The Baltimore Ravens are the most unstoppable preseason team in NFL history.
Baltimore took down the Tennessee Titans 23-10 on Thursday night (despite some impressive plays from Malik Willis) in Week 1 of preseason action.
That extends the Ravens’ preseason winning streak to 21 games. Yes, 21 straight preseason wins. They last lost a preseason game in September 2015!
It’s the longest preseason winning streak in the NFL since at least 1995, and it tops the 19-game streak from Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers in 1959-62.
As meaningless as it is (and as little as it means for NFL regular-season success; see, the 2008 Detroit Lions that went 4-0 in preseason and 0-16 in the regular season), it’s still a pretty mind-blowing feat. There’s so much randomness that goes into preseason games with backups and off-the-street players involved that they all seem rather coin-flippy on paper, even if one roster is much more talented than the other. Head coach John Harbaugh clearly gets his squad to take these games seriously.
The Ravens — who went 8-9 in the 2021 regular season — will look to extend their preseason winning streak to 22 games when they have a road game at the Arizona Cardinals next Sunday.
Here’s a look at how the NFL world is reacting to Baltimore extending its crazy preseason winning streak:
The Ravens have now won 21 consecutive NFL preseason games after Thursday's victory over the Titans. Here are some other notable winning streaks in sports history.
2014-17 UConn’s women’s basketball (111 games) 2003-04 New England Patriots (21) 1971-72 L.A. Lakers (33) pic.twitter.com/5HpPFOqwdx — The Sporting News (@sportingnews) August 12, 2022
I'm 100% serious about this. Most unbreakable record in sports are/will be:
1) Cy Young 511 wins.
2) Joe DiMaggio 56-game hitting streak.
3) Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters.
4) Ravens pre-season win streak.— Jason Smith (@howaboutafresca) August 12, 2022
Ravens preseason winning streak hits 21 GAMES.
19-2 ATS is even more impressive.
Lamar Jackson was a freshman at Louisville in 2015 the last time BAL lost a preseason game.
— Joe Ostrowski (@JoeOstrowski) August 12, 2022