Ravens Strong Again, But Settle for WC Behind UberBrowns
Season summary:
GML: Baltimore Ravens 2130
What happened?
QB Lyle regressed a bit, but still was effective overall, 6.98 36/18 88.9
Running game was sweet! Garrett 4.64 and Vance 6.61 (more to say here)
WR Pearson remains the focus, duh, and WR Webster playing second fiddle
TE Palmer gave us a nice 7 ypt season, been a while since we saw that at TE
Overall, very efficient offense: 5.05 ypc (5th), 6.98 ypa (3rd) - love that
Pass rush was solid, overall 22.9 PR% ranking 8th
DL Rambo-Shanle-Hicks were all effective
LB Goodwin was excellent overall, LB Evans (94 zone) had 17 PDs (!?!?!)
S Gallagher is a coverage star, anchors very good secondary stats w 83.8 PD%
CB Olshansky was my add-on guy for his 77 Int... posted 81.7 PD% w/o picks
Overall, very pleased with this team. I'm going to look back on the pair of receivers we didn't get a ring with regret - I feel like I frittered away opportunity there. But this team is playing well... maybe the embedded high intelligence with the move to the 3-4/5-6/10-11 triad is paying hidden dividends? I'm very open to the notion that positioning my entire offense in the 2-3/4-5/6-7 grouping was just a long term disadvantage.
Anyway... 12-3-1 is a nice season, third best in the league, and ordinarily gets us a bye week. But we're a road wild card because divisions make people happy. So be it, we will try to work our way back to CLE and tear them up.