Tom Brady is aware of a factor or two about epic comebacks. However the FOX Sports activities lead NFL analyst additionally is aware of a factor or two about how tough it’s to beat the Baltimore Ravens.
The resilience of John Harbaugh’s Ravens that Brady is aware of so properly confirmed up once more in Dallas on Sunday. Baltimore entered the sport 0-2 after one-possession losses to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders, after which almost misplaced a 22-point fourth-quarter result in the Cowboys amid a livid comeback led by Dak Prescott.
Tom Brady breaks down Lamar Jackson, Ravens’ win vs. Cowboys
However Lamar Jackson used a key third-down move and pretend jet sweep run to report game-sealing first downs whereas capping a 28-25 Ravens win. He additionally registered a person efficiency during which the defending NFL MVP threw for 182 yards and a landing and ran for 87 extra yards and one other rating.
“It is a variety of weight off their again,” Brady mentioned. “The expectations they’d coming into this yr based mostly on the way in which they completed final yr and sitting at 0-2, all that week sucked final week for them.
“They got here out right here on the street, bought off to a quick begin, weathered the storm from the Cowboys. I just like the battle the Cowboys confirmed, I like the toughness that the Ravens confirmed. … This recreation, to me, was all about Baltimore’s toughness. They seem to be a powerful group. They bought a tricky head coach. They bought battle examined guys. You bought to deliver it for 4 quarters to beat a group like that.”
Brady mentioned the range of the Ravens’ offense, and specifically the tandem of Jackson and operating again Derrick Henry — who gained Brady’s Week 3 LFG Participant of the Recreation after a 151-yard, two-touchdown speeding efficiency — made it particularly tough on the Cowboys’ protection.
Tom Brady on Ravens’ 28-25 win over Cowboys – ‘a variety of weight off their again’
“[The Cowboys are] struggling on the within, attempting to sluggish these run video games down,” Brady mentioned. “It is a group that is bought a great move rush. … You could have a terrific move rush, however you’ll be able to’t make any distinction within the recreation as a result of you’ll be able to’t even get him to a 3rd down. In the present day, late, they really bought [the Ravens] to a few third downs, bought them off the sphere. However early on, when it is Lamar to the best, Lamar to the left, Derrick to the best, Derrick to the left, after which they’d the [bootlegs] coming off of these issues, you are simply such a transferring goal, and as a defender, I am positive you get so hesitant. You do not know to hurry, you do not know to drop. You are going aspect to aspect, and you’ll’t be aggressive.”
As for whether or not the Ravens can proceed righting the ship because the season goes on, Brady appears bullish on the notion due to their quarterback. It has been well-documented that Jackson is a large Brady fan, with the two-time NFL MVP typically referring to the seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion as “the GOAT” publicly. However Brady made it clear throughout Sunday’s broadcast that the sensation is mutual, showering Jackson with reward and admiring how the 27-year-old famous person is constant to develop as an NFL quarterback.
“His [downfield] imaginative and prescient is basically spectacular,” Brady mentioned through the recreation. “For a participant that does so many issues within the pocket then will get out of the socket, his area imaginative and prescient is unimaginable. His decision-making out of the pocket is unimaginable. … The evolution of a quarterback is, you go from early on enjoying with what your ability set is to, ‘How do I proceed to develop as a participant?’Â
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“What I noticed final yr with [Ravens offensive coordinator Todd] Monken, he was coming in and saying, ‘OK, we will make a extra concerted effort to play from the pocket.’ Now, they’re speaking about, okay, how will we give him extra duty? A number of the issues that is challenged the Ravens protection in vital conditions, for instance, is when the protection sends a variety of strain. Kansas Metropolis did that final yr within the AFC Championship recreation. They did it early on this season. [The Ravens] mentioned, ‘OK, Lamar, whenever you see this max blitz — and you are the MVP of the league and also you’re phenomenal — however these are areas the place we predict you must enhance somewhat bit. Now you are gonna have extra command on the line of scrimmage to make some safety checks after which damage the blitz, and that is the place I actually see his evolution as a participant going to the subsequent stage.”
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