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BALTIMORE — The Chargers’ rushing defence continued its struggles Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens astatine M&T Bank Stadium.
Missing tackles against shifty backmost Lamar Jackson was expected, but the Chargers’ defence allowed other yards to Baltimore’s older moving backs, who had struggled this season.
Former Pro Bowl moving backs Latavius Murray, Devonta Freeman and Le’Veon Bell each scored a touchdown during the Ravens’ 34-6 triumph implicit the Chargers. The Ravens recorded 187 rushing yards and 14 of their 27 archetypal downs came connected the ground.
“I consciousness similar we improved successful definite areas, but it was inactive those escaped yards that they got erstwhile they were getting successful second-and-2 and third-and-2, getting 5 oregon six yards connected archetypal down,” Chargers information Derwin James said astir the tally defense. “I consciousness similar we could person been amended there. Overall, connected defence determination were immoderate highs, but we tin decidedly beryllium better.”
Freeman had a game-high 53 rushing yards and Jackson contributed 51 yards connected the ground. Murray recorded 44 rushing yards and Bell had 18 rushing yards.
The Ravens (5-1) recorded 62 rushing yards connected their opening drive, which ended with a 14-yard touchdown tally from Murray. Baltimore extended its pb to 14-0 aft Bell’s 2-yard rushing people successful the 2nd quarter.
The Ravens signed the 3 seasoned moving backs aft season-ending injuries to J.K. Dobbins, Justice Hill and Gus Edwards. The Chargers (4-2) are allowing a league-worst 162.5 rushing yards per game.
“That’s truly a bully moving team,” Chargers manager Brandon Staley said. “When you origin successful Lamar and what helium brings to the game, it’s conscionable a truly prolific rushing attack. I felt similar astatine times we played well, and I thought, astatine times, we were a small uneven.”
KICKER CONCERN
Staley said he’s acrophobic astir kicker Tristan Vizcaino missing his 5th extra-point effort of the season.
Vizcaino’s footwear went wide close aft the Chargers scored their lone touchdown against the Ravens successful the 2nd quarter.
“I conscionable privation to marque definite that we spell backmost and truly onslaught his fundamentals,” Staley said astir Vizcaino. “I thought helium had a truly bully week of signifier and I deliberation truthful overmuch of his crippled is confidence. So overmuch of it is confidence. I deliberation that’s wherever we are astatine with him, conscionable establishing his assurance and rhythm.
“I deliberation these adjacent 2 weeks, we’ll larn a lot. We’re going to spell look astatine the film. We person six games of kicks to larn from and we’ll spot wherever we spell with it. He has the close worldly mentally and we request him to bounce back.”
Vizcaino missed 2 extra-point attempts against the Cleveland Browns past week and besides missed doubly versus the Kansas City Chiefs successful Week 3. Vizcaino is 6 of 7 connected field-goal attempts this season, but helium hasn’t had a tract extremity effort since Week 3.
WHITE’S TWO TAKEAWAYS
Kyzir White became the archetypal Chargers linebacker to grounds 2 interceptions successful a azygous crippled since Stephen Cooper successful 2008.
White’s archetypal interception occurred successful the 2nd 4th erstwhile Jackson threw a walk straight to him. Jackson said helium didn’t spot White earlier releasing the pass.
“I thought I was going to driblet it, to beryllium honest, due to the fact that it was conscionable truthful clean,” White said. “But I’m gladsome helium threw it.”
Jackson connected the interception: “I didn’t spot him. If I had seen him, you cognize I wasn’t throwing that. I threw it close to him. It was a large walk to him. I’m like, ‘Dang!’ It happens, it happens.”
LACK OF RUN GAME
The Chargers lone managed 26 rushing yards compared to the Ravens’ 187 rushing yards.
Chargers backmost Justin Herbert was the team’s starring rusher with 12 yards. The Ravens contained moving backmost Austin Ekeler to 7 yards connected six carries and 48 receiving yards connected 4 receptions.
With the Chargers falling down 17-0, violative coordinator Joe Lombardi went distant from the crushed game.
“Not a batch from the moving crippled today,” Staley said.
ANOTHER HERBERT MILESTONE
With 189 passing yards Sunday, Herbert became the second-fastest subordinate to scope 6,000 passing yards to commencement a career. Herbert accomplished the feat successful 21 games, 1 crippled little than Hall-of-Fame backmost Kurt Warner.
Kansas City Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes was the fastest to scope 6,000 passing yards, doing it successful 19 games.
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