Ravens win in Dominating Fashion

(Photo : Roy Lyons)
Byler Henry

By Byler Henry

The first game of the regular season did not go the Dolphins way at all. From the opening kickoff to the end of the game, it was a total domination for the Ravens. They set the tone early on the first play of the game with a 49-yard rush, which set them up for a touchdown on the game’s first drive. All their first quarter drives ended with touchdowns. The Dolphins tried to get something going, but the offense, couldn’t put together any scoring drives and the defense couldn’t stop the Ravens’ offense. It just snowballed from the first play and by halftime the Ravens led 42 to 10. They won 59 to 10. The Ravens had a total of 265 rushing yards and 380 passing yards. Head Coach Brian Flores describes what he saw out there. “Well, it starts with coaching. It starts with me. I’ve got to do a better job of coaching this team. We’ve got to play better. It starts with me,” he says. “We’ve got a long way to go. We’ve got a lot of work we must do. The good thing is, is we get to practice tomorrow, we get to practice this week, and we’ve got an opportunity to get better. That’s the goal, and that’s what we’ll try to do.”

Lamar Jackson had an impressive game passing for 324 yards with 5 touchdowns, 17 completions on 20 attempts, and 0 interceptions. His favorite target that day was rookie Marquis Brown from Oklahoma who had 147 receiving yards on 4 receptions and 2 touchdowns. Mark Ingram had an excel-lent rushing game with 107 rushing yards. On the other side, the Dolphins offense only had two scoring drives in the second quarter, and quarter-back Ryan Fitzpatrick couldn’t muster any Fitzmagic to get them out of this jam. He was 14 for 29 with 185 passing yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception. DeVante Parker led the receivers with 75 yards, but Preston Williams got the Dolphins only touchdown. The running game was nonexistent with Kenyan Drake rushing for 12 yards on 4 carries. Center Daniel Kilgore had a comment on the overall offensive game. “Again, I think it’s when you don’t have those positive plays at the beginning of the series. Whether it’s a 3-yard run or a 4-yard run, we have to be able to build off that more consistently. The pass game feeds off the run game. The run game feeds off the pass game. When you’re able to do both things at one time, you’re going to experience more success and we weren’t able to do that.” Along with the inability of the offense to score points, the defense gave up yards with defensive holding penalties which also hurt them.

Overall, this was not a good way to start the season. Next week the Patriots come down to Miami for an intense rivalry game. They have a lot of mistakes to clean up and they can’t play against the Patriots like they played against the Ravens, that effort won’t cut it. The Patriots defense looked really good against the Steelers. They were able to cover the receivers and make it hard for Ben to hit his target. If the Dolphins receivers struggled against the Ravens defensive backs, they are in for a long Sunday against the Patriots defensive. If Tom Brady has time to throw, he’s going to pick the defense apart. They just must put this loss behind them and prepare for the Patriots. It’s only one game down, and there is 15 more to go.

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(All Photo’s by Ron Lyons)

 

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