Baltimore Ravens Poised as Top Contenders for Super Bowl LX

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00:00Ravens are 11 and a half. So this is about the highest that you're going to find in the NFL

00:03in favor to win the Super Bowl. I mean, look, I mean, the bottom line is there's only one

00:08question to ask, and that is, is this the year? I feel like, Jacob, this is the first time we've

00:13asked that, though, of the Ravens. Like, we're asking now, are you going to do it now? In the

00:18past, it was kind of like, yeah, maybe the Ravens will get there. Maybe they'll come close. But this

00:22is now pressure time. Like, I feel like anything outside of getting to the Super Bowl may be a

00:27bus for them. I agree with you. And I think if you look at last year, they can sort of went into

00:33the playoffs. And a lot of people were saying, with the way this offense is playing, with the way

00:38Lamar Jackson is playing, they could win the AFC. I think even in my pre-playoff predictions over at

00:44USA Today, I think I had them making the Super Bowl a switch up from what I've had in the preseason

00:51when I had the Chiefs making it, just because I was looking at Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry and

00:56how hard it is to contain that duo. And then you add in a very high quality defense to that and a

01:02good coaching staff led by John Harbaugh. And you say to yourself, man, this Ravens team kind of has

01:07everything they need to make that deep postseason run, especially as their receiver talent gets

01:12better with, say, Flowers. I know they added DeAndre Hopkins. We'll see if he has anything left

01:16in the tank. But I think you look at this team, they could 100% end up being the number one seed in

01:23the AFC. I think the Bills, the Chiefs, the Bengals might all be in that mix. But this Ravens team is

01:29explosive. Lamar Jackson's been very efficient as a quarterback under Todd Munkin. He's one of the

01:34best dual threat quarterbacks in the league, along with Josh Allen. Those are the one-two at the

01:38position right now, no matter how you slice it. Patrick Mahomes, also great. He just doesn't have

01:43the same high-end mobility as these guys. So if you look at those three teams, they're all going to be

01:49very competitive in the AFC. But I could definitely see the Ravens emerging as the team to beat this

01:55year. It just feels like things are getting there. The momentum's building. And it's just a matter of

01:59whether they can get over the hump, which is something that teams like the Bills haven't yet

02:03been able to do.