The Baltimore Ravens are set to embark on a journey without tight end Mark Andrews, who suffered a serious ankle injury in the team’s Week 11 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The ailment is enough to keep Andrews out long-term, with only a return potentially in sight if Baltimore makes a deep playoff run.
The Ravens were able to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 12 without Andrews on the field, but it was an inconsistent game from the offense as a whole. Offensive coordinator Todd Monken gave his analysis on the performance without their star tight end, who said his group got bogged down.
“Well, we didn’t score enough. We got bogged down. We moved it fine [and] ran the ball well – maybe not [as] explosive in the pass game as you’d like. [We] left some things out there, but I don’t think it was a matter of not having Mark [Andrews]. I mean, Isaiah [Likely] played fine. He did some good things. That’s hard to say, when someone is not out there, what it would have looked like had they been out there. I don’t know that. I just know that we’re lucky to have Isaiah, and he did a good job the other night. He’s going to continue to grow as a player. We’ve just got to continue to figure out how we’re going to use the other pieces that we do have; that’s probably the biggest thing.”