OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh couldn’t help it.

As he watched the Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers game unfold Sunday afternoon during a party that he hosted for his players and assistant coaches, Harbaugh found himself doing the same thing that thousands of Ravens fans do every weekend when watching their favorite team play.

“I’m complaining about the play calls,” Harbaugh said Monday, acknowledging that he got into fan mode. “I’m wondering why they didn’t do this or that. What are they thinking? The clock management, what are we doing?”

There were some tense moments at Harbaugh’s watch party Sunday. He tried to get up a few times, and he was advised not to move because the Browns had strung together a few positive plays, and nobody wanted to jinx it.

There was also a “raucous” and “uncorked” celebration, and “a lot of jumping around and hugging” when Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ fourth-down pass sailed incomplete, securing the Browns’ 13-6 upset win. The Ravens, who would have been eliminated from the AFC North race and the playoff picture with a Pittsburgh victory, were still alive.

“We had fun, but it was also a nail-biter,” Harbaugh said. “Great job by the Browns, obviously. A lot of respect for our division. Our division is a very tough division. Hard-fought games in our division across the board. All four teams know how to play each other. That was a great example of AFC North football. We’re appreciative of the opportunity that it affords us, and it’s our job to prepare for it.”

The Ravens (8-8) and Steelers (9-7) will meet again Sunday night in Acrisure Stadium, the last game of the NFL’s regular season, and the stakes have rarely been higher between the two rivals. The winner earns the AFC North crown, the conference’s No. 4 seed and a first-round home playoff game next weekend. The loser’s season is over, and they’ll have to confront a long offseason filled with regret, change and plenty of speculation about the future of their longtime head coach.

Harbaugh and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin have coached against each other 39 times, but this will be the first time in the rivalry where the two teams will play a winner-take-all game in the final week of the regular season. This season hasn’t gone exactly as each team had hoped, but they both have a chance to change that Sunday night.

“It’s probably the way it should be,” Harbaugh said. “We respect the Steelers. We respect the AFC North.

“It’s a great opportunity. We’ll be playing a division championship game on Sunday. That’s what we’re doing in the last week of the season. We’re excited about that, and it’s a meaningful thing. We’ve worked hard to get to this position. There are a lot of different paths in football, and there are a lot of different paths in life. This is the path of the 2025 season. So, here we are, and our goal is to make the most of it.”