absolutly no pass rush vs Dallas and not much vs the Burg. They only were able to contain the Steeler run game because the wind was so strong they knew it was coming.
Flacco can throw, and they have no one on defense who is an above average cover guy, and a few who look terrible.
Defense more than offense requires 11 decent players with some quality depth. Good OCs will find the weak link and break it.
Posted by: Jeremiah | September 17, 2008 4:47 PM
That is a joke. The weak ravens o-line will get DOMINATED by Rogers and co.
Posted by: Jason | September 18, 2008 1:39 AM