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By WILL GRAVESDecember 5, 2021 astatine 7:51 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Harbaugh went for the win. The gamble outgo the Baltimore Ravens and kept the Pittsburgh Steelers successful the premix successful the AFC North.
Pittsburgh topped Baltimore 20-19 connected Sunday, thwarting a 2-point conversion effort aft Lamar Jackson’s touchdown walk to Sammy Watkins got the Ravens wrong 1 with 12 seconds to go.
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Rather than crook to prima kicker Justin Tucker for an astir automatic 35-yard other point, the Ravens (8-4) went for the knockout punch. Baltimore choky extremity Mark Andrews couldn’t haul successful a flip by Jackson. The Steelers (6-5-1) recovered an onside footwear to seal it.
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Pittsburgh ended a three-game winless streak down the 39th fourth-quarter comeback engineered by Ben Roethlisberger.
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The 39-year-old backmost threw for 236 yards and 2 second-half touchdowns to Diontae Johnson, the last 1 a 5-yard catch-and-run with 1:48 to play that gave the Steelers a 20-13 lead.
It was enough. Barely.
Jackson took the Ravens 60 yards successful 8 plays, the past six coming connected a tumbling drawback by Watkins successful the backmost of the extremity zone. The discourtesy stayed connected the tract for the 2-point conversion, opting to bash it adjacent aft a amazed Pittsburgh called timeout to reset.
The Steelers brought unit connected Jackson — a changeless for three-plus hours — and his hurried propulsion was excessively acold retired successful beforehand for Andrews to bring it in.
Jackson passed for 253 yards with the touchdown and an interception successful the extremity portion successful the archetypal quarter. He added a team-high 55 yards rushing, but besides absorbed 7 sacks, including 3 1/2 by prima extracurricular linebacker T.J. Watt aft helium did not signifier during the week aft being placed connected the COVID-19 list.
A time aft ESPN — utilizing anonymous sources — reported that Roethlisberger was telling immoderate connected the squad it whitethorn beryllium his last season, helium fought disconnected a sluggish archetypal fractional to adhd 1 much section successful his agelong past with the Ravens.
A 29-yard propulsion to a wide-open Johnson pulled Pittsburgh wrong 10-9 aboriginal successful the 4th and aft the teams traded tract goals, helium gave the Steelers their archetypal pb erstwhile helium deed an unfastened Johnson to decorativeness an 11-play, 69-yard drive.
Johnson atoned for a uncommon driblet successful the archetypal fractional that would person resulted successful a touchdown by finishing with 8 receptions for 105 yards and the 2 scores.
The Ravens dominated the archetypal fractional — including a 99-yard thrust that chewed up much than 10 minutes — but lone had a 7-3 pb to amusement for it.
The Steelers hung successful determination down a defence that failed to fto Jackson get comfortable, buying capable clip for Roethlisberger to summon a small spot of the magic that’s defined the immense bulk of his stellar career.
INJURIES
Ravens: OL Patrick Mekari near successful the 2nd fractional with a manus wounded and did not return.
Steelers: G B.J. Finney near successful the archetypal 4th with a backmost injury. Finney was replaced by John Leglue, who made his NFL debut.
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