Ought to Ravens Really feel Higher Than Payments After Thriller? Greg Olsen Makes the Case

Within the second, Sunday’s instantaneous traditional between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Payments appeared like a catastrophic loss for Lamar Jackson’s squad, whereas the win was euphoric for Josh Allen’s workforce. However transferring ahead, the ultimate end result may not be the indicator of what is to come back. 

That is how Greg Olsen feels concerning the Payments’ 41-40 win on Sunday evening, by which Buffalo got here again from a 15-point deficit within the fourth quarter. In actual fact, the NFL on FOX analyst feels barely higher concerning the Ravens transferring ahead than the workforce they took down due to how they had been in a position to get out to a lead within the first place. 

“When the mud settles, once you have a look at which mannequin is extra sustainable, it simply looks as if a lot of the workload falls on Josh Allen,” Olsen stated on FS1’s “Wake Up Barstool.” “It is simply actually onerous to rely on Superman performances from one man each single week all through the course of the season. But when I am Baltimore, I am saying, ‘You already know what? It took a Herculean effort by Josh Allen. Some issues didn’t go our approach. We had been on the street in a extremely onerous place to play.’ 

“As heartbreaking because the loss is for Baltimore, it sounds bizarre saying it after you lose, however I believe Baltimore’s in a reasonably great spot to have an important 12 months.”

Between his 394 passing yards and 30 speeding yards, Allen accounted for 424 of Buffalo’s 497 whole yards on Sunday evening. Within the fourth quarter alone, Allen threw for 251 yards and rushed for 2 touchdowns because the Payments scored 22 factors within the closing body. 

After all, the Payments wanted each single a kind of yards and scores as a way to win Sunday’s sport as a result of their protection struggled to decelerate Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, Zay Flowers and the remainder of the Ravens’ offense. Baltimore scored on seven of its 11 possessions in Sunday’s sport, placing factors on the scoreboard on every of its first 5 possessions. 

When it comes to yardage, Jackson was in a position to throw for 209 yards on simply 19 makes an attempt (11 yards per try), whereas Henry rushed for 169 yards on 18 makes an attempt (9.4 yards per try). Flowers had a whopping 143 receiving yards on simply seven receptions. 

While you take an excellent nearer have a look at the numbers, historical past stated {that a} Ravens win ought to’ve been sure on Sunday evening. Previous to that sport, groups that had rushed for no less than 235 yards (Baltimore had 238) and scored no less than 40 factors in the identical sport had been 277-0. 

So, it is fairly clear that the Payments’ win on Sunday was a little bit of an anomaly. Contemplating that this can be a workforce with Tremendous Bowl aspirations, Olsen believes that Buffalo is aware of that it will probably’t proceed to drag a rabbit out of its hat like this transferring ahead. 

“They have to get their protection fastened,” Olsen stated. “Buffalo, McDermott, they knew all offseason and thru the draft that each one their effort was getting their protection match. Giving up 20 every half [isn’t great].

“On the finish of the day, you do not apologize for the way you win. It is onerous to win within the NFL. I believe counting on Superman each single week to win, it is onerous to rely on that.” 

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