Here's the Situation

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The next two games could define the season.

The Ravens need to do an all out Jekyll and Hyde. Good Joe has to show up and never leave for the rest of the season. The same goes for his team mates and coaches.

That would be something that we've never seen.

 

5. The next two games could define the season.
The Ravens face a pair of AFC North rivals in their next two games, hosting archrival Pittsburgh on Nov. 4 and then the Cincinnati Bengals on Nov. 18 after a bye week.

How perceptions have changed since the last time the Ravens saw the Steelers. When the Ravens left Pittsburgh in the wee hours of Oct. 1, they were 3-1 and had a win in hand over the Steelers, who fell to 1-2-1 with that loss and appeared to be saddled with issues.

Fast forward a month: The Steelers, as they have done in years past, are playing through their issues, and will bring a 4-2-1 record and three-game winning streak to M&T Bank Stadium next week. They are once again atop the AFC North, and will put some serious distance between themselves and the Ravens if they can win next week.

The Bengals already own a win over the Ravens, and at 5-3 after a last-second, 37-34 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 8, they also sit higher than the Ravens in the AFC North standings.

The Ravens have a chance over the next two games to reassert their place in this division. Sweep these two AFC North rivals, and they are right back in the division title conversation. But split those games -- or worse -- and they can be no better than 5-5 with road games at Atlanta, Kansas City and San Diego still to come. The Ravens will again be staring at playoff aspirations slipping away.

If the Ravens miss the playoffs for a fourth straight season, wholesale changes could be coming to the organization. It's not overstating it to say that a lot of jobs could be on the line in the next two games....https://www.pressboxonline.com/2018/10/28/five-takeaways-from-the-ravens-36-21-loss-to-the-panthers