The Tennessee Titans ended the Baltimore Ravens season in 2019 and will face them in the wild card round rematch at 1:05 pm ET on Sunday on ESPN and its family of networks.
“We are just focused on the game,” said Ravens coach John Harbaugh. “Previous games are of little importance. There is some history, the rivalry certainly has. But what impact does that have on the next game?”
Baltimore – which is putting together a five-game winning streak – has an exciting playoff history with Tennessee. In the post-seasons of 2000 and 2008, the Ravens defeated the Titans with more seeds in Nashville. In the 2003 playoffs, Baltimore lost at home to Tennessee in the first round.
ESPN will have several ways to watch the drama taking place on Sunday, with megacast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, Freeform and ESPN +.
Here’s what each broadcast will feature:
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ESPN and ABC will broadcast the traditional broadcast simultaneously with a Monday Night Football team of Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick on the conference call, accompanied by reporter Lisa Salters.
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On ESPN2, five ESPN analysts – Tedy Bruschi, Matt Hasselbeck, Keyshawn Johnson, Booger McFarland and Rex Ryan – will share the Xs and Os.
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At Freeform, Jesse Palmer and Maria Taylor will have a lookout party attended by several guests. Palmer and Taylor will address various topics, including issues related to gambling and pop culture.
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ESPN Deportes will have a Spanish broadcast with Pablo Viruega and Eduardo Valera at the booth and reporter John Sutcliffe.
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ESPN + will feature a mix of gambling, statistics and film analysis content with Laura Rutledge, Mina Kimes, Dan Orlovsky, Marcus Spears, Doug Kezirian, Joe Fortenbaugh and Tyler Fulgham.
Containing Lamar Jackson, who ended the regular season with 1,005 running yards, will be critical for the Titans to maintain their winning streak against the Ravens. Jackson is the first quarterback with 1,000-yard consecutive seasons.
“I’m not sure if we have a lot of people who match Lamar Jackson’s speed,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said on Monday. “We will have to play in defense of a solid team. He is an incredibly dynamic player who has a lot of problems.”
ESPN reporter Jamison Hensley from Baltimore Ravens and ESPN reporter Turron Davenport from Tennessee Titans contributed to this report.