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Curt Popejoy

Steelers pull off miraculous overtime victory over Ravens

And now we wait.

The Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off an amazing 16-13 overtime win, in the rain, over the Baltimore Ravens to do all they can to get quarterback Ben Roethlisberger into the playoffs.

Now the Steelers must wait until the end of the Sunday night game against the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders. As long as this game doesn’t end in a tie, the Steelers will make the playoffs.

The story of the game was the rivalry. This game was exactly what you would expect. Physical, downright ugly football and both teams never letting up. Pittsburgh’s offense struggled to move the football by thanks to three field goals, including the game-winner by Chris Boswell, they outlasted the Ravens.

On defense it was the same story. The big names made big plays but overall this group’s inability to stop the run almost cost them the season. Linebacker T.J. Watt tied the single-season record for sacks, defensive tackle Cam Heyward made several key stops and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick had a huge pass breakup late.

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