Week 1 of the NFL season is officially underway after the Philadelphia Eagles opened the season with a 24-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday Night Football to start 1-0 in their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
There is a lot of pressure on many teams around the league to take the next step and knock the Eagles off their pedestal, and analyst Dan Orlovsky named which team he believes is under the most pressure to make the leap.
Orlovsky stopped by The Pat McAfee Show on Friday morning and said that no team in the league has more pressure on them than the Baltimore Ravens, saying they have “arguably the best roster in football” and noting that two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson has said a number of times that this team has to go win a Super Bowl now.
“I don’t think there’s a team in the NFL that has more pressure on them than the Baltimore Ravens..
Lamar Jackson has said multiple teams that they have to win a Super Bowl..
This is arguably the best roster in football”@danorlovsky7 #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/bGzBnjvbWo
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 5, 2025
The Ravens seemed to have everything lined up last year to finally get it done, but they lost a heartbreaker to the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round following a pair of gut-wrenching gaffes from Mark Andrews late in the game.
All the key pieces are still in place, and the Ravens simply have to figure out a way to get past the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs, who have had the AFC in a chokehold for the better part of a decade at this point.
The knock on Jackson has been that he hasn’t been able to win the big one, and even though he performed better in the postseason last year, he still needs to get that monkey off his back or the pressure will only keep mounting.
Baltimore opens the season against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football in Week 1 in a potential playoff preview.
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