The Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens face off on Sunday, Oct. 23. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial) and Paramount+ (free trial).

No matter how badly a weekend goes for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns — and the most recent one certainly wasn’t great — they can usually take some solace in the division standings.

Nobody ever seems to pull away in the AFC North, and that means a divisional matchup like this week’s can be a nice opportunity to make things right.

The Ravens host the Browns on Sunday in a matchup between a Baltimore team that leads the division despite a .500 record — and a Cleveland team that’s only one game behind. The Ravens have blown double-digit leads in the second half of all three of their losses, and the Browns have dropped three straight.

The four AFC North teams are separated by one game. It’s not much different than last season, when first-place Cincinnati ended up just two games in front of Cleveland and Baltimore, which tied for last.

Of all the teams in the division, the Ravens (3-3) may have the best chance to separate themselves. They’ve trailed, on average, for only 2:09 per game, but fourth-quarter collapses like last weekend’s against the New York Giants have been a problem.

Cleveland (2-4) lost 38-15 last weekend to New England.

When is Browns-Ravens?

The Ravens play the Browns at noon (1 p.m. ET) Sunday, Oct 23.

Live stream options

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

Paramount+

Paramount+, which offers a 7-day free trial,and features more than 20,000 episodes and movies from ViacomCBS family, which includes CBS, Comedy Central, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and more.

There are two tiers to the streaming service. For $4.99 per month, you get limited commercials. For $9.99 per month, there are no commercials. Both tiers come with the 7-day free trial.

Will it be televised?

The Browns and Ravens will be televised on CBS.

Preview

ON THE GROUND: This game pits two of the NFL’s top rushers against each other — although they produce their yards in vastly different ways.

Cleveland’s Nick Chubb is No. 1 in the league with 649 yards rushing, and Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson is fifth at 451.

Jackson, of course, has also thrown for 1,277 yards.

“He’s just a dynamic guy with the ball, it’s been that way probably his whole life,” Johnson said. “Every level he’s dominated with the ball in his hand, running and passing. I just think he’s one of one in this league. Very elusive, very sudden. I just think you got to have 11 guys running to the ball to contain him.”

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT: Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett’s best performance last week came after the game.

Following his worst outing so far with Cleveland, Brissett spoke up in the locker room, promising his teammates he’ll be better and encouraging them to dig deep before the season slips away.

“Something needed to be said by somebody, and as the quarterback, as the leader of the team, I felt the liberty to do that,” he said. “I only do it because I hope people will listen because I need to hear it myself. So hopefully it translates. I think it will.”

The Browns heard him.

“That’s Jacoby,” Chubb said. “He’s a great leader, a great vocal leader. He meant every word. As a team, we all felt it. We all feel the same way.”

GO TO THE REPLAY: On their visit to Baltimore last season, the Browns had a perfect game plan for Jackson and intercepted him a career-high four times.

And they still lost 16-10.

While Cleveland’s offense failed to capitalize on the turnovers, the defense’s schemes worked against Jackson, who was flushed into making bad decisions.

As their unit struggles to find consistency this season, Cleveland’s defensive players said looking at the video of their success against Jackson is both good prep work for this week and a confidence rebuilder.

RUNNING IN PLACE

Cleveland’s league-leading rushing attack spun its wheels last week.

Not surprisingly, New England coach Bill Belichick focused on stopping what the Browns do best, stacked the line of scrimmage and limited them to 70 yards rushing.

Chubb had 12 carries for 56 yards.

It figures to be just as tough this week. The Browns will be missing Pro Bowl guard Wyatt Teller, who is out with a calf injury.

OUT WIDE: The Ravens didn’t get much production from their wide receivers last weekend with Rashod Bateman (foot) sidelined. Bateman was at practice this week, but Baltimore also added veteran DeSean Jackson to the practice squad.

“He looked like the DeSean when he first got to the league,” Lamar Jackson said. “Still floating around, running great routes. I’m excited.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.