26 at Cleveland
January
2 Cincinnati
(M) Monday (T) Thursday
SCHEDULE STRENGTH
NFL Rank: T12
Opponents' 2009 winning percentage: .508
Games against 2009 playoff teams: 5
ANALYSIS
The NFL's trash-talking title will be on the line in the first two weeks, when Baltimore plays the equally mouthy Jets and Bengals. More to the playoff point, the Ravens only face one top passing team in the first half of '10 (and Pittsburgh won't have Ben Roethlisberger in Week 4), so their injury-depleted secondary will be able to jell—in time to take on the Saints in wintry Baltimore.