Yes, John Harbaugh will cop to having some Taylor Swift songs on his phone. “I haven’t been distracted by that at all,” Harbaugh said. Harbaugh has enough on his plate trying to coach the Baltimore Ravens to their first Super Bowl in 11 years.
Lamar Jackson may have a bit of cabin fever, NFL style. A first-round bye left the star quarterback with no game last weekend, and Jackson has made it clear that he's itching to take the field and play. Jackson's Baltimore team posted the NFL's best record during the regular season at 13-4, but one loss would end the Ravens' season.
Leave it to Roquan Smith, Baltimore's chatty linebacker, to put the enormity of the postseason into words. “I don't feel pressure at all, but some do say pressure bursts pipes and makes diamonds,” Smith said. With their first postseason matchup finally set — it's Saturday against Houston — the Ravens are now back in their game week routine.
Minkah Fitzpatrick will miss a third straight game for Pittsburgh as the Steelers try to boost their playoff chances on Saturday in their regular-season finale at Baltimore. Fitzpatrick had been listed as questionable with a knee injury. The Ravens, who have already clinched the top seed in the AFC, are resting quarterback Lamar Jackson, receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and cornerback Marlon Humphrey, who is nursing a calf issue.