The Baltimore Ravens will enter October with a 1-3 report, tied with the Cleveland Browns for final place within the AFC North following a 37-20 blowout loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday.
Following the sport, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh admitted he was involved with the state of the season.
“I’m involved, however I’m not overwhelmed by it,” Harbaugh mentioned, by way of Josh Alper of Professional Soccer Discuss. “We’ve performed — the three losses are in opposition to in all probability three of the highest groups within the league, for certain. That’s simply the hand we’ve been dealt, nevertheless it doesn’t actually matter. We’ve to win the following sport.”
Baltimore’s schedule hasn’t been simple. The Ravens suffered a second-half collapse in a 41-40 loss to the Buffalo Payments in Week 1. They dominated the Browns 41-17 earlier than dropping a “Monday Night time Soccer” contest 38-30 to the Detroit Lions.
The protection is the primary difficulty, and it does not appear like star quarterback Lamar Jackson and the offense can put up sufficient factors in opposition to league contenders to make the Ravens a legitimate postseason risk.
Harbaugh mentioned the employees must work on placing collectively a greater sport plan so Baltimore can begin successful video games.
“After which when you win the following sport, then you’ve gotten an opportunity to start out stacking some wins,” Harbaugh mentioned. “And that’s what we’ve received to do, large picture-wise. However small picture-wise, we’ve got to do a fantastic job of placing collectively a fantastic sport plan and a fantastic apply after which a fantastic sport.”
The Ravens will host the 1-3 Houston Texans in Week 5. Each groups made the playoffs final season, and a loss could be crushing for his or her hopes of constructing the postseason this season.