Ravens Party Like It’s 2008

After dropping three straight nail-biters – as their pass defense got exposed along the way – the Ravens finally put together a complete game that made their fans feel like it was 2008 all over again. SBN’s Baltimore Beatdown breaks it down:

The Ravens defense held the Broncos to 200 yards of total offense and totally shut down the Broncos running game, limiting them to 66 yards, holding starter Knowshon Moreno to just 39. The pass rush may have only had two sacks for the day, but seemed to have constant pressure on Orton all day. LB Jarret Johnson got it started on the Broncos first possession by rushing in untouched off the edge and slamming Orton to the turf a la Bart Scott’s hit on Ben Roethlisberger three years ago. Amazing how much better the DB’s looked with a decent pass rush, eh? Remember how many times I kept writing that for the past month or so? The Ravens pass rushers were in Orton’s face all game and that showed by the hurries that caused incompletions and totally domination in the trenches against what was considered one of the top offensive lines in the entire league.