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BALTIMORE - John Harbaugh isnt going to pretend its imperative that the Baltimore Ravens beat the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night. If winning was important, the defending Super Bowl champions would be looking at game film and studying the tendencies of Carolina quarterback Cam Newton. None of that occurred before Baltimore faced Atlanta last week or before the preseason opener against Tampa Bay. Watch the game live on TSN2 tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt. "We havent game-planned either one of these games," Harbaugh said. "The last game, we just looked at them for one day, a little bit what they do, and played what we would call a camp game. Were not trying to scheme anything. Were just trying to get good at the fundamentals and then evaluate our players." Harbaugh intends to play most of his starters into the third quarter. The hope is that they perform better than against Atlanta, when the offence and defence struggled during a lacklustre first half. After watching the Ravens fall behind the Falcons 20-7 at intermission, Harbaugh had a quick analysis of what he just saw. "That first half was about as poorly as we can play," Harbaugh said. "I cant remember us playing worse since we came here." His assessment didnt change much after he had a few days to review the performance. "We didnt play fundamentally very well, and thats the issue," Harbaugh said. "Im not worried about scheme or result as much as how you play. And we put ourselves in a hole too much to even get a look at ourselves. You cant be in first-and-25. You cant turn the ball over. All of those things weve got to do a better job of." Even though the Ravens won both their first two preseason games, the object in this one is to put on a good show for the coaching staff because few, if any, of the starters will be playing against St. Louis next week in the preseason finale. "I think its very important just for us to play well, more so than anything else," offensive co-ordinator Jim Caldwell said. "Any unit that takes the field, we want them to go out there and be in sync, move the ball and put some points on the board. Were looking forward to that. In the third game, typically you end up playing a little bit more. It depends on what John wants to do in that regard, but we want to see our effectiveness and our execution climb up a notch or two." Harbaugh said, "We want to play good, solid football. Weve done that at times but we havent been consistent this preseason so far. Wed like to see that." There will be more players to evaluate this time, because wide receiver Brandon Stokley and tight end Dallas Clark are expected to get extended time after signing contracts last week. Stokley saw limited action last week and Clark did not play. In his two games thus far, quarterback Joe Flacco is 14 for 18 for 175 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Hes still getting used to a receiving corps that is without two of his favourite targets of a year ago, Anquan Boldin (traded) and Dennis Pitta (injured). "Some of the guys are young guys that are new, some of the guys are older guys — like Stokley and Dallas — that hes getting a feel for," Caldwell said. "Hes got his work cut out for him in that regard, but I think you can see them starting to blend and jell." On defence, the Ravens are hoping to get a solid pass rush from Terrell Suggs and newcomer Elvis Dumervil, but defensive co-ordinator Dean Pees will wait until before the Sept. 5 opener in Denver to begin devising a plan to get the most out of the two. "Well find out when the games start getting played for real," Harbaugh said. "Thats when well find out if its what we hoped for. Theyre both the real deal. Suggs is rushing the passer better than Ive seen in the time Ive been here. And obviously, Elvis Dumervil is as good as advertised." 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Just working on possibilities right now.San Francisco (7-8) looks to avoid a losing record when it ends the season Sunday at home against Arizona (11-4), which still has a shot at winning the NFC West.Kaepernick, rewarded with a hefty new contract in June before training camp, has shined under former NFL quarterback and coach Jim Harbaugh until this up-and-down year. He has cost the team games, and San Francisco heads into the season finale on a four-game losing streak — the first under fourth-year coach Harbaugh, who is likely on his way out.Kaepernick is 274 for 452 for 3,165 yards and 17 touchdowns with 10 interceptions and 43 sacks. Perhaps the most glaring flaw has been San Franciscos failure to score second-half points, including only 37 in the last nine games.The Niners blew a 28-7 halftime lead in a 38-35 overtime loss to San Diego last Saturday.He said once the season ends he will go back through each game film and begin the self-evaluation process, something that can be difficult to do during the season amid the challenge of game-planning from week to week.You still watch mechanics, what you can do better, but its more of a week-to-week basis. Its hard to break habits in season. You dont want to completely try to change something because it can throw off everything else youre doing, Kaepernick said. Ill be able to figure those things out, what I need to get better at.One of the NFLs most dynamic young playcallers coming into the yearr, Kaepernick received a $126 million, six-year contract extension through the 2020 season.dddddddddddd Both the 49ers and their star wanted to strike a deal before training camp.Harbaugh is all for quarterbacks receiving some outside help during the off-season to improve themselves, as New England star Brady, New Orleans Drew Brees and Denvers QB Peyton Manning do.Yeah, theres value there. Quarterbacks are always trying to improve their play and find something, Harbaugh said. Find one thing or find two things to help them, to get better. Colins always been that type of player that is looking for improvement for those two months that are after the season. He likes to, the way they dont come into the facility, but his car is in the lot the next day. Hes very shortly plotting out his off-season regiment. He takes no time off and gets right to work. So, its expected he would find anything, even one or two things to try to improve his play. Thats the kind of guy he is.Harbaugh recommended former pitching coach Tom House to then-49ers QB Alex Smith — now leading Kansas City — at one point and Smith spent time with House during the spring of 2012 refining his mechanics.Yeah, thats something we set up, facilitated, and thought it had good results, Harbaugh said, noting how much things have changed since his playing days. I think the principles the same. 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