This won’t take long.

To read this story, I mean.

The Baltimore Ravens might well be thinking the same thing.

To, for all intents and purposes, dispose of the visiting Browns on Sunday in the AFC North, where, because of the quality of the teams and how close they are in the standings at halfway point of the season, all games, especially those within the division, are huge.

The Ravens, at 7-2 and with a 1-1/2-game lead over the Browns, Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, all at 5-3, appear to be the best of a good lot. You’ll get no argument from the Browns, who were routed 28-3 by the Ravens at Cleveland earlier this season. But that was with a first-time starter at quarterback in rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who did not learn he was getting the call until a couple hours before the game. The guy who, surprisingly, decided he was not healthy enough to play, Deshaun Watson, is ready to go this time.

Now, though, the problem for the Browns is offensive tackle, or, as it were, the lack thereof. They are without both of their starters because of injuries, Jed Wills (left) and Dawand Jones (right), or all three, if you count Jack Conklin, who began the year as the starter on the right side before being lost for the season in the opener with a knee injury.

So, pick your poison, right? The Ravens, with their tough defensive front, are not the bunch against whom you want to have major issues at tackle.

Do Doug Dieken and Joe Thomas still have a few snaps left in them?

You’d certainly like to have a better situation at both ends of their line, but at the same time, it has been on some occasions when the Browns have been less than their best on paper that they’ve been their best on the field.

So, then, don’t be surprised if, at about 4 o’clock when the game is deep into the fourth quarter, the Browns are still right there with a chance to win.

And the longer the decided underdog strays in the game, the more difficult.

Steve King