John Harbaugh has been the only head coach the Ravens have known since 2008. Every playoff run, every heartbreak, every reinvention of that defense happened under him. Now someone else is standing on that sideline, and nobody actually knows what a Ravens team looks like without him until it happens in front of everyone.
That is what makes this trip to Indianapolis heavier than a normal week one. This is not just a new coordinator adjusting the game plan. This is the first real test of whether the Ravens identity was ever about Harbaugh specifically, or about something built into the roster that survives anybody standing on that sideline. The Colts do not care about any of that. They just want a win.
Baltimore fans have never had to ask this question before. Now they do, against a Colts team happy to play spoiler to a new era's first chapter. Pick the side you trust to answer it first.