The bye week and home-field advantage prove to be the difference as the gallant Titans run out of gas in the fourth quarter.

Ravens 24, Titans 20

Titans RB Derrick Henry vs. Ravens defense

Henry has rushed for 393 yards on 64 carries in his past two games, including his bullying of the Patriots, and has six 100-yard performances in his last seven games. He is a 6-foot-3, 247-pound brute who will impose his will on a defense if it lets him.

“I think greatness is when the opponent knows that it’s coming, and they can’t stop it,” Tannenbaum said. “He’s one of the 10 best players left playing right now.”

The Ravens did allow 4.4 yards per carry this season. Henry, the regular-season rushing champion, will look to rumble around the edges and avoid the stout Brandon Williams and Michael Pierce inside.

“Baltimore has more big people than any other team in football on the defensive line,” NBC NFL analyst Chris Simms told The Post. “I think this is a game Derrick Henry’s got like 24 rushes for like 88 yards.”

The Ravens believe they are built for a Machismo Bowl. They noticed that the Patriots were not.

“Guys didn’t seem like they were too interested in tackling him,” Ravens safety Earl Thomas said. “So, our mindset is a little different.”

Lamarvelous: Lamar Jackson was flummoxed in last season’s wild-card game and booed at the end by the home fans after the Chargers deployed seven defensive backs on every snap. But that was the fumble-prone rookie Lamar. This is every defense’s worst nightmare, a prolific dual threat game-wrecker with Vick-ian elusiveness. The Titans will try to hit him and hit him some more on zone reads and try to force him laterally whenever possible.

“You just have to get multiple guys around him,” Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. “Any time you try to do a kill shot, you’ll probably get juked off the screen … and end up on The Checkdown on Instagram. You don’t want to end up on the highlight reels or on ‘C’mon Man!’ ”

“He’s from Mars,” Titans defensive end Jurrell Casey said.

Vrabel instructed Marcus Mariota, a mere earthling, to simulate Jackson in practice.

Cannehill: Ryan Tannehill showed there is Life After Adam Gase once he replaced Mariota in October and lit a fire under the Titans. He has improved dramatically against the blitz behind a trustworthy offensive line, but no one likes to blitz more than Ravens defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale.

Tannehill has completed 63-of-97 passes against the blitz (64.9 percent) for 791 yards, seven TDs and two INTs for a 105.7 passer rating. Tannehill has completed a ridiculous 70.3 percent of all passes and averaged 9.6 yards per completion.

“They could do a lot of different things offensively, and then Ryan’s really good with his feet, he can buy more time … and he hasn’t made a lot of mistakes,” Tannenbaum said.

The Ravens, who own the league’s best first-quarter point margin (plus 97), will look to start fast to lessen Henry’s impact and force Tannehill to play catchup. He won’t get away with throwing only 15 passes for 72 yards against the NFL’s top-scoring offense.

“If Tannehill tries to pass on us, I don’t think that will go in their favor,” Thomas said.

Big Brown: Titans rookie receiver A.J. Brown erupted for games of 4-135-1, 5-153-2, 8-114-1 and 4-124-1 down the stretch. He only had one catch for 4 yards against the Patriots in his first playoff game, but that mostly had to do with the Henry-centric game plan. More will be required of him in a game in which Tannehill could be having to catch up or keep up with Jackson. Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey and Jimmy Smith are a formidable group in the secondary, but Brown is a yards-after-catch threat on any given completion. Martindale has likened him to a young Anquan Boldin.

Rest Versus Rust: Every team welcomes the first-round bye in January. Eight Ravens starters, including Jackson and Earl Thomas, rested Week 17.

“That’s what practice is for,” Thomas said. “You keep the rust off at practice. You get your eyes right, you get your techniques, your alignments and all that stuff right. The game is muscle memory. You sharpen all your tools and you’re going to be ready when the game comes.”