Baltimore • As long as Terrell Suggs continues to go harass opposing quarterbacks, and if defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano repeatedly finds the perfect blitzes to call, the Baltimore Ravens will keep on winning without Ray Lewis.
Suggs had three sacks and forced three fumbles as part of an overwhelming defensive performance by the Ravens, who kept the Indianapolis Colts winless with a 24-10 victory Sunday.
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Indianapolis 10, Baltimore 24
Indianapolis 0 3 0 7 — 10
Baltimore 10 7 7 0 — 24
First Quarter
Bal » T.Smith 8 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), 10:09.
Bal » FG Cundiff 36, 1:20.
Second Quarter
Bal » Rice 6 run (Cundiff kick), 10:07.
Ind » FG Vinatieri 22, 3:06.
Third Quarter
Bal » Pitta 7 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick), 3:41.
Fourth Quarter
Ind » Tamme 13 pass from Orlovsky (Vinatieri kick), :00.
Attendance » 71,187.
Ind Bal
First downs 12 24
Total Net Yards 167 358
Rushes-yards 16-50 37-146
Passing 117 212
Punt Returns 2-8 4-59
Kickoff Returns 4-120 1-30
Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-0
Comp-Att-Int 17-37-1 23-31-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-19 2-15
Punts 6-44.7 3-48.3
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-1
Penalties-yards 3-15 5-40
Time of Possession 23:52 36:08
Individual Statistics
Rushing » Indianapolis, D.Brown 9-28, Addai 2-16, Carter 5-6. Baltimore, Rice 26-103, T.Smith 1-16, Leach 3-14, R.Williams 7-13.
Passing » Indianapolis, Orlovsky 17-37-1-136. Baltimore, Flacco 23-31-1-227.
Receiving » Indianapolis, Garcon 5-46, Wayne 4-41, Collie 4-25, Tamme 1-13, Clark 1-12, Hill 1-5, D.Brown 1-(minus 6). Baltimore, Rice 6-46, Boldin 5-57, T.Smith 5-48, Pitta 3-29, Dickson 2-19, Evans 1-21, Leach 1-7.
Missed Field Goals » None.
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Lewis, Baltimore’s standout middle linebacker and longtime defensive leader, missed a fourth straight game with a right toe injury. The Ravens (10-3) have won every one of those games.
"Right now I think we’re all just doing our part holding the levee until the general gets back," Suggs said. "That’s why I honestly think we’re playing the way we are."
Baltimore limited the hapless Colts to 167 yards — just 53 through three quarters. Were it not for a touchdown on the game’s final play, Indianapolis would have been held without a TD for only the second time since the 2003 season opener.
Baltimore didn’t recover any of the three fumbles that Suggs forced, but he harassed Colts quarterback Dan Orlovsky throughout the afternoon.
"We shut them down early, and then they had to start passing the ball," Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata said. "That’s when Terrell Suggs went crazy."
Suggs, a movie buff, described the action this way: "It’s chaos out there. A lot is going on more than you see. It’s like ‘The Matrix’ out there with a little bit of ‘Inception’. It’s a little bit crazy."
Joe Flacco threw two touchdown passes and Ray Rice ran for 103 yards and a score to help the Ravens win their fourth straight and improve to 7-0 at home. Baltimore is tied with Pittsburgh for the lead in the AFC North, but the Ravens hold the tiebreaker because of their two wins over the Steelers.
"We have control of our own destiny," Rice said. "We’re in the driver’s seat. As long as we keep winning, we’ll be fine."
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The Ravens had lost eight straight to Indianapolis, but that was when Peyton Manning was healthy and at the top of his game. He has yet to play this year because of a neck injury.
Orlovsky, the third Colts quarterback to start this season, went 17 for 37 for 136 yards and an interception. He was sacked four times and hounded throughout the game by Suggs.
"He’s as good a pass rusher as I’ve played against," Orlovsky said of Suggs. "I can’t say anything bad about him as a football player."
Suggs attributed Baltimore’s success to the schemes set in place by Pagano, in his first season as Baltimore’s defensive coordinator. To emphasize the point, Suggs sarcastically made Pagano out to be clueless.
"If anybody trying to hire a head coach, if they ask me I’m going to tell them he (stinks)," Suggs said. "He’s a terrible coach and his players don’t love him. He don’t know what he’s doing when he’s calling a game."
The game was far more lopsided than the final score would indicate. Baltimore led 17-3 at halftime and 24-3 in the third quarter, and the Colts drove 76 yards in the final two minutes in a drive that ended with Orlovsky throwing a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Tamme as time expired.
Indianapolis has three games left in the season. If the Colts don’t win, they will join the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only NFL team to go 0-16 in a season.
"Losing (stinks), no matter what it is," Orlovsky said. "Whether it’s football, if it’s rock-paper, none of us like to lose. There’s nothing fun about losing."
Colts coach Jim Caldwell said, "We need to find a way to get our team better so we can get a victory. And not just one. We’re running out of time."
The Ravens needed less than five minutes to take the lead for good. After the Colts went three and out following the opening kickoff, Lardarius Webb returned a punt 27 yards to the Indianapolis 40 and Flacco capped a six-play drive with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith.
Baltimore’s next march covered 66 yards over 13 plays and ended with a 36-yard field goal by Billy Cundiff for a 10-0 lead.
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