BALTIMORE: Stunned by star rusher Ray Rice’s firing after a brutal video showed him knocking out his fiancee, the Baltimore Ravens tried to regroup before facing NFL arch-rivals Pittsburgh on Thursday.

Rice was dumped by the Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after celebrity website TMZ released a casino elevator video Monday showing him punching Janay Palmer, now his wife, and knocking her unconscious.

“Obviously it doesn’t paint a good picture of who Ray is as a person,” Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco said on Tuesday. “Sometimes good people make bad decisions and put themselves in a bad light.

“My heart goes out to his family. I hope they get through this as best as they can.”

The Ravens are coming off a season-opening loss to Cincinnati and play host to the Steelers with only three days of rest physically and a whirlwind of distraction mentally.

“We’ve got to get our minds right, but more importantly we’ve got to get our bodies right and be prepared when it’s time to go out there,” Flacco said.

“It’s tough no matter what ... We’ve got a bunch of focused guys. We’ve got enough to worry about with those guys [the Steelers].”

Flacco and Rice have been teammates since 2008, having worked together to spark the Ravens over San Francisco in the 2013 Super Bowl.

“We came in together. We were drafted together. I feel like I know Ray pretty well,” Flacco said. “When you know a person that closely it’s a little different not to have them here. But that said, you have to move on.”

Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said he wished the Rices well as they try to work through the turmoil.

“They have decided to move forward with their life and I’m going to respect their privacy,” Suggs said. “With me, it’s family. He’s my brother. I love him and I’m going to miss him.”

Ravens receiver Steve Smith knows that he cannot afford a loss of focus against the Steelers.

“It has been a trying time, but at the same time you can’t really dive into somebody’s personal life too much,” he said.

For Ravens coach John Harbaugh, who was among the select group that met and decided Rice had to be fired, there was hope that the greater awareness on domestic violence might produce some good.

“You like to believe that things that are hard can work out for good, that something good can come of this,” Harbaugh said. “If all of us can put our heads together and do good for people, then that’s what we should all try to do.”