Yesterday Joe Flacco and the defending 2013 Super Bowl Champions, the Baltimore Ravens rolled into south Florida to do battle with the Miami Dolphins. The Ravens coming off a 23-20 loss last week to the Buffalo Bills had something to prove today down in Miami the Ravens running game this season has been struggling this season, Ray Rice has not looked like the Ray Rice of the past. Joe Flacco has had his struggles this season as well. So yesterday against a struggling Miami team hopefully the defending champs can work out the kinks and get back on track, the Baltimore Ravens for the last 5 years since John Harbaugh has become the teams head coach has made the post season every years he has been there.
In the first half of play The Ravens struggled on offense, Flacco had difficulty moving the ball down the field the Ravens only were able to muster up two Justin Tucker field goals, Ray Rice fumbled the ball at one point, it looked like his struggles were going to continue for this game. Meanwhile The Dolphins struggled on offense too, Ryan Tannehill had trouble moving the ball down the field and only were able to achieve two Caleb Sturgis field goals, then at the end of the 2nd quarter Tannehill threw a 9 yard touchdown pass to Charles Clay, so at halftime it was 13-6 the Dolphins with the lead (Man Harbaugh better have a plan!!).
The Second half of play it seemed as though Harbuagh did have a plan, in the third quarter The Ravens defense shut down Tannehill and the rest of the Dolphins offense, meanwhile The Ravens scored twice first with a 2 yard touchdown rush scored by Ray Rice! and later in the quarter a 25 yard field goal by Justin Tucker, at the end of the third quarter it was 16-13 The Ravens were in the lead!! The 4th quarter The Ravens scored another touchdown, a 3 yard run by Ray Rice his 2nd touchdown for the day. Ray Rice had 74 yards today and 2 touchdowns a season best for him. That would be the last Raven touchdown for the day, The Dolphins scored again in the quarter with a 48 Yard Caleb Sturgis field goal. It didn't stop there later in the quarter Flacco got picked off by Reshad Jones who ran it back for a 25 yard touchdown, now it's getting ugly. However The Ravens held on and would score one more time with a 44 yard field goal to win the game for the Baltimore Ravens 26 -23 over the Miami Dolphins in Miami.
Well it was an ugly game, however a win is a win. Joe Flacco went 19/32 for 269 yards, 1 pic, and no touchdown passes. Flacco struggled at times but got off some nice passes especially to Torrey Smith who had 6 catches for 121 yards. Ray Rice really looked good today, especially since he scored 2 touchdowns. The highlight of defense for the Ravens was Terrell Suggs, who had a hat trick with 3 sacks on Ryan Tannehill for the day! The Ravens go to 3-2 for the season and next week The Ravens are back in Baltimore and host Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, should def be an exciting game. I will be on twitter later today from 5-6 while Around the Horn and PTI are on, see you then.
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