### **Stopping the Run**
The Ravens are allowing the fourth-most rushing yards per game (146.4) after allowing the fewest in the league last season (80.1).
Injuries have played a part in that drop-off, but the Ravens were relatively healthy when the Lions rushed for 224 yards on "Monday Night Football" in Week 3. Against an injury-riddled Ravens defense on Sunday, the Texans ran for 167 yards, their largest output on the ground all season.
Even if Pro Bowl linebacker Smith returns to the lineup soon, the Ravens will be without Pro Bowl defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike (neck) for the rest of the season. Defensive tackle Broderick Washington Jr. (ankle) is on injured reserve and will miss at least the next two games.
Defensive tackles John Jenkins, Travis Jones, and C.J. Okoye are likely to carry a heavy load this season. But despite the Texans averaging 5.1 yards per carry on Sunday, Harbaugh saw some encouraging signs.
"We stopped the run, I thought, pretty effectively, when you watch the tape, except for two plays," Harbaugh said. "But yet, they bleed us three and four yards more than I want. I want to see those three \[yards\] to be nones and 1-yard plays. And I want to see the five- and six-yard plays be three-yard plays. That's what we can detail and just be better."