Why There’s Still Ample Reason for Optimism About Ravens This Season
Flock Nation had a whole day to ruminate, agonize, and stew over the Ravens’ 38-30 loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday night.
Is there cause for concern? Of course. The Ravens have issues on both sides of the ball – especially on defense – that need to be corrected.
However, there’s still plenty of football to be played and ample reason for Ravens fans to be optimistic about the team’s fortunes this season.
For starters, The Baltimore Banner’s Childs Walker said Monday night’s defeat could actually be beneficial.
“Maybe that’s what this team needs after two seasons of feeling that only the Ravens could beat the Ravens,” Walker wrote. “Maybe it’s healthy for them to look within and conclude, ‘We’re not good enough to take anything for granted.’
“The franchise’s most successful seasons pivoted on such reckonings. The 2012 Ravens nearly careened off the rails, switching offensive coordinators less than two months before they celebrated amid a shower of Crescent City confetti. The 2000 team went five straight weeks without a touchdown and changed quarterbacks in the process.”
Rich Eisen rattled off several reasons why he is still high on the Ravens, especially as it relates to their chances of winning the AFC North for a third consecutive year.
“Are you concerned about the Ravens still not being the best team in the division? Not me,” Eisen said on “The Rich Eisen Show.” “Certainly not when they’ve got Lamar Jackson. … He’s still Lamar Jackson, man.
“The defense at some point is going to have to tighten up, I got it. They were missing [Nnamdi] Madubuike and Kyle Van Noy [Monday night], and they were taking on a team that’s fully equipped to exploit it.”