Found August 26, 2009 on Ravens Roost:
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After digesting Monday nights game against the Jets I came away with quite a few observations. First off the Ravens defense looked overpowering for the first ten minutes, then lost its edge. The Ravens offense looked great for the first ten minutes then struggled a bit. What is it? Don't the preseason game keep the players interested enough? While the defense started with an interception by Haloti Ngata returned for a touchdown they seemed to lose focus by their third series allowing Jets running back Leon Washington to run rampant up the middle of the field. They allowed him far too many yards and the reasons for that need to be addressed. The offense had it's struggles as well with neither Ray Rice or Willis McGahee being able to get yardage running up the middle. A lot of that blame can be put on the offensive line, which just didn't open up any running lanes, and part of it in Rice's case can be attributed to him not being big enough to make his way out of the b...
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