Jesse Minter pinpoints third-down failures holding Ravens' defense back

The Baltimore Ravens are seeing progress in areas that have troubled their offense and defense, but as expected, the focus remains on improvement. Jesse Minter knows that, and speaking of improvement, added success on early downs means little if the defense can't finish possessions. Against the Atlanta Falcons , Baltimore did much of the difficult work up front before allowing opposing quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to keep drives alive on third down. Atlanta converted nine of their 17 third-down attempts.