Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox selected the six-time Pro Bowl safety as the Ravens' biggest standout of the offseason. Thomas, whose 2018 season with the Seattle Seahawks was cut short after suffering a broken leg in Week 4, has shown no signs of the injury in offseason workouts.

"Given the fact that he's coming off a broken leg and is new to the Baltimore Ravens … there was never a guarantee that he'd immediately be an offseason standout. Fortunately for Baltimore, he has," Knox wrote. "Thomas was one of the biggest offseason acquisitions for any team this offseason, and he appears poised to make an immediate impact for the Ravens."

Oddsmakers Don't View Ravens As a Likely Playoff Team

The Ravens have been a polarizing team with the pundits this offseason. Some have ranked the Ravens among the league's most improved teams and predicted they'll be in the thick of the AFC North race, while others see the team as having taken a step back.

The oddsmakers have taken the latter viewpoint. The Ravens are listed at plus-185 to make the playoffs in the updated odds by Caesars Entertainment, the official casino partner of the NFL. Sixteen teams have better odds than the Ravens, including AFC North rivals the Cleveland Browns (minus-130) and Pittsburgh Steelers (minus-110).

Also not high on the Ravens' chances this season is Touchdown Wire's Michael Colangelo, who tabbed the Ravens as the 2018 playoff team most likely to miss the playoffs in 2019.

"The Ravens play in one of the toughest divisions in the NFL," Colangelo wrote. "The Browns are expected to make the playoffs this year. The Steelers are always good and get to play the 'no one believed in us' card this year. The Bengals have a veteran defense and what may be an offensive guru as a head coach (Zac Taylor) — he did come from the Sean McVay tree.

"Unless Lamar Jackson has improved dramatically in the passing game then Baltimore could be in some trouble. Teams got a look at their running game last year and may be a little more prepared. The Ravens also lost some key pieces on defense, but they did add Earl Thomas and he's pretty good."

All of this probably brings great joy to Harbaugh, who has made it clear that he likes when pundits underestimate the team.

"Tell everybody how bad we are," Harbaugh told the media after practice a few weeks ago. "That's what I'm rooting for. It helps us."

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