The final Sunday Night Football game of the season should be a good one to determine the AFC North champion and No. 4 seed in the postseason. The Baltimore Ravens head to Pittsburgh to square off with the rival Steelers in a winner-take-all matchup.
Pittsburgh’s loss to Cleveland in Week 17 kept Baltimore alive, along with their win over Green Bay. The loser between the Ravens and Steelers goes home, ending the 2025 campaign on a sour note.
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Baltimore received a lifeline from rival Cleveland last week when they defeated the Pittsburgh to help keep the Ravens’ slim playoff hopes alive one more week. Now it’s all on Baltimore as they need a win in Pittsburgh to punch their ticket to the postseason and win the NFC North for a third consecutive year. Helping their cause, quarterback Lamar Jackson will return to the lineup after missing Week 17 with a back injury. The Ravens have only missed the postseason once (2021) since Jackson became the full-time starter in 2019.
This win-or-go-home playoff-like scenario could have been avoided had the Steelers handled their business and beaten the Browns last week. Instead, here they are with the entire season riding on one game. Pittsburgh has been hot over the past month, winning three of its last four games, but it needs one more to clinch the AFC North and head into the postseason, and it will have to do so without star WR DK Metcalf, who is out for a second game due to a suspension.
Ravens-Steelers start time: 8:20 p.m. ET
Location: Acrisure Stadium | Pittsburgh
TV channel, live stream: NBC, Peacock, NFL+
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With less than 90 minutes remaining until the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers kick off in the regular-season finale, each team has announced its Week 18 inactives for gameday.
Here’s a look:
Ravens inactives
QB Cooper Rush (Emergency 3rd QB)
Steelers inactives
Will Howard (Emergency 3rd QB)
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The Pittsburgh Steelers enter Week 18 in a win-or-go-home situation, seeking a bid to the postseason with an AFC North title that only becomes possible with a win over the Ravens.
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