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SI Prediction: Ravens Will Win 11 Games, Finish Second Behind Browns

Steelers and Bengals round out the division.

Todd Karpovich

The Ravens are expected to win 11 games and finish second behind the Cleveland Browns in the AFC North, according to Sports Illustrated's Connor Orr. 

"Atop the division, it should be a race between Cleveland and Baltimore," Orr wrote. "The Browns feel best suited to take over the division, with a punishing running game and a slightly more functional passing game. Their entire offseason was devoted to toughening themselves on the defensive side of the ball in order to best contend with Baltimore’s run-first offense?"

The Steelers will finish third at 9-8 followed by the Bengals at 3-14, according to Orr's predictions. 

As far as the Ravens schedule, they will win the opener against the Raiders but lose to the Chiefs the following week at home. Orr has the Ravens splitting their games with Cleveland and Pittsburg and sweeping the Bengals. 

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Todd Karpovich
TODD KARPOVICH

Twitter: @toddkarpovich Email: todd.karpovich@gmail.com Skype: todd.karpovich Todd Karpovich has been a contributor for ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Lindy's, and The Baltimore Sun, among other media outlets nationwide. He is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box,” “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles,” and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs).” Karpovich, a Baltimore native, is a graduate of Calvert Hall College high school, Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, and has a Masters of Science from Towson University. 

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