I'm no Ravens expert but I live in Maryland, listen to Baltimore sports talk, and am friends with tons of Ravens fans and watch most of their games. At the beginning of the year many had this game circled as being a tough match-up. The Ravens lost to the Patriots in the Divisional Round last year and many had them being right back in the playoff hunt this season. Most of the fans have already moved on to what spot they'll be picking in the draft next year. The team is just decimated with injuries. Everyone knows the players I'm talking about. Suggs, Steve Smith, Flacco, Pitta, Forsett are all out for the year.
QBs- Matt Schaub and Jimmy Clausen.
Schaub was banged up at the end of the game last week and Clausen been with the team for less then two weeks now. Schaub has thrown pick 6s in the past 2 games and many fans are already hammering to get Clausen in the lineup.
RBs- Buck Allen and Terrance West
One of the few bright spots has been Buck Allen, a 2015 4th round pick has been putting up good stats since Forsett went down. Terrance West was recently promoted to the active roster. He was a 2014 3rd round pick for the Browns. He scored 41 TDs in 2013 for Towson University an NCAA FCS record
WRs-Aiken, Brown, Butler, Givens
This has to be worst WR corp in the league. Givens was added from STL after Smith went down. Aiken is currently their #1 and would be a low #3 or #4 on most teams. Even when Flacco was throwing them the ball they just looked outmatched in every way. No separation and poor route running.
TE-Gillmore and Boyle
Crockett Gillmore is the starting TE but he is questionable with a back injury. A 2014 3rd round pick is only avg 3.3 REC/G and 41.2 YDS/G. Boyle was suspended for 4 games for performance enhancing substance earlier in the week. They just signed Konrad Reuland from the Practice Squad.
OL-Monroe, Hurst, Osemele, Zuttah, Yanda, Wagner
Monroe has a shoulder issue and Hurst, who is pretty awful, would be filling in for him. Osemele has been dealing with a knee issue. Yanda is one of the best guards in the league. Overall the line has done a decent job in pass protection and run blocking
K-Justin Tucker
A fan favorite and very good kicker. He has been very reliable and one of the best kickers in the league for a couple years now. Although this year Tucker is now just 2-of-8 on field goals of at least 50 yards.
D-Webb, J. Smith, Mosley, D. Smith, Hill, Jernigan
Baltimore is 31st in Turnover Differential with only 4 int and 6 forced fumbles. Tied 17th with 28 sacks and is ranked 24th in weighted DVOA. Dumerveil is still a top ten pass rusher and CJ Mosley is only in his 2nd season he was the runner up for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and selected to the Pro Bowl. The secondary is better now then it was in the earlier part of the season. Jimmy Smith is the top CB and Webb after a few years of injuries is finally healthy but not playing at the same level.
There are still die-hard fans that are excited to see what some of the younger guys can do given the chance this season. But most fans have already checked out and moved on to Maryland Terps basketball or what the Baltimore O's do during the winter meetings. I expect to see and hear a large number of 12s this Sunday. Nothing really scares me about any of the match-ups within this game, I just hope we come out injury free and with the W.