Joe Flacco, Ravens want to ‘keep feeding’ Mike Wallace
“It’s football. You are going to have some beef on the field, but I’m one of the guys that when you leave, unless it is just too serious, you just leave it on the field”, he said. “There are going to be a lot of opportunities this week against Baltimore for him to be a ball hawk”, Wash said. “It’s something that’s important to us as a team and as an O-line”.
Jaguars second-year back T.J. Yeldon leads their offense with 67 rushing yards and a touchdown, but is averaging a mere 2.4 yards per carry.
JAGUARS Defence – OVERALL (12), RUSH (T26), PASS (8).
It hasn’t mattered which running back has gotten the ball, because Justin Forsett (24 carries, 3.3 yard avg., 78 yards) and Terrance West (23 carries, 3.2 yard avg., 74 yards) have nearly identical numbers.
“Two times a year for four years”, said Gipson. “I just take it for what it is; it is all business”.
The Ravens opted to carry more wide receivers in the first two games and Allen has been the odd man out.
Baltimore ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has made a career out of connecting on long passes and Gipson knows he’ll see plenty of action on Sunday.
New RAVENS WR Mike Wallace had 4-41-2 receiving in Week 2 (7-132-3 for season).
“We have to execute better, we have to have better schemes”, Harbaugh said. We had a couple looks that we couldn’t block, and you have to have answers for that. “Put it on us rather than them”. That is the way you have to play this game.
Veteran referee Pete Morelli headed the crew officiating that rather freakish ending, and another long-standing arbiter, Gene Steratore, will handle the upcoming game.
“I feel good so far, we’ve been winning football games”, Wallace said. My goal isn’t necessarily to give you the latest update (although that’s included), but to help you know how to react to the injury in light of your fantasy team for this week.
Accounting for 100 percent of Baltimore’s touchdowns didn’t interest Wallace much.
RAVENS QB Joe Flacco (34-45-316-3 TDs-2 INTs in Week 10 loss to Jags last year) connected with 10 different receivers for the second week in a row while engineering 10-of-16 3 -down conversions. Flacco believed the Ravens needed to add more speed to the offense.
Wallace has become a role model on the Ravens. They will look to keep that going against Blake Bortles, who has thrown for 649 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. “When I got here, I had no doubt it would be a great fit”. With a coaching staff featuring John Harbaugh, Marc Trestman and Dean Pees, they have an experienced group of coaches at their disposal. “He just works really hard and he continues to improve”. This will enable replay officials to have a better angle to determine potential touchdowns. The Ravens challenged the call, but the evidence was not conclusive enough to overturn the call because of the lack of cameras.
“(Coach Belichick) says it way more flamboyantly than I do. “I knew from afar that it was a great organization”. That would be the right thing to do.
PREDICTION: The team that gets its running game in gear figures to get the win.
The Jaguars offseason acquisition returned to practice on Wednesday, and Jacksonville’s offensive coordinator Greg Olson was impressed with what he saw in the 1,000-yard rusher in his return. He activated from the physically unable to perform list August 22, but has not felt well enough to get back on the field. Their defense is led by veteran edge rushers Elvis Dumervil and Terrell Suggs, safety Eric Weddle and nose tackle Brandon Williams. The Ravens scored 25 unanswered points to complete the comeback and spoil the home opener for the Browns. Guy also started the past two weeks at defensive end.
Gifted with another chance, kicker Jason Myers connected on a 53-yard field goal to give Jacksonville a 22-20 victory. Through two games this season, six of nine kickoffs (67 percent) have been touchbacks. He injured the knee August 27 in the third preseason game against the Detroit Lions and recovery was expected to take about a month. Dixon was solid throughout training camp and probably will earn some carries when he is back in the lineup, especially with the recent struggles of the Ravens’ running game.