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- The Ravens are still in solid playoff position after a dramatic loss in Pittsburgh, but their struggles against top quarterbacks are cause for concern.
- The Ravens are starting life without Jimmy Smith and they're doing it Sunday night against one of the best passing offenses in the NFL.
- The Ravens are in excellent position to claim a wild-card spot after one of their best all-around efforts of the season.
- How did the Ravens offensive and defensive units grade out against the Detroit Lions on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium?
- The Ravens young guns on defense can play, and they will be needed to replace Jimmy Smith, Mike Preston writes.
- At halftime, Ravens wide receiver Mike Wallace made a beeline for Smith to check on the injured cornerback.
- The Ravens are a perfect 2-0 against the Detroit Lions, who last won a game in this series in 2005.
- Breaking down the Ravens' last interconference game of the regular season. Who has the edge?
- The NFL has relaxed its rules on celebrations. But no twerking, throat slashing or dunking, please.
- As the Ravens outlined their goals for the upcoming season and talked about winning the AFC North, the Cincinnati Bengals were never far from their minds.
- RAVENS PASSING GAME: There have been small signs of improvement with the Ravens’ pass offense, but the team is still struggling to make big plays and sustain
- The Bengals have won five consecutive games against the Ravens, but this year's team is 3-6-1 and hobbling. The Ravens (5-5) must win home games like these to
- After more than a decade of turning around one of the NFL's worst franchises, Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis' success might finally be catching up with him.
- Through eight weeks, the AFC North, which has been one of the top divisions in the sport, has the same number of winning teams (Pittsburgh) as it does winless ones (Cleveland).
- The Browns, Steelers and Bengals will enter the draft with varying game plans.
- Nobody wants to see the Ravens reach a contract agreement with quarterback Joe Flacco more than Flacco.
- The Ravens clearly need to add an explosive wide receiver this offseason, but it won't be Alshon Jeffery.
- To make up ground in the AFC North as well as the conference, the Ravens need to have a quality draft because they might not have enough salary cap room to bring in high-profile free agents. The team's draft record has been disappointing since the late 2000s when the Ravens selected players who made an immediate impact, like guards Ben Grubbs and Marshal Yanda in 2007 and quarterback Joe Flacco and running back Ray Rice in 2008.
- Former Ravens dot the rosters and coaching staffs of both Super Bowl 50 teams: the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
- Free agency is still nearly two months away, but it's easy to see that the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers could be hit hard by defections.
- The Ravens' lack of speed on both sides of the ball was glaring against the Bengals Sunday. It's been that way all season and it needs to be addressed.
- The Ravens have dealt with injury question marks all year, but they'll close the season Sunday without any.
- It was easy for the Ravens to get up against the biggest rival at home. Can they do the same on the road against the Bengals?
- Analysis of the offense, defense, special teams and intangibles in the Ravens' game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
- Despite what seems to be a popular opinion around town, the Ravens haven't quit or shut it down for the remainder of the 2015 season. They just aren't a very good football team.
- Veteran cornerback Kyle Arrington played a season-low 20 snaps against the Pittsburgh Steelers as Dean Pees opted to use Will Davis on the outside.
- Ravens' defense again gives up late touchdown after offense rallies to take lead twice from Bengals in fourth quarter.
- Ravens safety Kendrick Lewis went straight to the locker room after suffering a head injury in the second quarter Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals, and is in the concussion protocol, the team announced.
- An offseason when second-year inside linebacker C.J. Mosley's injured wrist limited his work on pass coverage didn't hinder his improvement in that area.
- The Ravens lost Gary Kubiak, Torrey Smith and Owen Daniels, but otherwise, the AFC North's top three teams return very similar offenses.
- Every team has injuries, but in Cincinnati's case, the team's top playmakers have been involved. The team's No. 1 receiver, A.J. Green, has missed the last two games with a toe injury. The team's top linebacker, Vontaze Burfict, has missed two entire games with a concussion, and parts of two others with a neck injury.
- A 43-17 blowout raised questions about the Bengals' ability to defend elite offenses without injured Pro Bowl linebacker Vontaze Burfict in the lineup.
- On the field, the Bengals are undefeated; off the field, support grows for Devon Still and his daughter
- The Ravens unofficially had seven dropped passes, including four by five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Steve Smith, and two for wide receiver Jacoby Jones.
- Ravens starting cornerback Lardarius Webb has been scratched for today's season-opener against the Cincinnati Bengals due to a lower-back injury that sidelined him for the entire preseason.
- Breaking down who has the edge, and where, in Sunday's game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals.
- Ravens running back Bernard Pierce is probable, and cornerback Lardarius Webb is questionable for Sunday's game against Bengals
- Weeks after falling awkwardly agains the Dallas Cowboys and coughing up blood, Ravens starting cornerback Jimmy Smith proclaimed that he's made a full recovery.
- They're crossing their fingers that their top cornerbacks will be healthy enough to cover Green and wide receivers Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu.
- The Ravens clearly need another cornerback and possibly a defensive end, but getting either will be tough because of a thin free agent market and few trade options.
- Ravens strong safety James Ihedigbo has been fined $15,750 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness, according to a league spokesman.
- Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson looks at the film from the Ravens' season-ending loss to the Bengals.
- Andy Dalton is looking like an altogether different quarterback for the AFC North division champion Cincinnati Bengals heading into Sunday's regular season finale against the Ravens at Paul Brown Stadium.
- The Ravens' secondary played arguably its best game of the season last week against the Cincinnati Bengals but they have a bigger challenge ahead this week.
- It was worth keeping after Tucker delivered the game-winning field goal on a 46-yard kick to seal the Ravens' 20-17 overtime victory Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals at M&T Bank Stadium.
- A game that the Ravens thought they had won about 30 minutes earlier was finally won, thanks to the right leg of Justin Tucker.
- In overtime, with the Bengals going for it on fourth-and-2, James Ihedigbo did the latter. After Giovani Bernard caught a short swing pass, Ihedigbo flew into the flat to deny Bernard the first down. Bernard slipped out of his grasp, but his teammates swarmed the running back and tackled him for an 11-yard loss.