Sep 30, 2024 3:37 pm: Bateman caught his lone target for a 23-yard gain in Sunday's win over the Bills.
Analysis: Bateman nearly scored a touchdown for a second straight week but he was held by a Buffalo defensive back in the end zone and was unable to come down with the catch. The former first-round pick has played 60 and 63 percent of the snaps in recent weeks after playing over 8- percent of the snaps in the first two games of the season. Baltimore has started to lean on the ground game and deploy more multi-tight end sets, and fullback Patrick Ricard has been playing more snaps of late as well. For the Baltimore pass-catchers, the run/pass splits and personnel groupings diminish the opportunities they are likely to see each week. Baltimore has thrown fewer than 20 passes in back-to-back weeks while riding Derrick Henry and the ground game. The Ravens head to Cincinnati to face the Bengals in Week 5.