The Baltimore Ravens are Super Bowl champions, but so far this season they have not really played that way, as they are 2-2 and now are behind the Cleveland Browns in the division after they won on Thursday, making their game on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins on the road a matchup they must win.
The team has been dealing with a number of injuries from the offseason as well as injury to Ray Rice this season and now the team has to travel for its second game in a row after being defeated by the Buffalo Bills in Week 5 of the season. The team has three road games over the next four weeks with a home contest against the Green Bay Packers coming in Week 6 and then they will travel again for a game against the Steelers in Week 7 in Pittsburgh. The team has a bye in Week eight and then will play two very big divisional games against the Browns and the Bengals.
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The Ravens have a tough back stretch after those two divisional games, as they will play on the road against the Chicago bears and then they will have three straight home games against the New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings, all games that will be important to their season. The team has a road game against Detroit on Monday night football in Week 15 to play Matt Stafford and the Lions and the the last two games of the season with be a night game in Week 16 against the New England Patriots in a rematch from the playoffs and then they will finish in Week 17 with the Bengals on the road.
The Ravens have not done a good job rushing the ball this season while ranking 28th in the league in yards per game and they will be facing a tough Miami team that was 3-0 before losing to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night football last week. The Dolphins are 3-1 this season after losing to the Saints and they will have a bye week next before playing two division game against the Patriots and that will come after the Buffalo Bills at home out of the bye.
The team is ranked in the top 10 in rushing defense and the team will have a home game on Thursday night against the Bengals before playing on the road on Monday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team then has two home games against the San Diego Chargers and the Carolina Panthers before playing two road games against the NY Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers before hosting the Patriots. The Dolphins feel they can make a playoff run this season and they have a road game in Week 16 against the Buffalo Bills before ending the season with a home matchup against the NY Jets.