What are the Raven's weaknesses

[FINishedPerfect]

The Raven's are great against the run and have probably one of the best safeties to ever play the game in Ed Reed, however, I feel their corners are the biggest weakness on their defense. If we can expose this with Ginn and Bess I believe it can allow some holes to run the football.
On offense beside the inexperience of Flacco in big games, they really only have one wide receiver in D. Mason, shut him down and let there other receivers try and beat us. I do believe Cameron will use Heap a lot. What are your thoughts?

 

[mandal24]

Mark Clayton, their number 2 wide receiver is their deep threat guy... averages 17 yards per catch! A couple of years ago he nearly had a 1,000 yards receiving. But all in all, on passing downs, Flacco will look for his favorite target, Mason, thats why we need to double him all game.

And their weakness is definitely their corners. Chris McAlister is on IR and he was their best cover corner. Samari Rolle has been limited in practice all week. He should play but I see a Terrence Mcgee type situation when we played Buffalo the first time this season. ATTACK HIM DEEP! Also Fabian Washington, their other starting corner has also been limited in practice and MIGHT not go. That would be good news, and once again attack! Check out how the Colts beat them earlier in the year. Lit them up with deep passes. And we all know the Colts could never match the physicallity of the Ravens. They did it with the deep ball. And once you get a big lead on a team like the Ravens, theyre not built to come back (same with the Fins)

 

[ravensjeff]

We thought our corners were weak as well, especially when Chris McAlister went on IR- but they have been playing very good. Right now, our special teams is a weak spot. We have given up some yardage on kickoff returns. Stover has a sprained right ankle. And if Yamon Figurs is fielding kickoffs- it makes everyone nervous-catching/fumbling/not hitting the gap/crumbling.

Our punter (Koch) is lights out though. And Jim Leohnard always seems to get great returns when fielding punts.

 

[theFRANCHISE]

As a Ravens fan, let me help you out here with a few:

- The Ravens are overly aggressive; this is a strength and a weakness. Although the amount of pressure applied through Rex Ryan's exotic blitzes have shut down opposing running backs, they've been exploited with quick intermediate routes and screen passes.

- The Ravens are vulnerable against the no-huddle; though it likely won't work in the early stages of a game, the no-huddle has been extremely effecting in the final quarter, particularly during substitutions. Even if the defense is well-rested, the Ravens still struggle to keep guys on the field, and the defensive scheme relies on certain guys in certain packages taking the field for certain plays. Without the right personnel, a weakness can be exploited in the Ravens defense more often than not.

- The Ravens rarely run to the outside; though this speaks to the old-school philosophy of pounding the ball in-between the tackles, this also creates issues when opposing defenses stack the box. Though it has been proven difficult to take down Le'Ron McClain even with eight men in the box, Willis McGahee doesn't have as big of a build, and Ray Rice's small stature doesn't help him neither.

 

[secureone]

we must run alot of counters and misdirections this ravens team is known to bite very hard on your first move


i form ronnie in back polite in fb send all blocking left and fake handoff to fb and toss back other side to ronnie or ricky

 

[Kadiddlehopper]

What are the Raven's weaknesses


They got the big head syndrome.

 

[Legion]

They are hyper aggressive. Like theFranchise said, we can take advantage of that. Henning is very, very good at setting up defenses and then doing something new out of the same look. And Chad is the smartest QB in the league. Combine all that with a no huddle offense, and there will be some opportunities for us to exploit.

They don't have any big wide receivers. Our secondary has only really been hurt by WR's with size this year, and all of theirs are around 6 feet or shorter. Not really a weakness, but an element that has been a strength for them lately that we should be able to neutralize.

They rely, to a degree, on wearing the defensive line down so they can control the 4th quarter. No one on our line plays much more than half the snaps, so they should all stay fresh throughout the game. Again, not really a weakness but a strength we can take away from them.

They feast on turnovers, and we hang on to the ball better than anyone in history but the 2008 Giants. Should take another advantage away from them.

I think that's what this game is really all about. They don't have any huge weaknesses that we can exploit, but we can take away a lot of the things they like to do. That should help keep them from gaining any momentum. From what I've seen, they are a team that gets a lot better once they make a big play, and if we can keep them from doing that we should be able to win this one.