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The Ravens’ defense has an opportunity to build on its recent progress against a struggling Browns offense led by Deshaun Watson. Tim Barbalace, Femi Ayanbadejo, and Ken Weinman discuss how Baltimore can take advantage of the matchup and make life difficult for Cleveland’s offense.

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00:00And I think what's especially exciting for this defense,
00:04you gave all the numbers yesterday, Femi.
00:07This Browns offense does not do anything particularly well.
00:11And you can make Deshaun, you can make Todd Monken, I should say, one-dimensional.
00:17They don't run the football well at all.
00:20They average 3.7 yards per carry.
00:22So if the Ravens are able to earn the right to rush the passer by stopping the run,
00:27then it could really be a long day for Deshaun Watson.
00:31And one of the things that I think that could come along with these sacks is turnovers.
00:35Because when it comes to turnover-worthy plays, Deshaun Watson is one of the worst in the NFL.
00:40So he's going to, you know, if you watched the Steelers game, if you watched the Jets game,
00:46you see the ball on the ground all the time.
00:47And he's lucky to recover the ones that he did or his teammates recover the ones that he has.
00:51But he gets very erratic and a bit unpredictable.
00:55But some of those big plays have come out of that erraticism, right?
00:59The idea that you don't know what he's going to do and guys get loose downfield.
01:02So plastering and staying close to your men, because guess what?
01:05Some of these players out there are pretty explosive.
01:07You know, they have an explosive tight end.
01:09They have a couple of young explosive receivers.
01:10So the passing game is how they like to get business done.
01:14And keep this in mind, they're in 11 personnel about 67, 68% of the time.
01:18And when they're in 11 personnel, they like to throw it about 65% of the time.
01:22Now, when they get into 12 and 13 personnel, they do lean more toward the run.
01:25But as Tim noted, they're not as successful with the run.
01:27It's not very efficient.
01:28It's not very efficient.
01:28It's not very efficient.

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