Missed opportunities, self-inflicted mistakes, porous special teams coverage and a sputtering offense led to the Ravens’ 16-10 loss against the Washington Redskins Sunday.
Baltimore is now 3-2 and in second place in the division behind the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-1) and ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals (2-3) and Cleveland Browns (0-5).
Below are eight takeaways from the game:
1) Ravens ‘Abandoned’ Run Game
You couldn’t escape one of the largest gripes from fans and media after the game: Why did the Ravens abandon the run game?
Head Coach John Harbaugh didn’t characterize it as abandonment, but agreed that eight rushes after the first quarter wasn’t enough.