The Ravens’ Week 7 snap counts tell the story of a team that unravelled late on both sides of the ball.
Offensively, Baltimore used 67 snaps and still couldn’t put together a clean, complete performance because the line never stayed intact. Tyler Huntley was on the field for every one of those plays, but the bigger issue was up front: Vega Ioane left with a knee injury, and Emery Jones Jr. took over for the final 51 snaps at right guard.
Cam Jurgens, making his first start at center since being traded to the Ravens, played the full game. Ronnie Stanley and John Simpson also went the distance.
The backfield workload was split almost evenly between Derrick Henry and Justice Hill, but the ground game never really found traction. Henry finished with 17 carries and averaged fewer than 3.0 yards per attempt, and once the Ravens were buried late, Rasheen Ali logged four snaps and handled four carries.
At tight end, Matthew Hibner returned from injury and reclaimed the No. 2 spot behind Mark Andrews, though he wasn’t targeted in the passing game. Josh Cuevas made the most of his 15 snaps, catching two passes for 35 yards, while Nick Vannett filled a blocking role in a limited 14-snap workload. Andrews was quiet, managing just three catches for minimal yardage in 38 snaps.
The one real spark on offense came from Zay Flowers. He played 57 snaps and posted eight catches for 137 yards with a long touchdown.
It was also the first time Flowers, Rashod Bateman and Ja’Kobi Lane were all on the field together for a full four quarters. Bateman edged Lane in snaps, 49 to 46, while Devontez Walker slipped into a clearer No. 4 spot with 20 snaps.
Defensively, the Ravens were on the field for 53 snaps, and most of them came after halftime as Cincinnati piled up five straight touchdown drives. Nnamdi Madubuike kept his streak of 40-plus snap games alive, with Travis Jones and Calais Campbell still trailing him in the rotation. John Jenkins and Aeneas Peebles combined for 21 snaps.
With Tavius Robinson out, Mike Green led the edge group with 36 snaps. Trey Hendrickson was right behind him at 32, while Zion Young (21) and Ethan Burke (17) continued to battle for position. That group is clearly in flux after Robinson’s season-ending injury, and Baltimore still needs steadier pressure off the edge.
Roquan Smith briefly left with a leg injury but returned and finished with 46 snaps. Trenton Simpson again handled a much larger workload than Teddye Buchanan, 40 snaps to 11, and remained the team’s most impactful linebacker on a week-to-week basis.
In the secondary, Nate Wiggins and Marlon Humphrey were on the field for all 53 defensive snaps and struggled to contain Cincinnati’s receivers in the second half. Keyon Martin’s role dipped to 14 snaps, and Chidobe Awuzie barely factored in at all with just two snaps.
Jaylinn Hawkins’ absence at safety opened the door for Keondre Jackson and K’Von Wallace, who combined for 38 snaps. Malaki Starks played every snap, and Kyle Hamilton was out there for 50.
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