Buffalo Bills at Baltimore Ravens: Three Things we Learned
By Andrew Kim
Joe Flacco’s bounceback campaign
Joe Flacco had the best offseason of his career and all the optimism from training camp and preseason proved to be true in this game.
Flacco was very decisive and hit three different receivers for touchdowns as he was sat from the game in the third quarter. He threw for 236 yards on 25 completions of 34 attempts with a 73% pass completions and a 121.7 passer rating.
Adding Michael Crabtree, John Brown, and Willie Snead was a complete overhaul at the receiver position in free agency but so far, it has paid off as all three of them had touchdown catches and racked up 13 catches and 131 receiving yards combined in only three quarters of play.
With rookie Hayden Hurst out, rookie Mark Andrews filled his role as three catches for 31 yards along with Nick Boyle who had a similar state line to Andrews at three catches for 40 yards.
Even though the running game was not that effective besides the three rushing touchdowns by the Raven’s running backs (Alex Collins, Javorius Allen, Kenneth Dixon), it was still great to see the Ravens passing game working so effectively.
They will have to take on a good Cincinnati Bengals secondary on Thursday night as they should not overreact to their offensive production for this game.