The Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades and snap counts are in from the Ravens' 28-25 win over the Cowboys in Dallas.
Here's what stood out:
- The Ravens stuck with the same starting offensive line as the first two weeks and didn't rotate. After scoring touchdowns on their first two drives and punishing the Cowboys on the ground, Baltimore rode the hot hand. Ben Cleveland played one snap in a jumbo formation on Derrick Henry's 1-yard touchdown run. Rookie right tackle Roger Rosengarten didn't play any snaps in rotation with Patrick Mekari. Head Coach John Harbaugh said the possibility of rotation was alive, but "I just felt there was no reason to make a change there."
- Center Tyler Linderbaum had the team's highest grade of 91.4. That's the best grade of his three-year career. Baltimore's offense line had a big rebound and Linderbaum was a key part of that in the middle.
- Guard Daniel Faalele also had his best game yet with a 71.5 grade. That's the ninth-best grade of any guard in the NFL in Week 3, with two "Monday Night Football" games still to be played. Mekari had a 72.7 grade.
- Safety Kyle Hamilton played all over the defensive formation, including 28 snaps as essentially a linebacker. He made a career-high 12 tackles.
- Mark Andrews played 33% of the offensive snaps, his lowest percentage in a game in which he was healthy since his rookie year in 2018. Fellow tight end Charlie Kolar played five more snaps than Andrews, and Isaiah Likely led the tight ends with a 62% snap share. It was just the third time in Andrews' career that he's been held without a catch. He was targeted once. It was a run-heavy game for Baltimore, so Andrews' receiving role was downsized.
- While Andrews and Likely only combined for one catch for four yards, they both got high marks for their run blocking. Andrews got a 90.2 and Likely had an 88.5. With a run-heavy script, they showed they're do-it-all tight ends.
- A week after playing every snap against the Raiders, inside linebacker Trenton Simpson saw 51% of the defensive action in Dallas but had the Ravens' highest defensive grade (76.6). Malik Harrison only played six defensive snaps. The Ravens used a heavier mix of defensive backs, with Hamilton stepping into some kind of linebacker role.
- Safety Ar'Darius Washington had a jump in snaps to 34 after seeing 12 combined in the first two games. He essentially absorbed the snaps that went to Simpson last week. Washington probably would've had an interception if not for an offensive pass interference.
- Rookie cornerback Nate Wiggins came up with a huge forced fumble on CeeDee Lamb deep in the red zone, but PFF credited him with surrendering four catches on five targets for 82 yards as multiple slants got him inside.
