Ravens -4 on the road in Pittsburgh. Last week the Steelers couldn’t have looked much worse against the Bengals as they got beat and beat bad in every way in that game. After that performance you have to expect that they come in focused and ready to get that horrible tape out of their head. The announcement of this being the last season for Big Ben coming this week as well has Pittsburgh fans looking ahead and wondering if they will see Kenny Pickett on the draft board in some kind of Pitt fairy tale. Back to reality 25 career games vs. B-more for Roethlisberger 40 TD and 24 INT, a 15-10 record, 10-3 at home. Last year the Steelers won 19-14 in December in similar conditions. The Steelers defense has allowed 41+ in 2 straight weeks for the first time since Big Ben was 7 years old. He has won 6 of last 7 vs. the Ravens.
Baltimore’s offense 5th in the league and 5th in rushing. Jackson has 3 TD and 5 INT in 2 starts vs the Steelers. 16 points now in 3 straight weeks and since that night in Miami the offense has sputtered even going 2-1 in those games.
The cover of the 4 looks to me like a pipe dream and the real question will be who will win outright? My prediction 19-17 Steelers.