Ravens have 60 yards to cover and 120 seconds to do it before halftime. There are a lot of fans in purple here, and they've had to mostly sit on their hands.
Man, the #Ravens cannot get out of their own way today. Penalties, turnovers, blown blocks. Just a disaster. Is this the moment when a promising season starts to teeter?
Flacco appeared to land on the back of Ronnie Stanley's knee. That would be a massive loss if it's serious. Stanley has quietly taken a step forward this year and become a linchpin of an o-line that was already hurting.
Good to see Stanley out of the tent and practicing his stance. I know he's perceived as a laid-back character, but that guy has consistently played through pain in his three years with #Ravens .
Panthers CB Captain Munnerlyn picks off a Joe Flacco pass near midfield. When Willie Snead IV has been targeted today, as he was there, it has generally not gone well.
Panthers QB Cam Newton has thrown 23 passes today, and the Ravens have hit him just three times. No sacks. For Joe Flacco and Lamar Jackson, it's six QB hits on 29 attempts.
Joe Flacco connects with Buck Allen on a pass out of the backfield for a 9-yard score. Big bounce-back drive for the Ravens, who are within two touchdowns.
Ravens and Panthers nearly equal in total yardage (12 yards apart) and time of possession (50 seconds apart). Only one team has three turnovers, though.
A lot of criticism this game toward Ravens linebacker C.J. Mosley. For whatever it's worth, on his 11 combined tackles today, the average yardage gained has been 8.6 yards per play.
Ravens lose, 36-21. Joe Flacco was bad, the defense was bad, and the vibe is bad. Tough questions coming this week with the Steelers headed to Baltimore.
Eric Weddle asked whether he could chalk this defensive game up to an aberration: “I don’t like to say we’re all right. We’re not all right. We just got waxed.”