Why Ravens should fear the Week 16 game against Browns
The Ravens’ Week 16 matchup against the Browns carries all the warning signs of a dangerous late-season trap game.
Trap games. We talk about them all the time. We'll throw on prognosticator caps and try to gauge when they might show up on the schedule.
No team is safe, including the Baltimore Ravens . Usually, the impact of an unexpected loss comes after the damage is already done. A contender loses a game it should have won.
Fans spend the next 48 hours asking how it happened. Analysts suddenly pretend the warning signs were obvious all along. That is the nature of a true trap scenario.
And if Baltimore has one matchup in 2026 that fits the formula perfectly, their Week 16 game vs. the Cleveland Browns has the word 'danger' written all over it. Let's begin with the Todd Monken angle.