Lamar Jackson is a threat to run the ball every time he's on the field, in the play above it was the RPO which froze the defense.
It really doesn't matter if the Ravens have another FB on their practice squad... what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
This is Patrick Ricard, a converted DT who now plays FB for the Ravens.
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He's currently listed at 305 pounds. He has played the 7th most offensive snaps on the team, just below Mark Andrews at 6th most. Josh Oliver their second TE has played 41% of their offensive snaps and two more TE's have played 41% of the offensive snaps.
In short, they play a massive physical brand of football that no other team in the league employs because no other team has Lamar Jackson. They run the ball a lot. The way to beat them is by beating their scheme, the way to lose to them is to not score points, turn the ball over and on defense lose contain. They had LJ dead to rights twice on sacks that would have ended drives, both times a defender screwed up. Once Uche had LJ in his hands and Judon screwed up by giving up contain and knocking Uche off what should have been an easy sack.
Entering this game the Patriots defense was one of the best run stopping teams in the NFL, this one game skewed the stats mightily. Not one organization in the NFL builds their roster to specifically stop the Ravens because only one team uses the scheme the Ravens do. Most teams build their defense to stop great traditional offenses like the Chiefs, Bengals etc...
The Patriots don't play the Ravens again this season. By the end of the year they'll once again be one of the better run stopping units and defenses in the NFL assuming health.
The Pats lost to the Ravens and gave them an abundance of opportunities on offense by turning the ball over four times. If the Patriots don't turn it over they would have won that game pretty handily... but that's not what happened.
The Patriots are rankled 31st in offensive turnovers... there's only 32 teams in the NFL. The fatal flaw of this 2022 team is turnovers.
They have a FB, his name in Jonnu Smith, they run the ball great. One play isn't why they lost the game.