OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- The Baltimore Ravens are coming off a big win against their division rival and now face a team that is tied for the second-fewest victories in the NFL.

This has the makings for a classic trap games except for one little detail -- the Ravens don't suffer letdowns at home. Ravens' history says they will beat the last-place Minnesota Vikings (3-8-1) and do it handedly.

Under coach John Harbaugh, the Ravens are 16-0 at home against teams with losing records. Their average margin of victory has been 16 points.

Harbaugh sounded almost offended when I asked him if he is concerned that his players will suffer a letdown.

"We understand where we are, we understand what's at stake," John Harbaugh said. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

“Over the years, you don’t always play your best games, but I don’t think there’s been a pattern of the record of the opponent we’ve played against," Harbaugh said. "To me, we have to bring our ‘A’ game every single week in the National Football League. But all you have to do against this team is look at the tape. All you have to do is look at the tape. [The Vikings have] won a number of very close games. They’re very well-coached. And it’s nothing to show our guys the tape for them to see what a challenge we have in front of us."

Harbaugh added, "We understand where we are, we understand what’s at stake, we understand what’s at stake for us, so there is no way in the world that those thoughts would ever, ever be anywhere near us.”

Harbaugh is right that the Ravens can't have a lapse in such a tight AFC playoff race. The Ravens currently hold the No. 6 seed in the AFC, but there are five teams who are either tied with Baltimore or sit one game back.

The biggest challenge for the Ravens is being able to physically and emotionally rebound from a 22-20 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since 2008, the Ravens are 2-3 in games immediately following a win over the Steelers.

Working in the Ravens' favor this time is the victory over Pittsburgh came on Thanksgiving night, which gives Baltimore 10 days between games.

"We beat the Steelers; that’s that," linebacker Jameel McClain said. "That’s in the past, and now we’ve got to move on. So, I don’t think it’s difficult to come back from the physicality of it -- your body needs time to heal -- but fortunately we got that time. We got a little break.”

The defending Super Bowl champions can't afford to slip up against the Vikings, especially when this is the easiest game left on their schedule. The Ravens finish up against three division leaders: at the Detroit Lions, home against the New England Patriots and at the Cincinnati Bengals.

Quarterback Joe Flacco said there's no chance of the Ravens letting down against the Vikings even though it follows a win over Pittsburgh.

"It was a big win, and it was one we needed, but this is the same thing," Flacco said. "There is no real difference in this game. We’re a 6-6 football team fighting for a playoff spot, and we need to win the rest of them, and it starts with this one right here.”