Baltimore Ravens: AFC Bye Week Outlook

By: Matteo Ametrano

The Ravens were the AFC’s one seed this season finishing 13-4, as the road to the Super Bowl runs through Baltimore in the AFC. The Ravens had a very impressive regular season with losses only coming to tough AFC North competition, and an off day from Lamar against the Colts. Other than that the Ravens dominated the regular season finishing with the number one defence and number 4 offence, with notable wins over the Lions, 38-6 and the Niners 33-19. 

The long-lasting question however for the Ravens as they look to host the Texans in the divisional round is rest vs rust. With the bye, the Ravens were fortunate to have the ability to rest star payers in week 18 against the Steelers, such as Lamar. But with this of course they were also able to get players healthy. All-pro Kyle Hamilton, for example, would have been using this time to recover from an MCL injury he suffered vs the Niners. 

Is this the year that Lamar can take the Ravens to the Super Bowl? He is soon to have more MVP awards (assuming he has won again this year) than playoff wins as he is currently 1-3. The visiting Texans led by rookie duo CJ Stroud and Will Anderson, will be coming in hot after blowing out the Browns in dominant fashion in their first playoff game. 

The Ravens are 9-point favourites this Saturday vs the Texans. Can Lamar and the Ravens end the run for the CJ Stroud and the Texans?