A lot still has to go right for the Pittsburgh Steelers to make the playoffs.
After what happened this weekend, would you dare count them out?
Kenny Pickett threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Najee Harris with 56 seconds remaining, giving the Steelers a 16-13 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night and improbably keeping their postseason hopes alive entering the final week of the regular season.
“Really proud of those guys in that locker room,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. “Another challenging week, hostile environment, prime time television on the road. But those guys didn’t blink.”
The Steelers (8-8) spent Sunday walking the elimination tightrope, but never quite falling off:
— Miami lost to New England. A win by the Dolphins would have knocked out Pittsburgh.
— The New York Jets lost to Seattle. If New York had won, it wouldn’t have totally eliminated the Steelers, but it would have left them needing the Jets and Dolphins to play to a tie next week for Pittsburgh to have any chance.
“They put our game at 8, so was able to see some of the stuff that was going on,” Harris said. “We saw that, but we didn’t want to pay attention to that too much. We just wanted to pay attention to what we had to do, and that was beat the Ravens.”
Pittsburgh trailed 13-9 and needed to go 80 yards to reach the end zone against a team that hadn’t allowed a touchdown at home since before Halloween. Against their rivals with the season on the line, the Steelers faced third-and-8 from the 10. Pickett scrambled away from pressure, and the rookie threw a perfect pass to Harris, who had slipped behind linebacker Roquan Smith along the left sideline.
“It was just kind of, extend the play a little bit,” Pickett said. “I just wanted to keep my eyes downfield and give one of our guys a shot.”
Pittsburgh can now make the playoffs by beating Cleveland next weekend — if Miami and New England both lose. Last year, the Steelers slipped into the postseason by beating the Ravens in overtime, and even then, they needed Indianapolis to lose to a Jacksonville team with the league’s worst record.
The playoff-bound Ravens (10-6) now need Buffalo to beat Cincinnati on Monday to keep their hopes of winning the AFC North alive. Baltimore allowed a touchdown at home for the first time in four games, and it was a costly one.
“It’s frustrating defensively because we preach finish,” safety Chuck Clark said. “Right there we didn’t finish and do what we had to do to get off the field. We’ve got to get off the field to help the whole team.”
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