Zach Orr Says Ravens Defense Wore Down vs. Bills
The Ravens gave up 22 points in the fourth quarter in Week 1 as the Bills’ offense went for a touchdown, touchdown, and field goal on its final three drives.
It looked like Baltimore’s defense was fatigued, and Defensive Coordinator Zach Orr concurred, saying “the well broke” for his unit.
“We’re not here to make excuses, we’ve got to be better,” Orr said.
Orr pointed out that Baltimore’s defense played 87 snaps against Buffalo, including 37 in the fourth quarter when the Ravens were unable to get stops on third and fourth down.
“In the fourth quarter, to our own undoing, we were out there for a long time, and we mentally and physically got worn out, which is tough to say, but that’s the truth,” Orr said. “The main thing is to get off the field.”
Orr delivered a pointed message this week that players not doing the right things would not see playing time. The Ravens made sweeping midseason adjustments last season that turned around the defense. They aren’t hesitating in their response this year.
“We’ve been through it and we don’t want to go through it again,” safety Kyle Hamilton said. “It’s kind of a snap back into it before it gets out of hand. We don’t have a conversation like we did last year, like, ‘Week 11 and on the Ravens were good on defense.’ We want it to be like Week 2 and on. It’s now or never for us.”
Hamilton didn’t agree with Marlon Humphrey’s portrayal that the Ravens lacked maturity in Buffalo. Hamilton said it was more that they were “lackadaisical” with the little things late in the game.