EAGLES BEAT RAVENS

EAGLES GRIND OUT DEFENSIVE BATTLE OVER RAVENS

Now look, this is a game where field position and discipline won the day. The Eagles came in here and did something the Ravens couldn't quite figure out: they stayed clean. Zero turnovers. That's championship-caliber football right there. The Ravens had that one turnover, and in a game this tight—10 points—that's the difference between winning and losing. You can't gift possessions away, especially when the overall yardage is this close.

Here's what really stands out to me: the Eagles went 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions. That's aggressive, that's confident, and more importantly, that tells me they had a plan and executed it. The Ravens went 1-for-3, which means when they needed to extend drives, they came up short. On third down, both teams struggled—Eagles 3-for-15, Ravens 2-for-14—so this wasn't pretty football, folks. But the Eagles' ability to convert on fourth down showed me they were willing to be bold when it mattered. The Ravens' defense generated five sacks to the Eagles' six, so defensively it was fairly even, but the Eagles' ground game—157 yards—kept the chains moving and kept Baltimore's offense off the field.

What should the Ravens have done differently? Look, they actually had more total yards, 296 to 278, and they were efficient in the red zone at 1-for-1, but they left points on the table overall at 1-for-4. You can't rely on that in a competitive league. The Eagles made their kicks count and didn't beat themselves. That's the lesson here—this was a game the Ravens lost more than the Eagles won, and that's gotta sting.