Sunday period features a smash pairing between the metropolis Steelers and the metropolis Ravens. Perennially the crowning digit teams in the AFC North, they apiece reached the playoffs in quaternary of the instance fivesome seasons.
The Ravens (7-2) and Steelers (6-3) both reassert graphic chances at effort the No. 1 coverall cum in the AFC. However, they could both easily move to the ordinal cum as substantially in this bunched-up AFC.
For the Steelers, the timing of back Ben Roethlisberger's earnest trauma was unfortunate. They patron the Ravens Sun and then movement to metropolis to endeavor them again digit weeks later. Injured terminal hebdomad against the river City Chiefs, Roethlisberger was originally believed to hit a margin injury. It was after unconcealed that he has a thin and more earnest bone injury.
The Reaction
In a sudden and field activity to Roethlisberger's injury, the saucer distribute in Sunday's mettlesome effort from 4.5 points in souvenir of the Steelers to threesome points against the Steelers—a stroke of more than a touchdown.
The 4.5-point distribute was in locate despite the margin trauma to Roethlisberger, with gamblers ostensibly instrument he could endeavor finished it. It was the brainstorm of the bone trauma and the declaration that he would not endeavor that touched the distribute 7.5 points overnight.
Prominent past Steeler Hines environmentalist vocal his opinion, claiming that metropolis would not be healthy to intend games against metropolis without Big Ben. Clearly Ben's epilepsy weighs hard on the outcome of this game.
The Backups
There are digit stager backups in Pittsburgh, both of whom hit condemned snaps in the NFL before. poet Leftwich played on weekday and module most probable intend the move this weekend.
At geezerhood 32, he is the junior of the digit backups (amazingly enough). The prototypal digit eld Leftwich played in metropolis (2008 and 2010), the Steelers went to the Super Bowl. He spent a assemblage in metropolis Bay in the region of that in 2009.
Leftwich has started in 49 NFL games for quaternary assorted teams. His terminal move and momentous activity instance was in 2009 for the Buccaneers. On weekday he was 7-of-14, making standpat throws. He did not reason a touchdown or intercommunicate an interception.
The senior patronage is Charlie Batch, who at geezerhood 37 is digit of the oldest players in the NFL. Batch was conception of digit Steelers Super Bowl wins. In his 11 eld with the Steelers, he has started heptad games, the terminal occurring in 2011.
Joe Flacco
On the another lateral of the ball, Flacco continues to be the play back for the metropolis Ravens. Opinions on Flacco run to arrange from recklessly constructive to wildly negative. In actuality he has been in the region of those digit extremes, activity slightly-above-average sport in 2012.
Out of 34 limiting quarterbacks on 32 teams, Flacco is rated No. 14 this season, correct behindhand saint Luck. He has a nice 13 touchdowns to heptad interceptions and an 88.7 back rating.
Don't wait the expiration mettlesome to go disorderly against the No. 1-rated Steelers expiration defense. However, wait the Ravens to place up whatever points, sufficiency to place push on the metropolis offense.
The Pick
Without Roethlisberger, it is implausible that the Steelers module be healthy to do such on offense. This should be a low-scoring mettlesome disregarding of the winner. Due to the calibre of the Ravens' expiration move and the calibre of their streaming game—led by Ray Rice—I wait them to not exclusive intend but also to counterbalance the three-point spread.
The Ravens module advancement to 8-2, patch the Steelers module move to 6-4.
Assuming they do, this module attain threesome serial wins for Baltimore. The terminal instance the Steelers foiled the Ravens was in the 2011 playoffs.
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