The Baltimore Ravens suffered a 22-10 defeat to the Miami Dolphins in Week 10. It was a loss that falls mostly on the shoulders of the offense, as they failed to get off to a fast start, which led to an overall poor performance where they didn’t execute on multiple different levels.
One of the areas where Baltimore struggled on Thursday night was against blitzes. Miami blitzed the Ravens at a very high level, and Baltimore didn’t seem to make many adjustments over the course of the game. When Roman was asked about what challenges Cover Zero poses and what adjustments the team can make to it, Roman went into great detail.
“Cover Zero, we see it. We’ve seen it. It forces you to play quick and efficiently. It’s one of those things that until you’ve hurt it consistently or hurt it big, you’re going to keep seeing it. So, that’s what we have to do. We just have to be more consistent. I’d say overall, we saw a ton of it this last game, and we just weren’t sharp. We had a chance to get back in on Friday and really make some corrections, look at things, tweak some things and try to get it right. So, we’re getting a lot of full-speed work on it, which is good, because going into that game, we really didn’t have the opportunity to do that. To answer your question in general, if people are going to throw the dice out there, you have to make them pay, or you’re just going to keep seeing it.”
With how the Ravens played in Miami, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the Chicago Bears be aggressive early on defense and blitz Baltimore in Week 11. Hopefully Roman and the offense can adjust better than they did last week.