Only four teams have made the playoffs after having a 1% chance. The Ravens think they'll be the fifth

BALTIMORE -- After astir games astatine M&T Bank Stadium, fans stitchery supra the stairs that pb to the Baltimore Ravens' location locker room. This is the spot wherever manager John Harbaugh has celebrated galore of his top victories by slapping hands with supporters and waving to them successful jubilation.

Earlier this month, Harbaugh walked disconnected the tract pursuing a 44-10 nonaccomplishment to the Houston Texans and heard a chorus of boos, which served arsenic a reminder of however a play loaded with expectations had unraveled truthful unexpectedly.

WATCH: Ravens extremity achy 44-10 nonaccomplishment to Texans arsenic John Harbaugh hears boos disconnected the field. pic.twitter.com/5y2LJxabKg

"When radical look backmost and say, 'Hey, erstwhile things were the toughest, erstwhile things looked the worst, however did you grip it?'" Harbaugh precocious said. "I'm looking for radical to travel retired warring and springiness their champion successful those kinds of situations. That's what you person to do. When you bash that, you travel retired the different end."

Only 1% of teams successful NFL past person started 1-5 oregon worse and rebounded to marque the playoffs -- though ESPN Analytics gives the Ravens a 43.2% accidental of winning the wide-open AFC North. With QB Tyler Huntley filling successful for injured Lamar Jackson, Baltimore took a measurement toward a turnaround with a 30-16 triumph implicit the Chicago Bears connected Sunday. Those wrong the enactment judge this Ravens squad tin defy these challenging likelihood due to the fact that of Jackson's impending return, improving health, a favorable docket and Harbaugh's leadership.

When Baltimore plays astatine the Miami Dolphins connected Thursday nighttime (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video), the Ravens tin beryllium to the shot satellite that they're susceptible of a historical run.

The Ravens (2-5) are convinced they tin rebound from 1 of the astir tumultuous starts successful franchise history, which has been defined by a fourth-quarter illness successful Buffalo, immoderate humbling blowout losses and a usurpation of the NFL's wounded study argumentation involving Jackson.

During grooming camp, Harbaugh was asked if this play was Super Bowl oregon bust. Now, contempt the play not being halfway over, the question is whether Baltimore tin scope the postseason astatine all.

"I consciousness similar getting into this presumption -- and we haven't truly been successful this presumption [before] -- it's casual to benignant of enactment your caput down and message it in," Ravens information Kyle Hamilton said. "But we inactive consciousness similar we're talented capable to marque the playoffs [and] marque immoderate magic erstwhile we do."

Ron Rivera, the manager of the past squad to commencement 1-5 and marque the postseason, tin spot the Ravens pursuing the footsteps of his 2020 Washington Football Team.

"There's capable guys connected that squad with seasoned acquisition and seasoned pridefulness that, if they get a small momentum, they tin beryllium dangerous," Rivera said. "They truly tin due to the fact that of who they are. They're a carnal shot team. And playing that style, you tin deterioration radical down, particularly arsenic you commencement getting aboriginal into the season."

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