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Mike Macdonald leads a defense that, during the John Harbaugh Era (2008-22), has been superb, ranking either No or No. 2 in several major defensive categories.

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Q U I C K H I T S

✗ The Baltimore Ravens (3-3) host the Cleveland Browns (2-4) for an AFC North showdown from M&T Bank Stadium. This battle marks Baltimore's fourth home game of the season and the second against a division foe. Under head coach John Harbaugh, Baltimore is 29-14 vs. the AFC North in games played in Charm City. ✗ Along with Cincinnati (also 3-3), Baltimore sits atop the AFC North standings, but does hold a head-to-head tiebreaker over the Bengals after securing a Week 5 victory at home. The Browns, who have dropped three straight games after starting 2-1, are tied with Pittsburgh in the division, but do own a head-to-head tiebreaker after upending the Steelers at home in Week 3. ✗ Baltimore leads the all-time series vs. Cleveland, 34-12. Under Coach Harbaugh, the Ravens are 23-5 vs. the Browns, including 12-2 at home. Baltimore has won four of its last five overall vs. Cleveland, splitting the 2021 series, with each team winning at home. ✗ Baltimore fell last Sunday at NYG, 24-20, after holding a 20-10 early fourth-quarter lead. The Ravens never trailed until RB Saquon Barkley scored a 1-yard TD run with 1:43 remaining, which came on the heels of a QB Lamar Jackson INT (S Julian Love, returned to NYG's 13-yard line) that occurred following a botched snap on thirdand-5 with just over 3 minutes to play. Baltimore got the ball back at the 1:43 mark with hopes of producing a game-winning TD drive, but Jackson was strip-sacked on the series' second play, with the Giants recovering the ball and then running out the clock. Baltimore racked up 406 yards of offense (including 211 rushing) and limited New York to 238 total yards. RB Kenyan Drake rushed for a game-high 119 yards and 1 TD, while TE Mark Andrews posted 7 catches for 106 yards and 1 TD. The Ravens' defense sacked QB Daniel Jones four times, also limiting the Giants to just 155 net passing yards. ON THE RAVENS STRIVING TO FINISH GAMES & BECOME GREAT: “We control our own destiny, 100%, and we’re a really good football team. Maybe it doesn’t look that way; maybe people want to say otherwise. I like that, because it gets our guys’ attention – it gets all of our attention. But we’re capable of – and we plan on – becoming a great football team. That’s our job, and it's up to us to get that done.”

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Wed. Oct. 19: 1:40 p.m. . . . . Practice/Media Viewing (approx. 30 min.) 3:30 p.m. . . . Coach Harbaugh/Players Podium & Open Locker Room Thu. Oct. 20: 1:40 p.m. . . . . Practice/Media Viewing (approx. 30 min.) 3:30 p.m. . . . Coordinators Podium & Open Locker Room Fri. Oct. 21: 11:30 a.m. . . . Practice/Media Viewing (approx. 30 min.) 1:15 p.m. . . . . Coach Harbaugh Podium & Open Locker Room CALLING THE ACTION

Television: CBS / WJZ Ch. 13 (Baltimore) - Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) - Trent Green (analyst) - Melanie Collins (sideline) - Ken Mack (producer) - Jim Cornell (director) Local Radio: WBAL (1090 AM) & 98Rock (97.9 FM) - Gerry Sandusky (play-by-play) - Brian Billick (analyst) Spanish Radio: La Mera Mera 1050 AM & WTTZ 93.5 FM (Tico Sports) - David Andrade (PBP) - Allen Gutierrez (analyst) C O A C H H A R B S S AY S

I N J U R Y U P D AT E

The following players missed last Sunday's game at NYG: WR Rashod Bateman (foot, two straight games), G Ben Cleveland (foot, two straight), RB Justice Hill (hamstring, two straight) and OLB Justin Houston (groin, three straight). Standout S Marcus Williams (wrist) was injured in Week 5 and will miss a significant amount of time on IR. OLB Tyus Bowser (Achilles) and RB Gus Edwards (knee) are on Reserve/PUP, but have recently practiced and are eligible to play.

N O T E T H E Q U O T E

DE CALAIS CAMPBELL ON THE RAVENS' WEEK 7 MINDSET: "The biggest thing is we know what we’re capable of doing. It’s early in the season; we’ve made some mistakes, let some ballgames slip away, but we can use it as fuel to get better, to keep fighting, to not relax and to find a way to improve. We’re not going to hit the panic button; we’re not going to throw a fit. We’re just going to get back to playing football."

W E E K 7 S P O T L I G H T

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