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WORLD CHAMPIONS: SUPER BOWL XXXV (2000) & SUPER BOWL XLVII (2012)
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NFL WEEK 1 – SEPT. 13, 2021 8:15 P.M. ET – ALLEGIANT STADIUM (65,000)
C OAC H H A R B S S AY S COACH HARBAUGH ON THE RAVENS’ WEEK 1 MINDSET: “The biggest challenge is the unknown. You just don’t really know yourself until you play, and you don’t know your opponent, because you haven’t seen them on tape. It’s one thing to watch them from last year, but they’re different. ... We’ve played well in [recent season opener] games, but this is a new game. This is a different opponent; it’s a new year. Nothing counts. You can’t look back; you have to look forward. We just have to get ourselves ready to play this game against a very good Raiders team.”
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QUICK HITS
7 The Baltimore Ravens open their 26th season when they face the Las Vegas Raiders in a primetime Monday Night Football showdown (8:15 p.m. ET) from Allegiant Stadium.
I N J U RY N E W S
7 In 2020, the Ravens earned their third-straight playoff berth – and ninth overall under head coach John Harbaugh – with an 11-5 record. Baltimore advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs for the eighth time during Coach Harbaugh’s 13 years at the helm.
Notable players currently on Injured Reserve include: rookie firstrounder WR Rashod Bateman (groin), who was injured in practice on Aug. 10, RB J.K. Dobbins (knee), who will miss the entire season after sustaining his injury in the final preseason game at Washington, and LB L.J. Fort (knee), who sustained the season-ending injury during the Carolina preseason game. TE Nick Boyle (knee) has been limited in practice since coming off PUP following the preseason, while CB Jimmy Smith (ankle) hasn’t practiced since Aug. 6.
7 In 2020, Baltimore won six-straight games – including a 20-13 Wild Card battle at No. 4 Tennessee – before falling, 17-3, in the Divisional Round at No. 2 Buffalo to close out the season.
7 The Ravens scored the NFL’s seventh-most points (29.3 ppg) in 2020 and allowed the NFL’s second-fewest points (18.9 ppg). Baltimore produced a league-high 25 FFs, while the offense finished with the NFL’s No. 1 rush attack (191.9 ypg) for the second-straight season.
NOTE THE QUOTE SI.COM’S ALBERT BREER ON LAMAR JACKSON ENTERING HIS FOURTH YEAR: ”If you want to say the league’s figuring [Lamar] Jackson out, just know that he’s figuring out a few things, too, and the guys in Baltimore are quietly excited about where it might take him, and about where it might take them.”
7 Under Coach Harbaugh, Baltimore is one of four teams (NE, GB & Sea.) to earn a playoff berth in nine of the past 13 seasons. The Ravens are also one of four teams (KC, Sea. & NO) to make the playoffs in each of the past three seasons (2018-20).
7 Dating back to 2019, the Ravens have produced the NFL’s No. 1 scoring offense (31.2 ppg) and allowed the second-fewest points per game (18.3). Baltimore is 25-7 since the 2019 campaign.
7 Since being named the starter in Week 11 of 2018, QB Lamar Jackson is 30-7 in regular season play, becoming the fastest QB in league history to reach the 30-win milestone.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE Wed. Sept. 8:
11:45 a.m. . . . . . . . Player Podium Interviews 1:55 p.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing Thurs. Sept. 9: 11:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . Coach Harbaugh & Player Podium Interviews 1:25 p.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing Fri. Sept. 10: 11:15 a.m. . . . . . . . . Three Coordinators Podium Interviews 1:25 p.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing Sat. Sept. 11: 11:10 a.m. . . . . . . . . Practice / Media Viewing 12:50 p.m. . . . . . . . Coach Harbaugh & Player Podium Interviews
CALLING THE ACTION Television: ESPN & ABC / WMAR Ch. 2 (Baltimore)
- Steve Levy (play-by-play) - Brian Griese (analyst) - Louis Riddick (analyst) - Lisa Salters (sideline) - Phil Dean (producer) - Jimmy Platt (director) National Radio: Westwood One Sports - Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) - Kurt Warner (analyst) Local Radio: WBAL (1090 AM) & 98Rock (97.9 FM) - Gerry Sandusky (play-by-play) - Femi Ayanbadejo (analyst) Chad Steele - SVP of Communications n Patrick Gleason - VP of Public Relations n Marisol Renner - Director of Publications n Tom Valente - Director of Public Relations Vernon Dennis - Public Relations Coordinator n Brooke Balzano - Public Relations Intern n Dan Horowitz - Public Relations Intern 2021 BALTIMORE RAVENS
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