Steve Smith holds onto the ball against Denver we win, Flacco throws the ball normally to a wide open Smith against Oakland we win and we are 2-0. We are 0-2 and are serious trouble. Teams starting out 0-2 have about a 13% chance of making the playoffs and we are in arguably the best division in the NFL. If the Raiders put up 37 points on our defense, the Bengals will put up 50, and the Steelers get LeVeon Bell back and they'll put up 60.
The Bengals game at home next week IS the season. We go 0-3, they will be 3-0 and it will be next to impossible to get back into it. It doesn't help that we have no deep threat at all at receiver. Even when Perriman is cleared to play, he is a rookie with no experience and we have no idea how effective he will be. I try to remain optimistic because I trust Ozzie and Harbaugh, but what I saw today was pretty shocking. I haven't seen a Ravens defense play that bad since the first 2 seasons in Baltimore.