The Pittsburgh Steelers have had some ugly stretches this season on their way to 6-0. But the Steelers first half against the Baltimore Ravens might be the worst collective half of football this Steelers team has played all season. The Ravens capped their first half with a late field goal as the clock expired to go into halftime 17-7.
This is typically the point where I talk about what went right and what went wrong. But in this case everything went wrong. Offensively, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger continues to float his passes and stalling out drives. The Ravens aren’t doing anything special on defense but the Pittsburgh offense is completely flat.
Defensively things are worse. The Ravens have been able to run the ball at will against the best rush defense in the NFL. Linebacker Robert Spillane picked off Lamar Jackson on the opening drive and return it for a touchdown and it has been all downhill from there. Lack of depth on defense is really showing once again and the Ravens are taking advantage.
The Steelers will have the football to start the second half. We really hope to see a team come out fired up and can at least try to match the intensity of the Ravens.
