blueteamnovel Chapter 661: 660 came prepared
Chapter 661: 660 came prepared
Chapter 661: 660 came prepared
“...Beautiful!”
“Effective hit, the Baltimore Ravens Defense has shown great competitive state right from the opening stage of the game. Despite Mahomes’s excellent pocket movement to avoid the sack, Suggs still managed to complete an effective hit using his rich experience, disrupting Mahomes’s passing motion.”
“Kelsey catches the ball in an awkward position, but he doesn’t have a chance to advance. The Ravens force the Kansas City Chiefs to face another third-and-three situation, a severe test yet again.”
“The game has just barely started less than three minutes ago, and it’s already the third time the Kansas City Chiefs Offense is facing a third-down challenge; the game is extraordinarily tight.”
“Of course, as expected, this is the game we want to see.”
In the CBS broadcast booth, Jim Nantz and Tony Romo continue their partnership in commentary. The game starts without any warm-up, going straight into fierce competition — living up to everyone’s expectations, both teams came out strong from the start.
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The match “Kansas City Chiefs VS Baltimore Ravens” kicks off on Sunday afternoon at one o’clock —
It’s not a night game.
The League also wanted to schedule it for the nighttime, but since the Kansas City Chiefs have already played four-night games this season, leading the League, they would need to be mindful of the other team owners’ sentiments if they were to continue favoring the Kansas City Chiefs with night games. Goodell had to make a sacrifice, and so the game was scheduled for the afternoon.
In some way, this is a good thing.@@@@
Because today Kansas City has officially entered winter. Although it has not snowed or rained, the weather is clear, the sky is cloudless, and lazy sunshine pours down, the climate is on the good side; however, with temperatures at minus three degrees, plus the cool breeze, the wind chill is nearly minus ten degrees, and not a hint of warmth is felt.
The League should be thankful this isn’t a night game, or else the temperatures would plummet even further —
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Dry, cold weather means that the football leather will harden, which is not conducive to ball handling or passing, and teams often focus on running plays.
For the excitement of the game and the TV ratings, this is not good news.
Indeed, this has been proven numerous times, and today is no exception.
At the start of the game, the Baltimore Ravens guessed the coin toss correctly, and Harbaugh chose the field, the side against the light; thus, the Kansas City Chiefs started on offense for the first half.
Considering the weather’s impact, the Kansas City Chiefs started cautiously, mainly with short passes and running plays; the Baltimore Ravens were also prepared, and the first wave of offense and defense from both teams elicited constant exclamations.
The Baltimore Ravens forced the Kansas City Chiefs into third-down situations three times in a row.
As of this week, they ranked fourth in pass defense, fourth in rush defense, and third in overall league standings.
In terms of strength and resilience, the Baltimore Ravens remain one of the league’s top tough guys this season.
In the last three weeks with three consecutive wins, the whole league cheered for Lamar Jackson’s realization of his athletic potential and marveled at Gus Edwards’ Cinderella story; in reality, though, the consistent output from the defense was the key to turning around the Ravens’ season.
In fact, just one statistic is enough to prove this point—
Week six of the regular season, the Baltimore Ravens faced the Tennessee Titans, who had a close fight with the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of last season’s playoffs.
The Baltimore Ravens Defense sacked Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota eleven times in a single game.
An entire eleven times.
Throughout the game, Mariota was so stunned by the continuous sacks that he couldn’t differentiate north from south, which completely disoriented the Tennessee Titans.
“21:0”.
The Baltimore Ravens swept the Tennessee Titans.
Eleven sacks in a single game ranks second in the history of the NFL Super Bowl era.
And the two teams at the top of the list for most sacks in a single game are—
The 1990 Kansas City Chiefs in their game against the Seattle Seahawks and the 1985 Dallas Cowboys in their match against the Washington Redskins.
In those two games, there were twelve sacks each.
Time flies; nearly thirty years are about to pass, and the league has undergone drastic changes. Nowadays, in an offensive-focused setting, it’s rare to see double-digit quarterback sacks in a single game—until the Baltimore Ravens Defense ferociously earned its mark again.
Moreover, the victim was not just any team, but one that had advanced to the playoffs last season.
Their strength was evident.
Therefore, no one could underestimate the Baltimore Ravens.
Now it looks like Harbaugh seriously studied the game tapes of the Kansas City Chiefs and learned from Pederson’s experiences against Reed in the two games last season.
Then, based on the Baltimore Ravens’ own form, he tailored a set of tactics, directly challenging his teacher.
The Baltimore Ravens came prepared.