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ILB Patrick Queen

QUOTH THE RAVEN

“This team has a lot of guts, just continuous fight, never giving up and having each other’s back. When something bad happens on one end, the other end picks it up. So, it’s just a continuous fight, a continuous effort, and there’s no quit in this team.”

– C Bradley Bozeman

on the Ravens’ resiliency

It’s a Sunday Night Football showdown when the Baltimore Ravens (7-3) host the Cleveland Browns (6-5) in primetime tonight at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore sits atop the AFC North standings and is seeking its fifth win at home (4-1 thus far) this season. The Browns, who are coming off a 13-10 victory vs. Detroit in Week 11, are 2-3 on the road in 2021.

The Ravens are 7-3 for the fourth time in franchise history (also 2004, 2010 & 2011) and for the third time under head coach John Harbaugh. Baltimore reached the playoffs in both 7-3 starts (2010 & 2011) during the Harbaugh Era (since 2008). Under Coach Harbaugh, the Ravens are 23-6 in November home games, producing the NFL’s second-best such record. The Ravens have won 21 of their past 26 home games during the month. Baltimore leads the all-time series vs. Cleveland, 33-11. Under Coach Harbaugh, the Ravens are 22-4 vs. the Browns, including 11-2 at M&T Bank Stadium.

Baltimore has won three straight vs.

Cleveland, with the last victory coming in a thrilling 47-42 Monday Night Football game (12/14/20) at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Last Sunday (11/21) at Chicago,

Baltimore prevailed, 16-13, after backup QB Tyler Huntley led a 5-play, 72-yard game-winning TD drive that began with 1:33 remaining in the fourth quarter. Making his first NFL start, Huntley, who filled in for QB Lamar Jackson (illness), finished 26-of-36 passing for 219 yards, including a 29yard strike to WR Sammy Watkins (pushed out at Bears’ 3-yard line) that set up RB Devonta Freeman’s game-sealing TD run with 25 seconds remaining. On defense, Baltimore recorded 3 sacks (2 by OLB Tyus Bowser & 1 from OLB Justin Houston), limiting Chicago to 2-of-11 (18.2%) on third down.

NUMBERS TO RAVE ABOUT

22-7 – The Ravens’ record at M&T Bank Stadium since 2018, marking the NFL’s second-best home winning pct (.759) over the past three-plus seasons. Green Bay is first at 23-4-1 (.839). 34 – An NFL-high games in which the Ravens have held opponents to under 20 points since 2018 (when Don Martindale became Baltimore’s defensive coordinator). Over that span, the Ravens have limited opponents to 14 or fewer in 21 games, which is second most, only behind New England (25). 33 – An NFL-high games in which the Ravens have rushed for 100+ yards and scored a rushing TD since Greg Roman became offensive coordinator in 2019. The next best figure belongs to Tennessee, with 27 such games.

5– League-high victories for the Ravens in 2021 in which they’ve faced a fourthquarter deficit, marking the most such victories in Ravens’ single-season history.