Regular-season games don’t get any bigger than this. If the Pittsburgh Steelers win on the road against the Baltimore Ravens, they will be AFC North champions for the first time since 2020. The Steelers have dominated the series as of late, winning eight of their last nine games against the Ravens. They’ve accomplished this against one of the best teams in the NFL over that span with quarterbacks like Kenny Pickett and Mason Rudolph. If Ravens QB Lamar Jackson has any weakness, it’s the Steelers.
Pittsburgh will be without George Pickens and DeShon Elliott, so there will be some key players missing on both sides. They also won’t have access to their package plays with Justin Fields out with an injury. The Ravens are without WR Nelson Agholor though Rashod Bateman will play. With Diontae Johnson waived on Friday, that could leave them pretty thin at receiver for this game.
The Steelers will need to prove they can operate offensively without Pickens. The past two weeks, it hasn’t been very pretty. If they lose, that will give the Ravens a very good chance of stealing the division back over the final two weeks of the season.
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Steelers’ Inactive Players
QB Justin Fields
WR George Pickens
S DeShon Elliott
DL Larry Ogunjobi
CB Donte Jackson
Ravens’ Inactive Players
WR Nelson Agholor
CB Jalyn Armour-Davis
S Marcus Williams
RB Keaton Mitchell
OLB Adisa Isaac
C Nick Samac
START OF GAME
The Steelers won the toss and elected to defer to the second half.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback through the back of the end zone.
1st and 10, the Steelers had three inside linebackers in the game, Derrick Henry up the middle for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Henry off left tackle for 14 yards. Damontae Kazee saved a possible breakaway touchdown run.
1st and 10, Zay Flowers short left for 3 yards. 2nd and 7, Lamar Jackson complete to Flowers for 14 yards.
1st and 10, Henry off left tackle for no gain with Mark Robinson in to stop him. 2nd and 10, Jackson was sacked by Alex Highsmith with a forced fumble. Ronnie Stanley recovered, but for a 10-yard loss. Huge play by Highsmith! 3rd and 19, Jackson incomplete. The punt was downed at the one-yard line by Tylan Wallace. That was an excellent special teams play by the Ravens to pin the Steelers at the one against the top rushing defense in the league.
1st and 10, Wilson up the middle for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, Harris up the middle for 3 yards. 3rd and 2, illegal shift and incomplete pass. It was declined and the Steelers will punt.
James Pierre forced a fumble on the punt return, but Tyler Matakevich failed to recover and the Ravens got it back. That makes two fumbles, both recovered by the Ravens. Hopefully it’s not one of those games.
1st and 10, Henry up the middle for 11 yards.
1st and 10, Henry up the middle for 13 yards.
1st and 10, Henry off right tackle for 9 yards. Joey Porter Jr. was injured on the play. The secondary is very thin as it is. Hopefully he can return. 2nd and 1, Henry up the middle for 1 yard.
1st and goal, Henry tackled for a loss of 3 by Cameron Heyward. 2nd and goal from the 9, Jackson complete to Isaiah Likely for a touchdown. 7-0 Ravens.
1st and 10, Wilson complete to Ben Skowronek for 17 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson sacked for a loss of 10. 2nd and 20, Wilson complete in the middle to Jaylen Warren for 13 yards. 3rd and 7, Wilson complete to Skowronek for 8 yards to convert. Really good job overcoming the sack. That was vintage Russell Wilson escaping the pressure.
1st and 10 Warren off right tackle for 9 yards. 2nd and 1, Wilson complete to Connor Heyward for 3 yards.
1st and 10, Warren off right end for 9 yards. 2nd and 1, Warren up the middle for 2 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson complete deep middle for 21 yards to the 1-yard line. That was a great play, but you really hope not punching it in there doesn’t come back to hurt them. The red zone offense has been suspect this year.
END OF 1ST QUARTER: 7-0 RAVENS
1st and goal, Wilson zipped one in to MyCole Pruitt for his first touchdown of the season. 7-7 Even.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback.
1st and 10, incomplete deep to Mark Andrews. 2nd and 10, Jackson scrambled for 8 yards. Cory Trice illegal use of hands for five yards and a first down.
1st and 10, Henry off left tackle for 4 yards. False start backs them up. 2nd and 11, incomplete and offensive holding is declined to make it 3rd and 11. Another incomplete pass forces the punt.
The Steelers get the ball back at their 44 after a monumental shank for 14 yards. It would be huge to cash in on the freebie here.
1st and 10, Wilson complete to Warren for 12 yards. They are feeding Warren big time.
1st and 10, Wilson scrambled for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Harris up the middle for 11 yards.
1st and 10, Harris off left end for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, Wilson scrambled for a 20-yard gain and he fumbled just before the end zone. The Ravens recovered. He needs to slide there. What a game-changing play that was.
1st and 10, Henry off right end for 2 yards. 2nd and 8, Jackson complete to Likely for 19 yards with Beanie Bishop in coverage.
1st and 10, Justice Hill for 5 yards off left tackle. 2nd and 5, Hill for 25 yards but he appeared to have gotten knocked out on the play.
1st and 10, complete to Zay Flowers for 14 yards and Minkah Fitzpatrick face mask for another 15.
1st and 10, Jackson off left end for 2 yards. 2nd and 8, Jackson incomplete to Andrews. 3rd and 8, Jackson complete to Rashod Bateman for a touchdown. 14-7 Ravens.
Not only did the Steelers fumble in the red zone, but they allowed a 96-yard drive for a score. What a massive blunder.
1st and 10, Wilson incomplete. 2nd and 10, complete to Mike Williams for 5 yards. 3rd and 5, timeout called by the Steelers. 3rd and 5, Wilson sacked for a loss of 5. That was a brutal sequence.
1st and 10, Henry up the middle for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, Jackson complete to Flowers for 9 yards.
1st and 10, Jackson incomplete deep intended for Flowers. Minkah Fitzpatrick did a great job breaking it up. 2nd and 10, Jackson up the middle for 3 yards. 3rd and 7, complete to Andrews for 9 yards.
1st and 10, Henry off left tackle for 12 yards.
1st and 10, Henry up the middle for 1 yard.
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
2nd and 9, Jackson incomplete deep to Flowers. 3rd and 9, Jackson complete to Likely for 1 yard. The Steelers called their second timeout. The field goal was good from 51. 17-7 Ravens.
1st and 10, Warren off left tackle for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, Wilson complete to Williams for 6 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson complete to Austin for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Wilson incomplete. 3rd and 4, Wilson complete to Freiermuth for 5 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson complete to Warren for 13 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson up the middle for 2 yards. They spiked the ball to kill the clock. Boswell hit a 51-yard field goal of his own. 17-10 Ravens.
END OF 1ST HALF: 17-10 STEELERS
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