For the first time in more than two decades, the Ravens will meet "Hard Knocks" once again.

Airing Tuesday at 9 p.m. on HBO and Max, "Hard Knocks In Season" is following the entire AFC North, marking the first time the show will focus on a whole division.

While there are plenty of unknowns in this new look version of "Hard Knocks," there is sure to be a lot of focus on the Ravens (8-5) and Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) as they fight for the division crown.

Ahead of the season premiere, NFL Films Senior Producer Tim Rumpff joined "The Lounge" podcast to give an inside look at the process. Rumpff is stationed at the Under Armour Performance Center for the show, and he feels similarities this year to when the Ravens were on the first season of "Hard Knocks" in 2001.

"When that happened with the Ravens the first time, that was groundbreaking," Rumpff said. "No one had kind of done that before and been embedded with a team for an entire training camp. And then it kind of from there created sports documentary television as we know it from now on. And this kind of feels like a similar new thing for me as well."

Produced by NFL Films and HBO, the "Hard Knocks" crew began filming inside the Ravens facility on Nov. 26 and will continue through to the end of the season – hopefully the Super Bowl. The "Hard Knocks" team has spent weeks meeting with coaches and the front office in preparation for the show.

Although this season will be different than past years, the goal of finding compelling stories remains the same.

"You're always trying to look for something different and to try to always freshen up a show and draw more interest," Rumpff said. "And why this division specifically? I mean, you just look at last season where all four teams were over .500, three of them making the playoffs. There's no better division possible. And that's just the recency. You add in that and then just the history of the division as well and the rivalries and how much these teams and cities don't even like each other. That just lends itself to some great storytelling."

While there are certainly strong storylines like the battle for the division title, Lamar Jackson's potential MVP season, and Russell Wilson's resurgence in Pittsburgh, "Hard Knocks" is looking to dig deep.

In previous seasons, some of the best stories have come from big personalities taking the spotlight and unheralded players coming up in critical moments, and for the "Hard Knocks" crew, it's about being able to pivot when needed.

"It is just a balance. Steve Sabol used to use this line all the time ... which was 'Hard Knocks; is trying to assemble a plane mid-flight, which is spot on because you can kind of have a plan, but really once you're in the thick of things, you kind of have to do it on the fly, essentially," Rumpff said.

"You can kind of have some ideas of who could be featured but if coach [John] Harbaugh has a mic on at practice and he pulls the guy aside that isn't really on our radar and there's an amazing two-minute conversation, then all of a sudden, 'Hey, we need to do something with that guy because there's this great moment.'"

While "Hard Knocks" will give fans an inside look at the team, like Ravens Wired does, it can also be an interference inside the facility. Ahead of the bye week, Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken expressed his displeasure about being on the show.

"I think it's a major distraction, so I don't deal with it. I know that's not what they want to hear, but it's hard enough to focus," Monken said. "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. It's hard enough to win in the NFL then to stay focused."

This new look "Hard Knocks" will be like nothing before, and it all starts Tuesday night.