Mike Preston is a writer for the Baltimore Sun, every week Mike grades the Ravens performance position by position. Exist sure to pick upward a copy of the Baltimore Lord's day and find Preston's report card in the sports section.
Mike's grades were higher this week as the Ravens played a much better game and then they did a calendar week agone.
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Mike gave Joe Flacco a B, he didn't put upwards cracking stats only carried the team in the face a abiding furious pressure from the Dolphins defense.
The running backs got a grade of C. Mike said Rice and Pierce both struggled in the first half coming out to sluggish starts. They both picked up their games in the 2nd half, but Mike says Pierce has to run much harder and stay closer to FB Vonta Leach.
The receivers and tight ends received a grade of C+. The Ravens simply dressed three wide receivers for the game and 3 tight ends. Torrey Smith continues to be the Ravens best receiving threat he had 6 catches for 121 yards. There was besides an Ed Dickson sighting as he had 2 catches for 51 yards including a large 43 yarder.
The offensive line was given a grade of C-. Starting left guard Kelechi Osemele left the game early in the first quarter with back spasms. Redundancy heart A Q Shipley had to shift over and play LG for the rest of the game. Mike was very critical of Bryant McKinnie maxim "he played then poorly information technology would be interesting to run across if the Ravens keep him around or only cut him."
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Switching over to the defense Mike gave the defensive line an A-. The Ravens defensive line depth was tested in the Miami heat, but held stiff giving upwards just 22 yards on 11 carries "a dominating operation." Haloti Ngata was a beast and the Ravens were able to become consistent pressure while rotating 5 players in and out.
The linebackers also got an A-. Daryl Smith lead the team in tackles and knocked a pass downwardly. on the outside Upshaw and Suggs were slap-up against the run and Suggs added three sacks of Ryan Tannehill.
Mike was not every bit kind to the Ravens secondary giving them a failing grade of D. Mike said the safeties played poorly for the second week in a row, allowing Miami to get behind them to hands. Mike likewise added that while Jimmy Smith is improving he yet has a way to get, and that the Dolphins were not afraid to go after Webb and Graham.
The Special Teams received a C. Justin Tucker went 4-4 on field goals, including the game winning 44 yard field goal. Sam Koch is the reason the grade is low every bit he had one of his worst days as a Raven. Deonte Thompson looked adept on kick returns and Tandon Doss was okay on his punt returns,
Finally the Ravens coaching staff was given a C+. Mike said the Ravens came back with a better effort this calendar week simply notwithstanding making big mistakes on both sides of the ball.
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