The second preseason game is a disposable football item, pretty much forgotten as soon as it ends.
But before we move on from (and forget about) the Ravens’ 19-18 win in Indianapolis over the weekend, it’s worth noting that their performance included classic blueprints for a) how to win a game, and b) how to lose a game.
They won an up-for-grabs contest by a point because their defense delivered a big, difference-making play, the kind the whole team struggled to produce a year ago. Anthony Levine Sr.’s pick-six, which was actually a pick-two because it occurred on a two-point conversion attempt, literally provided the margin of difference.