Daily News & Links: Ex-NFL QB Thinks Ravens Will Destroy Steelers; Lamar Jackson’s Playoff Struggles
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🏈 The Pittsburgh Steelers have gone 19 games without scoring a TD on the opening possession. It’s the second longest active streak in the league behind Seattle (21), per Elias Sports Bureau.
🏈 Due to the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, the Rams-Vikings Wild Card Round game has been moved to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
🏈 Terrell Suggs will be Ravens Legend of the Game for Saturday night’s Wild Card Game against the Steelers. Haloti Ngata will be the honorary captain. .
🏈 Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk is skeptical that Lamar Jackson and the Ravens will beat the Steelers on Saturday night. Along with being 2-4 in the postseason, Jackson has completed 57.4% of his passes for 1,324 yards with six touchdowns, six interceptions, and a passer rating of 75.7.
“Lamar Jackson has a history of failing in the postseason. When Lamar Jackson tries to talk his way out of his history, he only puts more pressure on himself…You will feel the pressure, oh yes you will,” Florio said.
🏈 Former NFL quarterback Chris Simms believes the Ravens are going to destroy the Steelers on Saturday night.
“I think the Ravens are gonna whoop that ass. I do,” Simms told Mike Florio on Pro Football Talk Live.
🏈 On this day in 2016, the Steelers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 18-16, in the AFC Wild Card Round. The Bengals came back from a 15-0 deficit in the fourth quarter but had a complete collapse with under two minutes remaining.
🏈 Former NFL quarterback Dan Orlovsky thinks the Steelers have to avoid third-and-long situations against Baltimore. If they don’t, he believes the Steelers have no chance.
The Steelers have averaged third-and-8-and-a-half during their four-game losing streak.
🏈 Outside linebacker T.J. Watt has dominated against the Ravens in his career.
🏈 Since 2017, the Steelers and Ravens are a combined 2-10 in playoff games.
🏈 Since 2009, teams that averaged 22.5 points or less during the regular season are 8-26 on the road in the playoffs. Pittsburgh finished the regular season averaging 22.4 points per game.
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