Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens: Obvservations and Analysis

September 27, 2010   ·   Paul Stagg   ·   Jump to comments

The Ravens beat the Browns 24-17 in a game that seemed much harder than it should have, primarily due to the outstanding performance of Peyton Hillis and the Browns offensive line.
Offense
Joe Flacco and Anquan Boldin seemed to hit their groove, with three TD connections.  Flacco appeared to regain his poise; while it was against the mediocre defense of the Browns, he did face some aggressive blitzing and still came away with 262 yards in the air and three TDs with no interceptions.
The running game looked fantastic, with Ray Rice going 80 yards on 15 carries until he left the game with a knee sprain. Willis McGahee stepped in with another 29 yards. 
The offense was much improved over the last two weeks (again, even in light of the opponent, this is still a divisional game). They still need to improve third down conversions, and stop leaving themselves in third and long situations.
I would also like to see them continue to integrate the running attack...

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