Their names have been engraved on three of the past four Super Bowl rings and their fingertips know the Lombardi Trophy’s smooth design.

This Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens (7-3) and New England Patriots (9-1) collide in Foxboro.

The Ravens are two games behind Pittsburgh (9-1) in the AFC North. The AFC East-leading Patriots aim to surpass the Steelers to help New England reach the AFC’s top seed. Pittsburgh possesses the teams’ head-to-head tiebreaker, thanks to a 34-20 Week 8 win over the Pats. And there’s no room for complacency. For the first time in NFL history, seven teams in one conference are 7-3 or better through 10 games and the playoff bus seats only six.

"We don’t like anything easy," says Ravens six-time NFL All-Star linebacker RAY LEWIS. "We like it hard."

There’s nothing easy about entering Gillette Stadium as a visitor. New England has won 14 consecutive home games and is 14-1 (.933) since 2003 against clubs with winning records. However, Baltimore’s second-year quarterback KYLE BOLLER is playing the best football of his young career with consecutive two-touchdown, no-interception games.

Boller has not thrown an interception in 118 attempts for the second-longest active streak in the NFL. The 23-year-old’s last interception was a Hail Mary pass on the final play of the first half in Baltimore’s Week 7 game at Philadelphia. Opposite Boller is New England quarterback TOM BRADY, who is 21-6 (.778) against teams he faces for the first time, and 31-4 (.886) as a starter in games after November 1.

What has helped Baltimore and New England springboard into the postseason has been their winning ways down the stretch. Below is a look at teams with the best records in the last six weeks of a season since 2000:

Similarities between these clubs do not stop at their head coaches’ initials. Defensively, both are stingy in points allowed. No team surrenders fewer points than the Ravens (14.0 per game) and the Pats are close behind, yielding 17.1 per game for sixth-fewest in the NFL.

Pressuring the quarterback and forcing turnovers also are Baltimore and New England hallmarks:

The Ravens are 7-0 when they post an interception and 0-3 without one. Baltimore safety ED REED is tied for the NFL lead in interceptions with six while 10 Patriots have notched at least one interception – the highest number of teammates with an interception of any club.