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OWINGS MILLS, Md. Ravens coach John Harbaugh got a chance https://www.nepatriotsapparel.com/new-england-patriots-jerseys to see the depth of his offensive line in the first preseason game.He was encouraged by the performance.With several of the regular starters on the sideline against Tenne see, Baltimore opened the game withleft tackle Ja'Wuan James, left guard Tyre Phillips, center Patrick Mekari, right guard Ben Powers and right tackle Daniel Faalele.This unit did a solid job blocking for the running backs, who ran for a total of 130 yards. The pa s blocking was also mostly effective.Phillips led the team with 67 snaps (93%) andFaalele was second with 63 snaps (86%). James saw https://www.nepatriotsapparel.com/mike-vrabel-jerseys his first action at left tackle and had an encouraging performance.Scroll to ContinueWell, Faalele, compared to the first week when he got here, just going all the way is https://www.nepatriotsapparel.com/adrian-phillips-jerseys amazing," Harbaugh said. "Hes come a long way, and I thought he played well. Well see. It was good for JuWuan James to get back and play some football. He hadnt played for quite a while, so he was pretty happy about that."The offensive line will be drastically different for the regular-season opener Sept. 11 against the Jets. The hope is rookie Tyler Linderbaum will be back from a foot injury and start at center. Kevin Zeitler will be at right guard and https://www.nepatriotsapparel.com/matthew-judon-jerseys there is optimism Ronnie Stanley will return to left tackle.Phillips has potentially secured the starting role at left guard and second-year playerBen Cleveland appears to be back on track after a disappointing start to training camp where he failed the conditioning test multiple times. They seemed good," Harbaugh said about Phillips and Cleveland. "The replays that I saw, they look pretty good. Cant wait to see the tape again, but it seemed like they played well. To see https://www.nepatriotsapparel.com/new-england-patriots-hoodies-sweatshirts them play the whole game and not get ga sed or anything is a good thing too.