Week 2 Film Preview: Highlights from the All 22

Inside Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, the Ravens did not take much time to leap all over the Colts in Week 1 of the routine season. The Colts appeared far less ready than the Ravens were for the opening week and the variation was glaring in the very first half of the ballgame. The Ravens leapt out to a 31-13 lead at halftime (Multiple Colts turnovers in their own area assisted) and never ever reviewed the method to Jesse Minter’s very first triumph as Head Coach. In this section we will take a look at what the Ravens did to get their success recently and how the Saints can make the most of what is seen on movie to recover from their week 1 match versus the Lions, or what some are calling, the “Best Loss in the NFL”.

From what is displayed in the movie, the Ravens training personnel has a high level of awareness as they plainly understood the Colts would be fretted about stopping Derrick Henry(spoiler alert-they didn’t)and took complete benefit in the very first couple of drives of the video game. Lamar Jackson right away started assaulting the Colts defense with play action to make the most of the concentrate on Henry with a 49 backyard connection to Zay Flowers on a play action boot variation. Throughout the very first half this was a typical style( imagined above)as the Ravens would bring out difficult play action phonies to start drives and discover imaginative methods to get Flowers open up to gash the defense, then let Henry and Jackson utilize their running capability inside the redzone. The Ravens used Flowers incredibly well to develop several dynamite plays in the very first half which the Saints need to not enable to take place. The boot action by Jackson later on in the video game was utilized near completely to freeze protectors that need to have been stressed over run fits when Henry started.

Flowers has yet to practice today due to a hamstring injury and this may benefit the Saints enormously as it was clear that their death video game went through Zay Flowers. The gameplan in week 1 included various methods the Ravens lined up Flowers to purposefully get him into beneficial matches, the example visualized above resulted in a 54 lawn goal as Flowers utilized that benefit versus a Colts linebacker to decisively win an angle or Texas path and make use of excellent downfield obstructing to end up the play in the endzone. If Flowers does not play, the Ravens offense will definitely be missing their greatest weapon from week 1 as Flowers ended up with 5 receptions for 150 backyards, a goal, and the best quantity of separation developed by a gamer in the NFL for week 1 (imagined listed below).

After a very first drive TD and an instant turnover by Daniel Jones near the Colts own 30 yardline, the floodgates opened. The Ravens kept using the play action pass however the Derrick Henry impact started to weigh on the Colts defense. Henry was more of a 2nd choice for the Baltimore attack, the Ravens utilized imaginative play style integrated with movement and the danger of Jackson booting. Seen listed below is a fine example of this as the Ravens utilized the wham play (tight end or fullback wham obstructs protective take on) to spring Henry loose for his 32 backyard goal that put the Ravens up 28-6 in the 2nd quarter. This is ultimate Ravens football as they had the ability to bleed clock and play strong defense for the remainder of the video game. As long as the Saints can stay at home and have a strong prepare for boot action, I am positive this group can muddy the waters enough in the front 7 to not let Henry win this video game on his own.

The Ravens defense maximized the Colts week 1 rust as they obstructed Daniel Jones and removed Jonathan Taylor on a screen play. Throughout the movie it was clear their defense is going to utilize several aim to attempt and puzzle opposing quarterbacks by blending in zone pressures and male protection. The Saints needs to enhance their defense concerns seen in Detroit to benefit from the holes in the field that are opened up by an assaulting design defense like this. The advantage the Saints have is that the Ravens protective line was not extremely excellent versus the Colts and unlike Aidan Hutchinson (who turned up all over the tape), Trey Hendrickson (Ravens leading pass rush) had a really peaceful getaway, tape-recording simply one deal with and no sacks. The Saints needs to look after the football if they intend on winning this video game.