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By: EFE
Friday, September 20
Can the Steelers qualify for the postseason? They beat the Ravens in madness finale [VIDEO]
The Pittsburgh Steelers came from behind to beat this Sunday by 20 – 19 to the Baltimore Ravens with which they got into the fight to reach the postseason of the NFL .
The Steelers, with 6 wins, 5 losses and a draw, left the Ravens with a balance of 8 wins and 4 losses and took advantage of the defeat of the Bengals (7-6) to get into the fight in the Division North of the American.
After two consecutive losses, a victory was vital to the aspirations of the Steelers. Baltimore looked the favorite, with the detail that for six weeks the ghost of interceptions haunts his passer Lammar Jackson, who in the last six games has suffered 05.
The highest point of this crisis came last week, when despite the Ravens’ triumph over the Browns, Jackson suffered four interceptions, the highest number in a game in the career of the emerged of the University of Louisville.
As soon as the match against the Steelers began, Baltimore confirmed its misgivings about the safety of its passer. His first offense promised after covering 75 yards in 14 plays, but the pass Jackson’s end was intercepted in the end zone.
Despite the inconsistency of the carrier of jersey number eight in the air attack, his ability to carry the ball managed to lead an attack of 99 yards that culminated in a Devonta Freeman run score for Baltimore to take a 7-0 lead.
Pittsburg approached 7-3 on a field goal before the break. In the third quarter the offensive commanded by Ben Roethlisberger continued without regret and remained in the duel thanks to the work of his defense that stopped a Baltimore attack from 46 yards in 11 plays and only allowed one field goal that extended the lead 10-3.
A considerable improvement because in the duels of the weeks 11 and 12 the couch team Mike Tomlin had been defeated 41 – 10 by the Bengals and 41 – 41 by the Chargers.
Roethlisberger, who had won six of his last seven games against the Ravens, woke up early io of the last period to maintain said dominance with a touchdown pass that did not tie the game due to the failure of Chris Boswell’s extra, 10 – 9.
A couple of field goals per team kept the advantage of a point for the squad of couch John Harbaugh, 13 – 12. Around the scoreboard, 13 – 21, came with a touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson and the two-point conversion.
With one minute left on the clock, Jackson led the score to the Ravens, 19 – 21 , but instead of going for the extra point Harbaugh decided to try converting two points that failed.
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