{"id":17816,"date":"2021-06-30T19:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=17816"},"modified":"2021-06-30T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T19:00:16","slug":"baltimore-ravens-2021-win-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens-2021-win-prediction\/","title":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE RAVENS 2021 WIN PREDICTION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s early summer, and just as the swallows return yearly to the Mission of San Juan Capistrano, so does NFL punditry envision an imaginary scenario where Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens passing offense is unleashed to its full potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, much like Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster, this figment created wholly out of the person\u2019s brain writing it will once again meet with reality come September, when Ravens offensive coordinator Greg Roman inevitably turns his team\u2019s offense into a predictable Pop Warner clone that will undoubtedly shorten Jackson\u2019s career and land him repeatedly on the NFL\u2019s concussion protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that Baltimore has decided to employ Roman once again, when this is what he does, be it in San Francisco or Buffalo, will finally blow up in their face this season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BALTIMORE<\/strong> RAVENS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season:<\/strong> 11-5, second place AFC North, AFC Wild Card team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 odds:<\/strong> over 10.5 wins -150, under 10.5 wins +120<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2021 NFL Draft:<\/strong> Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota \u2013 Round 1, Odafe Oweh, LB, Penn State \u2013 Round 1, Ben Cleveland, OG, Georgia \u2013 Round 3, Brandon Stephens, CB, SMU \u2013 Round 3, Tylan Wallace, WR, Oklahoma State \u2013 Round 4, Shaune Wade, CB, Ohio State \u2013 Round 5, Daelin Hayes, DE, Notre Dame \u2013 Round 5, Ben Mason, FB, Michigan \u2013 Round 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UDFAs:<\/strong> Ar\u2019Darius Washington, Safety \u2013 TCU, Adrian Ealy, OL \u2013 Oklahoma, Tony Poljan, TE \u2013 Virginia, Sam Cooper, OL \u2013 Merrimack College, Xavier Kelly, DT \u2013 Arkansas, Foster Sarrell, OT \u2013 Stanford, Blake Gallager, LB \u2013 Northwestern, Nate McCrary, RB \u2013 Saginaw Valley State, Donte Sylencieux, WR \u2013 Graceland University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquisitions:<\/strong> Ju\u2019Waun James, RT \u2013 Free Agent, Kevin Zeitler, RG \u2013 Free Agent, Sammy Watkins, WR \u2013 Free Agent, Alejandro Villanueva, RT – Free Agent, Michael Chofield, RG – Free Agent, Josh Oliver, TE – Free Agent, Geno Stone, Safety – Free Agent, Greg Mancz, Center – Free Agent, Chris Westry, CB – Free Agent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Losses:<\/strong> Matt Judon \u2013 Edge, Yannick Ngakoue \u2013 Edge, Willie Snead \u2013 WR, Mark Ingram \u2013 RB, Matt Skura \u2013 Center, Robert Griffin III \u2013 QB, Chris Moore \u2013 WR, Dez Bryant \u2013 WR, Tramon Williams \u2013 CB, Jihad Ward \u2013 DL, De\u2019Anhony Thomas \u2013 WR, Orlando Brown \u2013 LT, Geno Stone – Safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESUMED STARTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QB:<\/strong> Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RB:<\/strong> J.K. Dobbins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Marquis Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Sammy Watkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WR:<\/strong> Rashod Bateman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TE:<\/strong> Mark Andrews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FB:<\/strong> Patrick Ricard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LT:<\/strong> Ronnie Stanley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LG:<\/strong> Ben Cleveland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C:<\/strong> Bradley Bozeman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RG:<\/strong> Kevin Zeitler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT:<\/strong> Alejandro Villanueva<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDE:<\/strong> Derek Wolfe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NT: <\/strong>Brandon Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDE:<\/strong> Calais Campbell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Tyus Bowser<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ILB:<\/strong> L.J. Fort<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ILB:<\/strong> Patrick Queen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OLB:<\/strong> Pernell McPhee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Marlon Humphrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CB:<\/strong> Marcus Peter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS:<\/strong> Chuck Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FS:<\/strong> DeShon Elliott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K:<\/strong> Justin Tucker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P:<\/strong> Sam Koch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FORECAST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I dive in, let me be clear that this forecast is based solely on the hope that Lamar Jackson remains healthy this season, something I\u2019m not feeling great about. Jackson suffered his first NFL concussion (that we know about) in Baltimore\u2019s humiliating divisional round loss to the Buffalo Bills. In the pros, those start to stack up and the whole idea with an NFL quarterback is that you want to keep him from getting hit. Not in Greg Roman\u2019s offense. Roman fires Jackson right into the shark\u2019s mouth every other play because he is incapable of doing it as I spelled out with video evidence after that 17-3 playoff loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Roman remains employed in Baltimore, their offense is predictable and any NFL defensive coordinator worth his job should be able to stop it if he has the personnel and at least slow it down if he doesn\u2019t. The Ravens enjoyed one of the easiest schedules in the league in 2020 and still won three fewer games than the year before. This time, they don\u2019t get that lucky. They not only play in the second toughest division in the league, but draw the Los Angeles Rams as their 17th<\/sup> game to go with some brutal match ups in the AFC West. I say they drop down three more games this year and ONLY if Jackson remains healthy. If he goes down, this team can\u2019t win a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Record Prediction:<\/strong> 8-9, will miss the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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