It's off base for me for several reasons.
Saying the defense is just good and gets lucky with a lot of turnovers. No, they are elite because they force these turnovers. You do not force 33 turnovers by accident. That is what makes this defense so incredibly scary.
Flacco may not "stuff the stat sheet," but over the past four games, he's averaged over 266 yards and two touchdowns and had only one interception. If he played like he has all season, we're likely looking at a stat line of like 4,000/30/5. That's how good he's been. Yeah, he's not out here throwing for 5,000 yards this season or 400 in a game or anything crazy, but he's been consistently playing well.
Sure, go ahead and stop Alex Collins. The issue is, Joe has taken on the onus of making plays through the air when Collins has been the focal point of the opponents, which has been pretty much every single game this season since he's been a starter. That's the real beauty of the Ravens right now, honestly. Joe is playing incredibly well without the support of a great running game and Marty is designing plays that really get the running backs involved as receivers. Against the Colts, the backs had 9 catches for 63 yards. Nothing fantastic, but when most of that is to the flat or little swing passes, it really adds in value because the Ravens will have their running backs be a threat you have to account for no matter what.
And I mean, who really cares if the Ravens lost to the Jags and Steelers in weeks three and four? That has nothing to do with week 19 (if the Ravens make it that far). The Ravens from week 19 are going to be drastically better than from week 4.