saw a rumour we had KC in week 2
In terms of leaks, this one comes from a Broncos beatwriter. Ravens @ Broncos in week 4, Sunday 4:25 kickoff. Puts our two "west coast" trips in the first month.
I think it remains to be seen what they look like on offense. I think their Oline may be weakened, but then again, there's no way they take a RB in the first round and then throw it 600 times again. They'll be a much more balanced offense, which in my opinion, will lead to a better offense.
I actually think it'll be their defense, which won't be bad, but it will take a step back. They lost a couple starters in the secondary and obviously Dupree. They're still pretty pedestrian at inside linebacker to me, and I think they'll struggle to stop the run. They added virtually nobody to help with this either.
5 wins is quite low in my opinion, because I just don't think they had nearly the roster turnover to drop that far, but I don't think they'll be a playoff team either.
How are they worse than last year?
Lost 2/5 of their OLine, aging QB is a year older and the weapons which were not great did not get better.
On defense they lost multiple starters which means they will most certainly take a step back. Combine that with the fact that they do not get to play the NFC East this year and it looks like a recipe for a really bad year. If you look at their 8 road opponents, I would argue they are going to be worse than all 8 by a substantive margin.
I'm one that never believes it's as bad as it seems or as good as it seems. It appeared that the Steelers had two different seasons last year. The first 11 games and the remaining five. I never bought into the hype of their 11-0. They just didn't look very good. I feel they are somewhere in between those two.Well I mean Ben is a year older, didn't look particularly good last year, their offensive line is likely to be worse, and again, they lost some good players on defense, while not really adding anybody of note.
Plus, for the last like 5-6 weeks of the season last year (including playoffs), I would argue they were one of like the 5 worst teams in the league.
Like I can't completely ignore the fact that they started 11-0, but from December forward, they were a very below average football team.
Their last 7 games, including playoffs, they went 2-5, with one of those wins coming against the Ravens, by 5, at home, against a team that was ravaged by COVID. They got blown out by Buffalo, lost by double digits to Cincinnati (without Burrow), and then got pounded by Cleveland in the playoffs.
And outside of adding a RB, I'm not sure why they'd be much better than that same group. Like I said earlier... I think they'll be better on offense just by being more balanced and less predictable, but I don't think they'll be a top defense this year either.
Additional "leaks" for Ravens...
https://twitter.com/BarstoolBanks?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
Ravens vs Chiefs Week 2
Ravens vs Vikings Week 9
Ravens at LA Chargers Week 6
If it holds, that would mean playing all AFC West before the end of week 6. Likely lead to a backloaded divisional schedule in the second half.
The official Schedule:
This is all true and I don’t think the Steelers are gonna be a good team or have a good year, but I think they’re gonna be annoying af and hang around til the last 2 weeks or so. The way we used to in the second half of the flacco era. The Steelers essentially feel like the 2016/17 ravens right nowLost 2/5 of their OLine, aging QB is a year older and the weapons which were not great did not get better.
On defense they lost multiple starters which means they will most certainly take a step back. Combine that with the fact that they do not get to play the NFC East this year and it looks like a recipe for a really bad year. If you look at their 8 road opponents, I would argue they are going to be worse than all 8 by a substantive margin.
I hate that we have to play the Chiefs early in the season again. That's gonna be a very stressful night.