The Ravens aren’t in the same position as the Bengals were in last year. Baltimore doesn’t have as much salary-cap space to boost the defense with. The Ravens don’t have a fifth-overall pick like the Bengals used to get Chase. But I have a feeling Baltimore will get a couple difference-makers on defense in free agency, and the Ravens will get a very good player at No. 14. A last-place schedule, like the one the Bengals had in 2021, won’t hurt either.
Baltimore will have a quarterback coming back from what turned out to be a season-ending injury and the Ravens are starting from a better place than the Bengals were last offseason.