Daily News & Links: Big Ben Predicts Ravens over Steelers; Play-Action Game Has Regressed
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🏈 Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger thinks the Baltimore Ravens will beat the Steelers on Saturday night in the Wild Card Round game.
🏈 Former NFL head coach Jon Gruden also believes the Ravens will beat the Steelers. He thinks the contest will not even be close.
“I’m off of Pittsburgh,” Gruden said on Barstool Sports. “They haven’t looked good to me on offense in a while. I think the Ravens are the most improved team right now in the AFC. Their defense is playing good. I think they’re gonna smoke Pittsburgh.”
🏈 NFL.com released its Steelers-Ravens preview for Saturday night. All 10 of the analysts on the panel have Baltimore beating Pittsburgh.
🏈 Slow starts have been a monumental problem for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their last five playoff games, all of which were losses.
🏈 Saturday’s Wild Card Round game between Ravens and Steelers marks the fourth time that Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh have faced each other in playoffs. That’s tied for second-most meetings between head coaches in NFL postseason history, trailing John Madden-Chuck Noll (5), per ESPN Stats & Info.
.🏈 The Steelers’ success rate using play-action was actually worse than last year, according to TruMedia.
🏈 T.J. Watt was tied for first in tackles for loss (14) in 2024, according to Pro Football Focus.
🏈 Tuesday marks the 46-year anniversary of Terry Bradshaw’s iconic slip-and-slide splashdown in the freezing rain in the AFC Championship Game against the Houston Oilers. The Steelers defeated Houston, 34-5, at Three Rivers Stadium to earn a trip to Super Bowl XIII.
🏈 Bill Cowher and Bill Belichick discussed the New England Patriots parting ways with head coach Jerod Mayo on SiriusXM NFL Radio.
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