I’m guessing the Defense will have a solid showing, even without Oliver.
They were utterly humiliated on Sunday Night and get a chance to redeem themselves against a similar style Offense.
That said… I agree with many of the comments above. It’s beyond frustrating to hear people say “well, Baltimore is unique”… ok, cool, they’re only a team we likely have to beat to get to the Super Bowl, but alright.
And Oliver’s injury is just bad luck, but yes.. we have an injury issue every year on Defense because we have a small, undersized Defense. It’s not irony.. it’s cause and effect. We’re built to beat KC, but haven’t been able to do that when it matters, and as a side effect of that style, we struggle against good running teams that have any above average passing element and then deal with injuries on that side of the ball all the time.