julius peppers, and tyler braden part of the front. chris gamble to corners and harris to safety. give it to ray rice on 2nd down. trying to scoot but he bottled up. the ravens face a 3rd down in the red zone. 3rd down, red zone. >> stan: they had troubles throwing the ball. they had the franchise record last year. that's how you get in. you have to be able to run the football. they went 1st down and 2nd down. this is a tough situation for flacco, third-and-long in the red zone? >> gerry: those are the three receivers. he's got mason inside the 5. they are going to say he's a half yard shy of the end zone. derrick mason hit the pylon but not before he hit the chalk. >> stan: great read by joe flacco. saw it coming and got the ball out of there and got it right where derrick mason was. >> gerry: chris gamble may have pushed him out. >> stan: the ball hit the pylon, didn't it? >> gerry: first and goal from the one. whistles before the snap. [ announcer ] time out carolina. >> gerry: we'll take a break. scoreless 1st quarter on the ravens gameday network. at some restaurants when you

plus first-round draft pick michael orr could face off against julius peppers, one of the nfl's bestefensive tackles. with only two days to practice since their last preseason game against the jets on monday, harbaugh sees this one as a good test for his team. >> this is a really talented team, especially -- well, on both sides of the ball, but the two outside guys they have got are tremendous players. both of our tackle also really get pushed and challenged and the linebangers are fast playing guys fullbacks and tight ends are going to get challenged. a great opportunity to see how those guys do and for us to get better. >> another decision that could be based on this game is the battle for kickers. second-year kicker steve howska and rookie graham ganeau are fighting for the spot left vacant by matt stover. howska hay be edging out his opponent. he head made every field goal but gouneau missed two including a 46-yarder against the jets. heading into tomorrow's game carolina though, harbaugh won't say who has the edge. >> we don't know, you know. we are hopeful and i think it is fai

>> rob: you talking about michael oher, the first round pick go d an outstanding job against julius peppersal position for him. he's going to be a right position because of gaither. >> gerry: whether it's right or left tackle, one of the things we are seeing, we talked about the costly penalty in the 1st quarter. but since then he's dropping guys. no sooner than i say that than a defensive end gets by and he gets penalized. >> referee: holding, number 74, the offense. 10-yard penalty, 2nd down. >> gerry: come on kid, we are trying to give you compliments. don't undercut us. >> stan: watch on the inside move. he got the outside arm on him. at that point grabbed the guy. >> gerry: good matchup of highocktain octain rookies. >> stan: he's got a sack in each one of the pre-season games. >> gerry: flacco throws complete inside the 30. derrick mason taken down immediately. checked that kelley washington on the receiving end. you are so used to sees five and think derrick mason. joe flacco has a couple of targets that he's comfortable going to in the crunch. it makes it a lot harder to defend. >>