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Three Ravens who could make the biggest impact against the Browns in Week 8
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Three Ravens who could make the biggest impact against the Browns in Week 8

The Baltimore Ravens (5-2) hit the road to face the Cleveland Browns (1-6) in Week 8. They hope to stay hot against their AFC North rivals during their five-game winning streak.

Here are the three Ravens that could impact the game the most:

Running back Derrick Henry

It’s an obvious one, but Henry should be on this list as he’s been nearly unstoppable this season.

Through the first seven weeks, he rushed for 873 yards on 134 carries (6.5 yards per carry) and eight touchdowns.

This puts Henry on pace to finish the season with 2,120 yards; That would break his career high of 2,027 yards and Eric Dickerson’s single-season record of 2,105 yards.

The 30-year-old player has a chance to get a little closer to the record this week, as the Browns are in the bottom half of the NFL. Rushing yards allowed per game (126.1).

Wide receiver Rashod Bateman

Wide receiver Zay Flowers’ status remains uncertain after leaving last week’s game with an ankle injury.

Because it doesn’t look very good either. I didn’t train for the second day in a row on Thursday.

If Flowers is inactive on Sunday, Bateman will see an increase in his workload.

The former first-round wide receiver pitched well in relief of Flowers last week, recording a team-leading four catches for 121 yards and a touchdown.

Linebacker Roquan Smith

Cleveland is already playing its third quarterback of the season. Last week, Deshaun Watson suffered a season-ending Achilles injury, while substitute player Dorian Thompson-Robinson left the game with a finger injury.

As a result, head coach Kevin Stefanski named quarterback Jameis Winston as the starting quarterback. start this week.

Winston performed well in relief of Thompson-Robinson on Sunday, kicking a 67-yard field goal and a touchdown, but proved a bit careless with the ball at times.

This will likely force the Browns to rely on ground plays by running back Nick Chubb.

Chubb fell short in his debut with just 22 yards on 11 carries (two yards per carry), but he found the end zone and will get better with time.

But Smith needs to make sure that doesn’t happen this week. its a team leader 74 tackles, as well as one forced fumble, one interception and three passes defended.