OWINGS MILLS Youth Brent Urban Jersey , Md. (AP)void of tiebreakers, scoreboard watching or lengthy plane trips. For the Ravens (8-6) to end a two-year hiatus from the postseason, all they have to do is win their last two games – both at home against teams that long ago were eliminated from playoff contention. Now that’s a home stretch to savor. Then again, coach John Harbaugh is taking nothing for granted as he prepares his team for Saturday’s game against Indianapolis (3-11) and the New Year’s Eve finale against Cincinnati (5-9). ”We’re going to need to play our best football to accomplish what we’re trying to accomplish,” Harbaugh said Monday. Judging by past performances, the odds are stacked heavily in favor of the Ravens. Baltimore is 58-20 at home during the regular season during Harbaugh’s 10-year run, including 15-7 in December. The Ravens have allowed an NFL-low 16.4 points per game at home over that span and have an average victory margin of 14.2 points. They’re 4-2 in their own stadium this season, including a 40-0 rout of Miami and a 44-20 win over Detroit. In their road finale Sunday, Baltimore avoided the temptation of looking past winless Cleveland. After a slow start, the Ravens outscored the Browns 10-0 in the second half and pulled away to a 27-10 victory . Not long after the final whistle, the players began thinking about facing Indianapolis. Although it’s going to take two wins to get into the postseason Stitched Nick Boyle Jersey , the Ravens will worry about the Bengals next week. ”If you look ahead, you set yourself up for a trap,” quarterback Joe Flacco said. ”All we can focus on is feeling good about this game and looking forward to the next game.” Against Cleveland, Flacco threw for a season-high 288 yards and Mike Wallace had six catches for 89 yards to back up a defense that forced four turnovers. In a must-win situation, the Ravens did exactly that. ”I live for this type of stuff. Nothing is ever going to make me nervous,” Wallace said. ”Every game is a playoff game from here on out. We want to be in the real playoffs, and right now every week is the playoffs.” It’s an ideal situation for a team that’s battled through injuries and bounced back from a 4-5 start. ”I do appreciate the character of our team, the resilience of our team,” Harbaugh said. ”We dealt with (injuries) quite a bit probably early and in the middle of the season, and our guys handled it and they kept fighting through it. ”The reports of our demise, I guess Youth Nick Boyle Jersey , were greatly exaggerated. But we have a long way to go, and it runs through M&T Bank Stadium.” The Ravens could be without receiver Jeremy Maclin (knee) and defensive tackle Carl Davis (leg) on Saturday. Both were injured against the Browns. ”Both of those guys will do everything they can to get back this week, with varying degrees of likelihood,” Harbaugh said. ”It kind of depends on how they come along in the next couple of days. More likely that it wouldn’t be this week, and it could be the week after.” — KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?Lamar Jackson knows he will play a big part in stopping the high-flying Kansas City Chiefs offense when he leads the Baltimore Ravens into Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.He won't make a tackle, though, or cause a fumble or intercept a pass.That's because stopping Patrick Mahomes and Co. begins with keeping them on the sideline. And to do that, the聽Baltimore quarterback needs to make sure he keeps his own offense on the field."Whatever it takes, we're going to help them out," Jackson said of the Ravens' top-ranked defense Stitched Alex Lewis Jersey , "keep the clock running, keep the ball in our possession."The Ravens have been good at that all season.Even before Jackson took over for Joe Flacco, who remained limited in practice this week with a hip injury, the Ravens employed a ball-control style offense. Their average time of possession is nearly 32 minutes a game, third-best in the NFL, and that in turn has helped Baltimore lead the NFL in scoring defense.It has been even more pronounced after Jackson went under center, though. He has 265 yards rushing to set a quarterback record for a player's first three starts in the Super Bowl era, and the Ravens have run for at least 200 yards as a team in each game during the corresponding three-game win streak 鈥?they are the first team since the 2010 Jaguars to accomplish that feat.In last week's victory over the Falcons, who have a score-a-minute offense in their own right, the Ravens held the ball for an astounding 39 minutes, 39 seconds. They did so by piling up 25 first downs Youth Alex Lewis Jersey , half of those coming on the ground, and running 77 plays to just 45 for the Falcons."When you're on the field for 20 percent less than what you normally have been, you're obviously going to play better defense and play better as a team," Ravens safety Eric Weddle said."Play great defense, control the clock, play great on special teams, you have a shot at winning. That's been known here over the years of the way the Ravens play, and we're going to continue to do that."The Chiefs are quite nearly the opposite.Only four times in their first 12 games have they possessed the ball more than their opponents, and that was with reigning NFL rushing champ Kareem Hunt in the backfield for the first 11 of them.Hunt was released last week after a series of off-the-field issues became public.In fact, both of the Chiefs' losses this season 鈥?at the Patriots and Rams 鈥?have come when they've lost the time of possession battle. It was particularly lopsided in New England, when the Chiefs had the ball for less than 24 minutes in what became a 43-40 shootout loss to Tom Brady and Co.One of the big reasons for the disparity is that Kansas City simply scores fast Stitched Javorius Allen Jersey , averaging an NFL-leading 37 points per game. The Chiefs' quick-strike offense centers around Mahomes distributing to one of the deepest stables of skill-position talent in the league, headlined by speedsters Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins and their versatile, big-play tight end Travis Kelce.Mahomes has a league-leading 43 throws of at least 25 yards this season. Quite a few of those have been part of his NFL-best and franchise-record 41 touchdown tosses.Coach Andy Reid acknowledged that teams have tried to play ball-control offense against Kansas City, and for the most part it hasn't worked that well. The Chiefs have been able to build big enough leads in most of their games that opponents have to abandon the run altogether."I don't think it changes what you do," Reid insisted. "You have to be efficient with what you do when you have the opportunity with the ball. That is always our challenge, though. You have to take care of business when you have the opportunities."Notes: RB Charcandrick West has switched numbers after signing earlier this week. He wore No. 35 last year and was No. 30 at practice Thursday. … P Dustin Colquitt has been nominated by Kansas City for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. … TE Demetrius Harris (ill) missed Thursday's practice.100View Gallery Gallery:View from the sidelines: NFL cheerleaders 2018Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports | Raj Mehta
