Baltimore Beatdown
How will the Ravens fare in each game of their 2025 schedule?
The Baltimore Ravens’ 2025 schedule is now officially released. While the team’s final roster is a long way from being finalized, all 17 of their opponents and matchups are set in stone.
The Ravens have one of the league’s more difficult schedules. Based on opponents win percentages from last season, the Ravens’ face the ninth-hardest draw of any team. In their continued quest to break through their postseason wall, Lamar Jackson and company will play eight returning playoff teams and the entire NFC North division.
While the start of the 2025 season is still several months away, let’s make some far-in-advance, way-too-early predictions for each game of the Ravens’ schedule.
Week 1: @ Buffalo Bills — Sunday, 8:20 PM
The Ravens get a chance at avenge last year’s playoff defeat, as they’ll travel back to Buffalo to take on Josh Allen and the Bills. The Bills should again be one of the AFC’s top teams and an obstacle for the Ravens in the postseason, so getting a win here would set the tone for the year. While the Ravens match up well against the Bills, this game will go likely go down to the wire once again. We’ll say the Ravens come up just short by a field goal or less, setting the stage for their revenge to wait until January.
Result: Loss, 23-21 (0-1)
Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns — Sunday, 1:00 PM
The Ravens typically play very well after a loss. Even if they were to win in Buffalo, a home opener against the Browns in Week 2 is a favorable spot. The Ravens may very well face off against Joe Flacco here, should he begin the season as Cleveland’s starting quarterback. That makes for a fun storyline and potential “revenge game” as many will call it, but the Browns have a lot of question marks — at quarterback and elsewhere on the roster.
Prediction: Win, 1-1
Week 3: vs. Detroit Lions — Monday, 8:15 PM
The Lions should give the Ravens a tougher test than two years ago, when the Ravens beat them by 32 points in Baltimore. While Detroit has since established themselves as one of the league’s best teams, the Ravens have several factors working in their favor: they have a high success rate against NFC opponents, they usually play well at home and on primetime, and the Lions will be integrating two new coordinators early in the season.
Prediction: Win, 2-1
Week 4: @ Kansas City Chiefs — Sunday, 4:25 PM
The Ravens are just 1-6 against the Chiefs in the Lamar Jackson-Patrick Mahomes era including postseason matchups. That lone victory was at home a few years ago, meaning the Ravens are winless in Kansas City. They came up short inches short (literally) of potentially winning here in Week 1 last season. Could they finally turn the tide this time around? This should be another competitive matchup but...
