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Mike Preston: Ravens’ blowout loss to Chiefs the kind that scars teams for entire season

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Mike Preston: Ravens' blowout loss to Chiefs the kind that scars teams for entire season

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs didn’t simply bodily beat the Ravens on “Monday Night time Soccer,” however might need broken their psyche as nicely. After two straight shut losses to the Chiefs within the common season, the Ravens have been blown out by the defending Tremendous Bowl champions.

The 34-20 loss was a lot worse than the ultimate margin of victory would possibly point out. Kansas Metropolis had 517 yards of complete offense and had the ball for practically 34 minutes. The Chiefs transformed on 10 of 13 third downs, and the one purpose they didn’t win by extra was as a result of kicker Harrison Butker had a foul night time and Kansas Metropolis stumbled and fumbled its means by way of the third quarter.

After the Ravens obtained trounced final season by the Tennessee Titans in a divisional-round sport and dealt with by the Chiefs once more, little else issues this season till they win a playoff sport.

Or beat Kansas Metropolis.

“Clearly, we haven’t crushed them. So, they’ve outplayed us in all three video games, if you wish to return for 3 years,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh mentioned. “However we didn’t play nicely in the present day. They beat us. They out-executed us. They out-game deliberate us. They simply beat us. So, that’s the story tonight.

“Massive image stuff [and] all that, I don’t know. They’re higher, clearly. They’re a greater soccer staff at this time limit. So, you win, otherwise you be taught, and we have now so much to be taught from this sport proper right here.”

Ravens vs. Chiefs

Ravens vs. Chiefs

Dejected Ravens defensive participant Pernell McPhee (#90) and Chuck Clark (#36) stroll again to the sideline after the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs rating their final landing within the fourth quarter. The Chiefs defeated the Ravens by rating of 34 to 20 on September 28, 2020 at M & T Financial institution Stadium. (Kenneth Ok. Lam/Baltimore Solar)

The Ravens have been the large tease final season, profitable 14 of 16 regular-season video games and securing home-field benefit for the playoffs. Quarterback Lamar Jackson was the NFL’s Most Priceless Participant and Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman have been named the highest coach and assistant of the yr, respectively.

The Ravens had 9 gamers go to the Professional Bowl, but it surely all meant nothing as a result of they bombed within the playoffs and didn’t host a second postseason sport. They’re in peril of flaming out once more.

On a nationwide stage, within the league’s weekly showcase sport of the week, they obtained smacked round in a efficiency that’s going to be robust to beat. Harbaugh can speak about taking part in one sport at a time and transferring on to the following contest, but it surely’s not that straightforward when you’re speculated to be one of many two greatest groups within the league and the opposite high staff beats you in your personal home.

If this sport was a take a look at, the Ravens failed.

Good groups expose lesser proficient ones, and the Ravens’ weaknesses have been on show, a few of them the identical as final yr. They nonetheless can’t get constant stress on an opposing quarterback, regardless that they spent some huge cash within the offseason to improve their defensive position.

When the Ravens fall behind, they’ve hassle catching up as a result of the offensive line is high heavy and struggles in move safety. That’s a sign that they should be mentally stronger as nicely.

How can a staff come out and be so lackluster towards Kansas Metropolis? They have been in the identical twilight zone they couldn’t snap out of throughout that playoff loss to Tennessee. That has to vary.

“It regarded like the identical factor from the Tennessee sport, to be sincere — that’s all,” Jackson mentioned.

Jackson offers the offense an additional dimension together with his working capability, however on the similar time, he takes one away. Few of the league’s high groups will concern the Ravens’ deep passing sport. Jackson throws few passes outdoors the numbers downfield, and the Chiefs took away a whole lot of these crossing patterns Jackson likes to throw to receiver Marquise Brown and tight finish Mark Andrews. When he did make good throws, the Ravens dropped them.

There’s little to check between Jackson and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Jackson is a superb athlete who performs quarterback and Mahomes is a superb quarterback who can beat any staff together with his arm or his legs. There are only some quarterbacks within the historical past of the NFL that might make a few of the throws Mahomes made Monday night time.

Because the Ravens couldn’t get stress on Mahomes, they tried to blitz him. That works towards the Cleveland Browns‘ Baker Mayfield, however not Mahomes, who accomplished 31 of 42 passes for 385 yards and 4 touchdowns. At instances, the Chiefs made the Ravens look as in the event that they have been defending a 7-on-7 passing drill in coaching camp. Kansas Metropolis uncovered each Ravens defensive weak point, together with dashing for 132 yards on 31 carries.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy took aside Harbaugh and Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale as nicely. Kansas Metropolis got here out with a number of formations and presnap motions. They ran reverses and methods performs, and the Ravens had no clue.

The loss needed to make lots of people across the nation second-guess themselves about why they rated the Ravens so excessive. It couldn’t have been the secondary, as a result of that group obtained toasted and regarded misplaced towards the Chiefs. The Ravens acquired defensive ends Calais Campbell and Derek Wolfe in the course of the offseason, however the Ravens solely hit Mahomes 4 instances.

It’s solely Week 3, so it’s tough to pin a lot on one sport, regardless if it’s a win or loss.

However the complete 2020 season is based on what the Ravens do within the playoffs. They have been speculated to play Kansas Metropolis in Baltimore final season in what many believed could be the AFC championship sport.

Monday night time was speculated to be the preview of the 2021 title sport.

I hope not. The Chiefs received one other sport, a head sport, over the Ravens. And till confirmed in any other case with a win within the postseason, the Ravens have one other large blemish.

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Hassan Zia is an accomplished News writer & working journalist in the industry for over 5 years. At Pakistan print media he established his skills in writing and publishing multiple news stories of daily reporting beats ranging from crime, drama, business, entertainment. An activist at heart Zia believes in sensitizing audiences on issues of social justice and equality. Using powerful technique of storytelling on humanistic themes: women, children, labor, peace & diversity etc. his work underpins the causes he’s concerned about. Besides being known for his activism and community work Zia is also associated with renowned universities as a visiting faculty member for over 3 years now. His academic background is a Masters in Mass in Communication.

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