After the first quarter of last night’s Wild Card game in Cincinnati, the Bengals had out-gained the Ravens 107 yards to 25; they ran 17 more plays (22 to 5) and possessed the ball for 12:41 v. the visitor’s 2:19. It looked like the game could go sideways fast with Tyler Huntley at the controls.
To the Ravens credit, they didn’t panic, stuck to their game plan and it could be argued that in the end they were the better team in all phases of the game except on the scoreboard. From the second quarter on the Ravens out-gained Cincinnati 339 yards to 127; ran 61 plays to the Bengals 32; and Baltimore controlled the clock to the tune of 30:07 to 14:53.