Ravens Defense and Running Game Beats Dolphins

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 -- The road to the Super Bowl ended abruptly on Sunday for the AFC East Division Championship Miami Dolphins. The soccer jerseys
Fins, who were quarterbacked by Chad Pennington (66 COMP%, 254 YDs, 1 TD, 4 INTs), lost to the Baltimore Ravens 9- 27


The Ravens defense intercepted Pennington four times, recovered a Miami fumble and blocked a Dolphins’ extra point attempt. Miami scored on a soccer jerseystouchdown, missing the extra point, and a field goal.


The Ravens were led by rookie quarterback Joe Flacco, who played good enough to not lose. Flacco completed just 39% of his passes for 135 yards. The majority of NFL jerseys
the offense for Baltimore came from running backs Le’Ron McClain (19 CAR, 75 YDs, 3.9 AVG, 1 TD) and Willis McGahee (7 CAR, 62 YDs, 8.9 AVG, 0 TDs). McGahee broke a big run for 48 yards.

While the Ravens were running, the Dolphins rushing attack was being stopped by Baltimore's "D" Miami gained just 52 ground yards. In the NFL jerseys
Raven’s secondary, safety Ed Reed grabbed two picks, including one that he ran back 64 yards for a touchdown.

The Dolphins offense was kept off NFL jerseysbalance throughout the game. Pennington never found his rhythm and running back Ronnie Brown was held to 19 yards on 12 attempts, averaging 1.6 yards per carry. Ricky Williams, who returned to the Dolphins this season after years of Ugg Boots
controversial behavior and played in all 16 regular-season games gaining 659 yards and averaging 4.1 yards per carry, carried the ball just four times for 17 yards.


Baltimore will play the Tennessee Titans in an AFC Divisional game on Saturday, December 10 at 4:30 PM (CBS-TV). The game will be played at Cheap Ugg Boots
LP Stadium in Nashville which is the home of the Titans.