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00:00One first down on the drive, and the Ravens will punt.
00:10Well, one thing you will always get out of T.J. Watt is a great effort.
00:15One, two, three. Here he goes. Chase him down the field. Make the tackle.
00:23They're built different, those Watt's. Special players.
00:27Jordan Stout will kick it. Calvin Austin back deep.
00:32Ben Skoranek, 15, nosing his way in.
00:36The Ravens trying to get organized. Pressure coming.
00:41Stout hangs with a high. Austin needs to let it bounce.
00:45And it bounces just right. Jordan Stout doing his job down at the 11.
00:50That's why in a big year, a contract year for him, the Pro Bowl Punter of the AFC.
00:55That's it. Steelers ball at a three-point lead.
01:03How about Connor Hayward?
01:05Leading from the fullback position there.
01:07Some big blocks down the field.
01:09And then you have the brotherly tush-push over the line with a little love.
01:15And he has had his own significant role.
01:18So, it has been the Hayward brothers in this one tonight getting it done.
01:24Connor played a little bit of quarterback in high school.
01:27His older brother by a decade.
01:29Cam getting a little bit of oxygen.
01:32Get ready for that next defensive stretch.
01:34The offense is back on the field for the Steelers with 1-0-4 left in the third quarter.
01:42Rodgers starts this drive from 12.
01:45Gainwell.
01:46Got a bounce there for about five yards.
01:49It was Craig Ironhead and Hayward, the legendary player with the New Orleans Saints over the years.
01:54And these Hayward brothers over the years, a decade behind him.
01:57Yet, he always had the older brother to look at and model for being in the NFL.
02:02And here they are in a big game, coming up with a big moment for the Steelers.
02:06And both are playing terrific football in every phase here tonight.
02:11We saw Cam Hayward down on the bench before the game.
02:14And he sat with his eyes closed, I'll bet you, for 15, 20 minutes.
02:19And I just remember thinking then, he's going to be ready for this one.
02:24A-19!
02:26A-19!
02:26Second of four for Rodgers.
02:28Getting protected.
02:30It's that quick fire move.
02:32The first down against the Baltimore defense that will not have Kyle Hamilton for the remainder of the game.
02:38Rodgers was out with a concussion, so a huge issue for the Ravens as we flip ends of the field for the final quarter of the season.
02:48Will the Steelers hold on and win the division?
02:51Will Baltimore come back and rally and grab the four seed?
02:55One quarter left in the regular season.
02:57Game 272 as the Steelers leading by three.
03:00Sunday night football continues from Pittsburgh after these messages.
03:04Tonight's SNF sites are provided by Nationwide.
03:09The Duquesne Incline scales Mount Washington 400 feet.
03:14Public's had access to this since 1877.
03:18You can tell them who had a room with a view.
03:20Here you see where those two rivers form the Ohio.
03:23And the stadium's right here at the point.
03:28Great part of a visit to Pittsburgh.
03:30Here we go, fourth quarter, 13-10.
03:32The lead for the Steelers.
03:34Mike Tirico, Chris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark, Terry McCauley, our rules analyst.
03:39As the final playoff spot is decided.
03:41A lot of conversation with Dillon in the huddle here.
03:44Let's see if it meant anything.
03:46Look at Dillon!
03:47Look at Dillon!
03:4924-yard line, there you go, with a toss to the edge.
03:52And Scotty Miller with a catch.
03:54Dillon in front of him.
03:55He'll be down at the 28-yard line.
03:57His seventh-year veteran Miller, part of a Super Bowl victory with Tampa Bay.
04:03Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the conversation is going back and forth.
04:09But with Aaron Rodgers, and he starts talking to somebody specifically in the huddle,
04:14you pay attention.
04:16Because all this is getting drawn up, not in the dirt, but in the brain of Aaron Rodgers here.
04:20And there's the four.
04:24They host Houston on Monday in the wildcard round.
04:28Second and five.
04:30Flag down, Gane Wells got a first down.
04:32You can see Frymuth react.
04:35His immediate reaction is that they're going to call him for a pick play,
04:39an offensive pass interference.
04:40Pass interference, offense number 88, 10-yard penalty, second down.
04:50The problem that everybody gets wrong on those pick plays is you don't have to pick them.
04:56What do you do?
04:57You can go right here, turn around, and even fade away,
05:00and let that coverage guy slowly run into your back.
05:04But if you don't turn around and look back for the ball,
05:07the officials know you're picking.
05:12So it sets up second and 15 now at the 19-yard line.
05:17The Ravens come up with a defensive play.
05:24Alec Wick, Gane Wells,
05:27getting some of that penalty yards back to the 26-yard line.
05:31It'll be third and eight here for the Steelers.
05:33Can we say this may be the biggest play of the game so far right here?
05:37I mean, it really is for this Baltimore defense.
05:41They have to recapture some momentum with their offense
05:44and get these guys back out on the field.
05:47Some of those long drives left Baltimore's offense sitting over there,
05:51and they never really regained that spark they had early in this game.
05:55Well, they're playmakers out there, right?
05:56In the old days, it was Ray Lewis and Reed and Suggs,
06:00and Kyle Hamilton's become that guy on this defense.
06:02He's out.
06:03Rogers throws in the middle.
06:04It is.
06:05Valdez-Scantling holding onto it for the first down of the 38-yard line.
06:10Awuzie was trying to rip it from him at the end,
06:13but the veteran Marquez-Valdez-Scantling
06:15had a skewer first down.
06:17That was some catch right there.
06:19It was way behind.
06:21Scantling had a lot of opportunities to win that game a week ago against Cleveland.
06:27Watch this.
06:28Way back.
06:29Here come the hands of the defense,
06:31and he still held on to that in that big, big moment in the game.
06:35Ravens, you just have not seen much of the ball in this second half.
06:42See their offense stay on the sideline.
06:46Rogers projected, big and deep shot downfield towards Valdez-Scantling,
06:51nearly intercepted by Malachi Starks.
06:53When we were at practice on Friday,
06:58we saw a Rogers deep shot towards Valdez-Scantling,
07:02trying one there.
07:03Starks was all over.
07:05It really was.
07:07You're going to see the little weave route go down like that,
07:10but watch the way that the rookie Malachi Starks closes on the back end of this.
07:16He actually outran MBS to the ball and had the best shot at it.
07:23He's been good all year.
07:25He's like all those Georgia defensive backs at the top of the charts,
07:29the snaps played on this Ravens defense this year.
07:33Warren, big hit by Awuzie at the 42-yard line.
07:39Another big third down coming up.
07:42Well, we have seen cornerbacks in this game on both sides make some big key tackles.
07:48That was, too, there,
07:49because there aren't very many people that play cornerback
07:53that can get Jalen Warren on the ground in that situation.
07:58Steelers have to get just past the 48-yard line.
08:01The first down's really between the 48 and 49 here.
08:04It's not right on one of those yard markers.
08:08Derrick Henry's dying to get back in the game.
08:10Third and seven.
08:13Rogers, looking out from behind, tries to escape.
08:16Got away from one, but not the rest.
08:18Mike Green gets it at the very end
08:21as Rogers got twisted around and sacked by three Ravens.
08:26Baltimore comes up with a play.
08:28Rogers grabbing quickly at that left hand that was injured last month.
08:31Here it is, the stunt right here,
08:35and they have started now using Draymond Jones inside on pass rush downs,
08:41and getting that pressure that they really have not been getting
08:44was really key, and did Rogers hurt that hand again?
08:50He grabbed that in right away as he was walking off the field
08:52and just started shaking it.
08:54Corliss Waitman will punch here for Pittsburgh.
08:57The ball will be where the Steelers got possession at the 28-yard line.
09:16Well, it was the two Ravens that ran into each other.
09:19Very fortunate the ball didn't hit either one of them.
09:22Devontae Walker and LeJontae Wester.
09:27Time out.
09:29Some of the biggest collisions in this game have been teammate to teammate.
09:34Jack Sawyer, the ball always finds him, but he can't advance it there, Jack.
09:39Ravens will get it in search of a momentum swing.
09:45Without fans, there would be no DeAndre Hopkins.
09:52Started in the early 2000s playing Sticks song Renegade here in Pittsburgh
10:11before the defense would come out on the field so often it has led to a big defensive play.
10:17Lamar Jackson's pass quiets the crowd on the completion
10:20to Zay Flowers to the 44-yard line.
10:23A much-needed Ravens gain of 15.
10:26There's an injured Raven back behind the play.
10:29Here you see what the challenge has been for Baltimore.
10:38As Andrew Voorhees, the left guard, is the one who's on a knee.
10:43They have struggled just to get possession and keep the ball
10:46as the Steelers have gone on long drives combined with the Ravens
10:50being slowed down, could not get the ground game going.
10:53So, Mike, I think I've got this right, but going into that throw,
11:01Lamar was 5-for-10 for 67 yards.
11:04You take away the touchdown of 38 yards.
11:07He was 4-for-9 for 29 yards in this game until that throw right there.
11:13So that was as needed as anything you could name in this football game
11:18if you're a Baltimore Ravens fan.
11:20And they had to prove again that they could work the ball down the field,
11:24and they did.
11:24He's only running twice for 7 yards.
11:27And Derrick Henry, who had that great first quarter,
11:31quiet since in this second half.
11:33Henry only 3 rushes for 11 yards.
11:40The ball's at the 44-yard line.
11:43Voorhees goes off with the athletic training staff,
11:47and Emory Jones Jr., who was in earlier at right guard for Falalele,
11:52is now in at left guard for the injured Voorhees.
11:5710 and a half left.
11:59Winner, Houston, in a wild-card game next week.
12:04Henry to the right.
12:06Body down.
12:07Jesse Otomewo going over there and giving him a hit.
12:18This is just getting violent.
12:19And the reason that you're seeing Derrick Henry go outside so much
12:24is what the Steelers are playing with that five-man front.
12:27You're going to see three defensive linemen stacked in,
12:31or at least they have been,
12:32between inside the tackle on each side.
12:36And they have just stayed in that front right there
12:39almost the entire game.
12:41They're not letting Derrick Henry get going up the middle.
12:44Second and eight.
12:44Free rusher.
12:45Jackson tries to run away from it.
12:46Takes a big hit.
12:48Keeps going to the 50-yard line.
12:50Four shy of the first down.
12:53And the free rusher was on the way.
12:55And Lamar Jackson gets up hot.
12:57Some pushing after this player.
13:00The rookie Emery Jones was involved with the Steelers.
13:06So now interesting, right?
13:08If you are committed to this being four-down territory,
13:12then maybe you take a shot running the ball.
13:15Maybe you do anyway.
13:17But otherwise, it's time for Zay Flowers
13:20or one of these tight ends to make a play.
13:27McAndrew is just two catches tied.
13:31Third and fourth.
13:32Steelers bring four.
13:33Highsmith is there.
13:34Jackson got away.
13:35Now reloads and throws to Flowers downfield.
13:39He's got it for a touchdown!
13:45They had Jackson.
13:47Two Steelers.
13:48He escaped and finds Flowers.
13:51And the Ravens take the lead!
14:01This is unbelievable.
14:03You are going to see a meeting at the quarterback,
14:05and somehow Lamar splits him.
14:08I've never seen anything quite like that.
14:10And that would have been amazing enough
14:12until he started directing traffic
14:14and telling Flowers,
14:15go deep, go deep, go deep.
14:16He had to get his hand back on the ball
14:18and then just unleash it.
14:20Two spectacular plays by Lamar Jackson.
14:24Loop adds the extra point,
14:26and that was Patrick Queen, the linebacker,
14:28running down there with Flowers at the back end.
14:31Great recognition.
14:32He hasn't made these plays for most of the year.
14:35That's the two-time MVP at work.
14:38Splits the double, avoids the sack,
14:40finds Flowers.
14:41The Ravens have the lead by four.
14:49Lamar Jackson was under siege.
14:52It was Queen against Flowers on the outside.
14:56And Mike and I are up here in the booth screaming,
14:58run!
14:59When Lamar Jackson broke out,
15:01it was a key third and four.
15:03And yet, Lamar Jackson doesn't think about four or five yards.
15:07He thinks about homerun shots.
15:10And that's how you turn out to be two-time MVP of the league.
15:14Dave Flowers has had late-season disappointment.
15:17Comes up with a big one.
15:18This is out of bounds.
15:20Big mistake on the kickoff.
15:22It'll bring it to the 40-yard line.
15:25Tyler Loop.
15:29Free kick out of bounds.
15:32Kitchen team number 33.
15:34The ball will be placed at the 40-yard line.
15:36First down.
15:37Melissa, what about Aaron Rodgers?
15:38Yeah, at the end of the Steelers' last drive,
15:40we saw him grabbing that left hand,
15:42his non-throwing hand that he injured week 11.
15:44He came over to the sideline, sat down on the bench,
15:46had a quick conversation with the athletic training staff,
15:49but no exam.
15:50He's been grabbing it and flexing it
15:53and had a few slight grimaces while he was over here,
15:56so something to keep an eye on.
15:58Left-handed concern.
15:59That's the one start he missed this season.
16:02Said it was feeling good when we visited with him on Friday.
16:05So now down four, 8.42 to go.
16:08Down to your last couple of possessions.
16:10He's staying down.
16:15Look at the aid.
16:16Look at that.
16:17All the communication smoking up whips about this scantling
16:21for 7 to the 47-yard line.
16:24All right, let's take a look at our next-gen staff
16:26powered by AWS, Kyle Hamilton.
16:28When he's on the field, great things happen
16:31for this Ravens defense.
16:32He was simply everywhere making plays.
16:35They couldn't get anything started on the offense
16:38with him in the game.
16:40With him off the field, though,
16:4210 points and over 5 yards per play allowed,
16:45and it has been a different Aaron Rodgers
16:48without Kyle Hamilton out there.
16:53Turn about it.
16:56Second and three, the toss.
16:58Warren, good job to keep the legs going.
17:01There's four missed tackles for a first down.
17:04That's a sensational run to the 38-yard line.
17:0815 yards.
17:09It doesn't begin to tell you the story of that.
17:13And an injured Raven as Nate Wiggins.
17:15The corner is slow to get up,
17:17and the officials stopped the game for him.
17:20Although the athletic training staff,
17:22I don't think, has seen it on that opposite side.
17:24Now they're coming over to check
17:26on the second-year man from Clemson.
17:29That powerful running of Warren
17:35that Chris talked about, evident again there.
17:38Timeout.
17:46By the way, the injury to Nate Wiggins a moment ago.
17:49Trying to tackle,
17:51as half the Ravens defense was,
17:53Jalen Warren rolled up on.
17:58Needed a lot of help to get over to the sideline.
18:00T.J. Tampa will replace him in the secondary
18:03already without Kyle Hamilton.
18:06So then a wide receiver for the Steelers,
18:08and then a cornerback for the Ravens.
18:11Then it.
18:12Prime, prime, prime.
18:14319.
18:16319.
18:16319.
18:1958.
18:21At the halfway mark of the fourth.
18:23Toss.
18:24Warren.
18:26Sideline.
18:27Mark Smith takes him over there.
18:30On the first down gain of about four.
18:34Steelers slow to get up as well,
18:36getting a lot of that.
18:36The hitting is just intense in this game.
18:42It's what makes this series, I think,
18:44the most exciting one.
18:46I've been around other really great series.
18:49Dallas Phillies, fantastic too.
18:51But there's something gut level about the Steelers and Ravens when they play.
18:56319.
19:07Rodgers slips it inside through the traffic.
19:12The 31 with Connor Hayward.
19:14That's three shy of the first down.
19:16Aaron Rodgers was part of the Green Bay-Chicago rivalry over the years.
19:21Just dipping his toe in the water of this one his second time playing it.
19:24But from watching it from afar,
19:26the respect that's a part of it,
19:27but also the plays like this,
19:30it comes down to a play or two all the time.
19:32We're getting to that time right now.
19:34Yeah, and I think we're probably talking about four-down territory again here.
19:40So you can call your play.
19:44Completely spread formation though.
19:46There you go with Gamewell with the rock.
19:50Did you get the free play?
19:51No.
19:51Nope.
19:51False start.
19:54And if Gamewell jumped.
19:56False start.
19:57Offense number 14.
20:00Five-yard penalty.
20:01Third down.
20:02So it'll be third and eight.
20:03There you go with Gamewell with the rock.
20:17Roger's going to go back and huddle and say,
20:19all right, Gamewell, make it up to me right now.
20:22It's on you.
20:25Field goal from here is 54 yards.
20:31Steelers have a thing like getting the ball back,
20:33getting the field goal range again.
20:34Play clock running.
20:36Roger's going in the middle.
20:38It's fire move.
20:40First in goal, Pittsburgh.
20:41At the sixth.
20:43A gate of 30.
20:52Roger's a little double move there, Mike, to set it up.
20:55Roger's keeping him at the line.
20:56He was trying to catch the Ravens before they could sub.
21:01Now they do,
21:02so he comes back to the huddle.
21:05Kind of a master class, isn't it?
21:08Yeah.
21:08It really is.
21:09It's been so much fun to watch Lamar
21:13with his creative big plays
21:14and Aaron just sort of surgically,
21:17especially in this hurry-up style of play,
21:20take it to the next level.
21:22First in goal, take a timeout.
21:24That's one timeout left.
21:27Whoa.
21:27So that little cat and mouse to try to catch him
21:32with the wrong personnel cost him a timeout.
21:35Watch this little hesitate and go,
21:38and Aaron Rodgers has thrown two complete ropes in this game.
21:42That one was perfection.
21:44The one that we saw earlier down to Adam Thielen
21:48to jumpstart that first drive in the second half
21:51was perfection.
21:52And he knew it.
21:57I liked it.
21:59Darius Washington out there playing safety.
22:02It's part of the injury replacements for Baltimore.
22:06So now 5-19 left.
22:08One timeout for Pittsburgh at the five-yard line.
22:12Try to score a touchdown, take the lead here.
22:13And you just wonder now how much restriction
22:19is on this Ravens defense
22:21with the people in the secondary who are out of the game.
22:26You went to Rodgers and all the hand communication
22:27back to Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator.
22:29They've got the extra offensive lineman on the field
22:35in Spencer Anderson, 74.
22:38He's over on the left side.
22:40He's reportedly eligible.
22:41It's first and goal for the Steelers.
22:43Inside game to Warren, running left
22:48for a yard to the four.
22:53Rodgers kind of running over there
22:54towards Mason Rudolph, the backup quarterback,
22:58trying to get something handed to him here.
23:01Spike, indication issues going on.
23:03Yeah, and the other part of that is
23:06if Metcalf was in this game,
23:09man-to-man coverage on the outside,
23:11it wouldn't even have been a thought.
23:12Aaron would have just taken the ball
23:13and thrown it right out there.
23:15But it is a patient,
23:17let's do it all right,
23:20change of style for the Steelers without him.
23:2440 to go, second and goal.
23:26Rodgers throws it to the right throat.
23:27It is caught, but Jeremy Smith is stopped
23:29by Sheena Bay Awuzie at the two-yard line.
23:33Awuzie is slow to get up.
23:35He's heading towards the sideline.
23:38Ravens going through their entire secondary here,
23:40and there's still communication issues
23:42on the Steelers' side here.
23:45Rodgers over there,
23:46I think the helmet communication was out,
23:48changing helmets.
23:49But that was a huge reset for this Ravens defense
23:54because they had Awuzie sort of limping back over to the huddle,
23:58and if he could have snapped to the line of scrimmage there,
24:00would have gained the advantage.
24:02That was a rough go right there
24:04between the coach and quarterback.
24:06Trying to get him to push the button,
24:07he couldn't hear.
24:08It's third and goal.
24:10Play clock.
24:11Trying to get the last time out.
24:13Did it?
24:13He did, and now the Steelers are out of timeouts.
24:18So that affects you,
24:20makes it four-down territory from a play-calling standpoint.
24:23It's going to be harder to get the ball back.
24:24Also, here in the next minute 53,
24:27replay assist becomes important
24:29because the Steelers can't challenge something.
24:31They have no timeouts
24:32just in case that becomes a factor.
24:34The communication's still a problem.
24:37You know what's bizarre, though, Mike?
24:39We've been sitting here saying
24:40that Aaron's calling the game from the line of scrimmage.
24:43I'm like,
24:44I believe that to be true, too.
24:47So just go to the line of scrimmage
24:49and call whatever you want.
24:50Take over, right?
24:51I mean, those timeouts are invaluable.
24:55Yeah.
24:57So it's another helmet change,
25:00perhaps back to the original.
25:02Out of timeouts, 3.53 to go.
25:05Ball's just inside the two-yard line.
25:09Kenneth Gainwell's the back.
25:11Now this scantling bottom of the screen.
25:13It's Gainwell running right,
25:15trying to get to the corner.
25:16In for the touchdown!
25:17Oh, Gainwell made up for it.
25:43That false start on third down earlier.
25:51Chris Boswell, big extra points.
25:55Good rushing there by Robinson of Baltimore.
25:58The extra point is good.
26:00And the Steelers lead by three
26:01with 3.49 left in regulation.
26:04Mason McCormick here,
26:06and he's got to get all the way out
26:08to this block right there.
26:09Watch him hustle and get on top of that.
26:13That is such a difficult block,
26:15and he executed that one perfectly.
26:17No holding call.
26:19Got his hands in there a bit,
26:21but got him down when needed.
26:23And Mike Tomlin loved that play
26:29down near the goal line
26:31for the two-yard run.
26:33Kenneth Gainwell's got his Super Bowl
26:35ring from Philadelphia last year.
26:37And Aaron Rodgers has put
26:40the Steelers' defense in position.
26:43If they can hold,
26:45they'll host Houston here
26:46next Monday night.
26:48Still a lot of time.
26:503.49, three timeouts.
26:54And the Baltimore Ravens
26:56have Lamar Jackson, two-time MVP.
27:00And remember what this offense
27:02has been for Baltimore tonight.
27:05It's been two big plays.
27:06Two big pass plays by Lamar Jackson,
27:08and not a whole lot other than that.
27:12So now you put the ball
27:14in the hands of Lamar Jackson
27:15and say, it is time, MVP.
27:19Single return man, Lajonte.
27:21Wester goes back now along with
27:23the Ravens' regular return man,
27:28Keaton Mitchell.
27:30And that's the man who's
27:31going to take it.
27:32Wester, across the 20,
27:34Stubler, and avoiding that hit
27:36down just after the 25-yard line.
27:39And Melissa, Mike Tomlin's team
27:40up three with 3.43 to go.
27:42Yes, and he is so animated,
27:45so positive, so communicative
27:47with his defense down here,
27:48getting up in his players' faces
27:50with Ken Hayward and Nick Herbig.
27:52He's saying, I'm watching you all.
27:54I mean, he's talking about
27:55smashing the run.
27:56He even goes up to guys and says,
27:58you could answer his own
27:59questions and we're good.
28:02He is loving the physicality
28:03that they are bringing.
28:07Ravens' drive starts at the 27.
28:11To Derek Henry inside.
28:13Nothing.
28:15Another play by the 36-year-old
28:17captain Cameron Hayward.
28:19Well, remember what they did
28:22on the last drive.
28:23They came out and threw the ball
28:25on first down.
28:26That was one of those plays you go,
28:28I bet you they come out and run
28:30Derek Henry on first down.
28:31They did.
28:32Now backs up against the wall.
28:34Now you have to allow Lamar
28:36to either get on the edge
28:37or get creative
28:38or get creative
28:38or get creative
28:38with some kind of scramble.
28:49What, what?
28:50They were checking.
28:50He's checked into some big plays
28:52this year, too.
28:55Makes it to Henry.
28:57Jackson in the middle.
28:59Caught by Ricard,
29:00this fullback.
29:00His first reception,
29:03his second target of the year.
29:05What a time for that.
29:06To the 37-yard line,
29:07it's a first down,
29:082.45 to go.
29:10Ricard said,
29:10what you're throwing it to be?
29:12That is what you do.
29:13Sometimes in coverage,
29:15you just book certain guys.
29:17You just go,
29:18okay, I know Ricard's
29:19not going to catch the ball,
29:21and then he does,
29:22and they got a first down.
29:23Well, they are replay
29:25assisting this to short
29:26for the first down.
29:27If they replay assist it
29:31to short,
29:33it should be third down.
29:34We have the run for Henry
29:35for first down.
29:36Correct.
29:36And the second down play,
29:37so the announcement
29:38was different than the down box.
29:39It will be third down.
29:41And it is third down.
29:42So the clock gets paused here
29:43at 2.34
29:45for the administrative reset
29:46of all the chains.
29:51And we'll start on the whistle.
29:55Still shot.
29:56Third and one.
29:57Fake to Henry Jackson.
29:59Shot down field.
30:01Zay Flowers again.
30:02Zay Flowers inside the 20.
30:04He's going to go.
30:06There is a flag
30:08on the far side of the field.
30:11Let's see what that is.
30:14The Ravens react
30:17as though it is on Pittsburgh.
30:19And the Ravens get the Steelers
30:22the same way
30:23for the second time
30:24in this quarter.
30:24in this quarter.
30:28Holding.
30:29Defense number 24.
30:31That penalty's declined.
30:33Roll the play
30:33as a touchdown.
30:38Unbelievable.
30:40Safe Flowers
30:40behind the defense again.
30:42They got up to the line
30:45of scrimmage quickly.
30:46They faked a little pitch
30:48out there
30:49to Henry
30:49and they got
30:51the clear out route
30:52on the outside
30:53by Devontes Walker
30:55and nobody
30:56picked up
30:57the number
30:58one receiving threat
30:59of the Baltimore Ravens.
31:01by far.
31:04Tyler Luke
31:05now has an important
31:06extra point.
31:11And he nails it
31:12so the Steelers
31:13are going to need
31:13a touchdown.
31:1524-20 the score.
31:172-20
31:18to go.
31:20Wild fourth quarter
31:21for the North.
31:22I thought I was
31:23watching a replay
31:24of the first half.
31:25Got that down
31:26the field
31:27and over there
31:27and there is
31:28nobody
31:29in the middle
31:30of the field.
31:33Look at that.
31:34I mean,
31:35you could stop that.
31:36That is as big
31:37an area
31:38as I have ever
31:39seen wide open
31:40on a football field.
31:44The fourth lead
31:46change of the game
31:46the third
31:47in the fourth quarter.
31:50Say Flowers
31:51had to be as shocked
31:52as anybody out there.
31:55Look at Kaelin Ramsey
31:56looking around
31:56like who?
31:57Where is everybody?
31:59Wow.
32:01Flowers
32:02couple of touchdowns
32:03138 yards
32:04on the night
32:06and has given
32:08the Ravens
32:09a four-point lead
32:10and now we
32:11go back to the point
32:12that the Steelers
32:13are out of tie-outs.
32:14Lamar Jackson's
32:15on the flex
32:15and no!
32:16Yes!
32:16It's on them!
32:18They've got two
32:19big touchdowns
32:20in this quarter.
32:20Three on the game.
32:23And Flowers,
32:23we mentioned
32:24the disappointment
32:25that's happened to him.
32:25One with injury,
32:26one with a key turnover
32:28in the postseason
32:29trying to get his way
32:31to the playoffs.
32:32Luke's last kick
32:33went out of bounds.
32:34This one won't threaten
32:35that.
32:36He's going to kick it deep.
32:37He'll get the ball
32:37at the 35,
32:39yard line.
32:41What did Mike Tomlin
32:42tell us?
32:43This is why you go
32:43get Aaron Rodgers
32:44for these kind of moments
32:46right here.
32:47Aaron told us
32:48on Friday
32:49the league is so beautiful
32:50and frustrating.
32:51One or two plays
32:52in every game
32:53make a difference.
32:54He has authored
32:55so many memories,
32:56so many last-minute
32:57comebacks.
32:59Well, he has the pen
33:00one more time,
33:00perhaps one last time
33:02with a chance
33:03to write another chapter
33:04in one of the greatest
33:06NFL careers
33:07and get the Steelers
33:09to the playoffs.
33:10If he doesn't,
33:12the Ravens
33:13will be division champs.
33:15And cornerback
33:16Nate Wiggins,
33:17number two,
33:17back on the field again,
33:19so a little deeper
33:20than they were
33:20on that last drive.
33:21From the 35,
33:27Rodgers inside,
33:29caught by Austin,
33:30Calvin Spence,
33:31game 17.
33:33Probably take this
33:35to the two-minute warning.
33:37There's no rush
33:38from Rodgers,
33:38so Pittsburgh
33:39will just let it
33:40spin down
33:41to the two-minute warning.
33:45As Lowy Gilman
33:46continues to feel
33:47the pain of this game.
33:49Baltimore 24,
33:50Pittsburgh 20
33:50at the two-minute warning.
33:51We're back
33:52in 30 seconds
33:53after this
33:53from AWS.
33:59Put them heads up.
34:01Yeah.
34:03Amazing.
34:04Amazing.
34:06Put them heads up.
34:07Some of my brothers
34:08is this and this.
34:10Put them heads up.
34:14Put them heads up.
34:18Put them heads up.
34:20This world is strong.
34:21This world is strong.
34:22This world is strong.
34:29The 272nd and final game
34:32of this 2025 regular season
34:34comes down to its
34:35final two minutes.
34:36And just like the rest
34:37of the season,
34:38who knows what's going to happen?
34:39It's so unpredictable
34:40in so many ways.
34:42And for these teams,
34:43they've been in the middle
34:43of so much drama.
34:44And now it's on the field
34:47some 49 yards away
34:49from the end zone
34:49to decide what's going to happen.
34:51Timeouts not really much
34:53of a factor here now,
34:54Chris,
34:54with two minutes
34:55and the ball
34:56across midfield.
34:57Except on the Ravens' side.
34:59As we go down
35:00this drive here,
35:00remember,
35:01even if the Steelers
35:02were to score
35:03a touchdown here,
35:04they would be
35:05just a field goal away.
35:07So they're going to want
35:07to try to preserve time
35:09if they can.
35:13Rodgers has it
35:14for the Steelers
35:15at the Ravens 49.
35:16The four-man rush
35:21fires.
35:23It's complete.
35:25Inbounds.
35:25So the clock keeps running
35:26with Adam Thielen.
35:28His forward progress
35:29is going to be marked
35:30up around the 41-yard line.
35:32So it's going to set up
35:33a couple yards
35:34on second down.
35:35Second and two.
35:36The lack of a pass rush.
35:38If the Ravens
35:39don't make the playoffs,
35:40that'll be why.
35:45Cainwell
35:45slipping inside
35:46through the tackle
35:48of Washington.
35:48Kenneth Gainwell
35:49blocked down by Gilman
35:51at the 26-yard line
35:53with a minute 25
35:54left in regulation.
35:58Beautifully done.
35:59Just when you knew
35:59the Ravens
36:00were going to have
36:01to come after them
36:01in some way,
36:02shape, or form
36:03slipped that screen pass.
36:08Off from the Steelers
36:09as the time spins down
36:11on their season.
36:13Rodgers at the stake
36:14and throwing
36:14closer to the head
36:15of Gainwell
36:16and incomplete.
36:17Not grounding Gainwell
36:18in the area.
36:19Over his head.
36:20Minute three remaining
36:21here in the fourth.
36:24But the difference is,
36:26remember we're watching
36:26the tape when he was
36:28facing Cleveland
36:28and Miles Garrett?
36:29every single snap
36:31was in on Aaron Rodgers
36:33and he did not play well.
36:35He was making mistakes.
36:36Tonight, we have not
36:37seen the Ravens,
36:39but in an occasional time
36:41when there was nobody open,
36:42when they got pressure on him,
36:44and a confident Aaron Rodgers
36:46is one that's not getting picked.
36:47They don't have that guy
36:48play with the most sacks,
36:50has four on the season.
36:52Will there be pressure
36:53at any point?
36:54The 26.
36:56A little bit of a different look.
36:58Inside he goes high
36:59and incomplete.
37:01Nealon looking for a flag.
37:02He doesn't get it.
37:03And it's third down
37:04and 10
37:05with 60 seconds left.
37:07When these two teams play,
37:12they're just bodies
37:13flying everywhere.
37:15I didn't see the interference.
37:17We'll take a look.
37:20Nope.
37:21All good.
37:24Steelers need to get the ball
37:26to the 16-yard line.
37:27Calvin Austin is the lone
37:28receiver to the left.
37:31Three to the right,
37:32including the tight end
37:33firing.
37:33Rodgers' protection.
37:39To Austin
37:40for the touchdown!
37:43The 13th Calvary
37:45Austin Brown.
38:03For the Baltimore Ravens, a season may come down to a slip.
38:18Calvin Austin's third touchdown.
38:21Back off the hamstring injury.
38:23The extra point from Boswell.
38:26Twisting. No good! No good!
38:29He missed the extra point.
38:31He had not missed one all year.
38:33It's the second missed extra point in his last four years.
38:39At an unbelievable time to do that.
38:44There's the slip.
38:45Gonna come up, a little hesitation, and go route.
38:49And Chidabay Awujae has had a nice game out here.
38:53He slips.
38:54There's no way anybody else can be responsible.
38:56And it is a horrible thing when it happens to you.
39:04We were waiting for somebody to make a play, and there it was.
39:08And on the extra point, everything looked fine.
39:12And that is the path that his ball has been taking.
39:15And some misses against Cleveland as well.
39:16That's just a crushing miss.
39:19He'd only missed 15 in his career.
39:21He had made 85 or 89, including the postseason.
39:25His last miss of an extra point was December 16 of 2023.
39:28And of all things, at all times, so now a field goal for Baltimore would win the division.
39:37And Lamar Jackson has already thrown a couple of touchdowns in this fourth quarter where we've had four lead changes.
39:46Can he get it down there close enough for the rookie, Tyler Lute, to have his moment in this Ravens-Steelers series?
39:55Plenty of time.
39:56Three timeouts.
39:57Time really should not be a factor here.
40:01Heaton Mitchell, LeJounte, Wester awaits.
40:03It's going to be the speedy running back, Mitchell, from the five.
40:11The numbers got a good return going.
40:14There goes Mitchell, right around midfield.
40:17They're only a first down or so away from field goal range.
40:22With those three timeouts, Keaton Mitchell a big moment.
40:30This game is crazy.
40:32And credit the special teams.
40:34And Chris Horton, the special teams coordinator, who played special teams for the Steelers special teams coordinator, Danny Smith, when he was in Washington.
40:44There's Horton.
40:45And his unit has just come up with a massive play.
40:48The ball is marked at their own 47-yard line.
40:52They stay in that five-down look.
40:54They are more afraid of Derrick Henry than Lamar Jackson right now.
41:00Yeah, two-throwing sideline.
41:01It is complete out of bounds at the 45-yard line to Devontes Walker.
41:06Just one point on loop.
41:08We are so used to seeing kickers make 60-yarders.
41:11All those long field goals.
41:12His lung is 52.
41:14His three misses this year have been from 55 or more.
41:17So they've got to get it a little bit closer.
41:20That's Danny Smith, the Steelers special teams coordinator.
41:23The respect of Derrick Henry is getting these receivers open, Mike.
41:27With those three timeouts, the runs right to the playbook.
41:35Jackson going to throw.
41:36Out quick, flat down.
41:37Mark Andrews.
41:39Jackson's going to really grab.
41:41Let's check the flat.
41:44Is it a formation issue on Baltimore?
41:48Legal formation.
41:49Offense, number 79, was not on the line.
41:52It's coming.
41:53Five-yard penalty.
41:55Second down.
41:55That is Ronnie Stanley.
41:59And one of the problems that Ronnie Stanley has had is with Highsmith out here.
42:04He tried to gain a little advantage, and they got him.
42:08It's a good call.
42:09Your helmet has to break the belt line to the center, and he was back behind it.
42:15It's a close one that at other times may be let go.
42:21Sighted here.
42:22Second and seven from midfield.
42:23Steeler's name is sacked.
42:28Jackson.
42:29Jackson keeping the play alive.
42:31Now Strattling blusting over the head of DeAndre Hopkins, whose name has not been called all night, but he was standing there with room to run.
42:38Oh, my goodness, and Hopkins thought that he wanted him to just stand there, and Lamar's saying, go down the field.
42:47You might have scored with this thing.
42:49Watch the scramble out.
42:51He's just going to drop it right over the top.
42:53Oh, my goodness.
42:54Oh, my goodness.
42:55Oh, my goodness.
42:55Total miscommunication.
42:5731 seconds left.
43:01It's 37.
43:02Goose, Goose, Goose.
43:05Ow, ow, ow.
43:08Go, go, go, go.
43:08Go, go, go, go.
43:10Blade clock running down.
43:13Steelers adjust the defense.
43:15It brings some pressure.
43:16Jackson chased.
43:18Keeps it alive.
43:20Herbert tries to get him.
43:21Jackson flings it.
43:23Out of play.
43:26Avoids the sound.
43:27Out of the tackle box.
43:31Passed the line of scrimmage.
43:33That was all right.
43:34But now it's fourth and seven, and the season comes down to one play.
43:38And they went back to the blitz that they used early in the game.
43:41They brought Nate Hervig back inside, rushed him right up the middle,
43:47and just like he did in the first half, got pressure again.
43:50Wouldn't be surprised to see him come back.
43:52Because the one thing you cannot do is allow Lamar Jackson to hold this ball.
43:59Good time to take a timeout.
44:02Get organized when it's one play for the season with 21 seconds left.
44:08It's amazing that penalty on Ronnie Stanley was absolutely huge.
44:22Just been an incredible season of great moments, unpredictable plays.
44:28And now maybe the best rivalry the NFL has at the moment
44:32comes down to one play to keep alive, hopes of a division title.
44:38So many times you look to the veterans here,
44:40and Mark Andrews has been a guy over the years
44:43that you can really count on in these case situations.
44:47Of course, had the awful moment in the playoffs last year.
44:50But I'm sure he would love a little redemption right now.
44:53He's been in the middle of so many big moments,
45:13and he comes up with a catch.
45:15Timeout Baltimore.
45:1612 seconds left in field goal position.
45:19Wow!
45:25Absolute insanity.
45:27First of all, they block Andrews over here,
45:30but they have to commit coverage.
45:31So there's nobody left in behind.
45:34So if they can protect it long enough,
45:37that method likely could get across the field,
45:40and Ramsey mistimed the jump.
45:42And my goodness gracious, Lamar Jackson.
45:46There have been questions this past week about his own toughness.
45:52Does he really want to be here?
45:53Could he have played last week?
45:55We've heard it all, right?
45:57And Lamar Jackson has delivered time after time,
46:01and Aaron Rodgers cannot believe
46:04that what he's done in this fourth quarter may not be enough.
46:08Think about likely.
46:09Thanksgiving night, touchdown he almost had against Cincinnati.
46:12Fumbled out of the back of the end zone.
46:14First game against Pittsburgh, week 14.
46:17Controversy in the end zone with the catch.
46:19Now that big one.
46:2014 seconds left.
46:22Baltimore's one timeout.
46:24Trying to line it up in the middle of the field for Loop.
46:27Jackson takes a knee.
46:29Harbaugh goes over to the official.
46:30Will tell him when he wants the timeout.
46:33For Tyler Loop's opportunity.
46:35And he'll bring it all the way down
46:37to the end.
46:39The missed extra point by Chris Boswell.
46:45He had only missed one in four years,
46:48and Harbaugh is telling likely how special that play was
46:51to set up this moment for the rookie out of Arizona.
46:54The Ravens, of course, had Justin Tucker for so long.
46:59The most accurate kicker in the history of the league.
47:02Rodgers can't believe what he has just witnessed
47:04what might be the end for him.
47:06But they went around the country
47:08and spoke to a lot of the kickers
47:10who were coming out.
47:11And they decided Tyler Loop
47:13was made of the right stuff
47:15for moments like this.
47:18He now has a chance
47:19to win the division
47:20for the Ravens.
47:22The final play of the regular season
47:25for the final spot in the playoffs.
47:27Tyler Loop from 44.
47:30Snackgood.
47:31Hold it.
47:32The kick is now gone!
47:34It is wide right!
47:36And the Steelers
47:37are the champions of the North!
47:41One more game out of Aaron Rodgers.
48:11Season-ending heartbreak
48:36for the Ravens again.
48:42And for the first time since 2020.
48:44The Pittsburgh Steelers rule the North
48:52in the AFC.
48:52There is no way, Mike,
49:01to practice the pressure
49:04of a game-winning free throw
49:06or a game-winning kick
49:08or a game-winning putt.
49:10And the rookie succumbed that time.
49:17The Ravens still in disbelief.
49:22Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers
49:24will host Houston
49:25in the wild-card game
49:27next Monday night.
49:28The touchdown as the man fell down.
49:32Calvin Austin to the end zone
49:34puts the Steelers on top,
49:3626-24.
49:38And then for the second time
49:39in four years,
49:40one of the best kickers in the league,
49:42Chris Boswell
49:43misses to the right.
49:46But then the Ravens come back down the field.
49:49And Isaiah Likely,
49:50who's had so many close calls
49:52that didn't go his way,
49:53on a fourth down play,
49:55goes up to get them
49:56in field goal range.
49:57And the rookie, Tyler Luke,
50:00from 44 yards.
50:03And just like the Boswell extra point,
50:05the kick goes right.
50:06And the 106th National Football League season
50:10takes all the emotions up and down,
50:14including the devastation
50:15for the rookie
50:16of what might have been.
50:19And for Derrick Henry,
50:20he missed it.
50:22It will not be.
50:23And for John Harbaugh and the Ravens,
50:26a crushing defeat,
50:27just like he started
50:28this regular season.
50:30And for Mike Tomlin,
50:31the standard is the standard.
50:34And the champion of the North
50:35is Pittsburgh.
50:37When Mark Jackson was ready to celebrate,
50:41Aaron Rodgers got to celebrate.
50:43The Chevrolet postgame
50:44coming up after this.
51:05And I'll see you next time.
51:09If you're here.
51:11Bye.
51:13Bye.
51:14Bye.
51:16Bye.
51:17Bye.
51:20Bye.
51:21Bye.
51:24Bye.
51:25Bye.
51:27Bye.
51:28Bye.
51:29Bye.
51:30Bye.
51:30Bye.
51:31Bye.
51:31Bye.
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