Overview
- The Ravens open the season Sunday, Sept. 13, at 1 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium with the game on CBS, marking Minter’s first game as Baltimore’s head coach.
- Minter brought in Declan Doyle as offensive coordinator, Anthony Weaver as defensive coordinator and Anthony Levine for special teams, and Minter will call the defensive plays himself.
- Baltimore’s offense is built around a healthy Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, with Doyle expected to use more under‑center play‑action and limited preseason tape to protect the new scheme.
- The Colts will start Daniel Jones after his Achilles recovery and again lean on Jonathan Taylor, while veterans DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart create a tough interior matchup for Baltimore’s new center Jovaughn Gwyn and rookie guard Vega Ioane.
- Key variables for the opener include Ravens injuries to linebacker Teddye Buchanan and defensive lineman Nnamdi Madubuike, the inexperienced Ravens interior line, and betting markets that favor Baltimore by roughly a field goal, making Week 1 a headline test for Minter’s regime.