Harbaugh to 'consider everything' with 1-4 Ravens

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- In Sunday's 44-10 nonaccomplishment to the Houston Texans, the banged-up Baltimore Ravens matched their largest location nonaccomplishment successful franchise past arsenic good arsenic their worst commencement astatine 1-4.

A time later, Ravens manager John Harbaugh insisted his squad has what it takes to bounce backmost from 1 of the franchise's lowest points.

"You can't beryllium determination and accidental each is lost. We conscionable don't," Harbaugh said Monday. "And we've done it earlier -- different teams person done it earlier -- truthful we're going to spell to enactment and effort to marque that happen."

The Ravens are inactive the betting favourite to triumph the AFC North, according to ESPN Bet, adjacent though they way the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) by 2 1/2 games. Under the existent divisional format (since 2002), 7 teams that person started 1-4 oregon worse were capable to rebound to triumph their division, including the 2024 Los Angeles Rams.

Baltimore's schedule, which has been the second-toughest truthful far, gets easier. The Ravens' remaining docket ranks 25th successful the NFL, according to ESPN Analytics.

The Ravens recognize their level of play has to improve, and Harbaugh said "a batch of decisions" to beryllium made, which could impact unit changes. Baltimore could look to marque moves with the violative line, linebacker and secondary, each of which struggled connected Sunday.

"You look astatine however guys did ... and who other mightiness request an opportunity," Harbaugh said. "A batch of that's with the injuries, too, [with] getting guys back. That'll instrumentality immoderate unit disconnected immoderate guys that were thrown into a pugnacious spot."

Harbaugh wouldn't accidental whether backmost Lamar Jackson and the different injured Pro Bowl players would instrumentality this week and play Sunday against the Rams.

Jackson, a two-time NFL Most Valuable Player, was sidelined past crippled with a hamstring injury. Along with Jackson, the Ravens were without their six highest-paid players Sunday: information Kyle Hamilton (groin), antiaircraft tackle Nnamdi Madubuike (neck), violative tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle), mediate linebacker Roquan Smith (hamstring) and cornerback Marlon Humphrey (calf).

Hamilton and Stanley are apt the closest to travel back.

"With Lamar and the different guys, I would accidental we're successful process of figuring that retired close now," Harbaugh said. "So done the week, we'll conscionable person to spot however they progress."

Baltimore is present 4-11 (.266) without Jackson since 2018, losing 5 consecutive erstwhile helium hasn't been its starting quarterback. On Sunday, Cooper Rush made his archetypal commencement for the Ravens, completing 14 of 20 passes for 170 yards and 3 interceptions.

Harbaugh was noncommittal connected whether Rush would proceed to commencement successful Jackson's absence. The different enactment is backmost Tyl...