·         Following the contest at Seattle, the Ravens will play two games at M&T Bank Stadium in five days. The Bengals come to Baltimore on Nov. 20, while the 49ers visit on Thanksgiving night (11/24) in what some are calling the “Harbaugh Bowl.”

·         RAY LEWIS ON CHUCK PAGANO ~ “It’s almost like playing for your father... You don’t want to let him down. You don’t want to be behind in your studies, because it would be the wrong thing to do to a man like Chuck. Chuck and I text each other all the time. ‘What do you think of this? What tape are you watching? Did you see this when they lined up this way?’ Early in the morning, at midnight. We communicate all the time.”

·         FLACCO OWNS NFL’S MOST TOTAL WINS SINCE 2008 Joe Flacco was not only impressive in the win at Pittsburgh, he is historically good. Joe is just one of three starting QBs (Dan Marino and Bernie Kosar) in NFL history to start a playoff game in each of his first three seasons.

·         Torrey Smith has 20 catches for 397 yards and 4 TDs, producing a 19.9 yards-per-catch average, which ranks third in the NFL.

·         The Ravens are the only team in the NFL not to surrender a point on the opponent’s first possession and they’ve given up only 13 points in the first quarter all season, a league best.

·         The Ravens look to start the season at 7-2 for just the second time in team history (2006, 13-3 campaign).

·         The Ravens are 20-3 vs. teams with sub-.500 records during the John Harbaugh Era (since 2008). Baltimore’s only losses to such teams came in Week 2 battles at 0-1 Cincinnati (2010) and at 0-1Tennessee (2011) and in Week 7 at 1-5 Jacksonville (2011).

·         The Seahawks, who are 1-2 at CenturyLink Field, have dropped three straight and four of their last five. Seattle is 0-3 against the AFC North this season.

·         Seattle’s offense ranks 29th (296.1 ypg), including the league’s 30th-ranked ground game (88.3 ypg) and 23rd-ranked passing attack (207.9 ypg). The Seahawks’ 29 sacks allowed are the NFL’s second most.

·         With the NFL’s 16th-ranked unit (352.8 ypg), Seattle is 13th in rushing “D” (110.4 ypg) and 18th in pass defense (242.4 ypg). The Seahawks have been stingy in goal-to-go situations, allowing a league-best 38.5-percent TD efficiency rate. Six different players have recorded an INT, with SS Kam Chancellor recording a team-high 3 picks. Despite owning the NFL’s third fewest team sacks (13.0), DE Chris Clemons alone has recorded a team-best 5 QB drops.