There’s one major reason you shouldn’t give up on the Baltimore Ravens just yet — even after their brutal 1-5 start to the 2025 season

The Ravens have the fifth-easiest remaining strength of schedule from an opponent win-loss standpoint, which sets the stage for this team to get healthy (and focused) on the bye week and play to their potential before letting the chips fall where they may the rest of the way.

The matchups with the Pittsburgh Steelers obviously carry major ramifications. But the total win-percentage of Baltimore's remaining opponents, including two games against the 4-1 Steelers, is 0.442.

Easiest remaining strength of schedules in the NFL after Week 6

1. New England Patriots - 0.302
2. Cincinnati Bengals - 0.393
3. Cleveland Browns - 0.403
4. New York Jets - 0.429
5. Baltimore Ravens - 0.442

Baltimore is not playing well. But their next five opponents are the Chicago Bears after the bye, the Miami Dolphins, the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets. There's a (very) reasonable world in which the Ravens are 5-5 going into their first matchup with Baltimore. They could climb back to .500 on Thanksgiving against the Bengals.

Talk about something to be thankful for. There's obviously a lot that needs to happen before that and Baltimore unquestionably needs to start playing better to give themselves a chance to see that happen. But it's certainly a possibility.

It all starts with one game. And the Ravens have two weeks to get ready for that one, against Chicago.

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