ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. >> Baltimore coach John Harbaugh has enjoyed the fortune of competing on the NFL’s biggest stages to appreciate the setting and magnitude of what’s on the line for the Ravens and Bills in Buffalo on Sunday.

There’s the quarterback matchup pitting arguably the NFL’s two leading MVP candidates in Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.

These are two division champions with a combined 27 wins two steps from a Super Bowl berth.

Even the forecast of frigid conditions — temperatures are expected to dip below 10 Fahrenheit (minus-12 Celsius) — enters the equation as the third-seeded Ravens (13-5) travel to face the Bills (14-4) in the divisional playoff round.

“I can just kind of picture John Facenda coming down from the heavens and narrating the preview to the game,” Harbaugh said, referring to the late NFL Films narrator whose deep, resonant voice brought gravitas to the league’s classic showdowns. “It’s a privilege to be a part of a game like this.”

The quarterback matchup alone is worthy of the weeklong hype and prime-time setting involving two dual threats, both selected in the first round of the 2018 draft, and the focus of a high-pitched debate over who is more valuable to their respective team.

“That’s why you play this game to be in moments like these,” said Allen, before playing down the individual aspect of facing Jackson. “In the history of football, I’ve never really played against another quarterback.”

The 28-year-old Allen topped 40 combined touchdowns for a fifth consecutive year while overseeing an offense that was the NFL’s first to score 30 touchdowns both passing and rushing.

The 28-year-old Jackson, similarly, refused to make it personal.

“Excuse me for everybody watching, but I really don’t care who’s watching,” Jackson said of facing Allen. “We really don’t care how people feel about it. We’re trying to go in there and just win.”

Jackson combined for a career-best 45 touchdowns, led the league in numerous passing categories while running an offense that was the NFL’s first to top 4,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards rushing.

What still sticks with Jackson is how his last visit to Buffalo ended in a 17-3 loss in the 2020 divisional round, with Taron Johnson sealing the win with a 101-yard interception return.

“Hell, yes,” Jackson said. “That’s all I’m going to say about that.”