Win Over Bengals Shows Ravens Could Be Hitting Their Stride at Perfect Time
If the Ravens play complementary football like they did in the win over the Bengals, they are capable of beating anyone.
It was the Ravens’ best game of the season, and Ebony Bird’s Connor Burke believes they could be hitting their stride.
“Their Week 15 win got them back on track at the perfect time,” Burke wrote. “The win was also the embodiment of practice making perfect, as by all accounts, the Ravens had their best practice week of the year. In turn, they played their best game of the season.”
The question is whether the Ravens can keep their momentum going over the final three weeks of the season. It won’t be easy.
All of the Ravens’ remaining opponents have winning records: the New England Patriots (11-3), Green Bay Packers (9-4-1), and Pittsburgh Steelers (8-6). Baltimore’s win over the Chicago Bears in Week 8 is its only victory over a winning team this season.
“Late in the year, days can get tough. Players are tired and beaten up after a long season, but given the position the Ravens put themselves in, it needs to be all gas and no brakes,” Burke wrote. “Clearly, they were firing on all cylinders this week.”
The Ravens (7-7), who trail the AFC North-leading Steelers by a game, control their destiny, but they have very little margin for error. That’s because Pittsburgh is also playing its best football, having defeated the Ravens and Miami Dolphins in its past two games.
“If [the Steelers] play like this, for the first time all year they have me feeling like they might be capable of some noise in January,” Kay Adams said on FanDuel TV’s “Up & Adams” show.