2. Attacking the Ravens' defense
Baltimore's defense has had an up and down season. They held the New York Jets to just nine points in the season opener before allowing the Dolphins to score 42 points and the Patriots to score 26 in Weeks 2 and 3, respectively. The Ravens then limited the Buffalo Bills, one of the league's most potent offenses, to just 23 points in Week 4 and the Cincinnati Bengals to 17 points in Week 5. Overall, they rank 17th in points allowed at 23.4 and 28th in yards allowed at 398.2. However, they are tied for the league-lead with 11 turnovers.
The biggest weakness of Baltimore's defense has been in the passing game. The Ravens enter Week 6 giving up the most passing yards per game at 290.2, while their nine passing touchdowns allowed is tied for the seventh-most. But they have intercepted eight passes through five games, tied for the most in the NFL, while their 65.1 completion percentage allowed is middle of the pack.
Daniel Jones is coming off a very solid effort against the Packers. Jones completed 77.8 percent of his passes, his second-highest completion percentage of the season, for 217 yards and a 100.2 passer rating. While he did not throw any touchdown passes, he also did not have any turnovers, marking the third game this season in which he has not lost the football. The 217 passing yards was also his highest on the season. The fourth-year quarterback added 37 yards on 10 rushing attempts, an impressive feat considering he was only a week removed from an ankle injury. Jones now ranks third among NFL quarterbacks with 230 rushing yards this season, while his 5.6 yards per attempt is tied with Cowboys running back Tony Pollard for the eighth-best mark in the league.
The Baltimore rushing defense has been a little better, as they have given up 108.0 yards on the ground per game which ranks 12th. But a large part of that is due to the few number of times opponents have rushed against Baltimore; their 109 rushing attempts against is the third-fewest in the NFL. They are surrendering 5.0 yards per carry, which is the seventh-highest.
3. Wink facing his former team
Sunday's game will serve as the first time defensive coordinator Wink Martindale will face off against his former team. Martindale originally joined the Ravens in 2012 and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 2018, a role he served for four seasons. During that time, the Ravens consistently had a top defense. From 2018-2020, Baltimore's defense ranked No. 1 in the NFL in yards (307.8) and points (18.2) allowed per game. They also led the league in number of players to record a sack (33) and second-half points allowed (401), while ranking No. 2 in fourth-down stops (41) and opponent QB rating (81.9).
Martindale has found success through the first five games with the Giants. His unit ranks ninth in points and 12th in yards allowed per game, despite dealing with a rash of injuries. The defense shut down Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in the second half of last week's game, which led to the four-time MVP referring to Martindale as "a fantastic coach" earlier this week. It should not come as a surprise then that Daboll shared a similar sentiment about his defensive coordinator.
"He has a lot of experience, and he's been pretty successful in this league as a defensive coordinator," Daboll said about Martindale. "I think he does a great job communicating with the players. I think he does a great job of communicating with his staff. He's smart, and I just think he's very prepared. And he's composed on the sideline. As a playcaller that's done it for some time myself, that's not always the easiest thing to do when things aren't going great. But he's very composed.
"He's very good with the coaches and the players on the sideline and during the week. And he gives his players ownership to our defense, which is important, and also with the coaches as well. So, (I'm) happy he's part of our staff. I think he's a fantastic coach and an even better person."
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