Remember last offseason? When the birds were chirping, and Joe Flacco was healthy, and the Ravens were a sexy Super Bowl pick? It was a pleasant, simpler time.
Because to be a Ravens fan in February 2016 — a Ravens fan who consumes every last morsel of coverage of the coming 2016 season — you have to be fully prepared to feel insulted.
Take, for instance, one of the following way-too-early power rankings. The Ravens range from as high as No. 12 to as low as No. 28. But in one of them, the team is behind — gasp!