Ravens, MVP Lamar Jackson Beat Texans To Continue Historic Season

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The presumptive MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens have beaten the Texans in the Divisional Round and continue what has become a historically good season by one of the Super Bowl favorites.

Entering this weekend's games, the Ravens were the No. 5 team of all-time, according to DVOA. That's only behind the 2007 New England Patriots (which finished the regular season undefeated), the 1991 Washington team, the 1985 Chicago Bears and the 2010 Patriots.

Despite a dicey first half, the Ravens pulled ahead on the backs of their elite defense, which ranked No. 1 in the NFL this season.

Baltimore has been the favorite to win the AFC and the second-biggest favorite to win the Super Bowl since winning five straight games from weeks 13-17.

The Ravens were around +290 at most sportsbooks to win the Super Bowl before the Divisional Round game against the Texans. They were +115 to win the AFC.

They will now look ahead to the AFC Championship game where they will face the winner of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills.

My colleague Sean Koerner expects the Ravens to be -3.5 favorites if they host the Chiefs next week. The total expects to be about 43.5, on average.

Meanwhile, Koerner would regard the Ravens as -3 favorites against the Bills with a total of 46.

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