The Baltimore Ravens travel to Arrowhead Stadium looking to avoid a 1-3 start to the season, and possibly end the Kansas City Chiefs' chance for a 10th straight AFC West title.
With both teams seen as Super Bowl contenders in preseason, through three weeks, only one has looked as such, and that's Baltimore, and you could make the case not for Derrick Henry's fumbles, the Ravens could be 3-0.
Still, facing a Chiefs team that has big offensive woes, we get the sense that the Ravens won't have to score 30+ points to beat Patrick Mahomes this time.
And it is because of that exact reason that NFL.com's Gennaro Filice has picked Baltimore to beat Kansas City.
"The Chiefs, as presently constituted, simply lack the firepower to keep up with the league's top scoring offense," Filice wrote.
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Ravens poised to end Chiefs dominance
For so long, the Ravens have been second best to Mahomes and the Chiefs, with a 1-5 record dating back to 2018.
There is a feeling here that if the Ravens can't be Mahomes and the Chiefs when they are in this sort of form, then when will they?
Given the nature of the division, it won't be the end of the world if the Ravens lose, but the mental scars will last a long time if they can't slay their rivals.
The Ravens offense is capable of putting up 30+ points each week, the Chiefs'? Yeah, not so much, so this has to be a game where Todd Monken gets it done from a game plan perspective.
Can Baltimore finally slay the beast?
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