BALTIMORE (93.7 The Fan) – Key interceptions, wide open tight ends as Lamar Jackson has his best game against the Steelers in a Ravens win. Here are the big plays that led to a two straight losses and the Steelers dropping to 10-5.
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1st quarter
· Ravens got a pair of 14-yard pass plays before a strip sack by Alex Highsmith, the 23rd time Lamar Jackson has been sacked by the Steelers, led to a 10-yard loss and eventual punt
· 2nd time Baltimore put the ball on the ground, after a 58-yard punt by Corliss Waitmann, James Pierre forces a fumble, but recovered by the Ravens at the Steelers 41
· TD, Derrick Henry rushes for 32 yards and then Lamar Jackson on play-action finds TE Isaiah Likely wide open for 9-yard score (6 plays, 41 yards, 3:08), 7-0 Baltimore
· Chunk plays-Russell Wilson to Ben Skowronek 17 yards, to Jaylen Warren 13 yards
· Wilson avoids one sack and then scrambles to barely avoid another, as he was running left, he threw against his body to Skowronek for 8 yards on 3rd and 7
· Wilson finds Van Jefferson in the middle of the field for 21 yards to the Ravens 1
2nd quarter
· TD, play action on 1st down, Wilson finds MyCole Pruitt back of end zone, nice catch (10 plays, 73 yards, 5:56), 7-7
· Wilson scrambles 20 yards instead of sliding at the five, he tries to get more, forced fumble by Broderick Washington and recovered by Kyle Van Noy at the Baltimore 4.
· Jackson finds Likely for 19 yards and then Justice Hill runs for 25 yards, on the play, landed on his head and had to leave the game
· 15-yard facemask on Minkah Fitzpatrick made a 14-yard gain a 29-yard pass play
· TD, 3rd and 8, Jackson finds Rashod Bateman, back corner for score (8 plays, 96 yards, 3:21), 14-7 Baltimore
· FG, Justin Tucker from 51 yards (10 plays, 39 yards, 4:14), 17-7
· FG, Chris Boswell from 51 yards as time expired (9 plays, 37 yards, 1:43), 17-10
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3rd quarter
· Elandon Roberts STUFFED Derrick Henry on a 3rd and 1 to force a punt on the Ravens first series
· Amazing sideline grab by Calvin Austin on the right side dragging his back foot for a 44-yard gain. Wilson would hit Austin again for 16 yards on 3rd and 6
· TD, Wilson to Cordarrelle Patterson, slipped out of the backfield and made a combat catch for 12-yard score (8 plays, 88 yards, 4:38), 17-17
· A Boswell kick out-of-bounds gave the Ravens the ball at their own 40, 3 chunk plays-Jackson to Andrews 16 yards, to Flowers 14 yards, to Henry 16 yards
· TD, Jackson to a wide-open Andrews from 7 yards (6 plays, 60 yards, 3:24), 24-17 Baltimore
4th quarter
· A week after not going for a 4th and similar down two touchdowns against the Eagles, Mike Tomlin goes for a 4th and 6 from the Ravens 45. Wilson’s deep attempt to Austin was incomplete
· 1st play, Henry goes 44 yards to the Steelers 11
· First interception of the season by Minkah Fitzpatrick and returned it 22 yards on the first play after the 44-yard run
· TD, 2 plays later, Marlon Humphrey intercepts a pass thrown behind Pruitt and returns it 37 yards, 31-17
· Last chance for Steelers, Jackson throws a dime to Flowers for 44 yards on 3rd and 5 from the Ravens 13 to flip the field and essentially end the game