NFL Sunday notebook: Would-be Super Bowl contenders staring at possible 0-2 starts

What a predicament. After blowing a 14-point lead for the first time under John Harbaugh in falling Monday night at Las Vegas, the injury-stung Baltimore Ravens drew the consolation prize of a short week that ends with a primetime tilt against an opponent Lamar Jackson once called their “kryptonite.”

Put nicely, the Kansas City Chiefs, with their own electrifying quarterback in Patrick Mahomes, have been quite a matchup problem for the Ravens. Jackson & Co. are 0-3 against Kansas City, including a 34-20 drubbing early last season. Now comes a serious gut check on Sunday night at the Big ATM (uh, M&T Bank Stadium).

Falling to 0-2 would deal a serious blow to visions of a Super Bowl run before the season is barely cranked up. Or so it seems.

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