“I think it’s definitely going to be a physical game,” Smith said. “I watched the game of theirs (against the Colts) on the flight over here and just knowing Vrabel’s motto and everything like that. They pride themselves on physicality and things of that nature, but so do we – more so violence as opposed to physicality, a little step above.”
The Ravens and Titans have a longstanding rivalry, dating back to the early Ray Lewis-Eddie George days. But the intensity of the rivalry has ebbed and flowed depending on how often they’ve met each other and the stakes of the games.
It was intense a few years ago when the Titans eliminated the top-seeded Ravens early from the 2019 playoffs. They met again twice the following season. Henry had a game-winning touchdown in overtime of a regular-season game at M&T Bank Stadium, but the Ravens got revenge with a wild-card playoff win in Tennessee, punctuated by a Marcus Peters interception and celebration on the Titans’ midfield logo after they had stomped on Baltimore’s logo the two meetings prior.
Sunday’s game at neutral Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will be the teams’ first regular-season meeting since the 2020 playoff game.
“I definitely heard about some of those things from the past,” Smith said.
2023-10-11 14:02:14
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