Offense
No Ravens’ offensive starter played a full 100% of snaps in this game, both because of injuries and the fact that the score got out of hand in the second half. The starting offensive line minus Ronnie
Stanley played 98% of snaps; Stanley exited the game in the first quarter after 16 plays due to his ankle injury. He was replaced by veteran Joseph Noteboom for the remainder of the afternoon.
Lamar Jackson’s hamstring injury sidelined him in the third quarter for the remainder of the game as well. He played 38 snaps before ceding way to Cooper Rush, who took the final 16 snaps at quarterback. Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman each played 40+ snaps, with the latter seeing his highest snap share of the season thus far (80%). Flowers caught seven passes for 74 yards while Bateman had one 24-yard reception.
Justice Hill out-snapped Derrick Henry for the second straight game, this time by a wider margin (32 to 21). Henry was phased out of the gameplan pretty early on with the Ravens needing to play catch-up. Hill had 100+ scrimmage yards and two touchdowns, including a long 71-yard run for a score late in the game.
Isaiah Likely made his season debut and played 25 snaps (45%), five less than Mark Andrews. Likely was not targeted by Jackson, though, while Andrews tied for the team-lead in catches with seven. Charlie Kolar saw his snap count regress to 14 (25%) with Likely returning to the mix, as did Zaire Mitchell-Paden (nine snaps).
Defense
It was a bit of a crapshoot defensively in terms of snap counts in this game. The Ravens saw several key starters leave the game early with injuries — Marlon Humphrey, Nate Wiggins, Roquan Smith — after already missing their starting defensive line trio and Kyle Van Noy from the start. Safeties Kyle Hamilton and Malaki Starks were the lone defenders to play the entire game.
Chidobe Awuzie played his highest snap count of the season (67) as the lone remaining cornerback starter come fourth quarter, while rookie Keyon Martin played a career-high 39 snaps (53%) as Humphrey’s replacement in the nickel spot. Tavius Robinson (57 snaps) and Mike Green (45 snaps) once again led the edge rushers in snaps with Van Noy out. Odafe Oweh’s playing time decreased again to just 33 snaps (45%).
On the defensive front, the leading snap-getters were veterans John Jenkins (44 snaps), Brent Urban (38 snaps), and Josh Tupou (30 snaps). C.J. Okoye and Aeneas Peebles combined for 33 snaps, which was surprising to many who thought they’d get more run. However, the Ravens opted to lean heavily on the experienced defensive lineman rather than the youngsters.
At linebacker, Smith’s playing time concluded after 29 snaps once he suffered a hamstring injury. Teddye Buchanan once again started opposite him and saw a 73% snap share. Once Smith departed, both Trenton Simpson (37 snaps) and Jake Hummel (28 snaps) played expanded roles on defense.
