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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said he has to play “damn near perfect” in his team’s home game Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, noting the need to be aggressive early in order to avoid falling behind given how their AFC North rival plays on offense.

The Ravens’ last two games back up Burrow’s words.

Last Sunday, the Ravens put the Buffalo Bills in an early hole that they never escaped from. Derrick Henry ran for two first-half touchdowns en route to 209 total yards as a 21-3 halftime lead made way for a 35-10 win.

The week before, Henry ran for another two scores against the Dallas Cowboys, with his early third-quarter touchdown helping put the Ravens up 28-6. Dallas mounted a comeback but eventually fell 28-25 as Henry galloped for 174 total yards.

And then, of course, there’s Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, who’s run for 141 yards and two scores during that time in addition to completing 75.7 percent of his passes. The Ravens’ offense is efficient through the air and near-unstoppable on the ground, and that makes for a difficult combination to bear.

If the Ravens are rolling and running downhill early, that’ll be hard for any team to come back from. As Burrow said, he would probably have to play “damn near perfect.”

But an aggressive start that puts the Ravens in an early hole would certainly help matters. Cincinnati will look to do just that Sunday at home for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff in Paycor Stadium.