The Ravens never expected to start 0-2, and now their season depends on how well they handle it.
Baltimore can’t change the first two games, but they can play better football over the next 15. That’s the challenge before them, and the coaches and players are already attacking it.
There’s no time to waste.
“I’ve heard it said the NFL season is a race to improve, to become the best team you can over the course of the long haul,” Head Coach John Harbaugh said Monday, the day after falling to the Las Vegas Raiders, 26-23, at home. “We had a disappointing game yesterday, we’re not happy about it. We want to play better, we want to play winning football, we didn’t.
“So we’ve got to keep pounding the rock, and the rock is going to crack. That’s our job to keep pounding, not get discouraged, not think all is for nothing. Continue to work and our reward will be out there in our future.”