Ryan Mallett to start for the Baltimore Ravens

To make the playoffs, the Steelers need a win next week at Cleveland and a loss by the Jets at Buffalo, or for Denver to lose its final two games.

The Ravens took a surprising 20-17 win over the Steelers, dropping the Steelers to 9-6.

But a lot can happen in a game you don’t control (apparently, there was a snafu in the overtime coin toss between the Patriots and Jets, where New England should have received the kickoff).

“Obviously, they did a good job stopping us today, but we still had a couple of times to make plays”, Roethlisberger said.

Whenever something bad takes place with the Steelers, we can always count on Snoop Dogg to give us a little pick-me-up with his rants like this.

“I’m proud of our fans, because we know it has been tough”, head coach John Harbaugh said. On Sunday, he became the fourth quarterback to start for Baltimore in a span of six weeks and he lit up the joint, completing 28 of 41 passes for 274 yards and a TD. Three plays later, it was fourth-and-1 from the 25-yard line, and with its first chance to send the Ravens careening down here-we-go-again boulevard, the interior of the Steelers offensive line got stuffed, which led to Williams being stopped for no gain and the ball being turned over on downs to the Ravens. All three teams are tied with a 9-5 record, though the Chiefs now hold the tiebreak based on best win percentage in conference games.

DeAngelo Williams ran for 100 yards and had six catches for 53 yards. Roethlisberger has now thrown just 18 touchdowns this season, compared to 12 interceptions. However, if there was an obscure tiebreaker that stated, “Any team that falls twice in the same year to another team with double-digit losses is automatically eliminated from the playoffs”, the Steelers would now officially be done thanks to their 20-17 loss to AFC North-rival and now 5-10 Baltimore Sunday afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium. Steelers vs Ravens scores and results will be posted here. Bryant did not see his first target until the second half, and both of his missed connections were drops, the second of which would have given the Steelers the ball deep in enemy territory with under two minutes to play.

El receptor de los Ravens de Baltimore, Chris Givens (13), es detenido por los defensivos de los Steelers de Pittsburgh, William Gay (22) y Mike Mitchell (23), durante la segunda mitad de su partido de la National Football League en Baltimore, el domingo 27 de diciembre de 2015.

The Ravens had only intercepted four passes all year, but had two against Ben Roethlisberger, and the one that was nearly the third was the most dramatic.

That canceled a Baltimore touchdown that would have put the game away.

It’s tough to look at another team and say, ‘please do the job for us.’ We never want to go into a situation like that. Kamar Aiken led in receiving with 128 yards and one touchdown in eight catches.

Baltimore backup Matt Schaub was not playing well before he sustained chest and shoulder injuries, which forced him out of the past two games.

Carson Palmer threw for 257 yards and two touchdowns for the Cardinals, who have won nine straight. He had 517 receptions for 6,605 yards and 31 touchdowns. The penalties, against Smith and Kendrick Lewis, led to a 1-yard run by Williams that cut the deficit to three points.