The Ravens traveled to Nashville to take on the Titans in a Wild Card clash where surprisingly the visitors were 3 ½ point favorites. Baltimore suffered an embarrassing Divisional Round loss one year earlier at home and then followed that loss with a 30-24 overtime defeat to Tennessee just 6 weeks prior to this January showdown – a game during which head coach Mike Vrabel’s classless collection of enabled players desecrated the shield at M&T Bank Stadium.
Revenge dominated the collective mind of the Ravens.
During those two losses in Baltimore, John Harbaugh’s squad was out-muscled.