Ravens approaching Week 1 against Chiefs like any other game; it’s not

On Thursday night, the Baltimore Ravens will stand on GEHA field with a raucous crowd of Kansas City Chiefs fans packing Arrowhead Stadium. A pre-game ceremony filled with affinity and praise for the NFL’s back-to-back Super Bowl champions, culminating in the unveiling of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl banner, will be displayed.

For Ravens fans, it will be loathsome. Obnoxious. Unbearable. It will feel like the NFL is pinning them to the field itself and rubbing their noses in the red paint.

The Ravens were the best team in the NFL in 2023, but when it mattered most, they faltered. And their failures culminated in the Chiefs heading to the Super Bowl and ultimately defeating the San Francisco 49ers…