Investigating early season Ravens trends: Has Flowers leveled up? Is Faalele the weak link?

Week 1 in the NFL can lie. Week 2 can lie, too. Just ask the Ravens, who started last year 0-2, heard all about their long playoff odds, then won 12 of their next 15 games to claim another AFC North crown.

“It’s a week-to-week league,” Ravens defensive coordinator Zach Orr said last week, “so what happened last week really doesn’t matter [for] what’s going to happen this week.”