Ravens Welcome Missing Scoring Pieces Back Into Offense

For all of the numbers and spectacles that the Baltimore Ravens have produced through their first three games, they've only come away with one win.

Their Week 3 loss to the Detroit Lions will be sure to spur numerous doubts about the Ravens' ability to apply their charged-up defense alongside their well-rounded offense, with neither side of their line living up to the contending label in the 38-30 loss. Baltimore couldn't apply much resistance to the Lions and their relentless scoring versatility, while their own offensive line crumbled to continually leave Lamar Jackson under siege in an ugly seven-sack game.

While the star quarterback didn't do himself any favors in holding onto the ball and going down well behind the line of scrimmage while sustaining multiple crushing second-half hits, he and the team's offensive coordinators did make some interesting shifts in the receiver priority list. Some of the bigger-named Ravens scorers had done zero scoring through the first pair of matchups, only to do the vast majority of the evening's end zone work.

The Ravens' offense seemed to be doing fine without Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman factoring into the equation, but the pair of regular receivers make for two of Jackson's favorite intermediary targets, and their combined lack of attention wasn't going to be sustainable in a system ran by one of the most accurate passers in the game.

The pair came through with three total touchdowns, accounting for over half of the game's scoring events after totaling for six receptions and 32 yards through weeks one and two.