How is Andrew’s recovery coming? Any chance he plays soon?
Still also wondering about the RB load going forward.
I haven't heard a peep about Andrews' recovery. The Ravens lie so much, I wouldn't trust anything they said anyway.
I think Edwards & Hill are 1A & 1B for the rest of this season.
Any chance Dalvin plays and gets carries?
Hearing good things about Cook in practice and Gordon's fumble vs the Steelers could put him in the Harbaugh doghouse, from which few escape. The big concern is if an RB brand new to the team can master in a few practices the complex ball handling with Lamar at the mesh point, where he often pulls the ball back and keeps it himself. It took Justice Hill the better part of a season to get it right
But they think he is fresh and could actually make plays, unlike Gordon who is very much just a guy at this point
It's great to see Andrews back but I think it would be very unlikely to get him back before the Super Bowl
At this point, I don't have a strong feeling about any of the possible playoff opponents. The Ravens should be favored to beat any of them, but could just as easily lose to any of them. Texans run game isn't particularly strong, and the Ravens have de-emphasized run D this year, so I think that might be a better match-up for them than the Steelers. I would guess the Ravens are a 7-point, maybe 7.5-point favorite over Houston
Monken said some very interesting stuff about how the Ravens were using this Bye week. He said during the regular season Bye (during Week 13), the players mostly got the week off while the coaches engaged in rigorous self-scouting - identifying what the Ravens do well and what they could improve on. But they didn't practice much/any of that stuff at the time, because the players were off and then they went straight into prepping for the Rams' game plan. But they've had 4 practices during this playoff Bye week, and they've used a lot of time practicing the stuff that coaches identified during the earlier Bye week - Monken singled out pass protections and route combos as examples. So I love the idea that the Ravens are now heading into their Divisional Playoff prep with a game plan that incorporates fixes to weaknesses they identified during self-scouting
I'm not a Super Bowl or Bust kind of guy because winning a championship game in a single-elimination tournament is so random. But I am very worried to think about my mental state if this team doesn't reach the AFC Championship and turn in a very strong showing there. If they crap at home in the Divisional Round as the #1 seed again, it's going to be a long 12 months of hearing Lamar can't win in the playoffs discourse.