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OTL: OL Concerns Grow During Joint Practice with Packers

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The Ravens are out in Green Bay for joint practices, and things nearly kicked off with a disaster. The Ravens were participating in the Packers’ tradition of biking to the facility for camp, and Lamar Jackson nearly did, well…the most Lamar Jackson thing ever.

For crying out loud, LJ, be careful!

Having avoided injury on the ride in, things got started and of course continued down the rotten luck path.

John Harbaugh said only “it’s not a serious injury,” which means absolutely nothing, for those of us versed in Harbspeak. Another guy he assured us was fine is Mark Andrews, who’s still not practiced since his automobile accident.

As for the practice itself, it sounds like the Ravens kind of got their butts handed to them by the Packers, especially up front.

I’m not trying to necessarily take a random fan’s perspective over that of the Ravens’ beat reporters, but I noticed Greg’s tweet and wanted to share it. I had previously seen that the Ravens defense was making some plays:

However, it sounds like, on balance, the Pack offense was able to move the ball and punch it in.

On the other side of the ball, Ravens fans’ biggest concern entering the season – the offensive line – did nothing to ease fears.

That isn’t to say that Lamar Jackson & Co. didn’t make any plays. Of course they did.

The “constant pressure and sacks” certainly isn’t what you want to hear. We know that the OL will be a work in progress with so much turnover, especially early in the season.

As our Cole Jackson points out, it’s probably best to expect those issues.

In his follow up post, Cole says that “you can struggle in September if you get it together by December.” Which is, of course, very true. Unless the unthinkable happens, and that poor offensive line play gets your quarterback seriously injured in September or October.

That’s a legitimate concern. We all hope the young guys will step in and become established cornerstones up front. But to expect that to happen immediately is unrealistic. We’ll likely also see plenty of this:

Four false starts! Yeesh.

We’ll see what the second day out in Green Bay brings us. Hopefully no more injuries or near-crashes on bikes, at least.

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  1. This is all quite comical. Last year our LT had a bad year RT was so bad he needed TE help and was subbed out often and we had journeyman LG who was terrible as a Raider….yet we finished top 5 in pts abd yards and won 13 games. So yeah im not concerned

  2. The Dline hasn’t gotten pressure in either gm thus far without having to do exotic blitzing. The stout run D or pressure with just 4 has been nonexistent to say the least. You can tell coach weave & mike mac made a difference and are missed.

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2 Responses

  1. This is all quite comical. Last year our LT had a bad year RT was so bad he needed TE help and was subbed out often and we had journeyman LG who was terrible as a Raider….yet we finished top 5 in pts abd yards and won 13 games. So yeah im not concerned

  2. The Dline hasn’t gotten pressure in either gm thus far without having to do exotic blitzing. The stout run D or pressure with just 4 has been nonexistent to say the least. You can tell coach weave & mike mac made a difference and are missed.

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