 By the way that area the cost to attack this offseason you could tell that these weren't the same old Ravens But that was just on paper We still had to see the final product and we're not close to the final product yet But from what we've seen with these Baltimore Ravens of past two games, especially yesterday Oh, yeah, we in for a ride and a good one too because what I love from the Ravens And we'd better talk about my post game thoughts from the game that we all watched and love yesterday against them Cincinnati Bengals But what we saw from the Baltimore Ravens is a team that closed the deal the clip team that finished the job Last year there were so many games where the Ravens had double-digit leads They had two score leads and so many of them they squandered away They ended up losing but in yesterday's game, they had two score lead in the Bengals They came marching back and they got close But the Ravens closed it out and that was my favorite part about the game yesterday Because the right they Ravens did struggle at times they has they struggled at times stopping the Cincinnati Bengals But they found a way to get the job done Especially on offense because in the past we've seen where the Baltimore Ravens They'll have the two score lead and the offense will get very very conservative. The offense would be like, you know what? Let's just let's run the ball. Let's let's kill a little bit of clog We just try to get a little bit y'all here and there nothing too crazy not too crazy not yesterday though Yesterday they were trying to score points and they did that and I appreciated that so much because That was a just such a big contrast from how they operated before With Lamar Jackson, you could tell like there's some games where he just He just has to make a big play he has to make something happen and you could tell by his body language and it's not a bad thing It's not even him forcing it but you could tell he is going to make something great happen and He was just like, you know what? I am going to wheel this team to yards to points and to a win And they did just that and let's start off with Lamar Jackson Lamar Jackson in this game. He had a couple of rough moments There was the fumble. He got to take care of the ball man And it's getting better week by week, but still you got to take better care of the ball But even though that fumble got saved because one of the bingles defensive players They were I think was illegal hands to the face. They had their face all in a I forgot which offensive linemen's face mask But I was like whoo because that was like man. Thank goodness. Oh because that that was big right there But and then there was one pass right before halftime that was intended for Mark Andrews and It was just off. It was just off. Thank goodness the defender wasn't closer because that would have been a pick six easy But with Lamar and then earlier The he had missed Zay flowers. He had overthrew Zay flowers on a deep ball Now let's start with that part right there because we mentioned this in the stream We mentioned this time in time before With Lamar Jackson and the deep ball it gets it's something that gets overblown all the time people say alright Lamar Jackson He can't throw deep he can't throw the deep ball accurately and Well with Lamar Jackson in the previous offense what would be so frustrating for me to see is alright if Lamar Jackson attempts a deep pass and he doesn't get it then they just stop They don't throw a deep pass again. His attempts were so minimal so that they didn't let him attempt too many So when you look at it from the stash he like oh, he missed that deep ball man. Yeah, he can't throw the deep ball It's inaccurate But that's why it's important to continue to allow him to take shots and that's what they did Yesterday and I appreciated that so much man I really did because you can't just be like and this is just in life in general You can't just try something one time and be like all right. Well, I didn't get it I guess I'm not good at this. I guess I can't do it. No, you got to keep trying and trying again So I appreciated the fact that Todd Monke and his offense they allowed him to keep trying again And that's what you have to do Unleash Lamar do not restrain him. Do not hold him back You saw the way and you see the way that he been throwing that ball all over the field the middle of the field From sideline a sideline. He been putting that ball everywhere and it's been a beautiful thing Just to watch Lamar continue to be unleashed and unlocked This is something that we've been wanting to happen for a long time and it seems like Seems like they are trending in that direction now The touchdown pass to Nelson Aguilera Beautiful and they that's not that that's not a type of pass that they would do That's not a type of pass that the Baltimore Ravens would do very often like Harley at all So to see that implemented in week two of the NFL regular Yeah Yeah, he's ain't the same old Ravens They one thing about Lamar Jackson to that I really really appreciate it because this is something that Lamar Jackson a lot of times he won't do but he did it yesterday and that's take the chance and Really put that full trust in his wide receiving what I mean when I say that not say he hasn't trusted wide receivers in the past Because he certainly has but that full trust they flowers had two guys on them to And this was a deep ball the degree of difficulty for completing this pass was extremely high Lamar Jackson's a flowers talked about he said hey days They saw the play earlier and they said he was open and they say hey Lamar hit me. I got you and He did just that two people on them deep ball double cup. They flowers made Short they flowers made the play over two cornerbacks So shout out to that man Lamar took the chance and that's something that because we know a lot of time Lamar will throw to the open receiver But this time he threw to the double-cover receiver and then I'd love to see it. I love to see it Because he took a calculated risk And it paid off in a big way Lamar Jackson in this game the offensive line shout out to the offensive line Sam muster for Patrick McCary those two stepped in and they did their thing We did not hear Trey Hendrickson's name like all day There was some pressure here and there from the Bengals defensive line, but not like crazy man Not like crazy There was sometimes where Lamar had to make some people miss and he had to do a little shovel pass like the one adjust The ones to Justice Hill shout out to Justice Hill for being ready and available for those two Because had Justice Hill went on some crazy route and shout out to the Ravens offense for Calling and setting up the plays like that to where Justice Hill would be available for that that check down Because that that made such a big difference Because Lamar had to make some people miss in the backfield and just get rid of the ball He did that and it ended up being completions in positive yards instead of him just throwing it away So that was great to see it was great to see the variety in the Ravens passing game It was great to see it. I absolutely loved it and we need more of that a lot more that With Baltimore Ravens with the touchdown that Mark Andrews got it was nice to see him back and a like we always talked about Mark Andrews once he gets that drop out of the way He got to get his drop out the way earlier and after that he'll be good to go and he was he was good to go from that point forward So shout out to him. But yeah, Lamar had a really really good game I had to pass in yards Obviously the two passing touchdowns then had some rushing yards too because that was necessary It felt like on some of the runs It felt like he was like holding back a little bit because we know Lamar he wiggly man Lamar He's like a joystick too, but it felt like he was like holding back a little a little bit. It's a little bit So I'm not sure what that was about. Okay, and I'm not even sure if he was holding back It looked like it to me. That's just my opinion But he had a really really good game and again back to the offensive line They did that thing as well as far as pass protection and open up and opening up running lanes, too Gus Edwards let all the rushes and rushing yards and average as usual He got he got the touchdown too and Gus Edwards continues to do Gus Edwards stuff Gus Edwards is just waiting on the time where it's gonna be like, alright, when am I gonna be that feature back because He still hasn't been it. I mean, and you know, right Ravens do super running back by committee But I know Gus is waiting like hey look like look look every time I touch the ball Look what happens? Look look at this like y'all got to do something for me now But he had a he had a good game just as he was solid The now to the tight ends Mark Andrews Mark Andrews, of course, this was his first game back He had a couple of catches picked up some nice yards So he he was he was back in the mix from jump. So that was a beautiful thing to see as far as the wide receivers Oh, they'll beckham jr. They were getting him involved early on he got slimmed down On one play inside the red zone in on that play I was thinking I a Lamar take off take off take off of Lamar said no, no, no, no I see my wire receiving. I'm gonna give him an opportunity and he threw it to him on point boom Oh, they'll caught it and they move closer to the end zone So that was a beautiful thing to see but unfortunately Odell Beckham jr. He got hurt and left the game early They said it's nothing serious. So that that's obviously a good thing now That's another thing too. We're gonna get back to the receivers But just for the Baltimore Ravens, I think they were Three out of four they three out of four trips to the red zone. They converted in the touchdowns So they were scoring touchdowns instead of field goals and they had to in this game Because again, as we know the Cincinnati Bengals, they quick strike team They could get a touchdown just like that out of nowhere as we know But the Ravens didn't do that We're gonna talk about the defense a little bit but back to the offense again They were closers they were finishers and that was so important for them to be back to the wide receiver Nelson Aguilera Nelson Aguilera had himself a game yesterday making some tough tough tough tough tough catches tough catches Zay flowers, of course, you know, Zay flowers getting involved in so many different ways after that deep pass that he called in between both those two defenders Zay they feeding Zay flowers again because they really wanted him to get that touchdown Ravens will do that man Ravens will do that when they you could tell when they really want somebody to get that touchdown They really want Zay to get it. He'll get the next game though against the Colts. He'll get his first regular season NFL touchdown is coming next week. But anyway, it was a good game from him Rashad Bateman He wasn't involved too much So kind of quiet game. Let me see that. I remember him having maybe one catch I don't remember much besides that. Let me see Rashad. Oh, yeah, three catches for 18 yards I didn't remember them. So and I say likely he had one catch for eight yards. Oh Devon Duvenay. Oh, man, that was a close one. Oh, that was so close. I'll put it on the money, too Devon do it like it he put it where only Devon Duvenay could get it and the defender couldn't and it was so Oh, it was so close on that deep pass down the sideline. I was like, oh That that one hurt too, man That one really hurt, but it's all good because they they took care of business Um, so yeah, that was the offense, man. One thing I did not like about the offense. I did not like One of them worked another one didn't but I didn't I did not like the third and short There was two third and short plate calls Where they called toss plays the pitch plays and I just I'm not a fan of that The one of them worked the second one didn't but I wasn't a fan of either one I'm always glad when there's something that I don't like been and still work Obviously when everything to work for the Baltimore Ravens, but I just didn't like it because I feel like it makes it harder If you got to get two yards when you toss the ball back Now you got to go from getting two yards to get like four or five yards because you pitched the ball backwards And so I mean that's that's just me But Tom Munkin offensive coordinator for a reason we'll see how he continues to operate in those third and shorts Justin Tucker He missed the field goal yesterday, and I know a lot of Ravens family like oh man Every time Justin Tucker misses the field goal doesn't end up good for the Baltimore Raven now you can scrap that you can scrap that That's done since he missed the field goal yesterday, and then he made a field goal, of course But Ravens one so that whole thing is out the window beautiful thing Lamar Jackson Against Joe Burrell. What is he two and one or three and one? I forget with which it is but against the Cincinnati Bengals. He like I think seven in one So that's that's it for Lamar like that was the big difference man That was such a big difference because and when I when I was on with my guy Kevin Ostrich and I think I mentioned on here I expected the score to be 27-24 I thought it's gonna go to overtime, but it didn't which was nice Ravens one in regulation, but I'm I just What gave me more confidence for this game was thinking about the playoff game last year Even though the Baltimore Ravens lost it was close and it was a fumble a fumble is what changed that game But this and they didn't have Lamar Jackson in that game So now they had Lamar Jackson. They had Odell Beckham Junior Rashad Bateman and Nelson Agnes. They flat like it is They had a lot of difference makers on in this game instead of in the last game They had some in the last game, but they had more this game, especially Lamar Jackson So I felt like Lamar gave them that edge and he did He did and it was more than just Lamar because we got to talk about the let's talk about special teams first because again talked about Justin Tucker missing a field goal with any made one, but Upon return for a touchdown. Oh, that was rough. That was that was rough seeing that and the refs initially through the flag And then they like oh no, no, never mind. No flag. All right touchdowns So that that was frustrating but again glad the Ravens overcame that and speaking of the Ravens overcoming stuff And then we about to get to the defense the penalties in this game Yuck, they were disgusting. They were very inconsistent It was a lot of bad penalties on both sides on both sides But what I really appreciated about the Ravens in this game is that they did not allow the penalties to Kill their energy. They did not allow the penalties to take them out the game They did not allow the penalties to be a reason that they lost Um Again, there was some really bad penalties Ravens would move Lamar get a big gain on the ground It was usually for those for Lamar's big gains on the ground. They were like, uh-uh. Nope holding bring it back And hey, there was something that was justified like there was one on them with it on Somebody was holding like it was clear holding. It was like, oh, okay. Yeah, that's holding Then there was another holding that they called and there was no holding whatsoever. It was so bad. There was on The illegal contact that they called on the cornerback that was covering Odell Beckham, Jr. Well, Odell Beckham, Jr. He initiated all the contact. No, it was a bad call straight up And then there was the passing interference that they called on Brandon Stevens on Jamar Chase where literally Jamar Chase just failed Brandon Stevens did not interfere with the past whatsoever. So again, there were bad calls on both sides on both sides Like terrible calls on both sides, but I was appreciative that the Baltimore Ravens did not allow that to stop them So there was even one drive where I forgot when it when it was a Holding call made it like first in 20 and another call made it like first in 30 something like that So there was one point and then they did I think they did a screenplay and they lost to y'all so it was like second in It's second in super long But then they ended up getting the first down because they threw a deep pass to I want to say was to Mark Andrews And then I think they ran it for the first down with Gus It was I believe but I forgot what the sequence of plays was but they got the first down after the penalty I'll have to be them backed up a lot. So I was like, all right Ravens So I really loved seeing that now something else that I love seeing was a defense defense going into this game It was scary thinking about it because it's like Jamar Chase T Higgins to number one receivers Joe Burrow He could hide at any time Joe mixing and Joe mixing. He was getting his every now and then But they held Jamar Chase down I think he had like 34 yards or something like that. Let me let me check the exact numbers Because it it was a beautiful thing to see. Yeah, he had let me see 31 yards Oh, even better. Well, even worse in his case, but even better for us. But Jamar Chase had 31 yards T Higgins, he started off slow started off slow But then he kept getting involved more and more and more And the touchdowns that he caught one was a little bit of a push-off and they ain't they ain't call it Okay, whatever. Then another one the one on our day is Washington's What would you expect our day's Washington to do to have him matched up against T Higgins in a red zone I thought that was a big mistake by Mike McDonald big mistake by Mike McDonald I would say put if it's on the red zones like especially on like the they was on like the five-yard line something like that I'll say Kyle Hamilton just that size and physicality One of the corners Darby Rock you seen who have open shout out to Rock you seen because that play. Oh that play like oh That because that was a perfect pass by Joe Burrow The quick little route by Jamar Chase Joe Burrow threw it and put in a perfect spot But Rock you seen played it even more perfect than both of them did because and he played it through the whistle he finished a play and Knocked it out of Jamar Chase hand for a touchdown. Oh, that was such a such a beautiful play man Rock you seen just oh that that that gave the Ravens so much energy Then we got to talk about Geno stone Geno stone man Geno stone man. Hey, look, man I've been telling people like all Geno stone need is Opportunity because that's been the only thing that's been holding him back from showing that he can start in this league Because it's always been a really good veteran safety in front of him and that's not a bad thing But that's the only thing that's been holding him back is opportunity He showed in yesterday's game like hey, he can play Ravens did not give up any deep passes And we know these Cincinnati Bengals They are they are known for those big plays Ravens ain't give up none of it But Geno stone on his interception great interception loved it He read the play perfectly and executed his play perfectly got the pick should have been a 100 2 yard or 99 yard. It should have been a pick six. I don't know what Geno So I guess maybe he was just exhausted He might have been mentally exhausted like man and physically exhausted because the defense was out there a lot They were there for long periods of time especially in the second half, but he You got to get a pick six man Get that pick six. Oh, you know what? I thought I think he was thinking he was probably thinking man If I get the pick six, yeah, we're gonna touchdown, but I gotta be right back out here already and I'm tired I'm tired. So he was like, you know, often y'all got it But next time Geno next time we ain't gonna forget but we're gonna forgive you But we ain't gonna forget. So next time cut it back in get get go get the points but um Yeah, man defense did that thing man, uh pass rush Was pretty much non-existent. No, jadevin clown. He did get the sax. I shout out to my guy jadevin clown. He got one So that's jadevin. Get your money man. Get that bread Um, without fair way, I think they said he was hurt because he really didn't play like Harley much at all especially in the second half But um, I think they said he was hurt. I believe uh, the city's not serious though. So that's good Um, but the pass rush was pretty much non-existent But the bingos they were having joe bro get that ball out of his hands fast like right away Maybe that's why they weren't any deep passes to a deep. Yeah, he didn't really throw any deep balls anyway So, uh, we helped the ravens out, but they had him getting the ball out fast like right away Um, I think they wanted to try to protect that calf as much as they could wanted to try to protect him from getting hit As much as he could I know a lot of bingos fans are saying that joe bro still hurt. So I get Hey, that's we I guess we'll see but um Yeah, they were they were getting that ball out fast man. So the pass rush couldn't they couldn't do nothing like nothing Ravens tried to blitz whenever they tried to blitz. It was still ugly. They still couldn't get the it's just There was one time where they blitzed though and um, I think the tight end the oh earth smith jr. I believe Yeah, joe bro through the earth smith jr. The ravens had blitzed and kyle hamilton made an open field tackle He saved a big play. He saved a big chunk play Because earth smith jr. Had so much room in front of him, but kyle hamilton made that tackle. I was like, oh, thank you kyle Thank you, hammy. That was beautiful um So, yeah, that was that man. So shout out to the baltimore ravens, man They got it done. They made it happen. Um, and now they play the colts They they bet they better not mess around and sleep on them colts, man Because colts coming off a win regarding the men's shoe We don't know if they're gonna play anthony riches in a garden men's shoe Whoever they play regardless they they they better not sleep on them colts, man Because they they can't afford to they can't afford to this like Got trap game written all over. So it's important that ravens don't fall for that But this game they ravens were underdogs by a little bit But um, again, like we always talk about with lemar jackson He always gives about some more ravens a chance always always and it wasn't just him But having him in against the bingles because he's been in my aid for a lot of bingles games recently But he made a trip for this one and it paid off