In my Good, Bad & Ugly following the Ravens v. Jets, I labeled the home team “mediocre”. Four days later, I’m not sure that they are as good as mediocre. The Ravens were exposed by a (3-8) team that was on the road during a short week. Thursday games are usually quite a challenge for the visitors, particularly when they:
- Give up 32.7 PPG
- Rank 32nd in points allowed, yards allowed, passing yards allowed, points per drive and yards per drive
- Rank 31st in rush yards allowed
And there’s more sub-mediocre evidence to consider:
- The Bengals give up 156 yards rushing per game; the Ravens posted 123.