Cleveland Browns vs Baltimore Ravens (10/16)

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=750 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width=560>Cleveland (2-2) at Baltimore (1-3)

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CLE </TD><TD align=middle width="30%">vs. </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle width="35%">
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BAL </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=3 height=3><SPACER width="1" type="block" height="1"></TD></TR><TR><TD class=ysptblbdr2 colSpan=3><SPACER width="1" type="block" height="1"></TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD class=yspscores align=right>7 </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle>Rush </TD><TD class=yspscores align=right>74 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD class=yspscores align=right>1.8 </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle>Rush/G </TD><TD class=yspscores align=right>18.5 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD class=yspscores align=right>12 </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle>Yds </TD><TD class=yspscores align=right>233 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow1><TD class=yspscores align=right>3.0 </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle>Y/G </TD><TD class=yspscores align=right>58.3 </TD></TR><TR class=ysprow2><TD class=yspscores align=right>0 </TD><TD class=yspscores noWrap align=middle>TD </TD><TD class=yspscores align=right>1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>During their Super Bowl season five years ago, the Baltimore Ravens struggled offensively before quarterback Trent Dilfer took over and led them to the championship.


They're in a similar situation this season, but don't have the luxury of having Dilfer on their side.
Dilfer makes his first start against the Ravens since helping them win the Super Bowl when he leads the Cleveland Browns into M&T Bank Stadium.

Baltimore didn't score a touchdown for five straight weeks during the 2000 season, but went on to win 11 straight games to claim a Super Bowl championship. Dilfer started the final eight games of the regular season and all four in the playoffs, posting an 11-1 record.
The Super Bowl win over the New York Giants was Dilfer's last game for Baltimore as he went on to sign with the Seattle Seahawks before coming to Cleveland this past offseason.

Since his departure, the Ravens have turned to a number of quarterbacks, but have made the playoffs only twice.


This season, starter Kyle Boller got hurt in a loss to Indianapolis in the opener, and backup Anthony Wright has guided the team to a 1-2 record.

The Ravens are 25th in the NFL in total offense, their 47 points scored are second-fewest in the league behind Houston's 44, and they're off to the worst start in the team's 10-year history.

Last Sunday, Baltimore was penalized 21 times -- one short of the NFL record -- and had two players ejected during an embarrassing 35-17 loss to the Detroit Lions. Besides being flagged for holding seven times, the Ravens received three unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and a personal foul call.

On Wednesday, Terrell Suggs and Ed Reed were fined $15,000 each for making contact with an official during the game.

``I'm accountable. I'm responsible,'' coach Brian Billick said. ``Make no mistake. We recognize what we did, and don't feel good about it.''

The meltdown overshadowed the performance of an offense that committed four turnovers and a defense that allowed 169 yards rushing.

``Coach talked to us about what happened. He still has faith in the character of this team,'' Wright said. ``We're not a bad team, on or off the football field. Right now, we're going through some trials and tribulations. We're going to work this out. We're professionals.''

The Ravens may look to running back Jamal Lewis to get the offense on track. In eight career games against Cleveland, Lewis is averaging 147.6 rushing yards, the most by one player against a team in the NFL since 1970.

The Browns have struggled against the run, allowing 137.8 yards a game, and that trend continued in last week's 20-10 win over Chicago.

Cleveland allowed the Bears to rush for 176 yards, but was able to win for the second time in three games behind the play of Dilfer.

With the Browns trailing 10-6, Dilfer hit Antonio Bryant for a 33-yard touchdown with 3:02 left in the game. After Bears rookie quarterback Kyle Orton's fumble was recovered by safety Chris Crocker, Dilfer found Bryant on a similar route in the left corner, a 28-yarder that put the Browns up by 10 with 2:24 remaining.

``He leads,'' Browns tight end Aaron Shea said of Dilfer. ``We follow.''

Cleveland will be short-handed offensively for this game. Running back Lee Suggs broke his right thumb Sunday and will be out at least four weeks. Rookie wide receiver Braylon Edwards will miss his second straight game following surgery to remove an unknown infection near his right elbow.

Edwards, who has nine catches for 166 yards and one touchdown, was released from the hospital Wednesday but might not play for a month while recovering.

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BROWNS: Getting a big taste of Reuben

Thursday, October 13, 2005 <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>By Steve Doerschuk Repository sports writer
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CLEVELAND - You pronounce Reuben Droughns’ surname like the verb, “drones,” which, the dictionary says, means “hums, burrs, buzzes, whirs.”
The definition of “Droughns” — starting running back for the Browns — is hard and fast now that Lee Suggs is out four to six weeks with a broken thumb.

In Droughns’ four starts, one couldn’t say the rushing game has hummed. The Browns rank 29th in the NFL at 75.3 yards a game.

There is, however, a buzz about the way Droughns has attacked the line of scrimmage, and about the team’s two wins in its last three outings.
Certainly, there has been a whirring sameness to the Droughns-led ground game. The 27-year-old Chicago native rushed for 78 yards vs. Cincinnati, 50 at Green Bay, 76 at Indianapolis and 72 vs. Chicago.

The running game has been Droughns, Droughns and more Droughns.
Browns running backs have made 79 carries; Droughns has 71. The backs have rushed for 292 yards; Droughns has 276.

Droughns, who has a high-energy personality and always seems to be smiling, seems eager to build on his first quarter of a season with his new team.

“It seems like we’re that close on a couple of runs,” said Droughns, holding his thumb and index finger a half-inch apart. “If we just step out on a few runs, it’s gonna happen.”

Step out?

“Just break a tackle ... break away from those hand tackles, those guys who are slapping at your legs,” he said. “If I can step out of those things, that’s when we’ll get those longer runs.”

Nobody who didn’t follow the Oregon Ducks knew anything about Droughns before 2004. In his first four NFL seasons after getting picked in the third round by Detroit in 2000, Droughns totaled 40 carries for 97 yards.
Droughns broke out with Denver in 2004. Even after he rushed for 1,240 yards, the Broncos preferred Tatum Bell.

Yet, Droughns is thankful for the experience. He said he is a more confident player than he was a year ago this week, when he had a 30-carry, 193-yard game against Carolina.

“I have an opportunity to make a name for myself outside the Denver system,” Droughns said. “That is what I’m trying to do here, while trying to help get us to the level of a playoff team.”

The Browns stayed alive in the 2002 playoff race with a late win at Baltimore, which included a 20-carry, 56-yard game by William Green.
Droughns beat out Green in the preseason, with Suggs out with a high ankle sprain.

Suggs played little after he returned the third week of the season. What happens without him?

“The rotation is still gonna be the same,” Droughns said. “Before Lee came back, me and Will were doing a good job handling practice and handling the games.”

The practice routine didn’t change much after Suggs came back. In fact, Head Coach Romeo Crennel said Wednesday that Green was the No. 2 back ahead of Suggs on Sunday against Chicago because the team practiced that way, not because Suggs broke a thumb in the game.

Green has had a cameo season, with seven carries for 12 yards. His view of life without Suggs?

“Same as every week,” he said. “I’ll be ready to go. Nothing changes. We’ll be ready around here, whatever the situation calls for.”

Apparently, that will be Droughns, Droughns and more Droughns.


Reach Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: [email protected]



Droughns: I’m more Lewis, less Tomlinson

Reuben Droughns’ favorite current NFL running back is LaDainian Tomlinson, but not because Droughns thinks he’s an L.T. clone.

“LaDainian has physical strength and power. He runs inside-outside. He has skills to make somebody miss. Not everybody has that package. I don’t try to be that.”

The 5-foot-11, 215-pound Droughns said his style is more along the lines of Jamal Lewis, the 5-11, 245-pound Baltimore back who will oppose Droughns and Co. on Sunday.

“Jamal has a little more speed than me,” Droughns said. “He’s an aggressive runner, just like me.”

The Browns wouldn’t mind if Droughns resembled the 2003 version of Lewis. In two games against the Browns, Lewis rushed for 295 and 205 yards for an even 500.

STEVE DOERSCHUK



Baltimore vs. Backs

LEAGUE vs. ravens this season

Results of feature backs against the Ravens this season.

Date Back, team Att-Yds Lng Result

Sept. 11 Edgerrin James, Colts 23-88 16 L, 24-7
Sept. 18 Travis Henry, Titans 18-62 17 L, 25-10
Oct. 2 Curtis Martin, Jets 10-30 8 W, 13-3
Oct. 9 Kevin Jones, Lions 26-58 14 L, 35-17

browns vs. ravens last 4 years

Results of Browns feature backs in the last four games against Baltimore.

Date Back Att-Yds Lng Result

Nov. 7, 2004 Lee Suggs 18-56 17 L, 27-13
Sept. 12, 2004 William Green 22-65 10 W, 20-3 Dec. 21, 2003 Lee Suggs 20-68 16 L, 35-0 Sept. 14, 2003 William Green 17-54 8 L, 33-13
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Let's be honest - who thought that the Browns would be going to the Ravens own turf at this stage in the season, with a new coach, without their TE Soldjah and with some analysts talking of their hosts as an underdog?
Heck - this almost has a flavor of being a trap game for Romeo's crew.
Romeo is doing great things for the Browns under very difficult circumstances.

 

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Date: Oct 13, 2005

Remember 2003? How Jamal Lewis single-handedly led the Ravens to two wins over the Browns by repeatedly breaking huge runs? Fred Greetham reports on the Browns continuing need to neutralize the Ravens talented, and still dangerous, running back.
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BEREA – The one thing that has been evident in the first four games of the 2005 season is the fact the Browns have not been able to stop the run.
The Browns have allowed a 100-yard rusher in three out of the four games they’ve played. Rudi Johnson rushed for over 100 yards in the season opener for the Bengals, as did Edgerrin James for the Colts in the third game and Thomas Jones for the Bears in the fourth game.
The Browns are ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing defense, giving up 137.8 yards a game.
Crennel said the Browns deficiency against the run will eventually lead to disaster, unless they get it corrected.
“It will catch up with us,” he said. “We’re working on that. We’re making slow progress. If we keep working on it, the rushing yardage will go down.”
It’s not good news for the Browns that this week’s task is stopping Jamal Lewis—amongst others.
“Offensively, (the Ravens) have a running back in Lewis who has strong ability and can definitely hurt you,” Crennel said. “(Todd) Heap presents a lot of match up problems.
“(Derrick) Mason, the wide receiver has excellent quickness and runs good routes,” Crennel said. “They have a number of problems that they present. We are going to have to play our best game to have a chance to win.”
Lewis has given the Browns nightmares in the past few years. He set an NFL record with 295 yards against the Browns on Sept. 14, 2003.
Lewis has started the first quarter of the 2005 season slower than he is accustomed to. He has 233 yards, including a touchdown to lead the Ravens ground game thus far in 2005. He’s also caught seven passes for 53 yards, including a touchdown.
In contrast, Reuben Droughns has 276 yards rushing and has caught 14 passes for 104 yards for the Browns.
Chester Taylor—whom the Browns signed to an offer sheet in the off-season—spells Lewis at running back. He has 110 yards rushing and has caught 11 passes for 91 yards.
“(Lewis) might not be putting up the numbers, but he’s still a good back,” Crennel said.
Lewis feels the rushing game is starting to come together. He rushed for 95 yards last week against the Lions.
“It’s getting there,” Lewis said. “It’s coming along slowly, but surely.”
Ravens coach Brian Billick said Lewis is starting to put it all together.
“He’s really got back into a rhythm the last two weeks,” Billick said.

Green Good in Practice: Crennel was asked why he has been using William Green to spell RB Reuben Droughns rather than Lee Suggs, prior to Suggs breaking his thumb.
Green has just 12 yards on seven carries in his limited duty thus far this season. Suggs has no carries from scrimmage.
“One of the things in practice is we’re not hitting,” Crennel said. “You’re going against the scout team. In a game, you’re going against the opponent and they are hitting. All I can go by is what he looks like in practice. It’s been an issue because three guys who have quality and trying to get them all some time.”
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Lets Go Browns!! Fuck the Ravens

 

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Lets Go Browns!! Fuck the Ravens

Ill never forgive Modell for taking the Browns away, Ill fucking hate the Ravens until theres not one breath left in my body...

We'll win this game. Why??? Jamal Lewis is all they have, and hes having a bad year, so is their defense, and thats all that they have...

 

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http://www.wbns10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3826562

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.
10 TV can kiss my nutsack.
They are showing the Bengals game over this, you HAVE to be kidding me.
As soon as I calm down they are getting an email from me...
And then I will be sending them my bill from Damon's or wherever, so they can reimburse me on my costs to see this game.

 

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http://www.wbns10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3826562

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS.
10 TV can kiss my nutsack.
They are showing the Bengals game over this, you HAVE to be kidding me.
As soon as I calm down they are getting an email from me...
And then I will be sending them my bill from Damon's or wherever, so they can reimburse me on my costs to see this game.

You shouldn't ask the 10TV crew for that kind of attention - look what they did to this poor tree rat.

Doesn't please anyone when the success of one team (Bengals) intrudes on the viewing pleasure of the other team's fanbase (Browns). I long wondered why the NFL can't get this simple rule straight - make sure the Browns and Bengals games are staggered. 1:00 -- start then 4:00 start. Alternating weeks. Seems pretty damned simple to me.

 

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Ravens’ Lewis has history of chewing up Browns
Friday, October 14, 2005 <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>By STEVE DOERSCHUK
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SCOTT HECKEL Jamal Lewis takes off on an 82-yard touchdown run against the Browns on Sept. 14, 2003.
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BEREA - Jamal Lewis has been an equal opportunity abuser.
He has unleashed monster games against Browns coordinators Dave Campo, Foge Fazio and, yes, Romeo Crennel.
Built like a truck (5-foot-11, 245 pounds), apt to change directions like a fly, Lewis has been everything the Ravens always wanted.
The Browns, who must contend with Lewis on Sunday, know it better than anyone. Lewis’ top three career rushing games and four of his top seven have come against Cleveland.
His numbers have been off during the Ravens’ 1-3 start, but he is coming off a 19-carry, 95-yard game against the Lions.
“He’s back into rhythm,” Head Coach Brian Billick said. “He’s running strong and hard.”
Crennel was Cleveland’s defensive coordinator in 2000, when Lewis was a rookie, drafted fifth behind Courtney Brown, LaVar Arrington, Chris Samuels and Peter Warrick.
Crennel schemed against the Ravens twice that year.
In the first game, on Oct. 1, Lewis and starter Priest Holmes did damage in a 12-0 Baltimore win. Lewis rushed 13 times for 86 yards; Holmes gained 82 yards in 20 carries.
Things changed by Thanksgiving week, when the Ravens smacked the Browns, 44-7, in Cleveland. Trent Dilfer, who had replaced Tony Banks at quarterback, passed for 169 yards. Lewis (30 carries, 170 yards) and Holmes (17, 64) were still sharing, but Lewis had dug in as the back of the future.
In four years as defensive coordinator of the Patriots, Crennel never faced Lewis.
“I’ve seen enough of the guy to know ... you have to take the guys seriously,” Crennel said. “He’s strong-legged. He breaks tackles.
“Look at the Detroit game. He had two guys on the sideline, made the cut and ran right past ’em.”
Lewis should be in his prime, at age 26. His weak 2005 totals, 233 yards at 3.1 per carry, come in the wake of a four-month prison sentence for involvement in a July 2000 drug deal.
He was released from a federal prison camp in Pensacola, Fla., on June 1, when he told reporters, “Football season will be nothing now. I thought training camp was the hardest thing, but going through this ... will be a breeze.”
In an interview with Ohio media this week, Lewis said he mistakenly thought he’d easily plug into an attack led by a new coordinator, Jim Fassel.
“These couple of games that we played early have been more like preseason games for me,” Lewis said. “I’ve just been running myself, getting ready and getting used to the offensive line and the new offense.”
Lewis rushed for 500 yards in two games in 2003 against the Browns. He finished that season with 2,066 yards, second all-time to Eric Dickerson’s 2,105 yards in 1984.
He hasn’t been the same back since. In 2004, he missed two games with a suspension and two with an ankle injury.
In two games against the Browns, he needed 42 carries to grind out 138 yards. One of those was a 20-3 loss. The other, at Baltimore, was controlled by the Browns until Derrick Frost got off a late, 7-yard punt. But then, he finished with 1,006 yards, more than any Cleveland back has gained since 1985.
It’s a new year. Crennel is Cleveland’s head coach. With a win, the Browns can take a two-game lead over Baltimore in the standings.
“We have to go out and play Ravens football,” Lewis said. “We’ve always been the underdog in everything ... with the media ... in the NFL. We don’t worry about what everybody else says. We are for ourselves.”

Reach Repository sports writer Steve Doerschuk at (330) 580-8347 or e-mail: [email protected]

Jamal Lewis’ Top 7 games
The Cleveland Browns have contributed greatly to Jamal Lewis’ stature as one of the NFL’s top backs:

Date Opponent Att.-Yds. Long TDs
Sept. 14, 2003 Browns 30-295 82 2
Dec. 21, 2003 Browns 22-205 72 2
Oct. 6, 2002 Browns 26-187 75 0
Nov. 19, 2000 Cowboys 28-187 18 0
Sept. 26, 2004 Bengals 18-186 75 1
Dec. 7, 2003 Bengals 30-180 19 3 Nov. 26, 2000 Browns 30-170 36 2
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</TD><TD noWrap width=3></TD><TD vAlign=top>By NFL Scout

Date: Oct 16, 2005

Here's all you need to know about today's game...
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KICKOFF: Sunday, 1:00 ET

SURFACE: Momentum Sportexe
TV: CBS, Spero Dedes, Rich Gannon
SERIES: 13th meeting. The Ravens lead, 8-4. This rivalry is still intense for Browns fans, but it lost some pizzazz when Art Modell sold the franchise to Steve Bisciotti. This game has special meaning, however, because Nov. 6 will mark the 10th anniversary of Modell announcing he was moving the Browns franchise he bought in 1961 to Baltimore.
*2005 rankings: Browns: offense 16th (29th rush, 9th pass); defense 28th (30th rush, 24th pass). Ravens: offense 25th (22nd rush, 16th pass); defense 2nd (9th rush, 4th pass)

PREDICTION: Ravens 20-10

KEYS TO THE GAME: The Browns have a dilemma defensively because much like Chicago last Sunday, the Ravens rely heavily on the run. Cleveland often sent S Chris Crocker on blitzes, but the Bears still rushed for 176 yards on 5.2 yards per carry. Baltimore will likely counter by attempting to burn the blitz with a few big pass plays, but coach Brian Billick is also very concerned about the team's minus-nine turnover margin. Browns QB Trent Dilfer starts against his old team for the first time since winning Super Bowl XXXV. He found a big-play target in WR Antonio Bryant last Sunday, but a repeat will be difficult against the Ravens' strong secondary. Dilfer has been sacked just six times this season and continued strong pass protection will be critical.

FAST FACTS: Browns: Dilfer's six touchdown passes this season equals his total from the three previous seasons. Ravens: Were 11-1 with Dilfer and are 38-33 (.535) since he left. ... RB Jamal Lewis' average of 147.6 yards in eight games against the Browns is the highest against one team in the NFL's modern era.
PERSONNEL NEWS
Browns:
--RB Lee Suggs is out for Sunday's game at Baltimore after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right thumb. Coach Romeo Crennel said he is concerned because the injury is to the hand with which Suggs usually carries the ball. Suggs is expected to miss four weeks.
--WR Braylon Edwards is out for Sunday's game after having an infection surgically removed from his right elbow. Coach Romeo Crennel said there is no timetable for his return.
--DB Michael Jameson, who has returned to practice after a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy, will be evaluated this week, coach Romeo Crennel said. The team will decide at the end of the week whether to keep him or release him. If he stays, a roster spot must be opened up for him.
--QB Trent Dilfer has thrown for all six of the Browns' touchdowns this season.
--K Phil Dawson is 11-for-11 in seven career games against the Ravens.
--LB Andra Davis has 61 tackles this season, putting him on pace for 244, well above his career high of 170.

Ravens:
--QB Kyle Boller could start practicing again in two weeks. The earliest he could come back and start probably is Nov. 6 against Cincinnati.
--FB Alan Ricard practiced but did not participate in all drills. He is still listed as questionable.
--DE Tony Weaver will miss his second game with a toe injury. He is expected to miss another two games.
--QB Anthony Wright has thrown at least one interception in 11 of 12 games with the Ravens.
--RB Jamal Lewis has produced four of his top eight rushing performances against the Browns.
--CB Samari Rolle participated in all drills after being limited Wednesday with a neck injury. He is expected to start.
--DE Terrell Suggs participated in all drills after being limited Wednesday with a back injury. He is expected to start.

INSIDE THE CAMPS
Browns

Teams often talk about establishing an identity. The Browns seem to have found theirs.
The Browns are pests. They hang around all game long, close enough that one or two big plays in the late going are enough to steal a victory.
Since a 27-13 loss to Cincinnati in the season opener, that's been Cleveland's formula. The Browns were hanging onto a slim 19-17 lead over Green Bay before scoring on a 62-yard pass in the final two minutes to put the game away. They held the mighty Colts offense to 13 points and lost by a
touchdown.
And last week, Cleveland hung close to Chicago and pulled out the win with two TD passes in the last 3:02. It might not have been the way coach Romeo Crennel envisioned it, but he had to admire his team's doggedness.
"They've been somewhat tough," Crennel said. "This team will hang in there. They'll keep fighting. They don't quit. That's encouraging because I know that's one of the ways you give yourself a chance in this game, by not quitting. ... Our guys hang in and keep trying to do what we want them to do for 60 minutes."
The Browns take that persistence to Baltimore on Sunday to face a team that couldn't manage to keep its cool last week. In losing to Detroit, the Ravens committed 21 penalties, one short of the NFL single-game record, and had two players ejected.
Crennel said he doesn't believe the officials will be keeping a closer eye on the Ravens because of last week's antics, and said Baltimore's problems last week could make them tougher to handle Sunday.
"Even though they had their problems last week, I've found that teams that go through problem games usually rally around each other and pull together," Crennel said. "I think that will be the case in Baltimore.
They'll rally and pull the team together and use that as a motivational ploy... We've been talking to our guys about being ready to play probably the toughest game of the year in a hostile situation.
"I think that's the way the game will be. It'll be one of those tough, physical games. We're going to have to go down and slug it out with these guys."

Ravens:
Two years ago, Jamal Lewis predicted a "career day" against the Cleveland Browns and backed it up.
Last season, the Ravens running back was more restrained in his comments about the Browns and was limited.
Heading into Sunday's game against the Browns, Lewis sounded somewhere between confident and cautious.
"You can't really say, 'Oh, it's the Browns, and I'm going to go out and get 200 yards,'" Lewis said. "You never know. That's why I went in last year like, 'These guys know what we're going to do. We got all these yards against them before. They're not going to let that happen again.'"
Lewis has produced four of his top eight rushing games against the Browns.
In splitting the series with the Ravens last season, the Browns did a good job of containing Lewis, limiting the back to 57 yards in the first game and 81 yards in the second. It was the worst season total for Lewis against the Browns in the four years he has faced them.
Lewis is still averaging 147.6 rushing yards per game against Cleveland, his highest total against any divisional foe. But Lewis, who looks to be rounding into midseason form after rushing for 95 yards against the Detroit Lions, deflected attention to the offensive line when speculating whether he anticipates his personal rivalry against the Browns to swing back in his direction after the off year.
"It's one of those things where it's like, 'Who is going to get who first?'" Lewis said. "I think that is how it goes with a team you play two times a year. You're pretty much rivals, know each other.
"Is our offensive line going to be more physical, or is their defense going to be more physical against us? That's what really determines the outcome of the game."
But why not predict another career day, especially when it worked so well two years ago and being humble last year did not?
"The only thing that made me say that back then was that I have a friend (Andra Davis) over there, and we were just talking on the phone," Lewis said. "I said that to him. At the same time, it wasn't supposed to go that far. He was supposed to let that phone conversation go as far as that phone. It went and backfired."
Lewis seems more concerned about his own team than the Browns.
"We just have to put this offense together," Lewis said. "We're playing good on defense. And it's kind of like an imbalance. Once we get the running game going with the passing game, that's when we'll actually be a team. That's when we'll be on our way. I think it's coming."</TT>
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