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For those that care about the Baltimore Ravens’ standing in the pubic’s perception, Week 3’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs is set to be the defining matchup of the season.
Though both the Ravens and Chiefs won in Week 2, Baltimore bumped the defending Super Bowl champions from their perch. In USA TODAY Sports’ latest power rankings, the Ravens are in No. 1 while the Chiefs move down to No. 2.
Writer Nate Davis is likely to receive quite a bit of flak for his decision but he backs it up with sound reasoning. Davis pointed to Baltimore’s 14-game winning streak in the regular season and their decisive lead in the NFL with an average margin of victory of 24.5 points. He also notes that the perceived slight can be corrected in Week 3 when the top-two teams square off on “Monday Night Football.”
For those that have been keeping up, the Ravens have been firmly behind the Chiefs in nearly every reputable power rankings list since the end of last season. While Baltimore had plenty of questions heading into the 2020 season, they’ve done a great job of answering just about all of them thus far, looking like the best team in the league while Kansas City has struggled at times during their two wins.
This is easily the toughest test on the schedule for both the Ravens and Chiefs this season. And the winner of this game could very well put themselves in a position to run the table and earn one of the rarest feats in sports: an undefeated season.
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