Ravens and Bills Defenses Overrun in High-Scoring Classic

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00:00I do think that we get another reminder

00:03how much people prefer offense to defense

00:06because you're right, Joe.

00:07Certainly through portions of this game,

00:09the Ravens, I think at one point

00:11they wheeled the Lombardi Trophy to midfield

00:12to give it to the Ravens during this game.

00:15But even for Buffalo,

00:16I mean, these two defenses were shredded.

00:19I mean, they were absolutely cooked to pieces

00:21in this game on a Sunday that,

00:25again, the only other over that was offered up

00:27was between Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields.

00:30We ended up with 81 points.

00:33Give the quarterbacks their credit.

00:34But that's an unacceptable effort.

00:37For Buffalo, though,

00:38last year's defense had struggles.

00:40They are not going to be a great defense,

00:42I don't think, this year.

00:43They're going to need to be opportunistic.

00:46What's the Ravens' excuse?

00:48You add in Jair Alexander,

00:50round one talent, Malachi Starks.

00:53Mike Green was supposed to go in round one.

00:55Character concerns allowed him to fall to you

00:57in round number two.

00:59Returning Kyle Hamilton,

01:00Marlon Humphrey,

01:02Kyle Van Nooy,

01:03Roquan.

01:04What is this?

01:05Josh Allen throws for 250

01:07in the fourth quarter?

01:09The Ravens started this year

01:11as Super Bowl favorites.

01:13They are now 0-1

01:15and,

01:16correctfully,

01:18no longer the Super Bowl favorites.

01:20No, not at all.

01:20And you bring up the names,

01:22and just because you have the names,

01:23Kev,

01:24doesn't mean they'll gel as a cohesive unit.

01:26That's basically what we saw

01:29in week number one.

01:30But that doesn't mean

01:31they can't gel down the stretch.

01:32Now, I will say,

01:34the one thing I think

01:34when you look at Josh Allen

01:36and the Buffalo Bills,

01:37why they were able to have success,

01:39he distributed the football

01:41to multiple wide receivers.

01:42Keon Coleman,

01:43what a dynamic performance.

01:45Eight receptions,

01:46112 yards.

01:47You saw Dalton Kincaid

01:48get involved in the offense.

01:50He was inconsistent

01:51at the end of last season.

01:53And that's what you need

01:54for the Buffalo Bills

01:56to elevate

01:56to potentially challenge

01:58the likes of Baltimore

01:59in an AFC championship

02:00and, more importantly,

02:01Kansas City,

02:02which both teams

02:03don't seem to have the answer

02:05to beat in the postseason.

02:07So, yes,

02:08Baltimore's defense

02:09gave up a ton of points

02:11and a ton of yards,

02:12and so did Buffalo.

02:13I don't think

02:13from a defensive perspective

02:15either one of these teams

02:16could go toe-to-toe

02:17from a defensive perspective

02:18with the Eagles

02:19in terms of physicality,

02:21in terms of how good

02:22the Eagles are,

02:23in my opinion,

02:24in the front seven,

02:25but that's why styles

02:26make fights, right?

02:28Nobody saw the fumble

02:30by Derrick Henry.

02:31If I would have told you

02:32Buffalo was going to get

02:34a critical turnover,

02:35we would have said

02:36maybe Mark Andrews,

02:38maybe Lamar.

02:39I don't think anybody

02:40would have said

02:40Derrick Henry

02:41would put it on the ground.

02:43Well, that Derrick Henry

02:44fumble was costly, okay?

02:46That alone

02:47should not have led

02:49to this collapse

02:51from the Ravens.

02:52And Joe,

02:53I do think the defense is good.

02:54I think it's really talented.

02:56The offense is obviously incredible.

02:57I mean,

02:57they average over eight yards

02:59of carry

02:59and over 11 yards of pass.

03:01How do you lose

03:02this football game?

03:03Well, one of the constants

03:05for this Ravens team

03:06seems to be

03:06whenever they lose a game,

03:07that's the question, right?

03:09How do we lose that game?

03:10A lot of blown leads,

03:12a lot of history

03:12starting to be made

03:13for one John Harbaugh,

03:16and I know

03:17OK Dubs doesn't mind

03:18throwing a guy on a hot seat,

03:19but Lisey,

03:21at some point,

03:23something has to give.

03:24This is a sports in general,

03:27but certainly this sport here,

03:29NFL football,

03:31we can put anybody

03:31on a hot seat.

03:33Sean McDermott's been

03:33on a hot seat.

03:34Nick Sirianni

03:35almost lost his job.

03:36Kyle Shanahan,

03:37you ask questions

03:38about all the time.

03:39Kyle Shanahan,

03:40and if can they get it done

03:41with the Niners?

03:42I understand Harbaugh's

03:43won a Super Bowl.

03:44He's also been to

03:45one conference championship game

03:47since that Super Bowl victory,

03:49and they put forth

03:50one of the most confusing

03:51offensive game plans

03:51I've ever seen

03:52in my life

03:53in that loss

03:54to Kansas City

03:55a couple of seasons ago.

03:57This is a football team

03:58who saw Lamar Jackson

03:59throw an incredible

04:00touchdown pass,

04:01I thought,

04:01to DeAndre Hopkins.

04:02He threw the football

04:03two more times

04:04the rest of the game.

04:05Well, that's the problem.

04:06How?

04:08Listen,

04:08he started from

04:09the special team side of it.

04:10He has all this experience.

04:12You have to win

04:13on the details

04:14to justify John Harbaugh.

04:17They're losing

04:17on the details, Joe.

04:18And you have to

04:19break tendency, Kev.

04:20Think about it.

04:21So, they have the 40-25 lead.

04:23Josh Allen comes down.

04:24They score the touchdown.

04:26They cut it to eight points.

04:27They get complacent.

04:29They still want to run

04:29Derrick Henry

04:30on first and second down.

04:32And I understand

04:32that Derrick Henry

04:33was eating.

04:34He was over 100 yards,

04:35averaging well over

04:36four yards per carry.

04:37But at that particular time,

04:39you want to break tendency.

04:40Play action pass,

04:41I guarantee you,

04:42would have gotten you

04:43probably past midfield.

04:45Game is over.

04:46Signed, sealed, and delivered.

04:47But certain teams,

04:48they lay up.

04:50And I keep going to that

04:51Tim Kump mentality

04:52where they're afraid

04:54to take shots

04:55when the game is on the line

04:57and provide the kill shot

04:59to knock out an opponent.

05:01It's like they're afraid

05:02to put the Buffalo Bills away.

05:05The safer call

05:06was giving it

05:07to Derrick Henry

05:08and giving it

05:08to Lamar Jackson

05:09on the ground

05:10as opposed to putting it

05:11in your MVP's hands.

05:13and allowing

05:13to make plays

05:15in the passing attack.

05:16I just don't understand it.

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