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00:00 Well, Ravens fans, that was a close one.
00:08 IndyCarTim here with your Ravens Daily Blitz.
00:11 It is the Chargers postgame edition and that one was just a little too close for comfort,
00:17 I think.
00:21 Not a lot went right for the Ravens offensively.
00:25 You still walk away with a win and a win is a win and we're happy with all wins.
00:29 Doesn't matter how you get there.
00:32 Doesn't matter that you let the absolute worst team in the league by way of pass defense
00:40 hold your MVP candidate quarterback to 177 yards and one touchdown pass.
00:48 It doesn't matter how you get there, right?
00:50 I feel like the Ravens did not play their best game offensively.
00:53 Clearly, they did not play their best game offensively.
00:57 And man, they begged the Chargers to do something to keep this game close.
01:05 And had the Chargers not had four turnovers, by the way, four turnovers that the Ravens
01:12 scored a total of three points on, which is frightening.
01:19 I don't like that at all as the Ravens will play some more difficult teams as the season
01:25 goes on that number one, you're not going to probably get those four turnovers.
01:29 And if you do, you're going to have to take advantage of it.
01:32 Places where the Ravens struggled tonight, third down efficiency, just four of 13.
01:37 You allowed the Chargers to go seven of 15.
01:41 Both teams won for three on fourth down.
01:45 Your total yards, man, the Ravens racked up 361 yards and I don't know how because it
01:50 certainly didn't look like it.
01:53 Both teams had 11 drives.
01:55 The Ravens had 5.2 yards per play average.
01:58 The Chargers only got 4.2.
02:00 So you're winning all of the categories here.
02:03 197 rushing yards for the Ravens, just 86 for the Chargers.
02:08 So you won all of that.
02:11 Both teams five penalties right around 40 yards.
02:15 Again, the big stat here was turnovers.
02:19 The Ravens had four turnovers for the Chargers and you're leading receiver today, boys and
02:26 girls.
02:28 Your tight end, Isaiah Likely, four catches for 40 yards.
02:33 Keaton Mitchell did it again on the ground, nine carries, 64 yards.
02:37 And your quarterback, Lamar Jackson, end of the day, 18 to 32 for 177 yards and one touchdown.
02:44 And again, the story I felt just like, they just couldn't get things going.
02:49 They couldn't stay consistent.
02:52 You had some, you know, fourth down plays that I thought were questionable, but they're
02:57 only questionable because you didn't make them.
03:00 And you're not gonna, I'm not gonna go back and say John Harbaugh made the wrong decision.
03:05 I don't think they were the wrong decision.
03:06 Again, that's just one of those things where since you didn't make it, it's going to look
03:10 questionable, right?
03:11 If you'd have made it, then it would be great.
03:14 But Lamar Jackson added 11 carries for 39 yards as he was scrambling out of the pocket
03:21 all night long.
03:23 But Justin Herbert, who I still think is a really good quarterback.
03:27 I just think if you listen to the pregame show that we did, man, I just feel like Justin
03:31 Herbert is a victim of some really crappy coaching his entire career.
03:35 He doesn't have an offensive coordinator.
03:37 He's never had a head coach.
03:40 And you can see it.
03:41 I mean, you can see the frustration level increasing with him.
03:44 It seems like every game, 29 of 44, 217 yards, one touchdown, one pick.
03:49 He was also sacked three times for 24 yards.
03:51 How about that?
03:53 Ravens defense, man.
03:55 Just looking really, really good.
03:57 But you know, if you want to find places for the Ravens to improve, man, you just, this
04:02 was not the most consistent game offensively for them.
04:06 Jackson did not seem like he was in tune with any of his receivers.
04:10 Ravens had just as much success on the ground.
04:13 He had more yards on the ground with that one carry, the 37-yard touchdown run.
04:18 Just 5 of 25 for Zae Flowers.
04:20 Beckham started the game strong, but really didn't ever get in a rhythm.
04:25 Three catches for 34 yards.
04:27 Aguilor had a catch.
04:28 Bateman had two catches.
04:29 Edwards had a catch.
04:31 Hill did not have a catch on one target.
04:33 So you know, nothing really went, got in sync for the Ravens.
04:38 But man, they sure had some consistency in the ground game, and I thought that was where
04:41 they won this.
04:43 Obviously trying to burn clock late on the ground with the ball on the ground, and then
04:46 Flowers rattles off that 37-yard run to seal the deal, excuse me, with under a minute left.
04:53 So big win for the Ravens.
04:55 I'll take it.
04:56 They enter the bye week on a high note.
04:58 They enter the bye week on a two-game winning streak.
05:03 After the bye week, you will have the Rams at home.
05:06 You will have Jacksonville in Jacksonville.
05:09 Then you have the Niners in San Francisco.
05:12 Then you win the season against Miami at M&T and Pittsburgh at M&T.
05:16 So you're going to have to finish the season strong to maintain that number one seed in
05:20 the AFC that you have worked so hard to keep.
05:24 The only nine-win team in the AFC right now as the other teams will catch up now with
05:29 the Ravens on a bye week.
05:31 I appreciate you guys tuning in.
05:33 Let me know what you thought of the game.
05:35 Let me know what you thought of the performance by everybody.
05:38 Again, I thought the defense played really well.
05:41 Only allowed 10 points to a four-win team.
05:44 But we'll do it all again during the week.
05:46 We'll get some bye week stuff going here and some news and notes.
05:49 Lamar Jackson, by the way, he clips 5,000 yards rushing for his career.
05:53 The fastest player to do that by a bunch.
05:56 We'll get into some of that during the week, talk about that and who he beat in that category.
06:02 Find me on Twitter @IndyCartem.
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06:07 We'd love to talk to you here.
06:10 Until we see you all next time, you stay classy, Baltimore.
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