Nine teams, including the Ravens and the Bengals, are winless through two games. Which could turn things around? Which should start thinking about 2025?
Lamar Jackson is off to a slow start in the passing game this season, completing 62.7% of his throws for 520 yards with two touchdowns and an interception through two games. , with episodes released once a week. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland. Follow him on Twitter here:leaves an NFL team in dire straits. Since the league moved to its 32-team format in 2002, about one in every 10 teams to start 0-2 has made it to the postseason.
What has been more surprising is just how bad the Ravens have been in coverage. Last season, they allowed 46 completions of 20 yards or more, or about 2.3 per game. In a season in which they were battling injuries at cornerback from August on, that's a solid performance. Mike Macdonald's unit ranked ninth in the league in 20-plus yards played allowed in the passing game.and others leaving this offseason, the Ravens have been porous.
The sequence of plays from that second-and-5 sums up what's so difficult about the Jags. On second down, they attempted a Y-Insert run with Etienne, but rookieThe passing offense just isn't consistent. Jacksonville ranks 22nd in success rate with the pass through two games. Coach Doug Pederson always likes his offenses to be effective working quick game, but the Jags have been a mess there. On throws under 2.5 seconds or less, Lawrence's minus-23.
Some problems are easier to understand than others. In an everything-goes-wrong season that harks back to their fateful 2022 campaign, the Rams are simply being waylaid by injuries on the offensive side of the ball. In Week 1, they lost star wideoutduring the 2022 season. He got the new injury on a crossing route, missed a handful of plays came in for one snap to end the half, and then didn't appear after halftime.
The one positive for Tennessee is it might feel good about its chances next week, as a defense that ranks fourth in EPA per play allowed against the run since the start of 2023 hosts a Packers team that was utterly committed to the run with, at which point the Titans will get an early bye.
After an impressive training camp and some gaudy numbers in the preseason, the hype train was rolling in Denver for rookie first-round pickIt's way too early to make any broader long-term judgments about Nix, but he's an extremely limited quarterback right now. To an extent I'm not sure I've seen with another young quarterback, he has shown virtually no aptitude or desire to push the ball down the field.
The rookie hasn't gotten a ton of help so far, to be fair. Williams is averaging 2.1 yards per carry as the lead back, with his minus-47 RYOE ranking as the second-worst mark in football.With a road trip to play the thriving 2-0 Buccaneers next week, Denver needs to set its expectations appropriately.
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