The Ravens are 0-3 but their season is not finished yet

By: Corey Johns

The terrible start could have led to absolute disaster but the Ravens battled back and took a fourth quarter lead twice…and lost it twice. A.J. Green made the Ravens’ secondary look silly as he tore through them for 227 yards and two touchdowns and led the Bengals to a 28-24 win over the Ravens. Now, for the first time in franchise history the Ravens are 0-3 and a postseason appearance just does not seem very likely any more.

Luckily, the Ravens could still turn things around. Steve Smith Sr. looked the best he ever has as he caught 13 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns. With Breshad Perriman’s return to practice the receiving corp. has the ability to get better. Left Tackle Eugene Monroe is also supposed to be back by Thursday, and maybe that will help the disappointing running game get going.

And sure, only five teams in history have made the playoffs after an 0-3 start, but the Ravens are a resilient group. With the addition of Perriman, the continued excellence of Smith and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco leading the way, the Ravens clearly have talent. But it is also easy to see how the Ravens have lost their first three games and could come back.

They were supposed to lose Week 1 at Denver, they always lose one road game that they are supposed to win and they always seem to split with Cincinnati. It just so happens that the Ravens had all three of those things happen at the very beginning of the season.

They get a big break with Ben Roethlisberger going down and already declared out for Thursday’s game with an MCL sprain, leaving the dynamic but older and mistake-prone Michael Vick there to lead the Steelers. Then they play Cleveland with a mess at quarterback, travel to play a struggling 49ers team and still have a stretch on the schedule that includes Jacksonville, St. Louis, Cleveland and Miami.

A 10-6 record usually gets a team into the playoffs. They have to win all of those games and split games against Arizona, San Diego, Seattle, Kansas City, Pittsburgh (with Roethlisberger) and Cincinnati in the final week.

The 0-3 record is not good and the team’s secondary really looks bad right now but their season is not over quite yet.

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