The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2021 regular season with championship aspirations and one the most talented rosters in the NFL. By Week 2, they had already been decimated by injuries at key positions on both sides of the ball.
However, despite being ravaged by injuries, they were atop their division and the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff standings with a record of 8-3 at the of November. As adversity continued to mount in the form of one debilitating injury after another and a COVID outbreak for the second-straight season, they watched their playoff hopes wither away one loss after another.