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I hope having McPhee healthy will help also.
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I think Ellerbe has provided a lot of pressure from his A-Gap blitzes. I like that as soon as he hits the hole his gets skinny to slice through and force the QB out of the pocket.
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It's more due to the competition than anything else. Going against a rookie QB one week and a crap o-line the next week is going to make you look pretty good.
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I think Suggs is huge here. Plus if a few more on the line get healthy. Going to need it with the secondary banged up.
Of course it isn't how you start, its how you finish. I'll grade the D when the season is over. Lot of injuries this year.
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I think Suggs is huge here. Plus if a few more on the line get healthy. Going to need it with the secondary banged up.
Of course it isn't how you start, its how you finish. I'll grade the D when the season is over. Lot of injuries this year.
Suggs is a great point too. He's a good a rusher as everyone else combined. Getting Suggs back was huge
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It's a mix of the competition and Suggs being back. No one was getting the attention that Sizzle has now started to receive from opposing offenses.
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someone else needs to step up though and be a legit guy next to suggs, someone needs to cease those one on one opportunities so it gives offenses a second rusher to think about. Kruger needs to make a name for himself with every pass rush snap right now or even upshaw. Someone needs to solidify that second rush.
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I hope they can stop the run this Sunday; that's going to be huge.
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I hope they can stop the run this Sunday; that's going to be huge.
If the Ravens stop the run, and the offense doesn't turn the ball over, I think there is a very good chance we will win, because Leftwich can't win games off his arm.
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I agree that getting McPhee back (a 100% McPhee, that is) should be a good thing.
I also really liked seeing them move Upshaw around. It is that kind of creative thinking that is going to produce mismatches and confuse the offense.
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Beyond sacks, I loved seeing all the tipped passes at the line last Sunday. It's usually an automatic incompletion and a lot of times it gets picked as was the case for Kruger.
If Byron does his wind up thing hopefully that gives the guys up front a chance to get airborne.