The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens meet for the second time in three weeks on Sunday with one team holding a little momentum and the other just hoping to hold onto the ball! The Steelers would love to just forget about a Week 12 loss in which they turned the ball over eight times while the Ravens can use their Week 12 comeback win as a rallying cry for the rest of the season. Ben Roethlisberger has an outside chance of returning to action this week \u2013 the Steelers absolutely need him to in order to have a chance in this game. <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5) vs. Baltimore Ravens (9-2)<\/strong> The Pittsburgh Steelers have lost two straight games \u2013 it is absolutely no coincidence that Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch were the starting QBs in those games. Pittsburgh is a completely different team without Big Ben in the lineup \u2013 all of their dangerous playmakers are completely muzzled without his presence.<\/p>\n The Steelers have weapons on offense and are 15th in the NFL in passing and 22nd in rushing. But absolutely nothing went right last week against Cleveland. All four of the Steelers running backs fumbled at least once during the contest \u2013 amazing and Charlie Batch threw three interceptions. Nobody knows where this team is going with their four-headed rushing game and everyone knows where this team is going if Big Ben isn\u2019t behind center.<\/p>\n Defensively, the Steelers are top notch once again \u2013 you can\u2019t blame them for Pittsburgh\u2019s recent woes! They are #1 against the pass and #5 versus the run and this unit gives up just 19.09 points per game \u2013 4th in the NFL.<\/p>\n Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley and offensive lineman Mike Adams both left last week`s game with ankle injuries to join Ben, Troy Polamalu and a few other Pittsburgh starters \u2013 it doesn`t seem fair does it?<\/p>\n The Baltimore Ravens have been dodging a few bullets lately but they are still getting it done \u2013 9-2 on the season and with a huge lead in the AFC North. But Baltimore has been a tad vulnerable this year \u2013 teams like the Browns, the Roethlisbergerless Steelers and the Chargers have played them very tough as of late. Only a 4th and 29 conversion with less than two minutes remaining last week salvaged the win.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Baltimore enters Sunday`s game as the 9th best scoring team \u2013 11th in passing and a surprisingly low 21st in rushing. But if you have watched the Ravens at all this year, you would know that they are a much different team at home than they are on the road \u2013 especially Joe Flacco.<\/p>\n Defensively the Ravens have been a tad disappointing this season \u2013 the loss of Ray Lewis has been a major issue! Baltimore is 23rd against the pass and 26th against the run \u2013 hard to believe!<\/p>\n Betting Prediction<\/strong>: A few trends to consider: The only way that there is a competitive game here is if Ben Roethlisberger returns to action this week and if he does, you`d have to think that he will be a tad tentative. The Ravens smell blood and have won four of the last six versus the Steelers. They have also won seven of nine at home versus Pittsburgh. This game should be all Ravens \u2013 no reason to think they don\u2019t dominate. If they don\u2019t, I really can\u2019t see Baltimore as a legitimate contender to win it all this year!<\/p>\n Pick:<\/strong> Baltimore Ravens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steelers Look to Stay Relevant \u2013 Travel to Baltimore in Week 13 The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens meet for the second time in three weeks on Sunday with one team holding a little momentum and the other just hoping to hold onto the ball! The Steelers would love to just forget about a Week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57977,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57922\/revisions\/57977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDate\/Time: Sunday, December 2, 4:25 PM ET
\nVenue: M&T Bank Stadium
\nBroadcast<\/strong>: CBS
\nSteelers vs. Ravens Betting Lines from betonline.com
\nSpread<\/strong>: Not Available Yet
\nMoneyline<\/strong>: Not Available Yet
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\n\u2022 The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games
\n\u2022 The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 7 games on the road
\n\u2022 Pittsburgh is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
\n\u2022 Pittsburgh is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Baltimore
\n\u2022 Baltimore is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
\n\u2022 Baltimore is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games
\n\u2022 The total has gone OVER in 4 of Baltimore’s last 5 games at home
\n\u2022 Baltimore is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh<\/p>\n