Steelers vs. Ravens: Highlights, game tracker and more

Yet a week after the typically low-keyed tackle was the only Pittsburgh Steelers player to participate in the national anthem before a game at Chicago, Villanueva vented about being used as a tool.

“This is huge for us”, declared running back Le’Veon Bell, who carried 35 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns.

Steelers-Ravens has been one of the best rivalries in football in this decade.

The Ravens and Steelers kick off at noon CDT Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Instead of kneeling during the anthem, the Ravens decided they would kneel before the anthem and say a prayer.

Flacco finished 31-of-49 for 235 yards and two interceptions as the Ravens fell to 2-2. They were on the field for over 19 minutes in the first half.

UNFRIENDLY NEST: The Steelers are just 3-7 in Baltimore under Tomlin and have beaten the Ravens on the road just once since 2011, the victory coming in 2012 with Roethlisberger sidelined.

Later on, with the Ravens down 19-0 and in Pittsburgh territory, Flacco missed a wide open Bashard Perriman that would have most likely been a touchdown. Baltimore’s receivers could not create separation for most of the game.

Brown has gained over 1,100 yards in five of the last six seasons, and he’s caught over 10 TD’s in each of the past three seasons. “We’re going to go out there and we’re going to make it happen”. They grappled with both problems this week and, they hope, set them both aside. I don’t plan on nobody seeing that type of defense and that type of Ravens team anymore this season. Baltimore Ravens lost 44-7 in London to the (2-1) Jacksonville Jaguars as it was nearly a blowout in the 1st half.

The Steelers linebacker added to a bad day for Joe Flacco when he intercepted him in the fourth quarter.

“I challenge myself in all aspects of the game”, Bell said. “It wasn’t good. We have to be better off early in games”. The defense was just as resolute with back-to-back interceptions in the fourth quarter to help seal the game. The group exhausted in the fourth because they didn’t get much support from the offense.

The rivalry got some extra steam on Christmas Day, the next-to-last Sunday of the 2016 National Football League regular season.

On Sunday, the vast majority of players chose to stand for the anthem, although teams such as the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars knelt before the Star-Spangled Banner was played.

After the game, with much frustration from many players, Jeremy Maclin said to reporters that the Ravens had “laid an egg” on offense.

A couple of miscues, including a wide-open edge on Alex Collins’ 50-yard run, are offset by an inspired overall effort from the defense, which is consistently playing well enough to win right now. Suggs had very little impact on the game and the Steelers continues to go after inside linebacker C.J.Mosley in pass coverage.