With the Ravens mired in a four-game losing streak and coming out of the bye week in sole possession of last place in the AFC North, I’ve offered a dozen thoughts, each in 50 words or less:

1. “Must-win game” is an overused term, but this is a 1-5 team that hasn’t won in over a month and is coming off extra rest. If Baltimore can’t beat a solid but unspectacular Chicago team at home, there’s no reason to believe this is getting better to any meaningful degree.

2. Of course, Lamar Jackson’s status weighs heavily after he didn’t take part in Monday’s practice, which was an unsettling post-bye development. It was easier to be cautious at the time of his Week 4 hamstring injury, but the clock’s really ticking if the rest of 2025 is going to matter.

3. Roquan Smith, Patrick Ricard, and Chido

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