The Ravens have much bigger issues than their latest loss in Kansas City.
Off to their worst start since 2015, the Ravens fell to 1-3 after dropping a 37-20 decision to the Chiefs that was Baltimore’s most one-sided defeat of not only the young season, but in several years.
It was Baltimore’s fourth road loss to the Chiefs, but the Ravens are concerned with how they’re playing in every city, not just Kansas City. In addition to losing games, they lost one player after another to injuries on Sunday. Lamar Jackson (hamstring), Ronnie Stanley (ankle), Roquan Smith (hamstring), Marlon Humphrey (calf), and Nate Wiggins (elbow) all left early.
Head Coach John Harbaugh gave no updates on injuries after the game, but he assessed where the team was collectively through four games. The Ravens’ next game, at home against the Houston Texans (1-3) in Week 5, looms large.
“They coached better. They played better,” Harbaugh said of the Chiefs. “We have to go back to work and try to figure out how to win our next football game. We have issues that we’re dealing with, and we’ve got to deal with them in a smart way. I know our guys will go to work.
“We’ve played three of the top teams in the league, for sure. That’s the hand we were dealt. It doesn’t really matter, we’ve got to win the next game.”
Ravens-Chiefs games are usually decided late in the fourth quarter. But this was different, with Kansas City taking a 20-10 lead at halftime and never looking back. The sight of Jackson forlornly sitting on the bench after leaving the game early in the fourth quarter, resigned to seeing his career record drop to 0-4 in Kansas City, was not the vision the Ravens had coming into this game.
Here are my thoughts on a Ravens team that needed a feel-good win, but returned from Kansas City feeling worse: