The Baltimore Ravens fought hard, but suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers in Week 15. Baltimore started off strong in the first half and went into halftime tied with Green Bay, but a decimated Ravens secondary that lost another one of its members mid-game did them no favors as Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers diced up the Baltimore defense.
The Ravens scored a first quarter touchdown for the first time since Week 6 in an 8-yard touchdown strike from Tyler Huntley to Mark Andrews. Both Huntley and Andrews had big games, with the quarterback finishing the game completing 28-of-40 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns while Andrews caught 10 passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
The second half didn’t start off well for Baltimore, as Green Bay were able to keep the Ravens down by either one or two touchdowns for the majority of it. However, Baltimore clawed their way back into the game and were in prime position to win the game, attempting to go for two points at the end for the victory, but failing once again.
The Ravens’ secondary was extremely depleted entering the game, and lost another cornerback in Tavon Young. Rodgers had a field day, completing 23-of-31 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns, but the box score doesn’t tell the whole story about how easy it seemed for Rodgers to throw against Baltimore.
With how Rodgers was playing, the decision to go for two seems to be the right call. However, the play call and execution was questionable, as Huntley was locked in on Andrews from the start and never saw a wide open Marquise Brown at the top of the end zone. Similar play calls also haven’t worked before in similar situations for the team.
The Ravens’ season likely comes down to their Week 16 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals, as Cincinnati moved to first place in the AFC North and Baltimore fell out of a playoff spot completely due to very complicated tiebreakers.