Baltimore Ravens 2022 schedule: Championship mettle examined in October - Baltimore Ravens Weblog

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens’ 2022 schedule was launched together with the remainder of the NFL slate Thursday.

The season will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 8 with the Los Angeles Rams internet hosting the Buffalo Payments at SoFi Stadium. ESPN opens its schedule with Monday Night time Soccer on Sept. 12, that includes the Denver Broncos internet hosting the Seattle Seahawks.

The NFL expanded to 17 regular-season video games final season. The ultimate regular-season video games in 2022 can be performed Jan. 8, 2023. The playoffs start Jan. 14, and proceed by way of Tremendous Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, in Glendale, Arizona.

Here is what in retailer for the Ravens:

Schedule

Sept. 11: at N.Y. Jets

Sept. 18: vs. Miami

Sept. 25: at New England

Oct. 2: vs. Buffalo

Oct. 9: vs. Cincinnati (SNF)

Oct. 16: at N.Y. Giants

Oct. 23: vs. Cleveland

Oct. 27: at Tampa Bay (TNF)

Nov. 7: at New Orleans (MNF)

Nov. 13: BYE

Nov. 20: vs. Carolina

Nov. 27: at Jacksonville

Dec. 4: vs. Denver

Dec. 11: at Pittsburgh

Dec. 17 or 18: at Cleveland

Dec. 24: vs. Atlanta

Jan. 1: vs. Pittsburgh

Jan. 7 or 8: at Cincinnati

Power of schedule: twenty third, .474

Greatest takeaway

Lamar Jackson and the Ravens will discover out whether or not they’re championship contenders in October, once they face the Buffalo Payments (the present Tremendous Bowl favourite), Cincinnati Bengals (the Tremendous Bowl runners-up) and Cleveland Browns (with newly acquired quarterback Deshaun Watson) at house earlier than touring to play on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers towards seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Tom Brady on Thursday Night time Soccer. Baltimore is 9-1 in October with Jackson as its beginning quarterback. To win their first AFC North title since 2019, the Ravens must show they will win away from house – and keep wholesome – late within the season. For the third straight 12 months, Baltimore performs three AFC North highway video games in December and January. It is the primary time this has occurred because the 2002 division realignment. The Ravens have performed 11 highway division video games in December and January since 2016 (tied for probably the most within the NFL), going 4-7 (3-2 with Jackson as their starter).

Revenge recreation

Truly, it’s revenge video games. Circle Weeks 9 and 18. The Ravens know the highway to the AFC North title goes by way of Cincinnati, and so they have the tire burns from final 12 months to show it. The Bengals turned the primary staff to supply a number of 40-point video games in a season towards the Ravens, and Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow turned the primary participant in NFL historical past with a number of 400-yard passing video games in a season towards the identical staff. This in all probability explains why Baltimore considerably upgraded its secondary this offseason. The Ravens’ greatest free-agent splash was security Marcus Williams, and their first decide within the NFL draft was security Kyle Hamilton. The Ravens obtained prime alternatives to indicate how a lot they’ve improved towards the Bengals. Baltimore has a nationally televised Sunday night time house recreation towards Cincinnati (Oct. 9) after which performs on the Bengals within the regular-season finale (Jan. 7 or 8), which might determine the AFC North title.

What the oddsmakers assume

The oddsmakers have the Ravens’ win complete at 9.5. Baltimore will hit the over so long as Jackson stays wholesome, which was a significant problem final 12 months. Since Jackson took over because the starter halfway by way of the 2018 season, his successful share (.755, 37-12 report) ranks solely behind that of Patrick Mahomes. With out Jackson, Baltimore is 2-5 (.286) over the previous three seasons.

Daring prediction

The Ravens win the AFC North to turn out to be the NFL’s newest staff to go from final place to first. This has occurred in 17 of the final 19 seasons, and the Ravens are in an ideal place to proceed this pattern. Baltimore will get again six starters who suffered season-ending accidents final 12 months, together with a wholesome and motivated Jackson, who’s coming into his fifth-year possibility. That’s a significant increase to a Ravens staff that misplaced 5 video games by three factors or fewer final season, together with a one-point defeat to the eventual Tremendous Bowl champion Rams.