{"id":252450,"date":"2025-10-31T04:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252450\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T04:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T04:50:08","slug":"how-ravens-dominant-win-over-dolphins-impacts-nfl-playoff-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252450\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ravens\u2019 Dominant Win Over Dolphins Impacts NFL Playoff Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ravens\u2019 mission to defy the odds<\/a> and make the playoffs despite their brutal 1\u20135 start<\/a> to the season is right on schedule.<\/p>\n

Behind four touchdown passes from two-time MVP Lamar Jackson in his first game back and 119 rushing yards from Derrick Henry, Baltimore cruised to a 28\u20136 win over the Dolphins on Thursday night at Hard Rock Stadium. <\/p>\n

With their second win in five days, the Ravens improved to 3\u20135, moving up into a tie for second place in the AFC North with the rival Bengals. Baltimore is now just one win behind the first-place Steelers (4\u20133), who host the 7\u20131 Colts on Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to NFL.com, the Ravens\u2019 probability to make the playoffs significantly jumped to 60% with the win. Had they lost to Miami, that percentage would have fallen to 37%. The Ravens are now just two wins behind the Chiefs (5\u20133) for the AFC\u2019s final playoff spot. <\/p>\n

The Dolphins, meanwhile, fall to 2\u20137 while their playoff probability sits at 1%. Had Miami won and improved to 3\u20136, that number would have slightly risen to 3%. <\/p>\n

Following the Ravens\u2019 win Thursday night, here’s how the NFL playoff picture looks heading into the weekend (Note: all playoff odds are provided by NFL.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n

SEED<\/p>\n

TEAM<\/p>\n

PLAYOFF %<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Colts (7\u20131)<\/p>\n

95%<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Patriots (6\u20132)<\/p>\n

86%<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Broncos (6\u20132)<\/p>\n

79%<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Steelers (4\u20133)<\/p>\n

50%<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Bills (5\u20132)<\/p>\n

88%<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Chargers (5\u20133)<\/p>\n

69%<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Chiefs (5\u20133)<\/p>\n

82%<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Jaguars (4\u20133)<\/p>\n

43%<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Texans (3\u20134)<\/p>\n

40%<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Bengals (3\u20135)<\/p>\n

6%<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Ravens (3\u20135)<\/p>\n

60%<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Raiders (2\u20135)<\/p>\n

2%<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Browns (2\u20136)<\/p>\n

3%<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Dolphins (2\u20137)<\/p>\n

1%<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Jets (1\u20137)<\/p>\n

1%<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Titans (1\u20137)<\/p>\n

1%<\/p>\n

SEED<\/p>\n

TEAM<\/p>\n

PLAYOFF %<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Packers (5\u20131\u20131)<\/p>\n

93%<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Eagles (6\u20132)<\/p>\n

92%<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Buccaneers (6\u20132)<\/p>\n

91%<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Seahawks (5\u20132)<\/p>\n

83%<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Lions (5\u20132)<\/p>\n

84%<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Rams (5\u20132)<\/p>\n

91%<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

49ers (5\u20133)<\/p>\n

71%<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Bears (4\u20133)<\/p>\n

27%<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Panthers (4\u20134)<\/p>\n

14%<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Cowboys (3\u20134\u20131)<\/p>\n

14%<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Falcons (3\u20134)<\/p>\n

19%<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Vikings (3\u20134)<\/p>\n

10%<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Commanders (3\u20135)<\/p>\n

13%<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Cardinals (2\u20135)<\/p>\n

3%<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Giants (2\u20136)<\/p>\n

2%<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Saints (1\u20137)<\/p>\n

1%<\/p>\n

More NFL on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ravens\u2019 mission to defy the odds and make the playoffs despite their brutal 1\u20135 start to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-252450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}