The Ravens are not coy about letting quarterbacks know they are bringing second- and third-level defenders, either. One of their favorite tactics is to load up the line of scrimmage with as many potential pass-rushers as possible and make quarterbacks guess which players are actually rushing. Are they just sending their standard four? Are they rushing the A-gaps? Is the slot corner coming? Will they be dropping players into coverage from one side and sending all their blitzers to the other side?
These are all questions that every quarterback has to ask before the snap, and they only get about 1. In the following example, Baltimore has six players across the line of scrimmage when including Jaylon Ferguson 45 , who is in a wide edge alignment that happens to make him look like the nickel player because of the receiver's tight alignment. With Brandon Carr 39 playing just a few yards behind the nickel, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson should know that Ferguson is coming.
Now it should be a matter of who else on the Ravens is rushing. Baltimore's second and third players from the left, outside linebacker Tyus Bowser 54 and defensive back Anthony Levine Jr.
Bowser left looks to be keying the running back, while Levine right gets to roam around underneath and play off of Watson's eyes. Once all the routes have been declared, the coverage plays out like Cover-1 and Baltimore gets a three-on-three pass rush to the right side despite only rushing four players to Houston's six blockers. With Levine undercutting Watson's initial read and Houston's right tackle being slow to the perimeter because he's trying to help inside, Ferguson is able close on Watson for a sack.
The very next week, defensive coordinator Don Martindale used the same tactic to get a failed third-down throw out of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff from a completely different offensive look.
The Ravens have the line of scrimmage crowded again, this time away from the passing strength. Considering the Ravens have four defenders to the offense's right side versus just one potential pass-catcher the tight end , Goff understands that pressure is coming from that direction. It may be a long time until another team does that. Even the team's pass rushers such as outside linebacker Jaylon "Sack Daddy" Ferguson took notice.
They stepped up. They're helping us out. We don't have regular DBs that are scared to tackle. We've got guys that are coming off the edge who are going to get sacks. Our DB's are like smaller versions of 'D-linemen. Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow had never faced a defense with so many different looks, and at times the assault on him looked almost unfair. BaldysBreakdowns pic. Whether the Ravens can make life just as miserable for Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz on Sunday remains to be seen.
Baltimore's defense was humbled by Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes in Week 3, who looked ready for whatever recipe the Ravens' defense cooked up. Wentz will undoubtedly look at tape to study what Baltimore did to Burrow, and what Mahomes did to Baltimore. But Wentz has already thrown nine interceptions this season, and knows Baltimore's defense will be hungry for more.
They fly around. They're going to try and disguise different looks and bring some funky pressures, really try to throw off your timing. The defensive backs, it's as good of a group as any. We've got to be aware of where those guys are at, and what they're doing. That leads us to the next point. In a defense, the nose tackle is generally considered the most important position and is one of the most physically demanding positions in all football.
Since playing nose tackle is such a physically demanding job, good nose tackles are rare. They must be extremely large, strong and athletic. That is a very hard combination to find. The nose tackle is expected to demand a double or triple team on every play. In fact, that is the most important goal of every defensive lineman in the defense.
The entire defense relies on the defensive line to demand four or, preferably, five offensive linemen on every play. Again, this is the most important factor in the success of the defense and is also why the nose tackle is so important. The nose tackle should demand two blockers on every play and the defensive ends should require three blockers between the two of them. Therefore, the entire offensive line is required to contain three defensive linemen.
This is where the becomes deadly and its strength apparent. When working correctly, the wins with numbers. By requiring five players to block three, the defense has effectively added two players to their defense.
The defense could also drop an extra defender into coverage with no loss in pressure. Overall, the defense is most effective when the front three defenders can stop the run and tie up blockers. There are defensive linemen who are capable of dominating the five technique, the technique that most defensive ends play, but they are rare because the player needs to be stout against the run and quick enough to rush the passer.
An excellent five technique defensive end may be harder to find than an excellent nose tackle. Many teams will put big, run-stuffing defensive tackles at defensive end. This typically works because the primary goal of the defensive line is stopping the run and eating blocks.
Therefore, the defensive tackle route is usually effective and cheap. That obviously negates the effectiveness of the entire scheme. The Hybrid Defense [Refer to Fig. The weakness of the defense is apparent in its design.
The large gaps between the nose tackle and the defensive ends make the defense susceptible to the inside, power running game. With an excellent nose tackle versus an average offensive line, this weakness is negligible.
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For as long as the Baltimore Ravens have been an NFL franchise, they have been known as a defensive powerhouse. Year in and year out the Ravens are revered defensively and for good reason. They won the Super Bowl anyway on the back of their defense led by Ray Lewis. That Ravens team allowed an NFL record points that season and 23 points total in the playoffs.
All stats and percentages that follow in this section are based on the first three weeks of the season unless specifically stated otherwise. The Baltimore Ravens are a base team. Very rarely will they send four defensive linemen on the field at the same time. They will often send out two down linemen to go along with three or four linebackers, two of which will usually line up on or near the line of scrimmage. Ravens Defense- against the run pic.
Two times the Ravens have sent out the alignment they show in this clip. This run went for 15 yards and a touchdown, the other run with this defense on the field only went for four yards.
Ravens DL- rush lanes are rare but they do pop open from time to time. In their first three games the Ravens held the lead for 81 minutes. Through three weeks the Colts had held a lead for less than three full minutes.
When teams run on this defense and they run off the left edge or up the middle this Ravens team is allowing just 2. When running off tackle or outside to the right, teams have rushed 30 times for yards and two touchdowns. Giving up 5. Another interesting aspect of this run defense is the fact that teams are averaging 5. Ravens Defense- goal line coverage made this one too easy.
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