Week 16 – Baltimore Ravens At Pittsburgh Steelers

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[b]Series History[/b]
[list][*][b]Regular Season Series: [/b]Steelers lead, 16-11.[*][b]In Pittsburgh:[/b] Ravens are 4-9.[*][b]In Baltimore:[/b] Ravens are 7-7.[*][b]Current Streak:[/b] Ravens have won one game.[*][b]Postseason:[/b] Steelers are 2-0, winning the 2001 Divisional game (27-10) and 2008 AFC Championship game (24-13)[*] [left]The Ravens aim to sweep the Steelers for just the 2nd time ever: Baltimore won 27-0 at home and 31-7 at Pittsburgh during the 2006 season.[/left][*] [left]The Ravens are 3-2 vs. the AFC North in 2009, losing twice to the Bengals, sweeping the Browns and beating the Steelers (20-17) in OT on 11/2[/left][*][left]Here we go again… Another big game against the Steelers. The Baltimore Ravens, now 8-6 and in the midst of a serious playoff chase, play at Pittsburgh (7-7) this Sunday, Dec. 27. Kickoff at Heinz Field is 1 p.m.
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The Ravens won their 2nd straight and 3rd in 4 games when they stopped the Bears, 31-7, last Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore stole the ball 6 times from Chicago, while QB Joe Flacco threw a career-high 4 TD passes and produced his best-ever 135.6 passer rating. TE Todd Heap caught 2 TD passes.With QB Ben Roethlisberger throwing for a Steelers’ record 503 yards and the game-winning TD on the final play of the game, Pittsburgh beat the visiting Packers, 37-36, last Sunday.[/list]
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[BohBalmerOsbohs]

Lets just get this game started. So much talk about it all week.

Talk is cheap, lets play Football. Go Baltimore!

[Jamal]

Us sweeping the Steelers would make this season that much better.

Too bad we lost Webb and Reed just in time. I have faith in Zibby, but who knows about Carr.

And the thought of Ivy, or Walker covering Wallace scares the hell out of me.

[Geno the booter]

not pete miralli!

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[ravens_4life]

it would be sweet to sweep the steelers and end there season revenge from last year.

[ROH522155]

What an opportunity. What an opportunity that our team has in front of them. An opportunity for us to clinch a playoff spot. An opportunity to get back at Pitt for keeping us out of Tampa last year. And an opportunity for us fans to have bragging rights over Steeler fans for at least 9 months until next year! Go Ravens!

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

The Table is set. [u][b]Win and you're in[/b][/u]. Will they wake up and play Football? We will find out just after noon!!!!

[Guest I-70WestRaven]

Lock and load, no better way to prove the skeptics wrong than to go into Pittsburgh and take away all hope they have left for 2009! This is as good as it gets for a Ravens fan after all we've been through! LET'S GO RAVENS! [img]http://boards.baltimoreravens.com/public/style_emoticons/default/ravensquote.gif[/img] "You must go down, you must go down hard!"

[RavenRage92]

Lets clinch this playoff spot..Go Ravens!

[FerrariFan87]

Let's go Flacco!!

[cursona pirate]

this is our time to get revenge lets see how they feel when they dont make the playoffs! go
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go billy cundiff!

[GoRavensNTerps]

Breaking News!! ED REED WILL PLAY TODAY!!! (according to ESPN)

[codizzle]

man im stoked.. game of the week right here...

this is our chance to step up... lets see if last week's performance by foxy can get him on a confidence roll and he can get going.. let's put ben in the dirt a lot. let rice run wild..

let's exploit their obvious weakness in the secondary without troy there by sending DWill and heap over the middle and keep em honest with mason on the out routes and rice in the flats.. this is our game boys.. time for flacco to shine and reed and suggs to come back healthy and make plays

[codizzle]

REED is active.. lets hope he is healthy and not trying to play when he shouldnt..

[J-man]

[quote name='GoRavensNTerps' date='27 December 2009 - 11:41 AM' timestamp='1261932102' post='321772']
Breaking News!! ED REED WILL PLAY TODAY!!! (according to ESPN)
[/quote]

No he isnt

[codizzle]

[quote name='J-man' date='27 December 2009 - 10:54 AM' timestamp='1261932850' post='321785']
No he isnt
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i think its for the better.. he was gonna try and play hurt.. zibby will just have to keep stepping up. we'll be aight

[cursona pirate]

58 mins till kickoff! omg! i got to pee!

[codizzle]

in every opportunity possible keyshaun goes against us in everything its hilarious

[cursona pirate]

[quote name='GoRavensNTerps' date='27 December 2009 - 11:41 AM' timestamp='1261932102' post='321772']
Breaking News!! ED REED WILL PLAY TODAY!!! (according to ESPN)
[/quote]
not on nfl.com [url="http://www.nfl.com/inactives"]here[/url]

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

Well no Ed Reed. Man I cant wait for this game.

[codizzle]

[quote name='cursona pirate' date='27 December 2009 - 11:05 AM' timestamp='1261933512' post='321796']
not on nfl.com [url="http://www.nfl.com/inactives"]here[/url]
[/quote]
holtzman just clarified it.. harbs scratched him.. prolly a good thing. zibby has been playing decent and we do not need reed playing hurt

[BohBalmerOsbohs]

Looks like we are wearing White Pants today guys. Its going to look like that game in 06 when we beat them 31-7 and knocked them out of the playoffs!

[FerrariFan87]

With Reed and Gaither out, our chances in this game got a lot worse... Oniel Cousins trying to block Woodley, Harrison, and/or Timmons scares me to death, and probably Joe too...

[codizzle]

[quote name='FerrariFan87' date='27 December 2009 - 11:14 AM' timestamp='1261934084' post='321801']
With Reed and Gaither out, our chances in this game got a lot worse... Oniel Cousins trying to block Woodley, Harrison, and/or Timmons scares me to death, and probably Joe too...
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cousins has stepped up big this year.. i think he'll be alright

[J-man]

[quote name='BohBalmerOsbohs' date='27 December 2009 - 12:14 PM' timestamp='1261934053' post='321800']
Looks like we are wearing White Pants today guys. Its going to look like that game in 06 when we beat them 31-7 and knocked them out of the playoffs!
[/quote]

Haha, I wished

[Guest maryland1]

Good afternoon, everyone! Are we ready for some football?!?!?

[b][i][size="5"][color="#800080"]GO RAVENS!!![/color][/size][/i][/b]

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='codizzle' date='27 December 2009 - 12:11 PM' timestamp='1261933862' post='321799']
holtzman just clarified it.. harbs scratched him.. prolly a good thing. zibby has been playing decent and we do not need reed playing hurt
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Hip injuries are nothing to mess with -- just ask Bo Jackson.

Bo Knows, alright. (Ah...that was horrible. )

[BlkSgr22]

I am SO upset that I can't watch the game! It sucks that I live in Oklahoma and all that they show is regional play on t.v. UGH!!!!! Go Ravens!!!

[PuRock]

Well I guess this is the game we find out about Cousins. My $500 bet says he's going to fail badly for us. Let's hope not.

It's scary out their. Onel Cousins and Carr manning starting positions.

[theFRANCHISE]

Good thing Joey Galloway's not playing; that's one less threat at receiver to worry about. I was scared of the man having premonitions of a Tampa Bay-like career resurgence again in Pittsburgh.