Chapter 661: 660 ca prepared
“…Beautiful!”
“Effective hit, the Baltimore Ravens Defense has shown great competitive state right from the opening stage of the ga. Despite Mahos’s excellent pocket movent to avoid the sack, Suggs still managed to complete an effective hit using his rich experience, disrupting Mahos’s passing motion.”
“Kelsey catches the ball in an awkward position, but he doesn’t have a chance to advance. The Ravens force the Kansas City Chiefs to face another third-and-three situation, a severe test yet again.”
“The ga has just barely started less than three minutes ago, and it’s already the third ti the Kansas City Chiefs Offense is facing a third-down challenge; the ga is extraordinarily tight.”
“Of course, as expected, this is the ga we want to see.”
In the CBS broadcast booth, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo continue their partnership in comntary. The ga starts without any warm-up, going straight into fierce competition — living up to everyone’s expectations, both teams ca out strong from the start.
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The match “Kansas City Chiefs VS Baltimore Ravens” kicks off on Sunday afternoon at one o’clock —
It’s not a night ga.
The League also wanted to schedule it for the nightti, but since the Kansas City Chiefs have already played four-night gas this season, leading the League, they would need to be mindful of the other team owners’ sentints if they were to continue favoring the Kansas City Chiefs with night gas. Goodell had to make a sacrifice, and so the ga was scheduled for the afternoon.
In so way, this is a good thing.
Because today Kansas City has officially entered winter. Although it has not snowed or rained, the weather is clear, the sky is cloudless, and lazy sunshine pours down, the climate is on the good side; however, with temperatures at minus three degrees, plus the cool breeze, the wind chill is nearly minus ten degrees, and not a hint of warmth is felt.
The League should be thankful this isn’t a night ga, or else the temperatures would plumt even further —
Dry, cold weather ans that the football leather will harden, which is not conducive to ball handling or passing, and teams often focus on running plays.
For the excitent of the ga and the TV ratings, this is not good news.
Indeed, this has been proven nurous tis, and today is no exception.
At the start of the ga, the Baltimore Ravens guessed the coin toss correctly, and Harbaugh chose the field, the side against the light; thus, the Kansas City Chiefs started on offense for the first half.
Considering the weather’s impact, the Kansas City Chiefs started cautiously, mainly with short passes and running plays; the Baltimore Ravens were also prepared, and the first wave of offense and defense from both teams elicited constant exclamations.
The Baltimore Ravens forced the Kansas City Chiefs into third-down situations three tis in a row.
And the Kansas City Chiefs had managed to convert on third downs with beautiful strategic plays in their previous two attempts, crossing the midfield line into the opposing half in a power matchup —
This ti, it’s the third occasion.
The intensity, frequency, rhythm, are all gradually heating up.
In the broadcast booth, Nantz is slightly excited.
“Wow, we don’t even have ti to properly introduce the mbers of the Baltimore Ravens Defense, let us… wait, Mahos calls the snap.”
“Run play!”
“No, fake run, real pass!”
“The pocket breaks down again for the Chiefs, but Mahos quickly connects with a short pass to Li Wei, who easily catches it, converting the third down.”
“Li Wei is ready to advance further.”
“Suggs! Beautiful! Suggs and Mosley team up to tackle Li Wei to the ground, the step-up is tily, not giving Li Wei any space to start and accelerate.”
“Li Wei completes the third-down conversion but still doesn’t get the chance for continuous deep advancent.”
“Today, on the front lines, the Baltimore Ravens once again demonstrate their top-tier level of suppression in the League. Harbaugh ca fully prepared for this ga.”
Gasping, gasping.
It was less than three minutes into the ga, and the unbelievable intensity of the confrontation had already forced everyone into heavy breathing, as if flas were burning in their chests.
Following three consecutive offensive plays, each facing third-down challenges, the Kansas City Chiefs managed to convert all three opportunities, allowing them to continue their drive; however, the pressure from the Baltimore Ravens was mounting steadily, resulting in the Chiefs’ offense not being smooth.
Be it passing or rushing, the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive strategy since the beginning of the ga had centered around short yardage plays, appearing fragnted and abrupt without being able to unleash their explosive power—
It seed that this must be the strategy of the Baltimore Ravens, at least in the opening phase.
When people discuss the strongest defensive group in NFL history, the nas of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers, the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, the 2013 Seattle Seahawks, the 1971 Minnesota Vikings, the 1991 Philadelphia Eagles, and others slip off the tongue.
And when people talk about traditional NFL teams with strong defenses, the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Buffalo Bills are indispensable nas, with the Baltimore Ravens also among them, even though the history of the team dates back only to 1996, they still firmly hold their ground.
This season is no exception.
Although to date the Baltimore Ravens’ record has been sowhat struggling, it seems they only found their form amidst chaos in the last three weeks; the Baltimore Ravens Defense has always ranked in the upper echelons of the league.
As of this week, they ranked fourth in pass defense, fourth in rush defense, and third in overall league standings.
In terms of strength and resilience, the Baltimore Ravens remain one of the league’s top tough guys this season.
In the last three weeks with three consecutive wins, the whole league cheered for Lamar Jackson’s realization of his athletic potential and marveled at Gus Edwards’ Cinderella story; in reality, though, the consistent output from the defense was the key to turning around the Ravens’ season.
In fact, just one statistic is enough to prove this point—
Week six of the regular season, the Baltimore Ravens faced the Tennessee Titans, who had a close fight with the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of last season’s playoffs.
The Baltimore Ravens Defense sacked Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota eleven tis in a single ga.
An entire eleven tis.
Throughout the ga, Mariota was so stunned by the continuous sacks that he couldn’t differentiate north from south, which completely disoriented the Tennessee Titans.
“21:0”.
The Baltimore Ravens swept the Tennessee Titans.
Eleven sacks in a single ga ranks second in the history of the NFL Super Bowl era.
And the two teams at the top of the list for most sacks in a single ga are—
The 1990 Kansas City Chiefs in their ga against the Seattle Seahawks and the 1985 Dallas Cowboys in their match against the Washington Redskins.
In those two gas, there were twelve sacks each.
Ti flies; nearly thirty years are about to pass, and the league has undergone drastic changes. Nowadays, in an offensive-focused setting, it’s rare to see double-digit quarterback sacks in a single ga—until the Baltimore Ravens Defense ferociously earned its mark again.
Moreover, the victim was not just any team, but one that had advanced to the playoffs last season.
Their strength was evident.
Therefore, no one could underestimate the Baltimore Ravens.
Now it looks like Harbaugh seriously studied the ga tapes of the Kansas City Chiefs and learned from Pederson’s experiences against Reed in the two gas last season.
Then, based on the Baltimore Ravens’ own form, he tailored a set of tactics, directly challenging his teacher.
The Baltimore Ravens ca prepared.
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