It’s on to Cincinnati.
After shedding the regular-season finale to the Bengals, 27-16, on Sunday, the Ravens will head again to Paycor Stadium on Sunday evening at 8:15 p.m. for the wild-card spherical of the AFC playoffs. The recreation will probably be televised on NBC.
On Sunday evening, the NFL introduced the schedule for “Super Wild Card Weekend,” which kicks off Saturday at 4:35 p.m. with the San Francisco 49ers towards the Seattle Seahawks. It’s the second straight season through which there are seven playoff groups in every convention, with the highest general seeds every receiving a first-round bye. The Kansas City Chiefs (14-3) have earned an automated berth to the divisional spherical within the AFC, whereas the Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) will get an additional week of relaxation within the NFC.
For the Ravens, it’s their fourth journey to the postseason previously 5 seasons. They misplaced their final six video games in 2022 to fall from the highest spot within the AFC to out of the playoffs for simply the fifth time in coach John Harbaugh’s tenure.
Sunday’s recreation would be the third assembly this season and first postseason matchup between the Ravens (10-7) and Bengals (12-4), who gained the AFC North title for the second straight season. They cut up the season sequence, with the Ravens incomes a 19-17 win over visiting Cincinnati in Week 5 on a 43-yard area objective by Justin Tucker as time expired.
Rematches would be the theme of the opening spherical of the playoffs. According to Elias Sports, this 12 months’s wild-card spherical will function all rematches from the common season, the fifth time because the 1970 AFL-NFL merger that each recreation within the opening spherical of the playoffs is a rematch from the common season (2022, 2009, 2004, 1994, 1992).
While the defending AFC champion Bengals have gained eight straight video games — not together with a Week 17 recreation declared a no-contest after Buffalo Bills security Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the sector — the Ravens have limped to a 3-3 end after star quarterback Lamar Jackson injured his knee within the first quarter of a Week 13 win over the Denver Broncos. There remains to be no timetable for Jackson’s return, although ESPN reported Saturday that there’s a “strong chance” the 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player takes the sector for the primary time in over a month for the wild-card spherical.
Wild-card spherical
Ravens at Bengals
Sunday, 8:15 p.m.
TV: Chs. 11, 4
Radio: 97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AM
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Source: www.bostonherald.com