OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Wide receiver Mike Wallace didn't know he was an answer to a Baltimore Ravens trivia question until tight end Dennis Pitta told him.
The Ravens have scored three touchdowns in the first two weeks of the season, and Wallace has delivered all of them.
"I was like, you're right," Wallace said with a smile.
A one-time fierce division rival while with the Steelers, Wallace has turned into a scoring machine for the Ravens. He caught a 66-yard touchdown against the Bills in the opener, and he added two more (from 7 and 17 yards) in last Sunday's comeback win in Cleveland.
Wallace is the only player in the NFL to score all of his team's touchdowns (excluding the Seahawks, who have managed just one). But that's not what's most important to him.
"I definitely want to share the wealth," Wallace said. "I want to get wins. I want everyone to be happy. As long as we win, it doesn't matter who scores."
The touchdowns are a product of Wallace and Joe Flacco getting what they wanted. When he signed his two-year, $11.5 million deal in March, Wallace insisted he joined the Ravens to be with a proven quarterback. Flacco believed the Ravens needed to add more speed to the offense.
The result: Wallace has more touchdown catches in two games with the Ravens than he did all of last season with the Minnesota Vikings.
"I know he's very confident, and we want to keep him that way," Flacco said. "We want to keep him juiced up and keep feeding him the ball. The more and more he continues to feel like that is going to be better for our team."
It hasn't been a case of Flacco targeting Wallace all the time. Wallace is scoring because he is beating man-to-man coverage.
In the opener, he flew past Bills safety Duke Williams for the Ravens' longest pass play of the season. But Wallace has been more than just a deep threat. Last Sunday, he beat Browns cornerback Joe Haden on a 7-yard slant and then shook free from cornerback Jamar Taylor for a 17-yard score.
Flacco has thrown three touchdown passes on seven completions to Wallace. The rest of the team has scored none on 40 receptions.
"When I got here, I had no doubt it would be a great fit," Wallace said. "I knew from afar that it was a great organization. It was easy for me to come in and just go with the flow."
Wallace has become a role model on the Ravens. He is the last player off the practice field, spending at least a half hour catching over 100 passes from the JUGS machine. He used to pull in passes all by himself after practice. Now, he's joined by younger receivers Breshad Perriman and Chris Moore.
"Mike has been everything we expected and hoped for," coach John Harbaugh said. "He just works really hard."
This is a prove-it year for Wallace. He is coming off a season in which he had career lows in receiving yards (473), average per catch (12.1) and touchdowns (two). But so far this season he is tied for the league lead in touchdowns with Larry Fitzgerald and Kelvin Benjamin.
Acknowledging there is a chip squarely on his shoulder, Wallace told reporters, "I've seen the highs, I've seen the lows, I've seen how fast things can change on you. So just like you're all sitting here talking to me, I don't buy into none of this. Next week you could be gone."
