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8.23.2012

Go Ravens! A wedding does not need to be tacky in order to show your love for the Ravens. Take a look at the beautiful, unique, and PURPLE wedding designs. Enjoy the game tonight and remember Live Eventfully!
{Below please see three things to watch during tonight's game}
 
 
Three things to watch during tonights game:

1. The Defense Rests

Notorious for their vicious defense, particularly against the pass, the Ravens come into tonight's game with questions arising over their defense of the air attack, especially when it comes to getting the opposing quarterback. All-Pro linebacker Terrell Suggs is on the mend for awhile, still recovering from an achilles tendon injury suffered late in the off-season, and his loss has been visible the last two pre-season games. Through two games, the Ravens have a total of two sacks and are ranked, (for the preseason so take it with a grain of salt), dead last in the league in total defense. The defense is fighting through a combination of injuries, young players learning new roles, and veterans playing sparingly, along with having to have faced Ryan/Julio Jones and Stafford/Megatron in their first two weeks. It will be interesting to see if things turn around for them tonight, with the starters playing a large portion of the game, and an actual game plan being installed for this week. The Jaguars offense, while much improved, isn't yet the Lions or even Falcons caliber, so I'm sure they're excited to face a less "high octane" offense for the final dress rehearsal.

2. The Lonely Island
Speaking of defense, Baltimore's Lardarius Webb has elevated himself among the elite cover corners in the NFL. In the first two preseason games for the Ravens, teams literally stayed away from his side of the field. Webb hasn't necessarily lined up against the team's top receiver, as offenses have been trying to align their top guys on the less experienced/talented Jimmy Smith and Cary Williams. Since there will actually be game planning by both teams tonight, look for the Jaguars to try their best to keep Laurent Robinson and Justin Blackmon away from Webb's side of the field, likely using a lot of the motion plays we've seen so far from the Jaguars offense.

3. Wild Turkey
Baltimore is more than set at the quarterback, with Joe Flacco. However, his back up and former Virginia Tech star, Tyrod Taylor has given the Ravens their own weapon to use as a "Wild Cat" option in their offense. In his last two games, Taylor has thrown for limited positive results, but ran for 51 yds on 5 carries vs. Atlanta and 60 yards on 7 attempts last week against Detroit. How likely the Ravens are to use Taylor with the first team on option-type plays, remains to be seen, but he is going to have to be accounted for by the Jaguars at all times, both passing and running, whenever he does enter the game.
 

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