Flacco hurts his back

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(07-31-2017, 08:17 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: The Ravens went 8-8 last year.

They had a good Free agency signing period with Maclin, Jefferson, Woodhead and Carr as solid veteran pieces/starting material.

Re-signed Williams to a big contract.

They lost Wagner, Dumervil, Juszczyk and Aiken. Wagner was a rather large loss, but other than that, nothing all that significant left.

And then, on top of that, they had a good defensive draft that could show value in its first year with Humphrey, Bowser and Wormley all good enough to be significant contributors as rookies.

If Flacco weren't injured, I would say they are competing for the AFCN Crown. We'll see how this develops. All that said, I am a bit confused why people are so sure they're going to be horrendous this year.

Is it just the Flacco injury? Because that's basically the only reason I can think of for why the Ravens would finish anywhere below 8-8 or 9-7 at the very least.

They have also lost two starting TEs, forcing them to just sign the former Giant, Donnel.  They also lost two starting secondary players (forget their names).  They seem to be rather snakebit this season.

I'm sure after the Bengals open with a win (finally at home) that the talking heads will rapidly dismiss the victory as beating the Raven's backups.  I could care less.  A win is a win...And 1-0 heading in to the Prime Time Thursday Night Game against the Texans (led by, cough, Tom Savage) sounds like 2-0.