3. Is Terrell Suggs going to be able to play?

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As Pro Bowl outside linebacker Terrell Suggs put it: "We kind of live by the creed of, if you can breathe, then you can play."

Well, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year is breathing and he's practicing despite a torn right biceps, albeit on a limited basis. It’s telling that he was listed as questionable Friday.

Although Suggs characterized himself as a game-time decision, typically the players the Ravens list as questionable do play in the game.

And Suggs is tough. Not only is he back early from a surgically-repaired partially torn right Achilles tendon suffered in late April, but he once played in the AFC championship game despite a painful shoulder injury and recorded three sacks.

Bottom line: Suggs isn't normal when it comes to pain threshold.

And this is a huge game.

The Ravens make the playoffs with a victory. They can clinch the division with a win combined with losses by the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

They need Suggs to play and play well against Robert Griffin III.

Unless there’s a problem in warm-ups, Suggs seems likely to play. And his gutty presence may inspire his teammates.

It's been a rough week for Suggs. There was the injury to deal with, and also legal issues involving his longtime girlfriend, Candace Williams, and a custody battle for the couple's two young children.

A good performance against the Redskins would be one way for Suggs to take his mind off his troubles for a few hours.