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Manning The Ship
 John Harbaugh preaches character a lot. He has made that his staple since taking over as Head Coach for the Baltimore Ravens. He has believed in that and has improved on that with this team. Accountability goes along with that as well. Not pointing the finger and looking within to find answers to becoming a better team.
Those principles will be tested as this team goes into the bye week. The Ravens are currently on a 3-game losing streak and have done it by losing very close games. You can argue that if the Ravens make three plays, they could be 6-0 and riding high in the AFC North. But they aren't and they didn't make those plays. So where do they go from here?
This is a great time for a team with limited character to find a soft spot to land and go into hiding. This would be a great time for a lesser team to blame the kicker who missed a kick that would have won the game. This would be the perfect time to look a the man who has a locker next to yours and glare at him. That's what teams with no character do going into a bye under these circumstances.
Hopefully, that's not what this Ravens team is made of. You could argue that this team is three plays away from being 6-0. They've lost three games by a total of 11-points. But they didn't make those plays and they are 3-3. It's the painful truth, and the Ravens have to come out to swinging after the bye. With three losses, there's little roome for error over the next 10-games. Five losses get you in, six losses may have you hoping.
I'm not betting man, but I wouldn't count the Harbaugh allowing these guys to start feeling sorry for themselves. Whatever the plan was originally for the bye week, I would expect it to be adjusted just a tad. Expect this coaching staff and these "Mighty Men" to do what it takes to stay in the hunt.
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