The Ravens opened as 3.5-point road favorites for their Week 18 matchup against the Steelers. This continues a pattern for the Ravens this season. They were favored in their first six games on the road, losing the first two to the Chiefs and the Bills before winning their next four, albeit against losing teams. They […]
It seems like everyone got the memo after the Green Bay Packers allowed the Baltimore Ravens to rush for over 300 yards against them in their last home game of the year: Drop Green Bay from the top 10 in your power rankings. 12 is the magic number for the Packers, as 8 of the […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers received a mix of tough news and growing optimism at head coach Mike Tomlin’s weekly press conference, as the team continues preparations for its pivotal AFC North matchup against the Baltimore Ravens. Tomlin confirmed that tight end Darnell Washington underwent surgery Tuesday morning after suffering a broken arm in the second quarter […]
With 2026 fast approaching, I looked at several Wisconsin Badgers sports squads and came up with a resolution that makes sense for each of them. (Sorry, “Winning a Natty” is a bit too on the nose for this exercise.) Here’s to a robust early Happy New Year to Badgers everywhere, and to big things in 2026 for all […]
Every game day is a big deal for diehard football fans, but it’s even more so when your teams are playing for the division crown in the season finale. That’s the case this week between the Ravens and Steelers who will vie for the AFC North title later this week. The thing is, unless you’re […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ season comes down to Week 18, where they will host the Baltimore Ravens in a winner-take-all matchup where the winner will go on to host a playoff game wild card weekend, and the loser will see its season end. And despite being at home and sporting the better record, the Steelers are […]
On Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens will get the chance to right their wrongs. Only five times in NFL history has a team that started 1-5, made the playoffs and somehow, someway, the 2025 Ravens will get the opportunity to be the sixth. The Ravens season started in disastrous fashion, and despite their 7-3 record […]
The Baltimore Ravens stormed into Lambeau Field on Saturday night and walked out with a 41-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Less than 24 hours later, the Browns beat the Steelers to set up a divisional championship in Pittsburgh next week. Before we move onto that game, here are the latest updates from Baltimore’s […]
After giving up over 300 rushing yards to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, the Green Bay Packers claimed defensive tackle Jonathan Ford off waivers on Monday. Ford was originally drafted by the Packers in 2022 in the seventh round. He spent three years with the team, but never played in a regular-season game for Green […]
The Steelers swapped practice squad defenders ahead of the team’s Week 18 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football. The team announced Monday that it signed defensive tackle Kyler Baugh to the practice squad, releasing cornerback Daryl Porter Jr. in a corresponding move. Baugh, 24, played college football at Minnesota. He’s yet to […]
The Ravens are traveling to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers for a playoff berth and the AFC North crown, and one question is on the entire NFL’s mind: Will Lamar Jackson play? Jackson is dealing with a back contusion suffered in the Ravens’ Week 16 loss to the Patriots. He did not practice last week […]
The Pittsburgh Steelers suffered a potential season-ending loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, and frustrations are boiling over for fans and players. On Saturday night, the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Green Bay Packers, forcing Pittsburgh to win in Cleveland to clinch a playoff berth. Unfortunately, the black and gold were unable to beat the […]
As we do every week in this space, we take a look at the Packers passing game from the previous week. We got a little Clayton Tune near the end of Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, but Malik Willis played the majority of snaps, so that’s who we’re focusing on today. Completing 85.7% of […]
By some miracle, the Ravens’ playoff hopes are alive. The Browns beat the Steelers on Sunday afternoon, making the Ravens’ trip to Pittsburgh next week the biggest game of the year. Despite the history of this rivalry, it is the first-ever matchup with these exact stakes, per CBS Sports’ Doug Clawson. The winner takes the […]
Week 18’s Steelers versus Ravens game will be a win-and-in game regarding this year’s NFL playoffs — and both teams and fanbases will have to wait until the very last game of the regular season to find out if they made it. On Sunday, the NFL announced that Steelers-Ravens will kick off on Sunday Night […]
The Baltimore Ravens beat the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night despite missing Lamar Jackson. It means Baltimore stayed alive in the AFC postseason race for at least one more day. With the Pittsburgh Steelers loss on Sunday, the Ravens have set up a Week 18 winner-take-all game for the AFC North. AFC North standings […]
In his Sunday press conference, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that both defensive tackle Jordon Riley and cornerback Kamal Hadden suffered season-ending injuries in the team’s Saturday night loss against the Baltimore Ravens. “Those are pretty big injuries,” LaFleur added. Riley was signed to the Packers’ 53-man roster from the New York […]
The Ravens received the help they needed on Sunday from the Cleveland Browns, who secured a 13-6 upset victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. As the Ravens are now still only one game behind the Steelers in the standings, the two will face off for the division title next week. Here are the Baltimore Beatdown staff’s […]
Last night was certainly a football game, I’ll tell you what. The Baltimore Ravens and Green Bay Packers met for the first time since 2021 in what was officially the Packers’ last game at Lambeau Field until the 2026 season. Just like the 2021 game, the Ravens were starting backup QB Tyler Huntley. This time, […]
Offense With Lamar Jackson out of the lineup, Tyler Huntley got the start at quarterback and played all 76 offensive snaps. Two of the five starting offensive linemen also went the distance, while the remaining three played all but one snap (99%) — Ronnie Stanley, Tyler Linderbaum, and Andrew Vorhees. Huntley accounted for 167 yards […]
Well, here we are, Flock Nation. The Ravens took care of business last night in Green Bay, and now, their playoff fate is in the hands of Shedeur Sanders, Myles Garrett, and the Cleveland Browns. Sanders, who snubbed the Ravens in the draft earlier this year; Garrett, who is chasing the single-season sack record; and […]
Quarterback: B+ Tyler Huntley once again performed admirably in a big relief spot with Lamar Jackson inactive with a back injury. Huntley only threw for 107 yards but was efficient with 16-of-20 passes completed. He delivered a few timely third-down conversion throws, including the 10-yard touchdown strike to Zay Flowers in the fourth quarter that […]
The intertwined nature of the AFC North, especially at the quarterback position, is interesting. The Cleveland Browns had five quarterbacks in training camp this year. After starting QB Joe Flacco for the first few games of the season, the Browns traded him away to in-state division rivals, the Cincinnati Bengals. QB Tyler Huntley was also […]
The Baltimore Ravens beat the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night to keep their playoff hopes alive for at least one more day. Here are the instant takeaways from the 41-24 win: John Harbaugh and Todd Monken got the memo One question was on everyone’s mind after the Ravens’ loss to the Patriots last Sunday: […]
According to the Associated Press’ Josh Dubow, there had never been an NFL team that lost three individual games in a single season without having to punt in them. That was until Saturday night, when the Green Bay Packers lost to the Baltimore Ravens. Per Dubow, only two other teams in the Super Bowl era […]