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All of which raises a key question for Baltimore: Is the Ravens’ season already in a tailspin or can they rally to defy the odds and claw their way back into contention?

Twelve months later, another pre-All-Star-break tailspin has struck the now defending champions.

So upset that Attila — a Led Zeppelin-inspired metal band, according to the New York Times — broke up and Joel started boozing, which sent him into a tailspin.

But one twin's diagnosis with acrania — a rare, fatal congenital disorder characterized by the full or partial absence of cranial bones — sent Brandt's world into a grief-stricken tailspin.

A few strategically placed boats, a handful of divers and a couple of on-land sabotage teams could send the world into a vicious tailspin.