The Steelers were on a streak, and not a good one. Leading up to Sunday’s game, Pittsburgh had a 23-game drought dating back to Dec. 16, 2018 (Week 15 versus New England), where it had not scored a touchdown on its opening drive.
With an 11-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson, the opening drive failures’ streak came to an end.
But that was not the only notable. The 16-play, 75-yard drive shaved 9:18 off the clock, which was the longest drive since Oct. 1, 2017. In Baltimore, the Steelers completed a 17-play, 10:23 drive in their dominating 26-9 win.
Including that drive, the Steelers had only registered three drives longer between 2001 and Sunday: 2007 versus Seattle and 2006 at Cleveland.
