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In each of the last two years Authentic Patrick Onwuasor Jersey , the Baltimore Ravens have been eliminated from playoff contention with late-season losses to the Pittsburgh Steelers. That doesn't mean Sunday's game is any less important to the skidding Ravens (4-4)."You know you have eight games left, and 4-4 is not where you want to be, obviously," cornerback Jimmy Smith said. "Doesn't mean your season is over, it just means that every game now is so much more critical."Baltimore is only one game behind the first-place Steelers (4-2-1), who have won three straight since losing to the Ravens on Sept. 30. But the last thing the Ravens need now is to drop under .500 with a third successive defeat."If you do math, and you've been through these playoff things, it gets sticky if you're 9-7," Smith said. "It gets sticky if you're 10-6, so you know that you really want to go in there and win 11 games, at least. Being 12-4 is really the goal."Unless the Ravens run the table, a highly unlikely occurrence, they're at least going to have to perform much better than they have lately to end a run of three consecutive seasons without a playoff berth. Coming off a 36-21 loss at Carolina, Baltimore can jump into contention with its first sweep of the Steelers since 2015."The sky is not falling," safety Eric Weddle said. "It's great that we get to go against Pittsburgh, a divisional opponent, knowing we have to play at a high level."The Steelers would love nothing more than to pad their lead in the AFC North, and at the same time make it that much tougher for the Ravens to reach the postseason."It's a big game for us. It's a division game. It's a road game. It's Baltimore. Pick one Youth Michael Crabtree Jersey , or all of the above," Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. "We have respect for this rivalry and our participation in it, and we're preparing with that in mind."More things to know about the Steelers-Ravens matchup:CRUISING CONNERThe Steelers are getting along just fine without wayward running back Le'Veon Bell, thanks in large part to second-year back James Conner .Conner is averaging 175.3 yards of total offense during Pittsburgh's winning streak, a surge that started after Conner carried the ball just three times in the second half against Baltimore."I'm just doing what I love to do," Conner said.CLOSE SHAVERavens quarterback Joe Flacco showed up at practice this week without the beard he's worn for the first eight weeks of the season."I've been thinking about cutting it about every night for two weeks," Flacco said. "It's not like we've been winning with it. So, we've all got a little bit of superstition in us, I guess."Perhaps he should have cut it a week ago. Flacco had his worst game of the season against the Panthers, going 22 for 39 for 192 yards, with one TD pass and two interceptions.BROWN DELIVERSNo active player has more catches (94) and yards receiving (1,149) against the Ravens in the regular season than Steelers wideout Antonio Brown.Covering Brown will serve as a litmus test for Smith, who began the season serving a four-game suspension and hasn't quite gotten his A-game going yet."Every game you're going to go against somebody's best," Smith said, "but when you go against one of the guys they name as top in the league, it's a chance to show what you've got and kind of peg yourself for where you're at."Surprisingly, Brown has only four career TDs against the Ravens.BURNED BURNSTime may be running out for Pittsburgh cornerback Artie Burns. The former first-round pick is enduring an uneven season and was benched last week for missing a walkthroughBurns might have to play out of necessity if Coty Sensabaugh's toe injury continues to linger. Burns shrugged off his issues, but Tomlin offered a stern rebuke of the 23-year-old's tardiness."He was late, and we wanted to be focused with the guys who were wired-in appropriately where they needed to be in the hours leading up to kickoff http://www.baltimoreravensteamauthentic.com/justin-tucker-jersey ," Tomlin said. "And so, he suffered the consequences of that."Pittsburgh's secondary in general needs to play better than it did in the first meeting, when Flacco passed for 363 yards and two TDs.HELLO, NOVEMBERThe Ravens went 1-3 in October, but have cause for optimism because they're 30-12 in November since coach John Harbaugh took over in 2008."Don't jinx it," Flacco said when told of the stat.Then he might not want to know the Ravens are 7-0 at home in November against the AFC North under Harbaugh.AP Sports Writer Will Graves in Pittsburgh contributed to this report. Some juicy rematches highlighted wild-card weekend, in which, well, just about any of the teams advancing wouldn't have been a surprise. Seattle beat Dallas early this season, and Baltimore handled the Los Angeles Chargers late. The Colts and Texans split two regular-season games. Only the Eagles and Bears didn't face off. "That was a different time of the season," says Seahawks defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr., who played for Dallas. "I think we both were at different places in our growth for the season. I think we're both two different teams right now."They're coming off of a win streak and the quarterback and the running back and the receiver and the whole offense is really clicking. It's really challenging for us to get this together, but it's going to be a really good game. They've been effective certainly on the run, they've been effective in the pocket and with his mobility. We have our work cut out for us."They sure did, and the Cowboys (11-6) came out on top against the Seahawks (10-7) on Saturday night, with Ezekiel Elliott rushing for 137 yards and the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter as Dallas hung on for a 24-22 wild-card win. The loss ended a run of nine straight victories in playoff openers for the Seahawks.The action began with the two AFC South teams meeting in Houston on Saturday, with the Colts (11-6) cruising to a 21-7 win over the Texans (11-6). Andrew Luck threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns in his hometown, and Marlon Mack ran for 148 yards and a touchdown for Indianapolis, which advanced to face the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round next weekend.On Sunday http://www.baltimoreravensteamauthentic.com/nick-boyle-jersey , the Chargers come across the country to Baltimore, then defending champion Philadelphia is at Chicago.Also awaiting the results were NFC top seed New Orleans, plus No. 2s New England (AFC) and the Los Angeles Rams (NFC).Los Angeles Chargers (12-4) at Baltimore (10-6)Two weeks ago, the visiting Ravens beat LA and moved atop the AFC North, which they then clinched last Sunday. Now comes a redux, and the Chargers will have top running back Melvin Gordon back, a real boost.They will need a balanced offense, with Gordon's running complementing the passing of Philip Rivers, and a defense that can solve the speed and moves of Baltimore's Lamar Jackson. Since Jackson replaced an injured Joe Flacco at quarterback, the Ravens are 6-1. Jackson and fellow rookie Gus Edwards give them a formidable running game to go with the No. 1-ranked defense in yards."They just never let you get comfortable as an offense," Rivers says. "It's always something trying to keep you off-balance. "It's going to be back and forth. There will be times where we pick everything up just right and do everything just right. There will be other times where we're going to have to, again, manage all those things that they do so well."Philadelphia (9-7) at Chicago (12-4)Thirty years ago, they played the "Fog Bowl" at the old Soldier Field. There isn't a whole lot of clarity about this matchup, either.The Bears, paced by a strong version of the Monsters of the Midway, have been the better team all year. But they are generally playoff newbies, and they face perhaps the most resilient team in the league.Philly has been ravaged by injuries, yet here it is http://www.baltimoreravensteamauthentic.com/maxx-williams-jersey , making big plays on both sides of the ball thanks greatly to the veterans who had such a big role in its roll to the title a year ago: Nick Foles, Zack Ertz, Lane Johnson, Fletcher Cox, Malcolm Jenkins. The Eagles still have to produce on the field, but their credentials are valid."I know how our team has really fought this last month of the season, last six weeks," coach Doug Pederson says. "And it does give you a little comfort knowing that we've kind of went through this grind and we're here now and we have to continue to grind and continue to work."But I don't think it's any easier. It's a different team again. Different set of circumstances. We have to travel. If we're fortunate to win, we have to be on the road again. It feels different, but the excitement is the same."There's no shortage of excitement in Chicago, either. Under first-year coach Matt Nagy, the Bears have moved from last place in the usually difficult NFC North to the top."I would say last year when we were playing good football, even though we had struggles within the team and struggles would be, you know, everything else was going haywire around us," DT Akiem Hicks says, "but we were able to pull together and keep fighting. And there was no quit, and you saw that this year when we got into last minutes of the game and still fighting and coming up with those wins. You could tell that guys have that fight in them."


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