How Can Baltimore Ravens Clinch A Playoff Spot In Week 15?
The Baltimore Ravens have been one of the best teams in the NFL this season and are on the verge of clinching a playoff spot.
There are several scenarios for Week 15 in which the Ravens can secure a playoff spot, but all of them require help from multiple teams. Baltimore fans will have five games to keep an eye on that could help them clinch a spot.
Two of the games will be played on Saturday with the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road against the Indianapolis Colts at 4:30 p.m. and the Detroit Lions hosting the Denver Broncos at 8:15 p.m.
Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens currently hold the one seed in the AFC through 14 weeks.
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Then on Sunday at 1 p.m., the Houston Texans travel to play the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns host the Chicago Bears. The last game that could help the Ravens clinch is between the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys in New York at 4:25 p.m.
Baltimore will be playing on Sunday Night Football on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars, so all of the clinching scenarios will have played out before its game starts. In each one, the Ravens must beat the Jaguars in order to clinch a spot this week.
The rest of the scenarios involve losses or ties for different combinations of Denver, Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Pittsburgh.
Since Lamar Jackson became the full time starter at quarterback, Baltimore has made the playoffs in three out of four seasons, failing to make the postseason in 2021 when he missed multiple games due to injury.
The Ravens have not had much success in the playoffs since they won the Super Bowl in 2012, winning just two playoff games in 10 seasons. Could this year change that? It all starts with a "clinch.''
