The Ravens know the odds of making the playoffs are now stacked against them.

Only four teams that started 1-5 reached the playoffs since the 1970 merger: the 1970 Bengals, 2015 Chiefs, 2018 Colts, and 2020 Washington.

It is a bit more feasible now. The playoff field expanded to seven in each conference in 2020 and the NFL added a 17 th game in 2021. Still, it's a long shot.

But that won't stop the Ravens from trying. After the Ravens' 17-3 loss to the Los Angeles Rams Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, Head Coach John Harbaugh told his team, which entered the season as Super Bowl favorites, that it has to understand how close it is to getting things turned around.

"You can't allow the weight of the disappointment or the weight of the scrutiny – you can't allow that to derail you or to side

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