{"id":55016,"date":"2025-12-08T07:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/55016\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:55:12","slug":"steelers-hang-on-for-a-27-22-win-over-the-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/55016\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers hang on for a 27-22 win over the Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ravens cut the deficit to 17-9 on a 6-yard touchdown scramble by Jackson with 16 seconds left in the half. Loop missed the extra point and the Steelers led by eight at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Rodgers opened the second half with another big play on first down. This one wasn&#8217;t planned, as the offensive line gave Rodgers several seconds to scan the field and hit Metcalf for a 42-yard gain. The play set up a 28-yard Boswell field goal, and a 20-9 Steelers lead with 10:57 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens rallied with a touchdown on their first possession of the second half. A 52-yard run by Keaton Mitchell on third-and-1 set up Jackson&#8217;s 4-yard touchdown pass to Likely on a third-and-goal play. The score cut the Steelers&#8217; lead to 20-16 with 7:35 left in the third.<\/p>\n<p>A 38-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Warren was the Steelers&#8217; answer. A third-and-5 go ball to Calvin Austin for 31 yards &#8212; with Dylan Cook taking his first NFL snap in place of injured left tackle Andrus Peat &#8212; set up the score. On third-and-4, Rodgers beat a Ravens blitz by flipping a short pass to Warren in the right flat. Warren galloped untouched down the sideline for the score to re-set the Steelers&#8217; 11-point lead at 27-16 with 3:30 left in the third.<\/p>\n<p>The ping-ponging on the scoreboard continued into the fourth quarter as the Ravens drove for a 28-yard field goal. Loop&#8217;s kick cut the Steelers&#8217; lead to 27-19 with 13:43 left in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Loop kicked a 36-yard field goal to cut the lead to 27-22 with 7:10 remaining. Highsmith, Nick Herbig, and Cam Heyward pressured Jackson into an incompletion on third-and-8 to hold the Ravens to the field goal, which turned out to be the game&#8217;s final points.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens appeared to take the late lead on the pass to Likely. The play was originally called a touchdown, but was reversed after Porter broke up the pass before Likely could make a move. The Ravens still had their chances following the reversal, but on third-and-2 from the Pittsburgh 5, Highsmith tackled Henry for a loss, and on fourth-and-5, Jackson&#8217;s pass to tight end Mark Andrews, with Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen in tight coverage, fell incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers took possession at their 8 with 2:22 remaining, but couldn&#8217;t get a first down and punted. The Ravens took over at their own 26 with 1:56 to play, and drove to the Pittsburgh 30 before Highsmith&#8217;s sack with Heyward also in on the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>At 7-6, the Steelers lead the Ravens (6-7) by a game and the Cincinnati Bengals (4-9) and Cleveland Browns (3-10) in the AFC North.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers gained only 34 yards rushing, but Rodgers compensated by throwing for 284 yards with a passer rating of 103.1. Metcalf was his primary receiver with 7 catches for 148 yards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He just brought that approach all week,&#8221; Tomlin said of Rodgers. &#8220;I think oftentimes game day is indicative of what transpires during the week. I just thought he had can-do attitude, man. He was wired all week. Texted me after hours, etc. But I just appreciate his mindset and what he brought into the building today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ravens cut the deficit to 17-9 on a 6-yard touchdown scramble by Jackson with 16 seconds left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[564,563,73,75,74,29989,565,6029],"class_list":["post-55016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-featured","tag-non-sponsored","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-at-baltimore-ravens-2025-reg-14","tag-sights-and-sounds","tag-xtra-points"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}