Steelers-Ravens: Baltimore clinches playoff berth and keeps Pittsburgh from winning AFC North crown

For the third straight year, Baltimore is heading to the postseason. And with a win over Pittsburgh, the AFC North is now in play for the Ravens as well: Both teams are 10-5, with two games left in the regular season.

Despite the huge Zay Flowers play, the Ravens fell short of the end zone, but Justin Tucker hit the 23-yard field goal to give Baltimore a 34-17 lead.

Lamar Jackson and Zay Flowers keep things going for the Ravens, getting a huge 49-yard completion in the fourth quarter. Flower breaks out of a tackle — and a foot hold — to gain a few extra yards on the play.

With the catch, Flowers has hit 1,000 receiving yards this season — one of six players to have hit the milestone so far this year.

It's been a big day for the Baltimore defense, as Ravens outside linebacker Kyle Van Noy gets another sack on Russell Wilson on the way to forcing Pittsburgh to punt. Van Noy now has 10.5 sacks on the season, marking a career high for the linebacker.

Two plays after the Steelers got the ball back with Minkah Fitzpatrick's interception, Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey returned the favor, intercepting Russell Wilson for a pick-six.

The pick is Humphrey's first career pick-six, and it comes at an opportune time for Baltmore, who grows its lead to 31-17 in an increasingly chaotic game.

Minkah Fitzpatrick picks off Lamar Jackson in the red zone, running 25 yards to get Pittsburgh the ball back at the 33-yard-line.

It's Jackson's first interception since the Ravens' Week 11 loss to the Steelers.

It's been a massive game for Derrick Henry.

The Ravens got the ball back after Russell Wilson's long pass on fourth down was unsuccessful, and Henry worked quickly, picking up a 45-yard run. Henry has rushed for 133 yards so far this game.

Lamar Jackson finds right end Mark Andrews down the middle for a touchdown, retaking the lead. It's now 24-17, Baltimore.

Russell Wilson threw to running back Cordarrelle Patterson for a touchdown, with Patterson able to pull in the catch and hold on to the ball under pressure. Suddenly, we have a tie game in Baltimore.

Russell Wilson throws a bomb to Calvin Austin III, who gets the catch with a well-placed toe tap and brings Pittsburgh all the way down the field.

Pittsburgh's defense gets the stop as the Ravens fail to get the first down near midfield. After a Baltimore punt, it's Steelers ball at their own 13 — with the chance to try for the comeback.

The second half of Steelers-Ravens is underway, and although Pittsburgh starts with the ball, they go three-and-out and are forced to punt. Slow start to this half so far.

Baltimore has been outrushing Pittsburgh by nearly 50 yards, but Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson has picked up more passing yards. The Ravens are also holding strong on possession in this matchup so far.

Pittsburgh follows up Baltimore's 51-yard field goal with a 51-yarder of its own, closing in on the Ravens' lead to close out the first half.

It's now Baltimore 17, Pittsburgh 10 at halftime.

Justin Tucker has struggled mightily this season, but converts today, nailing a 51-yard field goal to give the Ravens a 10-point lead.

Van Noy picked up a half sack with Nnamdi Madubuike, halting the Steelers' drive and forcing Pittsburgh to punt. It marks a career high in sacks for Van Noy, with 9.5 sacks this season.

The Ravens defense was pumped after that play.

After leading the team all the way down the field, Lamar Jackson threw a beautiful 14-yard touchdown pass to Rashod Bateman, giving Baltimore a 14-7 lead.

Justice Hill picked up a big 25-yard run for the Ravens, getting the team towards the red zone. But it may have had a cost — the running back was tackled along the Baltimore sideline, and went down hard. The Ravens staff immediately called over the trainers.

Hill walked under his own power into the locker room for further evaluation. He was quickly ruled out of the game with a concussion.

Russell Wilson went for the run, getting a 19-yard gain and a first down. But the big play quickly turned disastrous for Pittsburgh, with safety Ar'Darius Washington getting the tackle and forcing a fumble. Ravens linebacker Kyle Van Noy recovers the ball at Baltimore's own four yard line.

Tight end MyCole Pruitt opened the second quarter with a tricky catch from Russell Wilson, and the Steelers have made it 7-all. It's Pruitt's first touchdown of the year, and it comes just in time.

Russell Wilson gets a beautiful pass to Van Jefferson, hitting the laser for a 21-yard gain and getting the Steelers to the one-yard line just before the end of the first quarter.

Wilson gets an incredibly tricky first down for the Steelers, scrambling back nearly twenty yards before connecting with receiver Ben Skowronek just past the line.

The play was even more impressive given that Wilson had been sacked by Michael Pierce just two plays before, and had to make up the extra 10-yard loss in order to get over the line.

Prior to the Ravens touchdown, Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. went down after a collision, and was being helped off the field with what appears to be a leg injury.

Pittsburgh PR coordinator Burt Lauten later said that Porter had sustainted a calf injury and was questionable to return.

It's 7-0 Baltimore after Jackson and Likely connect for a nine-yard touchdown.

Henry went back-to-back-to-back(-to-back) on big runs for Baltimore, picking up runs for 13 yards, 11 yards and nine yards (followed by a two-yard run) to get the Ravens into scoring position.

The Steelers go three-and-out and Corliss Waitman gets a long punt. But on the return, the ball pops out of Desmond King's hands as he was going down. Luckily for Baltimore, linebacker Chris Board is able to smother it and keep it as a Ravens possession. Still, it marks two fumbles already in this game for Baltimore — a little close for comfort.

What a move from Tylan Wallace! Baltimore downs the ball at the three-yard line with a well-placed bump.

What started well for the Ravens quickly fell apart, with Jackson getting sacked by Alex Highsmith for a nine-yard loss and fumbling the ball. Baltimore tackle Ronnie Stanley was able to jump on the ball, but the loss was too much to overcome, and the Ravens were forced to punt.

The Ravens are moving the ball down the field fast, with running back Derrick Henry rushing for a 14-yard gain, and Zay Flowers picking up a 14-yard catch shortly afterwards

It's 36 degrees in Baltimore (and will only keep getting colder), but the home crowd is ready to cheer on the Ravens. Even with the cold, wide receiver Zay Flowers and quarterback Lamar Jackson are among the players getting a warm welcome as they exit the tunnel.

This AFC North matchup has major postseason implications for both teams. If the Steelers win, they will clinch the AFC North, securing the division title for the first time since 2020. If the Ravens win, the team will secure a playoff spot.

Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman, who was questionable with a foot injury, is active for today's matchup and looked strong warming up on the field.