"Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are...

In the locker room Sunday, Josh Cribbs sounded like David Copperfield.

"We're going to turn these losses by four points into wins by 14," he said, stopping short of adding, "Abracadabra." This was the same guy who, when asked how big the gap was between the Ravens and Browns less than a month earlier, said, "It's a big gap."

This was the same guy who delivered the slogan of the season after the Cincinnati game when he said out of frustration, "We almost always almost win" and declared war on the moral victory. "