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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio. It was plausibly a primetime NFL game, the Houston Texans, who have been unwatchable for several weeks,

and the Baltimore Ravens who have been unwatchable for several years, going head-to-head mono-a-mano in Maryland.

And how did that turn out?

Well, the Ravens won the game.

The game went as expected.

The game went as a...

There was no big plot twist.

There was no big surprise.

Baltimore struggled to consistently score points.

They had a big second quarter, and other than that, they did much of nothing.

And the Houston Texans got mostly field goals, mostly field goals in this game.

And so the Ravens get their sixth win of the year.

They're six in five, and they are currently the last team in.

They're the last team in the AFC playoffs with the Buffalo

Bills right there and the teams like the Bengals and the Chargers and the Raiders who are

kind of hovering around that area.

Of course, some of those teams trying to get in as division winners thanks to the implosion

of Kansas City.

But the big takeaway from watching the rave. trying to get in as division winners, thanks to the implosion of Kansas City.

But the big takeaway from watching the Ravens yet again is that you can't help but be a pessimist.

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