In the current era, pro football is a young man's game, both physically and financially.
It takes the youngest of bodies to take the hardest of hits, which is why they are rewarded with the gaudiest of paychecks. Week after week, it is youth that is served, while age is mostly turned away at the door.
The Ravens' Week Three game at Jacksonville offered a stark contrast. The visitors sported 11 active-roster members who came to the team before 2013, while the Jaguars had only four such players.
But despite the fact Baltimore sported the AFC's oldest roster and the NFL's second-oldest when the season began (average age: 26.77), it is that experience helping the Ravens pull out the kind of close games they couldn't in 2015.
