The ultimate Sunday Night Football game of the season should be a good one to determine the AFC North champion and No. 4 seed in the postseason. The Baltimore Ravens head to Pittsburgh to sq. off with the rival Steelers in a winner-take-all matchup.
Pittsburgh’s loss to Cleveland in Week 17 saved Baltimore alive, alongside with their win over Green Bay. The loser between the Ravens and Steelers goes house, ending the 2025 marketing campaign on a bitter notice.
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Baltimore acquired a lifeline from rival Cleveland final week once they defeated the Pittsburgh to assist keep the Ravens’ slim playoff hopes alive one more week. Now it’s all on Baltimore as they want a win in Pittsburgh to punch their ticket to the postseason and win the NFC North for a 3rd consecutive 12 months. Helping their trigger, quarterback Lamar Jackson will return to the lineup after lacking Week 17 with a again harm. The Ravens have solely missed the postseason as soon as (2021) since Jackson grew to become the full-time starter in 2019.
This win-or-go-home playoff-like state of affairs could have been avoided had the Steelers handled their enterprise and crushed the Browns final week. Instead, right here they’re with the whole season driving on one sport. Pittsburgh has been scorching over the previous month, profitable three of its final 4 video games, however it wants yet one more to clinch the AFC North and head into the postseason, and it’s going to have to take action with out star WR DK Metcalf, who’s out for a second sport as a result of a suspension.
Ravens-Steelers begin time: 8:20 p.m. ET
Location: Acrisure Stadium | Pittsburgh
TV channel, live stream: NBC, Peacock, NFL+
Follow alongside with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and extra as the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Baltimore Ravens in a conflict for the AFC North division title.
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Yahoo Sports Staff
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Ryan Young
Isaiah Likely saves the Ravens drive! Lamar Jackson simply discovered him on fourth down, and he made an unimaginable seize by way of a pair of defenders. The Ravens are actually in area objective vary with 12 seconds left.
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Ryan Young
That’s a 42 yard return for the Ravens, and they’re already in an important place.
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Ryan Young
Chris Boswell simply missed his first additional level all 12 months, at the worst potential time. His final missed additional level was again in 2023.
So now, a area objective for the Ravens would win the sport, and the division. They’ll have 55 seconds, and all three timeouts, to drag that off.
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Ryan Young
The Steelers aren’t carried out simply but. Aaron Rogers acquired them down the area shortly, and then discovered Calvin Austin on their own on the left facet. That 26-yard landing has the Steelers up in entrance once more.
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Ryan Young
Lamar Jackson simply discovered Zay Flowers utterly huge open once more for one other deep landing! This time it was from 64 yards out! There was no person round him in any respect.
The Ravens are up 24-20 now with 2:20 left. The Steelers are out of timeouts, too.
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Ryan Young
Kenneth Gainwell simply punched in a 2-yard landing after the Freiermuth catch, and the Steelers are again in entrance. They lead 20-17 now with 3:49 left.
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Ryan Young
Aaron Rodgers discovered Pat Freiermuth for a large 31-yard acquire up the center, and the Steelers are all of a sudden in scoring place.
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Ryan Young
My god, Lamar Jackson. He simply someway escaped a pair of Steelers defenders to keep away from the sack, and then stepped up and discovered a sprinting Zay Flowers for the landing! Jackson even pointed to Flowers to direct him the place to go.
What a ridiculous play to get the Ravens again on high.
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Ryan Young
Aaron Rodgers was simply swallowed up there on third down for an enormous sack, and the Ravens have pressured a punt. We’ll see what Lamar Jackson and the Ravens can put collectively now.
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Ryan Young
The Steelers have been in full management of this one in the second half, and may have a primary down deep in their very own territory after the break. The Ravens will want a fast cease, and then must discover a strategy to get their offense going after it is utterly stalled out, in order to get again in this factor.
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Ryan Young
The Steelers protection is exhibiting out proper now. They simply pressured one more punt, and have now held the Ravens to only eight offensive performs this quarter.
The Steelers will take over at their very own 11 with 1:04 left in the third.
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Ryan Young
That’s a win for the Ravens protection there. Aaron Rodgers could not join with Pat Freiermuth there in the finish zone on third down, so Boswell as an alternative hit a 25-yarder. The Steelers are actually in the lead for the first time tonight.
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Ryan Young
Now that is the way you make a return to the area. T.J. Watt, in his first sport again from his lung harm, simply accomplished a deflection interception to set the Steelers up in an unimaginable place to attain right here.
What a flip of occasions for the Steelers right here in the third quarter.
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Ryan Young
The Steelers acquired the first down that point with the tush push, and then they opted to run it again for the landing. Just like that, we’re all tied up.
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Ryan Young
Kyle Hamilton is down on the area now after an unintentional helmet-to-helmet hit with Alohi Gilman there. Gilman ended up strolling off, however Hamilton remained down for fairly a while.
He ultimately walked off on his personal.
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Ryan Young
The NFL simply launched the schedule for the wild-card spherical, and the winner of this sport will get to host the Houston Texans on “Monday Night Football” subsequent weekend.
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Ryan Young
That enormous cease proper earlier than the break despatched the Ravens into halftime with a seven-point lead. The Steelers will get the ball out of the break.
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Ryan Young
An enormous go interference name arrange the Steelers on the 1 yard line there with simply two seconds, and they could not pull it off. Rodgers tried to pitch it out to Gainwell, who was instantly stuffed nicely brief of the line. He by no means had a shot.
The Ravens will take their 7-point lead into the locker room.
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Ryan Young
Aaron Rodgers simply whipped out a huge run prefer it was nothing to maintain this Steelers drive alive.
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Ryan Young
Lamar Jackson had a primary down run there, however it was negated as a result of a holding penalty. That despatched all of them again, and led to an important punt. Pittsburgh will take over at its personal 9 now with 3:09 left in the half.
