My god, I missed this. That was just a fun Sunday.
We spent all offseason talking about what the Ravens could look like with Jesse Minter running the show and Declan Doyle calling the offense. We got our first real look on Sunday and, offensively at least, I don’t know how you could’ve asked for much more.
The Ravens put up 41 points and 506 yards. Lamar Jackson threw for 324 yards. Derrick Henry ran for 144 yards and three touchdowns. Zay Flowers was uncoverable before leaving with a hamstring injury.
There were things I didn’t love. The pass protection made me a little nervous early, the injuries fucking suck, and there’s definitely some stuff we’re going to want to look at when we get into the All-22.
But it’s Week 1. The Ravens went on the road, hung 41 points on the Colts and Jesse Minter is 1-0. And hell, Tyler Loop went 2/2, one of which was from deep!
I’ll take it.
Let’s get into the Game Notes.
Offense
What a vintage Lamar Jackson performance. He finished the day 17/25 for an insane 324 yards and 1 TD. He added another 40 yards and a score on the ground. That equates to an absurd 13 yards per attempt with a ridiculous 10.9 ADOT. No throw was better than the bomb to Chris Moore (YES! That Chris Moore!)
The pass chart is just absolute chefs kiss. The entire football field was attacked and that’s exactly what to expect from Declan Doyle. It wasn’t a ton of volume, but it was efficient and that is when Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens are at their best.
