Ravens fans got all their questions answered in a hurry on Tuesday night, finding out that their season will open on Monday Night Football and include three nationally televised games in the first four weeks, if you count a Thursday night encounter with the Browns in Week 4.
It's an interesting ride and it could get bumpy. The regular season begins and ends with the Cincinnati Bengals and there's a lot of intrigue in between. The Bengals are no pushover and the Ravens go right from the opener to play on a short week at Philadelphia before coming home for the AFC title game rematch against Tom Brady and the Patriots.
The bye week is pretty much right in the middle, coming in Week 8 right after back-to-back games against the two Texas teams -- the Cowboys at home and the Texans on the road.
The Ravena also have a Sunday Night game against the Steelers at Heinz Field in Week 11 that kicks off a particularly grueling -- but entertaining -- stretch that includes a quick trip out to San Diego and then right back home to play the Steelers again. That's followed by interesting matchups against the newlook Redskins at Fedex before the Ravens host Peyton Manning and the Broncos and Eli Manning and the Giants in back-to-back games at M&T.
My guess: This is one of the most star-studded schedules the Ravens have ever played, which makes it hard to predict what will happen. I'm going to predict the Ravens (as configured at the moment) go 6-2 at home and 5-3 on the road. That should position them to be worrying about the tiebreaker with the Steelers going into their final game at Cincinnati.
It's an interesting ride and it could get bumpy. The regular season begins and ends with the Cincinnati Bengals and there's a lot of intrigue in between. The Bengals are no pushover and the Ravens go right from the opener to play on a short week at Philadelphia before coming home for the AFC title game rematch against Tom Brady and the Patriots.
The Ravena also have a Sunday Night game against the Steelers at Heinz Field in Week 11 that kicks off a particularly grueling -- but entertaining -- stretch that includes a quick trip out to San Diego and then right back home to play the Steelers again. That's followed by interesting matchups against the newlook Redskins at Fedex before the Ravens host Peyton Manning and the Broncos and Eli Manning and the Giants in back-to-back games at M&T.
My guess: This is one of the most star-studded schedules the Ravens have ever played, which makes it hard to predict what will happen. I'm going to predict the Ravens (as configured at the moment) go 6-2 at home and 5-3 on the road. That should position them to be worrying about the tiebreaker with the Steelers going into their final game at Cincinnati.
