Baltimore Ravens: WR Lee Evans
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Granted, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Lee Evans had a quiet season. Almost an eerily quiet season. But Evans is finally over his injuries that plagued him throughout the year, and if you happened to watch the Ravens defeat the Houston Texans you saw Evans make a key one-handed grab along the sidelines for a big-30-yard gain.
The problem is that was the only pass that quarterback Joe Flacco threw Evans way for the entire game. Besides throwing the ball to Anquan Boldin and Ray Rice (the two favorite targets of Flacco), Flacco also targeted three other Ravens, who came up with a total of only four catches out of 12 targets. Those three receivers were Torrey Smith, Dennis Pitta and Ed ****son.
The game against the Texans was the first playoff game in the career of Lee Evans. He demonstrated that he is ready to contribute, so now all that we need to see is for Flacco to start throwing the ball in his direction more often. Seems like a good weekend to try it, since the Patriots have the No. 31 ranked pass defense in the NFL.