Ravens Projected to Have Close to 11 Wins, Third Best in AFC
Ravens picked to win AFC North
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May 13, 2021
While the Ravens have the league s second-toughest schedule, they re still projected to win the AFC North.
An analysis by Cynthia Frelund, NFL Network Analytics Expert, projects the Ravens to have 10.8 wins, just behind the Kansas City Chiefs (11.9 wins and Buffalo Bills (11.1).
Freelund ran 50,000 simulations for all of the NFL s 272 regular-season games using the projected 53-man rosters as of May 12. Excluding divisional games, which kind of follow a different cadence from regular-season contests, the Ravens have pretty optimal spacing between the two most difficult dates on their schedule, with the Chiefs coming in Week 2 (Sept. 19) and Packers coming in Week 15 (Dec. 19), Freelund wrote. The stretch of Weeks 12-14, which includes the Browns twice and one trip to Pittsburgh, could go a long way toward determining which AFC North team wins the division and w