It’s always a heartbreaker, isn’t it? I’ll never know the pain of being a Jets fan, condemned to the inescapable hell that is New Jersey football. But the Ravens have a propensity to crumble in an inventive and dramatic new way every year.
This is how it should be. Led by the most recent MVP, coming off their second championship in four seasons, the Chiefs are the class of the league until someone proves otherwise. It’s only right they’re the ones standing in the way of Baltimore’s Super Bowl bid.
 Lamar Jackson has shed his albatross. But you might not have guessed it had you stopped watching at halftime.Â
 Lamar Jackson is so close. He’s a win away from the deepest playoff run of his career, and in prime position to fulfill the Super Bowl promise he made six years ago on the stage of the 2018 NFL draft.
 The Miami Dolphins entered M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday a Super Bowl contender, poised to capture the No. 1 seed in enemy territory.
The Ravens got a statement win against Kyle Shanahan last Monday night. Let’s see if they can handle business against Shanahan Lite.
Regular-season football doesn’t get any better than this: two respective conference leaders facing off on Christmas night, with the sport’s highest individual honor on the line.
At 11-3, the Ravens are a full game above the rest of the conference with just three weeks left. But the win doesn’t feel so sweet knowing that Keaton Mitchell will be out for the season. Â
The entire AFC will be tuned in to NBC on Sunday night. With a win, the Ravens maintain their one-game lead over the rest of the conference in prime position to capture the No. 1 seed.