BALTIMORE -- In a five-minute span during the Ravens' season-opening 44-13 rout of the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night, safety Ed Reed intercepted an errant pass from Andy Dalton and returned it 34 yards for a touchdown. Ray Lewis sacked Dalton and forced a fumble that Lardarius Webb recovered. Haloti Ngata took down Dalton for a 13-yard loss and three plays later, Pernell McPhee and rookie Courtney Upshaw tripped up the second-year quarterback for a 12-yard loss. There were certainly glimpses of the aggressive and feared defense that the Ravens long to be, but on a night where the offense did very little wrong en route to accumulating 430 total yards, their defensive effort would...
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