The next installment in the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns rivalry will be written in Week 11, with both teams once again having polar-opposite seasons.
The Ravens, after starting 1-5, have won three straight and look ominous, while the Browns, at 2-7, are once again having a tough time of it.
With the Ravens beating the Browns 41-17 in Week 2 at home, now John Harbaugh's team will travel for what will no doubt be a tough matchup and one that will see who can outlast the other in a brutal contest.
And for fullback Patrick Ricard, when asked to describe the rivalry between Baltimore and Cleveland, he gave the perfect answer.
"I mean, it feels like high school football in terms of we all know each other, we play each other twice a year, mostly everyone's been on the same team for a while, and it's like who can be the most physical and who will quit first," Ricard said. "It's never really a blowout, just whoever's going to quit first."
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Ricard stated the games are rarely blowouts, and the Week 2 game was just that, so too the Week 18 35-10 win for the Ravens, but prior to that, Cleveland had won the last two games.
So, despite both teams having vastly different form lines, that can go out the window here because against Baltimore, the Browns give as good as they get.
Granted, Dillon Gabriel is the quarterback and the offense is struggling for consistency, so this does feel like a game Baltimore should be winning.
Who will make the other quit first? For Ricard, that is the key to victory on Sunday, and my money is on the Ravens continuing their good form as they push for a playoff spot and first place in the AFC North.
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