Ravens regular season schedule released

The NFL released the regular season schedule and the Ravens will have another tough gauntlet to run through if they’re going to make the playoffs.

Sun. Sept. 11 Week 1: PIT @ BAL 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Sept. 18 Week 2: BAL @ TEN 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Sept. 25 Week 3: BAL @ STL 4:05 p.m.
Sun. Oct. 2 Week 4: NYJ @ BAL 8:20 p.m.
Sun. Oct. 9 Week 5 BYE WEEK
Sun. Oct. 16 Week 6 HOU @ BAL 4:05 p.m.
Mon. Oct. 24 Week 7 BAL @ JAX 8:30 p.m.
Sun. Oct. 30 Week 8 ARI @ BAL 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 6 Week 9 BAL @ PIT 8:20 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 13 Week 10 BAL @ SEA 4:05 p.m.
Sun. Nov. 20 Week 11 CIN @ BAL 1:00 p.m.
Thu. Nov. 24 Week 12 SF @ BAL 8:20 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 4 Week 13 BAL @ CLE 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 11 Week 14 IND @ BAL 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 18 Week 15 BAL @ SD 8:20 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 24 Week 16 CLE @ BAL 1:00 p.m.
Sun. Jan 1 Week 17 BAL @ CIN 1:00 p.m.

At first blush, this schedule isn’t horrible, but it’s still a second place schedule. What I noticed is the Ravens have five primetime games, including one against division rival Pittsburgh.

I’ll have a deeper analysis later this week.