Every chance for a nail-in-the-coffin drive ended in disappointment, and every disappointment brought the Ravens closer to the brink.

The Ravens failed in their bid for their first 3-0 start in seven seasons, and they have themselves to blame.

Running backs Melvin Gordon III and Kenyan Drake, who returned to Baltimore this week, were promoted from the practice squad.

Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew will start against the Ravens on Sunday.

The Ravens should be able to pass at will against the Colts, while Indianapolis backup QB Gardner Minshew poses little threat as a deep passer. But Baltimore's run game faces a challenge, and the pressure will be on players filling in for injured teammates.

The Ravens will face the Indianapolis Colts at 1 p.m. Sunday in Baltimore. Here are predictions from The Baltimore Banner’s sports staff.

Clowney missed Wednesday’s practice with an illness but returned Thursday. Still, the Ravens were without several big names.

Hear Paul Mancano and Jonas Shaffer discuss the Ravens’ performance against the Bengals and the team’s litany of injuries. And get a preview of Sunday’s game against the Colts along with a break down of Indy’s offense under backup quarterback Gardner Minshew.

It’s too early to draw conclusions about where the Ravens’ offense might be headed. But it’s never too early to point out potential pitfalls.

Drake had five starts in 12 games last year with the Ravens, rushing for 482 yards (4.4 per carry) and four touchdowns.

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton called Stone’s red-zone interception “a perfect play all around the back end.”

Washington, the team’s top slot cornerback, suffered a chest injury in the Ravens’ win Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals.

“He’s just rehabbing right now to get himself back on the field,” Harbaugh said.

All preseason, they’d heard how the Bengals were the consensus favorites in the division. On Sunday, the Ravens left no doubt about where they stood.

The Ravens spent Sunday afternoon exorcising a lot of demons.

Mustipher, an Owings Mills native, is expected to start in place of the injured Tyler Linderbaum.

Andrews practiced fully Friday for the first time since suffering a quadriceps injury in training camp.

Beckham's return to Cincinnati has the kind of narrative intrigue that few in the NFL can conjure.

“Coach Mac, he’s a dawg,” Odafe Oweh said Sunday. “He’s always going to call something that’s going to get us free.”

“Lots of little things, even communication, just the way we were operating, it was up and down,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.