With or without Lamar Jackson, this weekend always felt like a last stand of sorts for the Baltimore Ravens.
Fresh off an open date — and with the roster a lot healthier than it was earlier this month — the Ravens host the Chicago Bears on Sunday. At 1-5, Baltimore is already in quite a hole , but after Chicago the schedule eases up significantly. The question is: At what point might it be too late?
“The bye week was great," center Tyler Linderbaum said. "A good reset, good opportunity to get guys healthy and a good opportunity to make a run and go 12-5.”
Just getting to 2-5 won't necessarily be easy. The Bears (4-2) arrive on a four-game winning streak, but after that the Ravens face Miami (1-6), Minnesota (3-3), Cleveland (2-5), the New York Jets (0-7) and Cincinnati (3-4). There's

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