Calling them non title contenders is just stupid. If they lose Lamar they become non contenders. If Campbell and Williams were to be out for the year they're non title contenders. Its a claim from an irrational, overly negative person. The majority of people inside and outside Baltimore would still say they are a title contender. As do the advanced stats that have us as the 5th highest likely team to win the SB. Im done dealing with this bs. Irrational people are the absolute worst. This Ravens team likely wont win the championship and you're the type that'll say I told you so and it'll confirm your irrationality. Not a single team in this league is likely to win the championship. Not a single team is close to 50+% probability to win it all. I guarantee you said this team was a non contender in 2012. If you're claiming this team is a non title contender you definitely said the same thing when they were 8 and 5 after being destroyed by Denver at home. And you're too dense to learn from your mistakes to dismiss good teams in the middle of a reg season.
I really don’t want to get into the middle of yourdebate. But, you really think the Ravens are contenders. If you call making the playoffs contenders I guess you are right. But, I just don’t see this team winning a playoff game again this year. The offense and MR Jackson don’t play well from behind. I agree that replacing Jackson with RG3 or McSorley won’t improve our chances. But, Jackson isn’t the player that he was last year. His Passer rating is 18th, he’s throwing a pick per game over the past 6, and teams have been able to minimize his rushing effectiveness compared to last season.
And now injuries have decimated the defensive side of the ball. We have Coaches who are too slow to adjust in game. It took getting shredded by Harris for 100+ before Wink altered the defense. Roman and Harbaugh seem unwilling to replace a center who is mediocre and has snapping issues. And on top of all of that we keep seeing passes dropped by our playmakers at crucial times. Plus now, We are dealing with pressure to force the ball to Antonio Brown.....oops I meant Marquis.
All of this and our roster hasn’t taken the hit yet for making the mistake of giving a QB 35-45 million per season yet. I predict that once that happens this team will be very mediocre. It happen with Flacco and it’s going to happen with Jackson.