The game schedules for all 32 teams have been released and fans are already picking wins and losses.
This season's schedule looks to be more gentle from a travel standpoint. They have avoided the disliked game overseas in England once again. They play the Denver Broncos and the New Orleans Saints in the comfort of their own M&T Bank Stadium. The farthest they will travel this upcoming season will be to Houston to play the Texans who had their first winning season in franchise history in 2009.
Nfl.com has calculated that the Ravens have the 12th hardest schedule this year, according to last year's records of their upcoming opponents. Half of their opponents will be coming off of winning seasons, one a super bowl championship.
The biggest break the Ravens will get is playing the Super Bowl champion Saints in Baltimore rather than New Orleans. No team wants to challenge the Saints in the Superdome. Especially after the magical finish they had at the end of last season. Saints fans will bring their high energy and high expectations to the stadium for home games. Luckily the Ravens will be able to avoid the vast majority of those folks when game time roles around.
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