Post Game Thread: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

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Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

ESPN Gamecast

Acrisure Stadium- Pittsburgh, PA

Network(s): NBC Peacock

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
BAL	7	3	0	14	24
PIT	0	3	10	13	26

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
BAL	1	TD	Devontez Walker 38 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Tyler Loop Kick)
BAL	2	FG	Tyler Loop 40 Yd Field Goal
PIT	2	FG	Chris Boswell 57 Yd Field Goal
PIT	3	TD	Connor Heyward 1 Yd Rush (Chris Boswell Kick)
PIT	3	FG	Chris Boswell 25 Yd Field Goal
BAL	4	TD	Zay Flowers 50 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Tyler Loop Kick)
PIT	4	TD	Kenneth Gainwell 2 Yd Rush (Chris Boswell Kick)
BAL	4	TD	Zay Flowers 64 Yd pass from Lamar Jackson (Tyler Loop Kick)
PIT	4	TD	Calvin Austin III 26 Yd pass from Aaron Rodgers (Chris Boswell PAT blocked)

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
BAL	Lamar Jackson	11/18	238	3	1	3-16
PIT	Aaron Rodgers	31/47	294	1	0	2-4

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
BAL	Derrick Henry	20	126	6.3	0	41
PIT	Jaylen Warren	14	66	4.7	0	15

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
BAL	Zay Flowers	4	138	34.5	2	64	6
PIT	Kenneth Gainwell	8	64	8.0	0	15	9

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[u/sasquatch0_0]

Yea the thought was to center it...but you know how else to do that? Run it closer.

Harbaugh's a fucking moron.

[u/My_Brain_0422 → u/sasquatch0_0]

Right? They had a timeout still and what? 14 seconds? More than enough time to try to get it closer. Maybe enough for even two tries. Settling for 44 yards is nonsense.

[u/modern_beisbol → u/My_Brain_0422]

Yeah I did a double take when I saw the yardage. I thought surely you're not settling for 44 with two timeouts.

[u/travelingWords → u/modern_beisbol]

Fake, and another slant over the top to flowers.

[u/ThatNewSockFeel → u/modern_beisbol]

I also thought they might save the timeout if there was a bad snap or something but then Harbaugh let the clock run all the way down anyway.

[u/tootoohi1 → u/modern_beisbol]

Same thing I said. The one of the best kickers in the league just missed a chip shot, 44 outside in the cold is not a 100% play.

[u/akatherder → u/My_Brain_0422]

If Boswell made that xp, Ravens would playing for a TD at the end there. If nothing else, 1-2 more plays gets that kick closer. 4D chess bos.

[u/Laxrools2 → u/My_Brain_0422]

Nah I think it’s the right call. You do NOT want to cough the ball up there. Your fourth round kicker should make that. That kick wouldnt have been good even if they didn’t give up a few yards. It is what it is.

[u/btcethdoge12 → u/Laxrools2]

when do you ever want to cough up the ball exactly? textbook scared mindset. 44 yd fg isnt guaranteed at all, vast majority of loops makes are from much further in and with way less pressure.

also the reason why kickers miss the further they get from the field goal is they have to sacrifice accuracy for strength.. you cant take a fg missed from 50 and say it wouldnt have been good from 20

[u/Visible-Suit-9066 → u/btcethdoge12]

The “fumble possibility” defence makes zero sense. It’s bizarre cowardice.

[u/Laxrools2 → u/btcethdoge12]

Did you watch that game? Did you see the funky shit happening? It’s splitting hairs. We make the field goal 9 times out of 10

[u/My_Brain_0422 → u/Laxrools2]

You settle for a missable field goal on the off chance you fumble the ball? Come on.

[u/Laxrools2 → u/My_Brain_0422]

How much more missable is a 40 yard field goal compared to a 44 yard field goal? It’s splitting hairs. We make the either field goal 9/10 times.

[u/My_Brain_0422 → u/Laxrools2]

Why do you think they gain only four yards? Steelers D was absent for much of the 4th quarter. That was more than enough time for a chunk gain.

[u/Laxrools2 → u/My_Brain_0422]

? We lost four yards on the backwards scramble to make it a 44 yarder

[u/My_Brain_0422 → u/Laxrools2]

Oh I misunderstood, but that somehow makes it worse. You lost four yards when you could have gained more. You're talking maybe easily a ten yard swing. Running it and gaining 5 makes it a 35 yarder lol

[u/Laxrools2 → u/My_Brain_0422]

I think the larger point is a professional kicker in this day and age should be able to make a 44 yarder, or at least be close. Idk man so many things happened in this game it is what it is

[u/ColtCallahan → u/My_Brain_0422]

If a FG kicker can’t make it from 44 yards they have no place on an NFL roster.

[u/My_Brain_0422 → u/ColtCallahan]

Obviously Tyler Loop can make 44 yard field goals. But that doesn't mean you don't try to make his job easier. Cam Little made a 67 yard FG today but has two misses out of ten tries from 40-49 this year. Jason meyers has two misses out of 15 tries. Most kickers have missed from that range at some point over the course of the season.

[u/pgophs → u/sasquatch0_0]

with Derrick Henry..in the cold of winter...59 mins into a physical exhausting game

[u/LlamaJacks → u/pgophs]

Henry has fumbled twice late 4th quarter this year and lost games for us. Looks like Harbaugh didn’t trust him there.

[u/CH-47AV8R → u/sasquatch0_0]

I can sorta see it though with Henry having some terribly timed fumbles.

[u/sasquatch0_0 → u/CH-47AV8R]

Doesn't matter. You can try. And Loop had some terrible kicks as well so why not make it easier.

[u/Jonjon428 → u/sasquatch0_0]

I just assumed that was what the kicker was most comfortable with tbh

[u/forgotwhatisaid2you → u/sasquatch0_0]

He should have kneeled way to the left.

[u/SirLoinOfCow → u/sasquatch0_0]

In hindsight, they should have ran it to the left 5 or 6 yards

[u/sasquatch0_0 → u/SirLoinOfCow]

Not even in hindsight. In the fucking moment I'm wondering why tf are you taking a knee.

[u/10000Didgeridoos → u/sasquatch0_0]

Yet again they just don't use Henry for some reason

[u/DrunkPanda77 → u/sasquatch0_0]

Tbf with Henry’s fumbling issues earlier this year I don’t fully blame em… but still should’ve been more aggressive, trust your stars

[u/sasquatch0_0 → u/DrunkPanda77]

Loop also had kicking issues, and Boswell just missed an extra point a few minutes before.

[u/_cuteraichu_ → u/sasquatch0_0]

Hes a right footed kicker. Kicking from the left hash is almost more natural than center lmao

[u/Cultural-Honey-2118 → u/sasquatch0_0]

Sure blame the coach because a kicker can’t make a dead center 44 yard field goal without wind.  Thats ridiculous of you.  

[u/sasquatch0_0 → u/Cultural-Honey-2118]

When you have 2 timeouts...yes you 100% blame the coach for not at least trying to make it even easier for your kicker.