If the Ravens can manage to pull that off one more time in Sunday's finale against the Oakland Raiders, Baltimore will be headed back to the playoffs. While beating a team finishing its seventh straight double-digit loss season may seem like an easy task for a club looking to make the playoffs, the Ravens (8-7) have watched the Raiders (5-10) play spoiler enough this season to know not to overlook them. "This is a team that has beaten and can beat anybody in the league," coach John Harbaugh said. "They've done it, they've done it this year, they've done it on the road. I look at what they did against Philadelphia, a team that I'm very familiar with, and of course Pittsburgh and Cincinnati in our division, so that just says it all. We don't have to sit here and throw out any cliches about respect or anything else. It's a proven fact." As bad as Oakland has looked in losing to last-place Kansas City, Washington and Cleveland and dropping five games overall by at least 20 points, the Raiders have also beaten four teams with winning records.
We won't crush them. We say that they've beaten other good teams, yet Ravens fans are COMPLETELY overlooking you. I do think we'll beat them, but it will not be a blowout by any means.
We won't crush them. We say that they've beaten other good teams, yet Ravens fans are COMPLETELY overlooking you. I do think we'll beat them, but it will not be a blowout by any means.
This is Charlie Fyre... that's the part your overlooking.
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