FOXBOROUGH -- Tom Brady has faced the Baltimore Ravens seven times in his career, and even though the Patriots are 5-2 in those games, rarely has it been easy. Just twice, in fact, has the scoring margin been more than a touchdown: the Patriots beat the Ravens, 24-3, in 2004, and the Ravens ended the Patriots’ season in 2010 with a 33-14 playoff win at Gillette Stadium.

“It’s not like you beat this team 50-0,” Brady said at a press conference on Wednesday. “It’s always a tight game, there’s tight coverage, there’s tight throws, there’s tough reads, because schematically they do quite a few things.