What’s up with the Ravens new dink and dunk heavy offense?

The Ravens were lucky to be as close as they were to beating the Patriots on Monday night. Special teams mistakes on the part of New England allowed the Ravens to get back into the game. The defense put together a valiant effort considering Jimmy Smith missed the vast majority of the game and Jerraud Powers missed most of the second half. So what went wrong? Again, it was the offense.

The offense started slow, but was able to pick it up in the second half with two sustained drives, both ending in field goals. Against the Dolphins, the Ravens rolled out their new style of offense, heavily leaning on the pass, and the vast majority of those passes being short outs to the flats. That isn’t…