OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens know they will need to shut down Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers when the teams meet in Week 15.
However, the No. 1 goal is stopping the run, which will help make Green Bay one-dimensional.
"I think everybody knows here that we take great pride in shutting down the run, and I think that’s still the No. 1 goal, and then after that is make sure No. 12 [Aaron Rodgers] is soar when he leaves the game, at the end of the game," Baltimore defense coordinator Don Martindale said. "I think that that’s always been our philosophy; that will continue to be our philosophy – is stop the run, hit quarterback however hard, legally, as you can – and that’s the way we’re going to attack this one.