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          Ravens' odds of reaching playoffs and Super Bowl

          • Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2014, 08:00 AM ET
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              Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.
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          The Baltimore Ravens (5-2) still have nine games left to play, but it's never too early to gauge their postseason odds.

          Since the 12-team playoff format began in 1990, teams with two losses after Week 7 have a 67 percent chance of reaching the playoffs, according to ESPN Stats & Information. The Ravens have began 5-2 three times previously under coach John Harbaugh, and each time (2010, 2011 and 2012) they've qualified for the postseason.

          And 6 percent of those two-loss teams went on to win the Super Bowl, a number that includes the 2012 Ravens.

          There has been increased confidence in the Ravens, based on Super Bowl odds. The Ravens' odds have gone from 66-to-1 after a season-opening loss to Cincinnati to 18-to-1 heading into Week 8, according to the online sportsbook Bovada.LV.

          In terms of the AFC North, the Ravens have a 35 percent chance to take the division, according to ESPN Insider Mike Sando. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals have been given a 25 chance, and the Cleveland Browns are at 15 percent.

          "It's tough to find a glaring weakness on the Ravens," Sando wrote. "They have the best record in the division and the easiest schedule."