DB’s Steelers-Ravens Preview: The AFC North Crown is On the Line

Derrick Bell |

Updated: Dec 6, 2024

It’s week 11 of the 2024 NFL regular season and we’ve Steelers-Ravens on tap for the AFC North lead? Is there really anything else that needs to be said to properly quantify the importance of Sunday’s divisional matchup? Pittsburgh comes into this contest riding a four-game win stream, while Baltimore boasts the league’s top scoring offense spearheaded by MVP front runner Lamar Jackson. In years past, the Steelers defense has given the star signal caller more issues than essentially anyone else in the league and in order for that streak to continue, they’ll need to. be at their absolute best in this one. The good news is that it seems like that unit will finally have an offense worthy of keeping up if the opposing team begins lighting up the scoreboard, with Russell Wilson seemingly turning back the clock a little bit in recent weeks.

SN analyst Derrick Bell breaks down everything that you need to know about this game: schematic trends worth keeping an eye on, statistics that matter and a detailed overview of what to expect when the ball kicks off at 1:00 P.M. eastern. For as dangerous as the Ravens offense has been on a weekly basis, their pass defense has struggled immensely, particular on throws over the middle and on throws deep down the field. Pittsburgh’s offense has been generating explosive plays at a high clip over the past month and they’ll be searching for those big plays again in this one. Tensions, just like the stakes, should be extremely high in this one with both of these teams knowing one another like their back of their hands.

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