Just when everything seemed to be coming together for the Ravens (10-4), they lose a game they had to have. The San Diego Chargers (7-7) scored on every possession but one to beat up the Ravens 34-14 Sunday night.
Philip Rivers wasted no time getting a lead on the Ravens. After a Billy Cundiff missed field goal, his third in three weeks, Rivers drove San Diego 74 yards for a touchdown.
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Finally, Sunday afternoon the Baltimore Ravens will open their home schedule. The unfortunate opponent will be division rival Cleveland Browns.
The Ravens are coming off a loss in a game that the defense didn’t allow a touchdown, but Joe Flacco threw four interceptions. Flacco gets a bit of a break this week facing the Browns defense, so the expectation should be better numbers out of him.
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Baltimore’s preseason came to an end with a 27-21 loss to the St. Louis Rams Thursday night. The loss isn’t so bad for the Ravens, but some of things that went on during the game were troublesome.
First, Dannell Ellerbe’s showboating on his interception and touchdown was a terrible moment in the game. Ellerbe is clearly talented, but he drew the ire of John Harbaugh immediately after that play. Chances are Ellerbe still makes the team, but his playing time could be significantly reduced, at least to start the season, because of that incident.
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The Baltimore Ravens got their second win in as many tries this preseason Saturday night. Baltimore’s first-team offense played a full half against the Washington Redskins.
Joe Flacco went 9-for-16, completing passes to several different receivers, including new acquisitions Donte’ Stallworth and Anquan Boldin. Ray Rice didn’t get many opportunities to rush the ball as the team is protecting him for the regular season, but he ran for 17 yards on just three carries. The offensive line was good at times, but Michael Oher got pushed around a little bit.
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The Baltimore Ravens opened their preseason amid excitement from the home fans. Baltimore looked pretty decent in a game that ultimately means nothing more than getting chemistry going between quarterback Joe Flacco and his new receivers.
Flacco connected with both Derrick Mason and Mark Clayton, who had a touchdown catch, with ease, however, it seemed like he and new acquisition Anquan Boldin were just a bit off. Flacco went completed eight of his 12 passes, including that touchdown to Clayton in the second quarter, which means he was far more accurate than he’s been in his previous two seasons. Flacco, like most of the starters, didn’t hang around long and gave way to the second- and third-string players.
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The Baltimore Ravens 2010 season is off to a rocky start, especially for fans who are hopeful of a deep playoff run this season.
Baltimore’s defensive backfield already had questionable depth with two cornerbacks, Fabian Washington and Lardarius Webb are recovering from ACL tears, and Ed Reed rehabilitating from a hip injury. Well, another injury struck Thursday when Domonique Foxworth tore his ACL.
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On an otherwise slow football day in Owings Mills, the Baltimore Ravens were busy making roster moves. The obvious one was placing Fabian Washington on the injured reserve ending his season. Washington tore his ACL late in the Indianapolis game Sunday while pushing Joseph Addai out of bounds.
Running back Matt Lawrence was also placed on injured reserve Tuesday. I thought it was a bit shocking, but he didn’t contribute a whole lot except on special teams. This is not a huge loss.
To fill their roster, Baltimore signed cornerback Cary Williams off of the Tennessee Titans practice squad. Williams, 24, was a seventh-round pick for Tennessee and has some NFL game experience. I’m pretty sure Williams will be mostly special teams and probably won’t play this week.
The other signing is fullback Charles Ali. Ali was playing in the UFL. He played most recently for the Cleveland Browns in 2008. I don’t think he will play this week, but this signing signals something else to me. The missing part of this offense, to me, has been the absence of Lorenzo Neal. I think Neal. and now maybe Ali, would have been useful on the goal line in Sunday’s game against the Colts. With this signing the Ravens may use Ali in front of Le’Ron McClain for some running plays.