Joe Flacco has promised that the Baltimore Ravens will throw everything at the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game this weekend.

The Ravens missed out on a place in last year's Super Bowl by losing to the Patriots in the same fixture last season.

The quarterback told the Ravens' website: "We fought hard to get back to this point. We are definitely proud of being here, and we feel like it is going to take a lot for someone to come and kick us off that field come the AFC championship game.

"We are going to give it our all and we know what it felt like last year. We walked off that field without that win. We know what we've put in to get back to this point. It is going to be a great game."

The Ravens beat the Patriots during the third week of the regular season by a single point.