Chapter 661: Prepared
“...Beautiful!”
"Effective impact. The Baltimore Ravens defense showed excellent competitiveness in the opening stage. Although Mahomes relied on excellent pocket footsteps to avoid sacks, Suggs still relied on his rich game experience to complete effective impact and destroy Mahomes. passing action.”
"Kelsey stood in an awkward position and completed the ball, but there was no follow-up opportunity. The Baltimore Ravens forced the Kansas Chiefs to face a third-down, three-yard situation again, which was another severe test."
"The game has only started less than three minutes ago, and the Kansas Chiefs offensive team has already faced the third gear test for the third time. The situation is extremely stalemate."
"Of course, as expected, this is the game we wanted to see."
In the live broadcast room, CBS's Jim Nantz and Tony Romo continued to work together to commentate. The game had just begun. There was no warm-up and it went directly to the bayonet stage. It lived up to expectations, and the two teams started with strong output.
The game "Kansas Chiefs vs. Baltimore Ravens" kicks off at 1:00 pm on Sunday——
Not a night game.
The league also hopes to arrange night games, but the Kansas City Chiefs have played four night games this season, ranking first in the league in games. If they plan to continue to arrange night games in the future, the league will also need to look at the eyes of other team owners before continuing to prefer them. The Kansas Chiefs might cause public outrage if they went down, so Goodell had to make a choice, so the game was scheduled to be held in the afternoon.
In a way, this is a good thing.
Because today, winter has officially entered Kansas City. Although there is no snow or rain, the weather is clear and cloudless, and the lazy sunshine is shining down. The weather conditions are good; but the temperature of minus three degrees, coupled with the cool breeze, makes the body feel The temperature was nearly minus ten degrees, and there was no warmth at all.
The league should be glad that this is not a night game, otherwise the temperature would have plummeted——
Dry and cold, which means that the leather of football will be stiff, which is not conducive to holding the ball and passing the ball. Teams tend to focus on ground offense.
This is not good news for the excitement of the game and the ratings.
Facts have proven this countless times, and today is no exception.
At the beginning, the Baltimore Ravens guessed the coin, and Hubble chose the side of the field with backlight; thus, the Kansas Chiefs took the lead in attacking in the first half.
Taking into account the influence of the weather, the Kansas Chiefs' offense was relatively cautious at the beginning, focusing on short passes and running the ball; the Baltimore Ravens were also prepared, and the first wave of offensive and defensive confrontations between the two teams triggered a series of exclamations.
The Baltimore Ravens forced the Kansas City Chiefs into a third-down situation for the third time in a row.
The Kansas Chiefs used beautiful tactical coordination to complete the third-speed transition twice before, crossing the midfield line and entering the opposite half in a strong confrontation——
In front of me, it was the third time.
The intensity, frequency, and rhythm are heating up little by little.
In the live broadcast room, Nanci was a little excited.
"Wow, we don't even have time to get introduced to the Baltimore Ravens defense, let's...wait a minute, Mahomes calls the kickoff."
"Run the ball!"
"No, fake and real!"
"The Kansas City Chiefs' pocket is open again, but Mahomes quickly connects with Levi on a short pass, and Levi makes an easy catch and the third-down conversion is completed."
"Levi is ready to push forward."
"Suggs! Beautiful! Suggs and Mosley teamed up to tackle Levi and fell to the ground. They stepped up in time, leaving no room for Levi to start accelerating."
"Levi completed the third gear transition, but still did not get the opportunity to continue to advance deeply."
"Today's confrontation in the frontcourt, the Baltimore Ravens once again showed the league's top level of suppression. Hubble is fully prepared for this game."
Huchi, wheeze.
Less than three minutes into the game, the incredible intensity of the confrontation has already made people gasp violently, and they can feel the fire burning in their chests. Three consecutive offenses all faced third-down tests. Although the Kansas Chiefs successfully converted all three offenses and continued the offense, the pressure brought by the Baltimore Ravens was increasing steadily, so that the Kansas Chiefs' offense was not smooth enough.
Whether passing the ball or running the ball, the Kansas Chiefs' offense since the beginning has been dominated by short yardage, which appears broken and short, failing to release explosive power——
It seems that this should be the strategy of the Baltimore Ravens. At least that's the case in the opening stages.
When people discuss the strongest defensive teams in NFL history, the 1985 Chicago Bears, the 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers, the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, the 2013 Seattle Seahawks, the 1971 Minnesota Vikings, and the 1991 Philadelphia Eagle and other names came out of my mouth.
When people discuss the traditional strong defensive teams in the NFL, the Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Buffalo Bills are indispensable names, and the Baltimore Ravens are also one of them, even though the history of this team can only be traced back to 1996. In just a few years, they can firmly occupy a position.
This season is no exception.
Although the Baltimore Ravens' record so far is still struggling slightly, and it was only in the past three weeks that they seemed to have finally found their form amid the chaos; the performance of the Baltimore Ravens' defense has always been at the top of the league.
As of this week, the pass defense ranks fourth, the run defense ranks fourth, and the overall ranking ranks third in the league.
From intensity to toughness, the Baltimore Ravens are still the league's top tough guys this season.
In the past three consecutive victories, the entire league cheered for Lamar Jackson to realize his athletic talent, and praised Garth Edwards for performing Cinderella's story; but in fact, the continuous output of the defensive team is what turned the Baltimore Ravens' season around. key.
In fact, only one piece of data is enough to prove it——
In the sixth week of the regular season, the Baltimore Ravens faced the Tennessee Titans, the same Tennessee Titans who had an inseparable battle 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 times in a single game.
Exactly eleven times.
Throughout the game, Mariota was stunned. He suffered consecutive sacks and couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north, so that the Tennessee Titans were completely confused.
"21:0".
Baltimore Ravens sweep Tennessee Titans.
Eleven sacks in a single game, ranking second on the all-time list in the NFL Super Bowl era.
There are two teams that top the historical list of the most sacks in a single game, namely -
The Kansas City Chiefs faced the Seattle Seahawks in 1990; and the Dallas Cowboys faced the Washington Redskins in 1985.
Twelve sacks in each of the two games.
Time flies, thirty years are about to pass, and the league has also gone through a lot of changes. Now the offensive banner is no longer seen in the field with double-digit sacks of quarterbacks in a game, until the Baltimore Ravens defense team again and again. Once the killing was red-eyed.
Moreover, it is not just any opponent, it is a team that qualified for the playoffs last season.
The strength is evident.
Therefore, no one can underestimate the Baltimore Ravens.
It now appears that Harbaugh carefully studied the Kansas Chiefs game tape and learned the lessons from the two games between Peterson and Reid in the Philadelphia Eagles last season.
Then, based on the Baltimore Ravens' own state, he tailored a set of tactics to confront his teacher head-on.
Baltimore Ravens, come prepared.
(End of chapter)