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No matter how badly a weekend goes for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns and the most recent one certainly wasn't great they can usually take some solace in the division standings.Nobody ever seems to pull away in the AFC North, and that means a divisional matchup like this week's can be a nice opportunity to make things right.Were not playing well, everyone knows that, its not a secret, Cleveland safety John Johnson III said. But the truth of the matter is thats whats in front of us and thats what we can accomplish if we lock in 100 percent.The Ravens host the Browns on Sunday in a matchup between a Baltimore team that leads the division despite a .500 record and a Cleveland team that's only one game behind. The Ravens have blown double-digit leads in the second half of all three of their lo ses, and the Browns have dropped three straight. Zach Werenski Men Jersey The four AFC North teams are separated by one game. It's not much different than last season, when first-place Cincinnati ended up just two games in front of Cleveland and Baltimore, which tied for last.If we win this game well put ourselves in a situation to get that first-place spot, but its going to be one week at a time, one day at a time and it starts today, Johnson said. I think weve got to dominate today and go from there.Of all the teams in the division, the Ravens (3-3) may have the best chance to separate themselves. They've trailed, on average, for only 2:09 per game, but fourth-quarter collapses like have been a problem.The foundation is there, Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. "We know were playing good football (on) both sides of the ball. Just keep striving, keep trying to get better, keep building on what weve done in the past, and were going to be good.Cleveland (2-4) last weekend to New England.ON THE GROUNDThis game pits two of the NFL's top rushers against each other although they produce their yards in vastly different ways.Cleveland's Nick Chubb is No. 1 in the league with 649 yards rushing, and Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson is fifth at 451.Jackson, of course, has also thrown for 1,277 yards.Hes just a dynamic guy with the ball, its been that way probably his whole life, Johnson said. Every level hes dominated with the ball in his hand, running and pa sing. I just think hes one of one in this league. Very elusive, very sudden. I just Anthony Duclair Kids Jersey think you got to have 11 guys running to the ball to contain him.SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTBrowns quarterback Jacoby Bri setts best performance last week came after the game.Following his worst outing so far with Cleveland, Bri sett spoke up in the locker room, promising his teammates hell be better and encouraging them to dig deep before the season slips away.Something needed to be said by somebody, and as the quarterback, as the leader of the team, I felt the liberty to do that, he said. I only do it because I hope people will listen because I need to hear it myself. So hopefully it translates. I think it will.The Browns heard him.Thats Jacoby, Chubb said. Hes a great leader, a great vocal leader. He meant every word. As a team, we all felt it. We all feel the same way.GO TO THE REPLAYOn their visit to Baltimore last season, the Browns had a perfect game plan for Jackson and intercepted him a career-high four times.And they still lost 16-10.While Clevelands offense failed to capitalize on the turnovers, the defenses schemes worked against Jackson, who was flushed into making bad decisions.As their unit struggles to find consistency this season, Clevelands defensive players said looking at the video of their succe s against Jackson is both good prep work for this week and a confidence rebuilder.RUNNING IN PLACEClevelands league-leading rushing attack spun its wheels last week.Not surprisingly, New England coach Bill Belichick focused on stopping what the Browns do best, stacked the line of scrimmage and limited them to 70 yards rushing.Chubb had 12 carries for 56 yards. It figures to be just as tough this week. The Browns will be mi sing Pro Bowl guard Wyatt Teller, who is out with a calf injury.OUT WIDEThe Ravens didn't get much production from their wide receivers last weekend with Rashod Bateman (foot) sidelined. Bateman was at practice this week, but Baltimore also added veteran DeSean Jackson .He looked like the DeSean when he first got to the league, Lamar Jackson said. "Still floating around, running great Lukas Sedlak Kids Jersey routes. Im excited.___Follow Noah Trister at noahtrister___More AP NFL: hub/nfl and AP_NFL in this topic
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