The wings of the Baltimore Ravens are not the best place to be for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon. The Steelers will face Baltimore at home at Heinz Field with kick off at 1 pm. The Ravens have already captured the AFC North title and have Steve McNair back; their goal for this Sunday is simple, capture better positioning in order to obtain a first round bye.
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The defending Super Bowl champion Steelers are making another late season push, winning five of their last six games to jump back into the playoff picture. Pittsburgh is 7-7 and mathematically alive for a wild card spot, but needs several scenarios to play out in order to defend its title. These scenarios do not seem likely to play out and this game could be the last stop for the Champs since there are 5 other teams with a 7-7 or 8-6 record. The 11-3 Ravens have no such worries.
Cincinnati lost 34-16 to Indianapolis on Monday night, giving Baltimore its second division title in the franchise's 11-year history. The Ravens, who had clinched a playoff berth a day earlier with a 27-17 win over Cleveland, have won seven of their last eight games behind a dominating defense and rejuvenated offense.
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The Ravens with a healthy Steve McNair will have a serious run for the money waiting for the Steelers when it comes to getting into the Playoffs and although Pittsburgh has looked a lot better lately they still remain a team struggling to prove last year’s feat was not a fluke.
The Steelers’ last win against the Carolina Panthers made them seem a team that is definitely on a surge, a stammering one that does not seem to convince much yet but still a baby step in the right direction. Ben Roethlisberger ran in a touch down but should be passing them and after a scoreless first quarter the Steelers found 17 points to take a lead they held on to all game, while permitting only three points, also in the second quarter.
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After the half the Panthers never came to life and the game was taken by the Steelers who scored 10 points a quarter to finish the game 37-3.
The Steelers are -3½ with a total of 36½, this game will go over but so will the season for the Steelers. Ravens plus the points is the play.
