Ravens’ 5-Game Winning Streak Ends Amid Flurry Of Mistakes

BALTIMORE (AP) — Humiliated astatine location by a squad they usually dominate, the Baltimore Ravens lamented their untimely penalties, missed tackles and shoddy walk sum successful a 41-17 blowout nonaccomplishment to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Seeking their sixth consecutive triumph and a two-game pb successful the AFC North, the Ravens (5-2) came up with 1 of their worst performances successful years. Baltimore manager John Harbaugh and the Ravens dutifully gave recognition to Bengals backmost Joe Burrow and standout rookie receiver Ja’Marr Chase, but mostly the players cited their ain mediocre play Sunday arsenic the crushed for the lopsided defeat.

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“They played a bully crippled of football,” Ravens antiaircraft tackle Calais Campbell said. “We consciousness similar we’re a bully team, too, but contiguous we didn’t play arsenic we’re susceptible of playing. We’ve got to beryllium much consistent.”

The Bengals (5-2) are expected to beryllium an up-and-coming young team, but connected this time Baltimore looked similar a nine seeking stability. The Ravens were called for 5 penalties (compared to conscionable 1 for Cincinnati), allowed 5 sacks and had capable missed tackles to support the coaches engaged watching movie each the mode done the upcoming bye week.

Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Marlon Humphrey was assigned the task of providing the brunt of sum connected Chase, who ended up with 8 catches for 201 yards and an 82-yard touchdown. Humphrey spent astir of the day chasing down the fleet rookie oregon taking a stab astatine tackling him — with small success.

Oh, Humphrey was not alone. Distributing the shot to Chase, his tight ends and whomever other recovered a crease successful the Baltimore backfield, Burrow went 23 for 38 for a career-high 416 yards and 3 touchdowns,

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“We bash person to play amended successful the secondary, for sure,” Humphrey said. “Going into this week, the (Ravens coaches) were counting connected maine to halt their apical guy, and I mislaid that matchup. A batch of it is benignant of connected me. I’ve got to play better.”

Ravens manager John Harbaugh said: “We wanted to bash amended against (Chase). Obviously, our plans did not work, and helium made it look casual contiguous arsenic well.”

Then determination were the missed tackles, which person go commonplace for Baltimore. It’s a inclination that indispensable halt if the Ravens expect to contend for the AFC title.

“I cognize that’s been a a large happening for us,” Humphrey acknowledged. “We’ve got to bash amended astatine the basal fundamentals.”

One of the astir astonishing aspects of this decision was the Ravens were coming disconnected a 34-6 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers, who came to municipality arsenic 1 of the astir highly regarded teams successful the AFC. The quality betwixt that Baltimore squad and the 1 that was picked cleanable by Burrow was stunning.

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