Well, we were supposed to see an epic clash of contending teams on Thursday Night Football. Instead, largely thanks to Joe Burrow’s wrist injury, we got a 34-20 clunker in favor of the Baltimore Ravens, who are cementing themselves as a top-tier AFC team.
It’s mid-November now, so that means playoff chases will soon start to heat up in earnest. That also means it’s time to start taking stock of what the Cincinnati Bengals can still accomplish (with or without Burrow) and where the Ravens might be headed in the coming weeks, in January, and perhaps even February.
Let’s unpack the winners and losers from a weird and dramatic night in Baltimore.