{"id":335624,"date":"2025-09-02T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/335624\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:15:09","slug":"ravens-motivated-to-wipe-away-bad-taste-from-playoff-loss-to-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/335624\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens motivated to wipe away &#8216;bad taste&#8217; from playoff loss to Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the Baltimore Ravens, the 2025 campaign starts where the 2024 season ended bitterly: Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>Ravens players aren&#8217;t brushing off the significance of facing the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night to open the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That team sent us home out of the playoffs, so I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s just going into a normal game per se,&#8221; Pro Bowl left tackle <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/ronnie-stanley\/\" title=\"Ronnie Stanley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ronnie Stanley<\/a> said <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoreravens.com\/news\/ravens-motivated-bad-taste-bills-loss-jaire-alexander-update-ronnie-stanley-mark-andrews-offensive-line-ahead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via the team\u2019s official website<\/a>. &#8220;We were very unhappy with the result last time we were there. A lot of us will give anything to leave there with a dub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bills beat the Ravens 27-25 in the 2024 AFC Divisional Round despite being outgained 416-273 yards. Buffalo became the first team to win a playoff game while gaining less than 300 total yards and allowing 400 or more total yards since the 2015 Carolina Panthers (Division Round vs. Seattle).<\/p>\n<p>The self-inflicted wounds burned Baltimore in the playoffs. Lamar Jackson had two giveaways (INT and a fumble lost), and the defense was a sieve on the ground, allowing 147 yards rushing. The game ended with a <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/mark-andrews\/\" title=\"Mark Andrews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Andrews<\/a> drop on a potential game-tying two-point try.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a good feeling,&#8221; defensive tackle <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/nnamdi-madubuike\/\" title=\"Nnamdi Madubuike\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nnamdi Madubuike<\/a> said of watching the film. &#8220;There&#8217;s things that we did good, things that we did bad, but the bad overrides the good. We really want to tighten the bolts on that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be great motivation. That&#8217;s the last game we played. To go back there and play the same team that we lost to, that we believe we should&#8217;ve won, self-inflicted mistakes. Everybody&#8217;s pumped up. You want to get that bad taste out of your mouth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night&#8217;s showdown could be a preview of a January rematch as both clubs attempt to get over the postseason hump. The Bills (84) and Ravens (81) each have 80-plus wins over the last seven seasons, including playoffs, joining the 1999-2005 Colts (80) as the only teams in NFL history with 80-plus wins in a seven-season span without reaching a Super Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the Baltimore Ravens, the 2025 campaign starts where the 2024 season ended bitterly: Buffalo. 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