When the Ravens were sitting with a 3-4 record in October, it seemed that this article would be coming early again this year, but the Ravens rallied and provided their fans with meaningful football into late December. Unfortunately, coupled with Saturday’s Dolphins win over Buffalo, the Ravens’ playoff hopes ended with Sunday’s last second loss in Pittsburgh.
After an uneven season for both the offense and defense (although, overall, the defense did play a bit better than expected), now comes time for the Ravens to focus on 2017 and determine which players can be contributors in the future and which players it is time to part ways with.