Baltimore Limps Away from Week 11 with a Division Win
Wayne Keehner, Contributor
While the record will show that The Ravens beat the Bengals 34 - 20, the real story from the TNF victory has to be the potential loss of our Pro Bowl TE Mark Andrews for the rest of the season. (New reports today say, there is a chance he can return! Fingers crossed.)
While the Ravens are no stranger to the, "next man up" philosophy, this is really going to hurt down the stretch as we fight for the Division (and possibly Conference) win.
Andrews was arguably Lamar's #1 target and without a doubt his safety blanket on 3rd down, Red Zone and Busted plays. We will have to see how the other TEs Likely and Kolar can step up and attempt to fill that void.
Speaking of Lamar. He was able to put together a clean game. Completing 16 passes for 254 yards and 2 TD with NO Interceptions! That's the key! Also Gus Edward's added another 2 TDs to his very impressive season.
Thanks to the old saying "Birds of a feather Flock together" the Eagles were able to beat KC in a thriller so we see ourselves heading to LA Next week as the Number 1 seed in the AFC to face the struggling Chargers who suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Packers Sunday.
The Ravens NEED to beat the Chargers and take that momentum into the bye week. That closing stretch is going to be murder. In fact, the 2nd most difficult finishing schedule in the NFL playing such powerhouses as Jacksonville, San Francisco, Miami and finishing with the always dangerous (Matt Canada-less) Steelers!
One thing is for certain, if we continue to play turnover free football, we can compete with any team in the league!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
- Keehner Out -