I really thought we were going to get a game on Monday night at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Instead, the Baltimore Ravens did the same thing to the reigning NFC Champion that they did to the reigning AFC Champion: Make an explicit example of them.? @markingram21 ? pic.twitter.com/TTScvHKajj
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) November 26, 2019
HARD-NOSED FOOTBALL @markingram21 ?? pic.twitter.com/XMuH6jixNp
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) November 26, 2019
Poor Eric Weddle. The veteran safety had so much respect for a team that he represented in the previous three Pro Bowls that he wouldn’t even share secrets with his new team, the Los Angeles Rams. As you see from the above clip of RB Mark Ingram II applying the truck stick, nothing Weddle said would have mattered anyway. The Ravens run the ball more than any other NFL team, and they run the ball better than any NFL team. And against the Rams, the Ravens put up 285 total rushing yards – a figure that is only matched this season by Carolina’s Week 5 rushing performance against the Jaguars. Jacksonville allows the most yards per rush in the NFL. The Rams have Aaron Donald, and entered Week 12 allowing the fewer yards per rush than any NFL team besides the New York Jets. Donald had one assisted tackle Monday night, and nothing else.
The quarterback mismatch was simply rude. Russell Wilson (vs TB), Aaron Rodgers (vs OAK), and Deshaun Watson (vs ATL) all have performances this season where they threw 5 TD passes without an INT. Those performances were all at home. Baltimore QB Lamar Jackson went on the road in Week 1 and did it in Miami, but maybe you all were just amused that he said “Not bad for a running back” after that game. Well, Jackson just did it in Los Angeles in his first Monday Night Football game. Not bad for a wide receiver! And at least the opposite QBs in the previous four 5-TD, 0-INT games 1 all had at least one TD pass. Los Angeles QB Jared Goff? He is going to finish the month of November with no TDs and 5 INTs in 96 pass attempts. One of his INTs was to former Rams CB Marcus Peters. Remember when the Rams traded Peters to make room to acquire CB Jalen Ramsey?!
The Rams traded away Marcus Peters in order to trade for Jalen Ramsey.
— Sarah Ellison (@sgellison) November 26, 2019
How does Peters feel about it?pic.twitter.com/1QUwXbO6PL
The Ravens have beaten teams by an average of 16.7 points per game. That leads the league, just ahead of the 10-1 New England Patriots’ point differential of 16.6 points per game. Of course, the Ravens are the only reason why the Patriots have a loss right now. Baltimore will host the San Francisco 49ers next. The only loss the 49ers have is against the Seattle Seahawks – a team that the Ravens beat on in Seattle, Week 7. So Baltimore has one more opportunity to make an M&T Bank Stadium against an NFC team as the third quarter of the NFL season comes to a close.Marcus Peters and Jalen Ramsey getting heated after game pic.twitter.com/mykS1kOD4o
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) November 26, 2019
No better way to start your day than by watching these @Lj_Era8 highlights again. pic.twitter.com/Eo93k59EKa
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) November 26, 2019
TEAMS OF THE WEEK:
NE, BAL, HOU, KCWAS, CHI, NO, SF
TOP PERFORMERS:
HOU pass defense (CB Vernon Hargreaves)TB pass offense (WR Chris Godwin)
BUF pass defense (CB Tre’Davious White)
CHI pass defense (SS Ha Ha Clinton-Dix)
PIT run defense (DE Cameron Heyward)
CLE pass offense (WR Jarvis Landry)
NO pass offense (WR Michael Thomas)
NYJ pass offense (WR Robby Anderson)
SEA run defense (OLB K.J. Wright)
WAS special teams (K Dustin Hopkins)
TEN run offense (RB Derrick Henry)
NE special teams (WR Matthew Slater)
SF pass offense (TE George Kittle)
BAL run offense (RB Mark Ingram)
Looking ahead to Week 13
Bills at Dallas: Super Bowl rematch!!! Few things are better than watching Dallas head coach Jason Garrett on the hot seat, although there are many people who dislike the Cowboys who would love Garrett to get a massive extension just to enjoy the shade. The Cowboys had nothing for New England’s elite pass defense, and the poor special teams play was specifically called out by Dallas “general manager” Jerry Jones. Well, Buffalo does not offer much relief in coverage, especially with the way CB Tre’Davious White has been playing.
49ers at Baltimore: I went deep on the Ravens, but I easily could have served papers on how the 49ers cleaned out the Packers in prime time. This is a Super Bowl rematch that the people should lowkey want in their lives in February too. San Francisco saw QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s passer rating go from 96.3 in September to 103.2 in October to 100.6 in November. The 49ers have allowed the fewest receiving yards in the league this season to TEs, while TE George Kittle will be challenging a Baltimore pass defense that has only allowed 2 TDs to TEs this season.
Raiders at Kansas City: The Raiders really had you thinking they were going to make a run at things, only to go to New York/Jersey and serve as Jets QB Sam Darnold’s slumpbuster. YA HATE TO SEE IT. Between Darnold’s 300-yard, 2-TD, turnover-free performance against the Raiders during Kansas City’s idle week and the Week 2 performance that saw Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes II put up 4 TD passes in the second quarter alone in Oakland, the bar is set for where this game is going to go. Anything less than the Kansas City receivers running by Oakland’s secondary repeatedly will be a surprise in a game that could see the Chiefs virtually end the AFC West race.
Patriots at Houston: The Patriots had their way with the Texans in Week 1, 2018. But that game was in New England, and TE Rob Gronkowski had a big role in frustrating the Houston defense. This game will be in Texas, and the Patriots have relied on their defense as much as ever; New England’s offense just doesn’t move the ball like last year’s team. Houston has a major logistical advantage after winning a Thursday night home game and getting a decent performance from the secondary.
Vikings at Seattle: The Vikings went to Seattle last December on a Monday night, and it did not work out well at all for the offense. The Seahawks held the Vikings without a point until the last two minutes of the game. The Vikings can probably try to run the ball more, but Seattle showed last week in Philadelphia that they can still win low scoring games.