All very good points...but here's my rebuttal....
They are playing the Bengals....defending division champions. -Bengals seldom win in Baltimore...Dalton has never won in Baltimore and the Ravens are 14-0 in home September games
But, the Bengals are the better team. And the better team usually wins....and the Bengals CAN win in Baltimore..having not done so in the past does not dictate the future.
They are playing the Steelers. You yourself say the Browns have no chance against them. Why should the Ravens do any better. -The Ravens always split with Pittsburgh and usually win at home...plus short week on Thursday is not good for a road team (pittsburgh) and again Ravens are 14-0 in home September games\
I won't cry if you beat Pittsburgh....but the Steelers have gone into Baltimore and won any number of times. Again, what was the case in the past don't matter to this new game. Steelers can and have won this type of game and plausibly could do so again.
They play the Browns, who beat them once last year and came close to doing so in the other game. - 1-11 all time against Harbaugh/Flacco. In my opinion a healthy Ravens team will rebound from last years loss.
The Browns were just as depleted from injuries as the Browns last year. BrandonfreekingWeeden almost beat the Ravens in Baltimore. The Browns will have a better QB on the field...and have their injured receivers etc. back as well. The Browns split with Balt. last year, were a cunt hair from sweeping...so they can plausibly win this game. The fact is, except at QB possibly, the Browns may have superior talent overall.
They play the Panthers....who were only like 12-4 last year. -Again in Baltimore and Steve Smith will make sure they don't lose. Plus the Ravens are the 2nd best team since 2000 at home, so they are very tough to beat in Baltimore.
The last time Iooked the Ravens were getting beat by a 41-7 score...at home.
Then the next game they lost by 34-17 by the Patriots. Panthers are potentially on a par with New England. And Steve Smith? He may prove just why the Panthers let him go. He perhaps has little left (more likely than him returning to the form he showed in his prime)
That is the current state of the Ravens.
Yes, it is entirely plausible they could lose their first 4 games, as plausible as the Browns doing so.
Sorry if you don't like those facts
I like your facts and you make a nice point, but they are all opinions that lead further away from the truth. I just presented FACTS to back up my opinions. You don't....
Well....the fact is....the Ravens, last year were a mediocre team.....and getting pretty much worse as the season wore on.
You are the one who want to use the past to predict the future....so, that is the recent past of the Ravens you have to live with.