"It's a major distraction": Ravens coach makes feelings clear on HBO's Hard Knocks featuring Baltimore

HBO's "Hard Knocks" is coming to Baltimore for its 24th season, and Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken isn't too happy about it. For the first time, the show will follow all four teams in the AFC North, the Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns, throughout the remainder of the season.

Baltimore is enjoying its bye week before a game against the New York Giants on December 15. But the OC spoke with the media on Tuesday and highlighted his concerns:

"I even forgot about it until you brought it up, so that s**ks you brought that up, I think it's a major distraction, so I don't deal with it.

"It's hard enough to focus and get ready and then worry about. I just have to worry about [meeting with the media] once a week, I don't want to worry about it every day of what I say, how I say it, how it's perceived, whatever it is."

The show already premiered the Week 13 matchup between the Steelers and the Bengals in its first episode. While the focus was on the aforementioned game, the Ravens also appeared for about 11 minutes, featuring topics like coach John Harbaugh's time in Baltimore and quarterback Lamar Jackson joking around with his teammates.

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Besides Ravens OC, Mike Tomlin not enthusiastic about Hard Knocks

Featuring an entire division is a first for Hard Knocks, and it is also the Steelers' debut on the show as well.

When asked about his feelings regarding being featured on the show, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin gave a short answer.

"Absolutely not," Mike Tomlin told reporters on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh (9-3) is sitting on top of its division, but with Baltimore (8-5) close on its heels, the Steelers haven't managed to clinch a playoff berth yet.

In light of this, will the show take a toll on the teams' performance or will they manage to pull through regardless?