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The Ravens open the season against the Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 13, hoping the new coaching staff and roster additions can take the team over the hump to the Super Bowl. What follows are seven bold predictions for how the season will play out. Expecting Lamar Jackson to have a bounce-back year or saying Derrick Henry will be a consistent top running back won’t meet the criteria for boldness or specificity. These are all quantifiable leaps for players or units.

Ken Zalis shares his fantasy football player rankings, including top quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and overall rankings.

Stan “The Fan” Charles, Ross Grimsley and Luke Jackson discuss what happened to the Orioles over the past week and where the team goes from here, including the future for GM Mike Elias and manager Craig Albernaz and more. See Also: Stan ‘The Fan’ Charles’ MLB Power Rankings: Sept. 7, 2026 Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Baltimore Orioles

Welcome back to KZ Land, here is how it will work: Tuesdays: We take a brief look at the week that was with some news and notes. We give you five names to maybe add from the waiver wire. Thursdays: Weekly rankings come out. Fridays: Starts and sits DFS A few prop bets Sundays at 10 a.m. the Pressbox Fantasy Football Show is live on YouTube and Facebook. Notes Practice reports really do not matter much except for Tuesdays (if a team plays Thursday) and Fridays (for the Sunday slate).

When fans watch Morgan State football star Arturo Mattocks, they see a highly productive player from the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound graduate linebacker out of Montgomery Village, Md., had 68 tackles in 12 games in 2024 but played only two games in 2025 before suffering a season-ending ankle injury. He entered the 2026 season as a first-team preseason All-MEAC selection.

The Orioles have chosen an absolutely terrible time to go into an offensive cocoon, leading to a season-high six-game losing streak. Hoping against hope, we all were waiting for the hot streak that was always just around the corner. That corner ended up being illusory. With 18 games left to play, it would seem that sweeps of the Guardians and Blue Jays are almost mandatory for the last two weeks of this disappointing season to hold any meaning for Birdland. Here are the holiday power rankings.

The Orioles’ decision to trade Adley Rutschman to the Boston Red Sox was understandable for many reasons. It didn’t make the news any less heartbreaking to fans who had celebrated the centerpiece of the team’s initial rebuild, purchased jerseys, named pets after the catcher and celebrated him as part of the fabric of the baseball community. In honor of that, we look at “The 15 Painful Departures” in Baltimore sports history.

Maryland football cruised past Hampton University, 62-0, in its season opener on Sept. 5. Head coach Michael Locksley described opening day as “Christmas,” and the Terrapins certainly received the gift they were looking for. Maryland wasted little time asserting itself against the Pirates and controlled the game from start to finish. Here are three key takeaways from the Terrapins’ season-opening win. The running game set the tone. Locksley emphasized during his news conference on Sept.

In case you missed anything from Glenn Clark Radio this week, here are a few highlights to check out.

With so many betting options for the NFL season, we asked PressBox’s Stan “The Fan” Charles, Glenn Clark, Bill Ordine and Ken Zalis and Baltimore Film Breakdown’s Spencer Schultz to share some of their favorite futures bets for this season. All numbers are from FanDuel Sportsbook in mid-August. Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams To Win MVP (+1500) Drew Brees asked Sean Payton, his head coach in New Orleans, to introduce him in Canton as part of the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame celebration.