4 key takeaways from Ravens’ Week 16 win over Browns

The Ravens won their 11th consecutive game to sit at 13-2 but can take the lessons learned from Week 16 into the playoffs and the Super Bowl

Backups and newcomers boost this team:

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While much of this season has felt like Lamar Jackson’s arrival party, the Ravens don’t get to 13-2 without the full team. From Week 5 on, that’s included several newcomers and reserve players playing at a very high level to patch up some holes we saw earlier in the season.

Guys like Josh Bynes, L.J. Fort, Jihad Ward, Marcus Peters and Domata Peko were major contributors on this team over the last 11 weeks and they came in handy yet again in this game. So did young players like Jaylon Ferguson, Tyus Bowser and Justice Hill — the latter scoring his first NFL touchdown.

It’s easy to forget those guys in a season like this one but there’s no doubt Baltimore wouldn’t be in the same position if they weren’t on the roster.

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