The last time the Ravens started a season with 5 of their first 8 games on the road, they finished that stretch at 4-4 but ended the season at 5-11. That season concluded with a 9-game losing streak and, ironically, it included an overtime loss to the Cleveland Browns with a score of 33-30 at M&T Bank Stadium.
Sounds all too familiar doesn’t it?
The year was 2007. This was also the year that Brian Billick was given his walking papers at the end of the season.
When the Ravens ushered in this season to celebrate 20 seasons in Baltimore, I’m sure there was nothing in the plans to celebrate it by replicating the week-to-week of the inaugural season as well.