Baltimore Ravens Surge Back in AFC: Analysis & Updates

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00:00I'll break up the Baltimore Ravens.

00:05Their demise was greatly overstated.

00:07They are right back in the mix in the AFC.

00:09They've looked fantastic over the last couple of weeks and, you know, really honestly could

00:13have won any of the games that they played in.

00:15Let's bring in Melissa Kim.

00:16She, of course, is talking Baltimore Ravens and covering them, working for 105.7 The Fan.

00:22And I think when you look at this, I mean, for me, the bottom line is I think, Melissa,

00:30people just forget how good a coach Harbaugh is.

00:33They make adjustments over the course of the season, and it looks like they've made one

00:37pretty quickly with just giving that ball to Derrick Henry, haven't they?

00:41Yeah.

00:42You know, John Harbaugh, nearing two decades coaching in the league, right?

00:46So definitely a lot of experience, especially in terms of turning teams around.

00:50And, you know, coming into this season, there was a lot of chatter, of course, about the

00:54offensive line.

00:55They lost three guys in the offseason, three veteran guys, which is, I think, the key point

00:59So they're literally starting Andrew Voorhees at left guard, who had a red shirt ear last

01:06year in his rookie season.

01:07Daniel Fa'alele at right guard, who had his fair share at tackle, so not necessarily the

01:11guard position.

01:12So he transitioned over the guard position.

01:14And then a little mix of Patrick McCary, who is their offensive lineman that can play literally

01:20any position on that line, as well as Roger Rosengard, the rookie out of Washington.

01:24So that obviously was basically the big talker in the training camp and in the preseason,

01:31because you don't really know how these guys are going to play together, because the starters

01:34don't really play a whole lot in the preseason.

01:37They really didn't actually get going until week one.

01:39And you think about the games that they lost, right?

01:42Obviously, Kansas City literally lost by a toenail.

01:45And then in week two against the Raiders at home, a very rare occurrence for this team

01:49to lose at home.

01:51Gardner-Minch, who has had their number before, but again, a game that was close.

01:55And then they finally go on the road to Dallas, finally getting a win against Dak Prescott,

01:59and then coming back home on Sunday night football and beating arguably one of the best

02:03teams in the league in the Bills.

02:05So it obviously has taken some time for them to gel, which we expected.

02:10I think this was something that was an expectation because of the lack of reps that the offensive

02:14line got together.

02:15And now we're seeing vintage King Henry that we saw in the Titans, the guy that can literally

02:19truck through other human beings, multiple human beings, and really wear down other run

02:24defenses.

02:25Yeah, you mentioned it, the vintage part, because Derrick Henry did not look that great

02:30in his last year in Tennessee.

02:32And you would probably take the game that he had the other night and say, okay, that's

02:37the best game he's had in over a year.

02:39I think that's fair.

02:40199 yards, including an 87 yard touchdown.

02:44And as we take a look at the upcoming schedule for the Ravens, they take on the Bengals,

02:50the Commanders, the Buccaneers, the Browns, and the Broncos.

02:54And although I'm a pretty big Commander's backer now at this point, but with the way

02:58that they played beyond that, I mean, they were playing great.

03:02I can't sit here and say anything negative about them.

03:04But it does feel like out of these next five games, which we know nothing about and we're

03:07flipping coins.

03:08That's true.

03:09But it does feel like at the very worst, they should be getting three wins out of these

03:13five.

03:14Oh, absolutely.

03:16And I think that those wins are so important to stack those wins, right?

03:18You hear the team and head coach John Harbaugh talking about that a lot, because looking

03:22down the stretch, the meat of their schedule before the bye week, which is not until week

03:2715 this year, they've got a lot of really short weeks.

03:30They're playing on a Sunday and then on Thursday or a Saturday, then on a Wednesday, that Christmas

03:33day game in Houston.

03:36So they've got to really get those wins where they can right now.

03:39And obviously going into division opponent, they're never going to take the Bengals lightly.

03:42Honestly, the Bengals were my pick to win the division coming into the season.

03:45And obviously that has transpired not the way that I thought it was going to.

03:49But regardless, and then you have the commanders, as you said, I mean, it's such a great time

03:54to be a football fan in the Baltimore and DMV area because they have two dynamic quarterbacks

04:01right now.

04:02Jane Daniels is playing his tail off.

04:03I've heard from commanders fans around the area who literally have not really paid attention,

04:07a whole lot of attention to this team in the last decade.

04:11And now everybody is on the Jane Daniels train.

04:14So it's a really cool time that I think that one is the one that I'm circling on my calendar

04:18as the game to watch right now of the Ravens next five games.

04:22Yeah, look, it's undeniable that look, this could be the Houston of last year for me with

04:28Washington.

04:29At least that's the way that it feels like as their trajectory continues.

04:33So, you know, let's take a look real quick at the AFC North heading into week five.

04:37And then I do have a question about one player on Baltimore in particular that I think a

04:40lot of people are going to want to know more about.

04:44But the Steelers, they played well again last week.

04:46They sort of fumbled it away.

04:48The Colts lost to Flacco.

04:50As we mentioned, the Ravens back on track.

04:52Bengals, I don't know what to make of that win in Carolina.

04:55I still think Cincinnati's defense, Melissa, is horrible.

04:57They can't stop anybody.

04:59And I think the Browns are done.

05:00I don't think the Browns are going anywhere this season based on what I've seen.

05:03Is that a fair assessment?

05:04Am I not giving the Browns enough credit?

05:07Am I not giving the Bengals enough credit here?

05:09I feel like even though it is crowded, it is Baltimore and it is Pittsburgh there at

05:13the top, unless something happens with Cincinnati's defense, and I'm not aware of.

05:16No, Cincinnati's defense has not been the best.

05:19The Browns O-line, not been the best.

05:21I mean, almost worse than I thought it was going to be at the beginning of the season,

05:25if I could say that.

05:26The Steelers coming into this week, no offense to them.

05:29I thought they were kind of a fraudulent, undefeated team because they depended so much

05:33on their field goals, right?

05:34They weren't really getting the offense rolling.

05:37And their defense kind of had a lackluster week this past week as well.

05:40So I think it's a fair assessment to say that's the Ravens and the Steelers at this point.

05:44Because again, you go back to the coaching, right?

05:45We talked about head coach John Harbaugh in the beginning.

05:48Mike Tomlin has never had a losing season in his entire head coaching tenure.

05:52So I will never put anything past that man because even in, there was two seasons ago

05:57where he, I think was on the brink of going below 500, but ended up beating the Ravens

06:02that year.

06:03It was Ben Roethlisberger's last year.

06:05So I would never put anything past a Mike Tomlin coached team.

06:09All right.

06:10So Melissa, as we end here, the one question that I know transcends regular football and

06:15moves into fantasy football, and I'm sure you've been asked this question as well, because

06:20I need to know also.

06:21Mark Andrews.

06:22Melissa, what is going on here?

06:23Is this it?

06:24Is that, is this the end of the line here?

06:26I know Lamar is backing him and everything like that, but I mean, this, I don't know

06:30what to do here.

06:33You see my, you see my reaction, right?

06:34That's kind of been the big, if there is a cloud over the Baltimore offense right now,

06:38Mark Andrews has kind of been it because we all know that he is Lamar Jackson's favorite

06:42target.

06:43We saw him get into a lot of double coverage situations to start the season off against

06:47the Chiefs.

06:48Isaiah likely had an insane game.

06:49But no, I don't think it's the end for Mark Andrews.

06:52Absolutely not at all.

06:53I think he's still that reliable target.

06:55I think that it's taking, you know, just like the rest of this offense, it's taking

06:58a couple of weeks for him to really get going this season.

07:00So everybody that's been, you know, putting bets on Mark Andrews, fancy guys, just be

07:06patient.

07:07He said, you know, be patient.

07:08He's definitely not cooked by any stretch of the imagination.

07:10All right.

07:11I'll take your word for it, Melissa.

07:12I'm only going to give you one more week on this though.

07:14One more week.

07:15I gotta let it go.

07:16Thanks again.

07:17Sounds good.

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