GAME PREVIEW
SAINTS VS.
RAVENS
THE RAVEN QUOTH “I'm working on everything to
get better – every aspect. I’m not a perfect player. I don’t think anybody is a perfect player, but I’m trying to work on everything – throwing the ball outside, throwing deep passes, throwing intermediate passes, short passes, running a little bit here and there, getting moves out of the pocket – everything.” – QB Lamar Jackson on what he's doing to improve his game
LB Patrick Queen
The Baltimore Ravens kick off their 26th season when they open the 2021 NFL campaign by hosting the New Orleans Saints at M&T Bank Stadium (7 p.m.) in the first week of preseason play. In 2020, the Ravens earned their thirdstraight playoff berth – and ninth overall under head coach John Harbaugh – with an 11-5 regular season record. Baltimore advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs for the eighth time during Coach Harbaugh’s 13 years at the helm. In 2020, Baltimore won six-straight games – including a 20-13 Wild Card battle at No. 4 Tennessee – before falling, 17-3, in the Divisional Round at No. 2 Buffalo to close out the season. The Ravens’ 2020 rushing attack finished No. 1 in the NFL (191.9 ypg) and produced the third-most yards (3,071) in a 16game NFL season. (In 2019, Baltimore set the record with 3,296 rushing yards.) Baltimore had three players – QB Lamar Jackson (1,005), RB J.K. Dobbins (805) & RB Gus Edwards (723) – rush for over 700 yards each, while Jackson became the first QB in NFL history to surpass the 1,000-yard rushing milestone in multiple seasons. The Ravens scored the NFL’s seventhmost points (29.3) in 2020, with Jackson completing 64.4% of his passes for 2,757 yards, 26 TDs and 9 INTs (99.3 rating), also adding 7 rushing TDs. Baltimore allowed the NFL’s second-fewest points (18.9) and seventh-fewest yards (329.8) in 2020. The Ravens produced
NUMBERS TO
RAVE ABOUT 7 The Ravens finished 2020 with
the NFL’s No. 1 rushing attack (191.9 ypg) for the second-straight season. Baltimore’s 3,071 rushing yards stand as the third most in a 16-game NFL season. (The Ravens own two of the Top 3 marks.)
7 Baltimore has rushed for 100+ yards
in 39-straight games, marking the second-longest streak in pro football history.
7 In 2020, Baltimore also registered an NFL-best six games with at least 200 rushing yards, including a franchiserecord 404-yard output in Week 17’s victory at Cincinnati. 7 The Ravens’ 24 rushing TDs ranked
third in the NFL and set a new singleseason franchise record.
7 For the second-straight year,
Baltimore had three players – QB Lamar Jackson (1,005), RB J.K. Dobbins (805) & RB Gus Edwards (723) – rush for over 700 yards each. The 2020 Ravens joined the 2019 Ravens and 2011 Panthers as the only teams ever with three 700-yard rushers in a season.
7 Since QB Lamar Jackson’s rookie
season (2018), the Ravens have rushed for an NFL-high 8,808 yards (183.5 ypg).
a league-high 25 FFs, and CB Marlon Humphrey led the NFL with a Ravens’ single-season record 8 FFs, also posting a team-high 11 PD. 2021 BALTIMORE RAVENS GAMEDAY | 5
