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NFL WEEK 2 – SEPT. 19, 2021 8:20 P.M. ET – M&T BANK STADIUM (70,745)
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Q U I C K H I T S
7 It’s a Sunday Night Football primetime showdown when the
Baltimore Ravens (0-1) host the Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) at M&T
Bank Stadium. This marks the Ravens’ first home game of the 2021 campaign and the fourth-consecutive year in which these teams have battled each other in regular season play. 7 Under head coach John Harbaugh, the Ravens are 11-2 in home openers, winning five-straight such games. In overall Ravens history, Baltimore is 18-7 in home openers. 7 The Chiefs own a 7-3 regular season series lead vs. Baltimore, last winning 34-20 at M&T Bank Stadium in 2020. Dating back to 2015, the Chiefs have won four-straight games against the Ravens.
Including playoffs, Coach Harbaugh is 3-4 vs. Kansas City. 7 On Monday (Sept. 13), the Ravens dropped a wild, back-and-forth contest at Las Vegas, falling 33-27 in overtime when QB Derek Carr hit WR Zay Jones for a 31-yard TD with 3:38 remaining. Initially,
Baltimore jumped out to an early 14-0 lead and surrendered just 10 points through the opening three quarters. However, Las Vegas stormed back by scoring 17 points in the fourth quarter, including a game-tying field goal in the final 37 seconds of regulation.
QB Lamar Jackson finished 19-of-30 passing for 235 yards and 1
TD (10 yards to WR Marquise Brown), adding 86 rushing yards on 12 attempts. Jackson also lost a pair of fumbles, including one in
OT that set up the Raiders’ game-winning TD. 7 Under Coach Harbaugh, Baltimore is one of four teams (NE, GB & Sea.) to earn a playoff berth in nine of the past 13 seasons. The
Ravens are also one of four teams (KC, Sea. & NO) to make the playoffs in each of the past three seasons (2018-20).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wed. Sept. 15: 3 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing 5 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . Coach Harbaugh & Player Podium Interviews Thurs. Sept. 16: 11:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . Three Coordinators Podium Interviews 1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing Fri. Sept. 17: 11:10 a.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing 12:50 p.m. . . . . . . . Coach Harbaugh & Player Podium Interviews
CALLING THE ACTION
Television: NBC Sunday Night Football / WBAL Ch. 11 (Baltimore) - Al Michaels (play-by-play) - Cris Collinsworth (analyst) - Michele Tafoya (sideline) - Fred Gaudelli (prod.) - Drew Esocoff (dir.) National Radio: Westwood One Sports - Ryan Radtke (play-by-play) - Ross Tucker (analyst) Local Radio: WBAL (1090 AM) & 98Rock (97.9 FM) - Gerry Sandusky (play-by-play) - Femi Ayanbadejo (analyst) C O A C H H A R B S S AY S
COACH HARBAUGH ON LEADERSHIP WITH THE RAVENS: “I tell our guys, ‘Everybody is a leader.’ We have leaders everywhere in the locker room. We have leaders in position rooms. We have leaders in relationships. We have leaders with their families. We have a bunch of men and women in the organization who lead every single day in their way. We lead one another in our relationships. So, it’s us. It’s us together. We’ve got us; I like us. I like everything about us, and I’m excited about us going forward this season.”
I N J U R Y U P D AT E
Three starters recently sustained season-ending knee injuries: RB J.K. Dobbins (Aug. 28), RB Gus Edwards (Sept. 9) and All-Pro CB Marcus Peters (Sept. 9). Key players currently on Injured Reserve, but who are expected to return this season, include: rookie firstrounder WR Rashod Bateman (groin, Aug. 10) and TE Nick Boyle (knee, Week 10 of 2020). Starting LG Tyre Phillips (knee) left Monday’s game at Las Vegas and was placed on IR Tuesday (9/14).
N O T E T H E Q U O T E
WR MARQUISE BROWN ON FANS RETURNING TO M&T BANK STADIUM: ”We’ve been waiting to play in front of our fans at home for a long time. There’s nothing better than when ‘The Flock’ packs ‘The Bank,’ and we know it will be rocking this year. We have the best fans in the NFL, so the crowd noise and energy will definitely bring a big boost.”