Ravens vs Steelers: Daring predictions for a battle for AFC North management

[ad_1] The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers each entered Thanksgiving weekend with equivalent 6-5 information. Each had a chance to strengthen their case because the AFC North's greatest staff. Each groups fumbled.

The Ravens misplaced on Thanksgiving night time to a Cincinnati Bengals staff most thought was higher than them. Three days later, the Steelers had their alternative vs. the Buffalo Payments, they usually blew that. Each groups are at a good .500 with 5 video games remaining.

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Two of these video games drive them to cross paths. The primary of the pair is available in Week 14 on Sunday. The stakes could not get any increased. The winner takes a one-game lead on the opposite and an all-important head-to-head tie-breaker.

It feels just like the Ravens are the higher staff, however one can by no means inform how these rivalry video games will go. That will not cease us from guessing. Listed here are some daring predictions for Sunday's conflict.

Lamer Jackson throws two touchdowns, and Derrick Henry runs for one more. For those who've paid consideration to those, you have seen we regularly attempt to forecast the manufacturing of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. That hasn't gone nicely. One or the opposite at all times appears content material to allow us to down.

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If Lamar passes for TDs, King Henry has hassle discovering the top zone. Then, as if on cue, Henry will get sizzling, and Lamar appears to lose his mojo.

Jackson hasn't thrown a TD go in any of his final three video games, however who's counting? Henry has scored at the very least one TD in every of the previous three video games. The fellows get in sync right here. How a couple of pair of TD passes for Jackson and one other speeding rating for Derrick Henry?

The Ravens notch 450 yards of whole offense. When the scoring is sizzling, heavy, and frequent, it sounds just like the offense is admittedly having day. The Steelers usually haven't any points with permitting one. They are often beneficiant, and with the Christmas season approaching, they will be festive and in a giving temper—determine 450 yards for Baltimore's offense and a few newfound religion in offensive coordinator Todd Monken.

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Baltimore's protection forces three turnovers. When Aaron Rodgers will get unfastened with the soccer, his generosity to the opposing protection is aware of no finish. He has thrown two interceptions in a single sport thrice this season, in Weeks 2, 7, and 10.

He hasn't thrown one since then, however he coughed the ball up by the use of a fumble in Week 13. That is his first misplaced fumble to go together with seven picks in 11 video games. It appears like he is due, and with that left wrist troubling him, there's an opportunity that he is extra liable to error, particularly if he morphs into that different Aaron Rodgers. You understand the one, the man who appears each little bit of 42 years outdated and counting.

The Ravens restrict the Steelers to twenty factors or fewer. The Steelers have eclipsed the 20-point threshold in each sport they've performed this season, minus three, however this appears like a Ravens get-right sport after the house loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Anticipate a extra spectacular outing and a few postgame leisure.

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Mike Tomlin has a postgame meltdown at his press convention. Rivalries apart, coaches do not get any cooler than Mike Tomlin. Nobody is extra entertaining (or extra trustworthy) in entrance of a microphone. A Ravens win is loading. So is a viral Tomlin second, and doggone it. We won't wait to see each once they happen.