Don't look now but your Pittsburgh Steelers are in first place

At this point, Ravens have a better outlook than KC
Even if KC beats them, Which I highly doubt, Ravens will still finish ahead of the KC Swifties

 

Agreed.


Patrick over Lamar for me but that is when Patrick is well equipped with good skill players. He isn't for 2025 thus far; Travis Kelce seeing to that albeit by accident by knocking out Xaiver Worthy. Even if he does return, Baltimore's secondary is still not to be trifled with; doubly so with the rise of Nate Wiggins and Marlon Humphrey. Kyle Hamilton is every bit the ass kicker I'd knew he be coming out of Notre Dame and it is only a matter of time before the game slows down for Malakai Starks. Once that happens and Baltimore's pass rush gets up to speed?!


Man... good flipping luck to pass happy Offenses. It hasn't happened yet but I suspect people will be thinking differently of Baltimore's Defense by Seasons End. I expect Pittsburgh to be much of the same though at what capacity remains to be seen. Changes need to be made and, to Mike Tomlin's credit, some of those changes are taking effect. Daniel Ekuale is taking more and more of Keeanu Benton's snaps while I don't suspect Payton Wilson will be on the field for much longer if he continues to have gaffe after gaffe in coverage. Cole Holcomb is also eating away at his snaps a bit.

 

It seems like teams will just try to run on the Ravens. They are somehow worse at it than us so far (though, I think having to face Cook, Monty/Gibbs,Judkins is tougher than Hall, Walker/Charbonnet, Stevenson). The Ravens won't be true contenders (even with a great offense) until they clean that up.

As for us, we have to be better nearly everywhere. The OL sucking has completely stifled our offense, while defensively we've been a massive disappointment. We aren't good in coverage or against the run.... I'm hoping we can put a good game together on Sunday and then use the bye week to get healthy and improve. I know it won't be a "flip a switch" type thing, but we have to progressively get better.

 

Only thing I will note is the Ravens had some early bad losses last year and then went on a tear. I expect a similar result this year.

btw, I am quite enjoying the meltdown on the Ravens message board that I lurk in. The "Fire Harbaugh Now" chorus is deafening.

 

There is some progress against the run at least on the right side of the defense.

Opponent rushing yards by offensive location;