In the past three weeks the Ravens have lost to the Patriots, Bengals and Vikings. All three of the games were really close though and could have gone either way. Out of the three loses the combined amount of points they lost by was only 11. The Ravens still get to play the Bengals once more this season plus the Steelers twice so if they can go 3-0 in those three games they still might have a glimmer of hope left.

So far this season the Ravens have been playing completely opposite of how they usually play. Often were sitting here talking about how well the Ravens defence has played, but this year it’s about how well the offence has played. The Ravens offence is scoring 28.2 points per game which is 5th best in the league and they are averaging 393.2 yards per game so far which is also good for 5th best in the league. The running game has been explosive all season long as well and so far the team is averaging 124.8 rush yards per game.

Joe Flacco has been pretty consistent thus far this season and his stats will tell you that. Flacco has a 93.8 QB rating, 11TD’s and only 5INT’s. Ray Rice has been a surprise to the Ravens offence this year as he has taken over the running game. Rice has 441 yards already and 3TD’s this season. His counterpart Willis McGahee has 202 yards for 5TD’s. They seem to be using McGahee for the goal-line plays and then using Rice the rest of the time for the most part. Ray Rice is also leading the team in receptions right now with 33 on the year for 325 yards.

Derrick Mason, Mark Clayton, Todd Heap and Kelley Washington have defied the football odds and all have over 20 receptions on the season as well. The Ravens offence has been able to get it done this season, but the defence on the other hand has been struggling. The defence is giving up 21.7 points per game and 332.7 yards per game on average so for this season which is 19th worst in the league. I can’t remember the last time the Ravens were ranked this bad on defence, but it has definitely hurt the entire team. One bright side on the defence is that they have the 7th best rush defence as they only allow 91.2 yards per game on average. Baltimore is going to need to win some big games the rest of the season if they want to have any shot at making the playoffs.