When I last wrote for RSR (It’s Deja Vu All Over Again) the Ravens were in the initial stages of recovering from the most crushing loss in franchise history. On New Year’s Eve 2017 with barely 40,000 frozen fans in attendance, playing in the coldest temperatures ever at M&T Bank, the 93% lock-to-win-and-make-the-playoffs Ravens inexplicably lost to the Bengals on a last minute, Andy Dalton touchdown pass.
The franchise seemed, at that point, to be rudderless. Poor play and the fallout from the anthem protests resulted in thousands of empty seats.