The Ravens’ 35-10 victory over the Buffalo Bills in Week 4 was spectacular, but it surely’s additionally historical historical past.
That Sept. 29 sport is comparatively irrelevant heading into Sunday’s much-anticipated Ravens-Bills rematch in the divisional spherical. For starters, the Bills can be at residence, the place they’re unbeaten (9-0 together with the playoffs) and have received by a mean margin of 17.4 factors.
In September, each groups have been making an attempt to determine the greatest model of themselves. Four months later, Baltimore and Buffalo clearly look able to successful the Super Bowl, however just one will advance to the AFC Championship.
When Head Coach John Harbaugh appears to be like at the Bills, he sees a formidable problem.
“So many issues stand out – they’re such staff,” Harbaugh mentioned. “All three phases are taking part in at a really excessive degree. I feel the greatest factor that stands out is how well-coached they’re, how well-tied collectively they’re – they play complementary soccer. All three phases play off of one another – they’ve an outlined persona in each section. And as a staff, they’re very bodily; they play very arduous; they’re cohesive; they’re on the similar web page.
“The quarterback clearly is taking part in at a excessive degree. Josh Allen is a good participant. They’re nicely constructed round him – they did job of constructing the offense round him, and they’ve a whole lot of complementary items.”
Here are some methods by which the Ravens and Bills have modified since they met in Week 4:
