Ravens rally to beat the Steelers, 23-20, in overtime,Playing to deliver a rapidly breakable season, the Baltimore Ravens bare a little help.
The bouncing wind at the accessible end of Heinz Field, a asperous night for Pittsburgh article Josh Scobee and some analytical controlling by Steelers drillmaster Mike Tomlin provided the Ravens plenty.
So did Justin Tucker's appropriate leg.
Tucker fabricated a 42-yard acreage ambition in the final abnormal of adjustment to tie it and agape through a 52-yarder with 5:08 larboard in overtime to lift Baltimore to a awe-inspiring 23-20 achievement Thursday night.The accomplishment is what counts," Ravens drillmaster John Harbaugh said. "The accomplishment is what our guys were able to accomplish."
The Steelers, not so much.
Scobee, acquired from Jacksonville in August afterwards injuries to Shaun Suisham and Garrett Hartley, had two affairs to accord the Steelers (2-2) some beanbag backward in the fourth division alone to cull both bliss advanced left.
"It's appealing frustrating," Scobee said. "I feel like I let the aggregation down. It's not something I anytime wish to bethink doing. It's just a bad feeling."
The additional absence gave the Ravens (1-3) abundant time to put Tucker able-bodied aural ambit to force the added period. It aswell gave Tomlin abeyance if the Steelers confused into Baltimore breadth alert in overtime.
Both times Tomlin autonomous to go for it with advancement quarterback Michael Vick rather than forward out Scobee for addition continued attack into the cruel end of one of the trickiest places to bang in the NFL. Vick, starting in abode of afflicted Ben Roethlisberger, was chock-full on fourth-and-2 at the 39 and afterwards overthrew Antonio Brown on fourth-and-1 from the 33.
"We lost, so I'm not traveling to try and absolve annihilation that we did," Tomlin said. "Anything we did, I yield albatross for."
Neither Vick nor Scobee would get a third shot. Joe Flacco led the Ravens to the Pittsburgh 35 and Tucker's champ was never in agnosticism even admitting Harbaugh accepted he advised aggravating to get a little closer.
It hardly mattered to Tucker, who "definitely" knew the champ was acceptable the additional it larboard his foot.
"To be able to appear in and win in such a affecting appearance with just a able aggregation effort, it's absolutely special," Tucker said.
Justin Forsett ran for 150 yards for the Ravens. Flacco threw a touchdown canyon and did just abundant backward to advice Baltimore end the affliction alpha in authorization history.
"The aboriginal win for us should (propel) us to go on to big things," Tucker said.
Vick threw for 124 yards and a account and Le'Veon Bell ran for 129 yards and a touchdown but the Steelers bumbled late.
"It's apparently one of the toughest losses of my career," Vick said. "We had our affairs to win the game. There were a lot of plays I could've fabricated that I didn't make."
For a lot of of the night, it appeared Pittsburgh would survive with Roethlisberger relegated to a sweatsuit afterwards spraining his larboard knee endure anniversary adjoin St. Louis.
The Steelers sacked Flacco 5 times, affected a brace of turnovers and alert chock-full the Ravens on downs in the fourth division to acutely appropriate ascendancy alone to accept Scobee let Baltimore aback in it.
"The endure two I played them down the average and they both moved," said Scobee, who is 6 of 10 on the season. "It's a boxy end to bang because it's a little added accessible area. It's something that takes experience."
One Scobee ability not get, with Tomlin adage the Steelers "have to about-face stones over" in an accomplishment to win games.
The Ravens, badly aggravating to abstain an 0-4 aperture that would all but end their playoff hopes a division of the way into the season, responded absolutely if not consistently smartly while ambulatory from a 13-point second-half deficit.
Flacco begin Kamar Aiken for a 15-yard touchdown bang to cut it to 20-14 and the Ravens had an befalling to draw aural three backward in the third quarter. Instead of a almost abbreviate acreage goal, Baltimore went for a affected that went nowhere.
Not that Harbaugh was in the affection to quibble. Through all the gaffes and ambiguous decisions, the Ravens survived.
Roethlisberger managed to accomplish it into the acreage after crutches and even lobbed a few passes to teammates afore the game. Yet with their $100 actor authorization quarterback's alarming knee several weeks abroad from getting accessible to go, the Steelers' affairs of befitting clip in the awash AFC North will await heavily on the 35-year-old Vick.
Once Vick's legs -- the ones that fabricated him the NFL's a lot of different aptitude in his prime -- got going, so did Pittsburgh's offense. He even threw a block that sprung Bell for an 11-yard touchdown that helped the Steelers go up 13-7 at the half.
The momentum, however, abolished late.
NOTES: Ravens WR Steve Smith Sr. bent four passes for 24 yards afore abrogation in the additional bisected with a aback contusion. ... Brown bent 5 passes for 42 yards, catastrophe his almanac band of amateur with 5 receptions and at atomic 50 yards accepting at 35. ... Baltimore hosts Cleveland on Oct. 11. ... The Steelers play at San Diego on Oct. 12.
The bouncing wind at the accessible end of Heinz Field, a asperous night for Pittsburgh article Josh Scobee and some analytical controlling by Steelers drillmaster Mike Tomlin provided the Ravens plenty.
So did Justin Tucker's appropriate leg.
Tucker fabricated a 42-yard acreage ambition in the final abnormal of adjustment to tie it and agape through a 52-yarder with 5:08 larboard in overtime to lift Baltimore to a awe-inspiring 23-20 achievement Thursday night.The accomplishment is what counts," Ravens drillmaster John Harbaugh said. "The accomplishment is what our guys were able to accomplish."
The Steelers, not so much.
Scobee, acquired from Jacksonville in August afterwards injuries to Shaun Suisham and Garrett Hartley, had two affairs to accord the Steelers (2-2) some beanbag backward in the fourth division alone to cull both bliss advanced left.
"It's appealing frustrating," Scobee said. "I feel like I let the aggregation down. It's not something I anytime wish to bethink doing. It's just a bad feeling."
The additional absence gave the Ravens (1-3) abundant time to put Tucker able-bodied aural ambit to force the added period. It aswell gave Tomlin abeyance if the Steelers confused into Baltimore breadth alert in overtime.
Both times Tomlin autonomous to go for it with advancement quarterback Michael Vick rather than forward out Scobee for addition continued attack into the cruel end of one of the trickiest places to bang in the NFL. Vick, starting in abode of afflicted Ben Roethlisberger, was chock-full on fourth-and-2 at the 39 and afterwards overthrew Antonio Brown on fourth-and-1 from the 33.
"We lost, so I'm not traveling to try and absolve annihilation that we did," Tomlin said. "Anything we did, I yield albatross for."
Neither Vick nor Scobee would get a third shot. Joe Flacco led the Ravens to the Pittsburgh 35 and Tucker's champ was never in agnosticism even admitting Harbaugh accepted he advised aggravating to get a little closer.
It hardly mattered to Tucker, who "definitely" knew the champ was acceptable the additional it larboard his foot.
"To be able to appear in and win in such a affecting appearance with just a able aggregation effort, it's absolutely special," Tucker said.
Justin Forsett ran for 150 yards for the Ravens. Flacco threw a touchdown canyon and did just abundant backward to advice Baltimore end the affliction alpha in authorization history.
"The aboriginal win for us should (propel) us to go on to big things," Tucker said.
Vick threw for 124 yards and a account and Le'Veon Bell ran for 129 yards and a touchdown but the Steelers bumbled late.
"It's apparently one of the toughest losses of my career," Vick said. "We had our affairs to win the game. There were a lot of plays I could've fabricated that I didn't make."
For a lot of of the night, it appeared Pittsburgh would survive with Roethlisberger relegated to a sweatsuit afterwards spraining his larboard knee endure anniversary adjoin St. Louis.
The Steelers sacked Flacco 5 times, affected a brace of turnovers and alert chock-full the Ravens on downs in the fourth division to acutely appropriate ascendancy alone to accept Scobee let Baltimore aback in it.
"The endure two I played them down the average and they both moved," said Scobee, who is 6 of 10 on the season. "It's a boxy end to bang because it's a little added accessible area. It's something that takes experience."
One Scobee ability not get, with Tomlin adage the Steelers "have to about-face stones over" in an accomplishment to win games.
The Ravens, badly aggravating to abstain an 0-4 aperture that would all but end their playoff hopes a division of the way into the season, responded absolutely if not consistently smartly while ambulatory from a 13-point second-half deficit.
Flacco begin Kamar Aiken for a 15-yard touchdown bang to cut it to 20-14 and the Ravens had an befalling to draw aural three backward in the third quarter. Instead of a almost abbreviate acreage goal, Baltimore went for a affected that went nowhere.
Not that Harbaugh was in the affection to quibble. Through all the gaffes and ambiguous decisions, the Ravens survived.
Roethlisberger managed to accomplish it into the acreage after crutches and even lobbed a few passes to teammates afore the game. Yet with their $100 actor authorization quarterback's alarming knee several weeks abroad from getting accessible to go, the Steelers' affairs of befitting clip in the awash AFC North will await heavily on the 35-year-old Vick.
Once Vick's legs -- the ones that fabricated him the NFL's a lot of different aptitude in his prime -- got going, so did Pittsburgh's offense. He even threw a block that sprung Bell for an 11-yard touchdown that helped the Steelers go up 13-7 at the half.
The momentum, however, abolished late.
NOTES: Ravens WR Steve Smith Sr. bent four passes for 24 yards afore abrogation in the additional bisected with a aback contusion. ... Brown bent 5 passes for 42 yards, catastrophe his almanac band of amateur with 5 receptions and at atomic 50 yards accepting at 35. ... Baltimore hosts Cleveland on Oct. 11. ... The Steelers play at San Diego on Oct. 12.
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