The Baltimore Ravens couldn’t get the job done in Week 8 against the Cleveland Browns. They suffered a tough defeat to move their record to 5-3, and they are assuredly looking back on the game as one that they could have won if they had been able to execute in multiple facets.
One area where Baltimore struggled on Sunday was on special teams. Head coach John Harbaugh said that wind was a factor throughout the contest, mentioning that they didn’t want to kick the ball much outside of the 35-yard line, saying that was their target line.
“We were limited. We didn’t think we could kick anything, [and] we didn’t want to kick much from outside [of] getting it to the 35[-yard line]. That was kind of our target line, there, [and] I think that was probably [the Browns’] target – just about – too, because there is always a crosswind going sideways there, and it’s hard to sometimes keep it between the uprights from … When you get out past 50 [yards], it’s tough to make kicks there.”