The Steelers must now wait after Rudolph guided Pittsburgh (10-7) to three straight victories to end the season.
If Buffalo loses against Miami or Jacksonville loses to Tennessee on Sunday, they would qualify for the playoffs. Amid all that optimism, the Steelers received some unfavorable news.
TJ Watt left the game in the third quarter due to a knee injury. Watt had two sacks to grab sole possession of the NFL lead with 19.
Following the game, coach Mike Tomlin had no update on Watt’s condition. The Ravens (13-4) already had the first seed in the AFC clinched, and they prevented MVP favorite Lamar Jackson and several other important players from playing in this game.
It was a wet and windy day, and both teams struggled to move the ball. Tyler Huntley started at quarterback. Rudolph hit Johnson down the middle to set up the one crucial play Pittsburgh needed as the score was knotted at seven.
At 3:13 of the game, the Steelers made a field goal after Gus Edwards of Baltimore lost a fumble. Up to that point in the season, the Ravens had not trailed by more than seven points.
With 16 seconds remaining, Justin Tucker attempted a field goal, but Baltimore was unable to produce an onside kick in response. The Ravens’ winning run of six games was broken. Rudolph completed 18 of 20 passes for 152 yards, with two fumbles lost by each team.
Najee Harris’s six-yard touchdown run in the first quarter gave Pittsburgh the lead. After two failed attempts at a first down, the Ravens finally tied the score on a 27-yard scoring pass from Huntley to Isaiah Likely.
In their last eight meetings, the Steelers have defeated Baltimore seven times, all by a margin of seven points or less.
At M&T Bank Stadium, Pittsburgh’s four straight victories are the most by a visiting club since the Steelers’ five straight victories from 1998 to 2002.
Cameron Heyward, a defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, stated: “Let us be dangerous. “
Right now, we have a formula that is effective. We’re hoping to bring a few guys back into the fold. We refuse to undervalue ourselves. We look forward to the work ahead of us, knowing that it lies ahead.”
“We had a chance to send them home, and now they have a chance to go to the playoffs,” linebacker Patrick Queen of the Baltimore Ravens stated.
Although it hurts a little, our book has a ton of pages that really set us up.
