Bengals have opportunity against 0-2 Ravens

Only three teams since 1990 have started a season 0-3 and ended it in the postseason. The goal Sunday is to avoid joining the rest of the league in that category. He’s the league’s lone quarterback yet to be sacked or intercepted while starting the first two games.

“Needless to say, the Ravens will have a lot to play for this weekend”, wrote ESPN Bengals reporter Coley Harvey. “Every game is a fight”.

The Bengals are on a high, coming off two impressive victories in Oakland and at home against the San Diego Chargers. The team is led by Andy Dalton, who has thrown for 483 yards and five touchdowns while Giovani Bernard has rushed for 186 yards to lead the ground attack. “Obviously, it starts with A.J”. I’ve seen that over the years. Green, but the whole cast of characters there on offense is very talented and gifted – tight ends, running backs, quarterback.

The Ravens were dealt a serious blow when outside linebacker Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon in a season opening 19-13 loss at Denver.

While Dalton has been a steadying force for the Bengals, Baltimore’s Joe Flacco owns a 34.6 fourth-quarter passer rating with two interceptions on 26 attempts.

Flacco, however, has traditionally struggled against the Bengals. They’re focusing on finishing games. “That’s such a big part of our training camp”. That includes last year’s Ravens’ home opener, which the Bengals won, 23-16.

“He’s a guy that we have been looking at for while, ” Harbaugh said. “We just have to get better”. Steve Smith Sr. and Crockett Gillmore have combined for more than 270 receiving yards and two touchdowns while Kamar Aiken has six receptions.

The quarterbacks in this game have a lot of similarities.

The Ravens have performed below expectations so far this year. He is one of the few bright spots to the team’s slow start.

Since John Harbaugh became head coach in 2008, the Ravens have won 45 of 56 games on Russell Street, the league’s second-best home mark during that span, trailing only New England (50-7).

“We’re not really in the business of gauging urgency”.

And they have stop the fall against a division foe that would love nothing more than to kick the Ravens while they’re down, and take a stranglehold on the division lead. James Hurst has been effective filling in for him.

The Bengals didn’t have a significant injury during camp.

The Ravens made a move to boost its pass coverage Monday by acquiring cornerback Will Davis from Miami for a seventh-round draft pick.

-WR Breshad Perriman (knee) has not played in a game this season after being injured on the first day of training camp, July 30.

Back then, the facility bore the name of a now-defunct Internet service provider, but the Ravens’ play there has mostly hummed along with the efficiency of a strong WiFi signal. “I have no update on it”.

-RB Terrence Magee was waived by the Ravens to make room for newly acquired CB Will Davis. The actual drawback is that the Ravens didn’t look actual sharp towards Philly or Oakland.