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Originally Posted by OKchiefs
I'm of the opinion that we are seeing Lamar come back to Earth somewhat. He was never going to have nearly as efficient of a season as he did last year. Pittsburgh isn't the pushover they were a year ago and I see them putting up a dogfight against Baltimore. They also have other games that are in no way gimmes like Indianapolis, New England, Tennessee, and Dallas. That's 6 remaining games against teams that are completely capable of taking down Baltimore. They'll still probably win 12 games or so, but I wouldn't expect them to run away with the division again. Pittsburgh will put up a good fight. Lamar also isn't going to come close to approaching his MVP season numbers.
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Cleveland could also jump up and bite them in the butt. They did it last year. Ravens beat them down a few weeks ago, but it was Week 1 with no preseason in the age of social distancing with a brand new coaching staff in Cleveland. And it was on the road as well. They were at a pretty big disadvantage in that game due to multiple reasons, but especially COVID.
Cleveland has the talent on paper to put up a strong fight against the Ravens. They'll be a much better team later in the season as the players get more game reps in the new coach's system.