We Need a Better Record Against the AFC North

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(02-01-2024, 08:26 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I totally get your point, but the Ravens just got whooped by the Chiefs too.
And they didn't have to play the Chiefs nor the Bills in the regular season.
Had they, it's possible/likely that they would have lost either or both of those games and those had a worse record.
They benefited from a weaker schedule.
But guess what? They get to play them next year, so we'll see if they can morph enough to beat them.

The goal is not to win the division. The goal now is to win a Super Bowl.
Doesn't matter if you are a division winner or wildcard.
If you continually beat the Ravens, Browns, and Steelers but get trounced before or in the AFCCG, that's also a failure (arguably worse than what the Bengals have gone through the past few years).

The Ravens only played 3 teams that finished with a losing record, same as us. It's not like they had some kind of cakewalk. We played the Chiefs and Bills, they played the Lions and Dolphins. Honestly we probably got a better duo of games for our team to matchup with. Lions would have mauled us on the lines, and our secondary gave up enough giant plays without having to go up against Tyreek and Waddle.


Again, 28 of the last 30 teams to reach the Super Bowl have won their division. It DOES matter if you are a division winner.