Pundit Says Ravens May Have Better Path to Super Bowl This Year Than Last Year
Even although the Ravens had been the No. 1 seed within the AFC final yr, NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks believes they may be in higher place to attain the Super Bowl this season.
Baltimore is at present the No. 5 seed and trails the first-place Pittsburgh Steelers by two video games within the AFC North with 4 video games left. If the season ended immediately, the Ravens would begin the playoffs on the highway towards the Houston Texans.
“They could have a greater path to the Super Bowl this yr as a result of final yr they entered the event with all of the strain as the highest seed,” Brooks mentioned on the “Move the Sticks” podcast. “This yr, it will not be the identical, and you can also make the case that possibly it is a greater crew this yr than final yr. They simply have to discover their approach. Hopefully, John Harbaugh can push the fitting buttons and get this crew going as a result of they definitely are ok to be there ultimately.”
Brooks contended that the Ravens’ 8-5 report belies the crew’s abundance of expertise.
“The Baltimore Ravens drive me a bit loopy,” Brooks mentioned. “When you take a look at them, the way in which that they are constructed, you are like, ‘Man, that crew has Super Bowl written throughout them.’ They’re so good on offense with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. … Defensively, they nonetheless have sufficient goons and enforcers to impose their will on opponents. But then you definately search for and a recreation that they need to win, they drop. And video games that they are not supposed to win, they dominate. It’s the craziest Jekyll and Hyde act that I’ve seen of an NFL crew.”
