OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens have heard the outside perception this week: If they don’t have Lamar Jackson, they don’t have much of a chance to beat the Cincinnati Bengals.
With Jackson officially ruled out, the Ravens are currently 8.5-point underdogs for Sunday night’s wild-card game at the Bengals (8:15 p.m. ET, NBC), which would make them one of the biggest underdogs in the franchise’s postseason history.
The only other time Baltimore was a bigger underdog was in the 2012 AFC divisional game in Denver, when the 9-point underdog Ravens upset the Broncos, 38-35, in the “Mile High Miracle” game.