The Ravens’ top-ranked rush defense had its pride checked Sunday.
Baltimore yielded a whopping 169 rushing yards to the Philadelphia Eagles, including 128 yards and a touchdown from running back Ryan Mathews.
That’s more than twice as many rushing yards as the Ravens had allowed per game this season (75.5). The Eagles were over 100 yards in the first three quarters alone.
“That was a huge wake-up call,” nose tackle Michael Pierce said.
“We’d prefer it not happen that way, but it happened. We’re going to get back to work and identify everything and get it corrected before we get to Pittsburgh, most definitely.