The second half with the Pittsburgh Steelers down by 3 points at the half against the Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens start the half with the football but the Steelers stop them cold on a 3 and out so Pittsburgh will get their first opportunity of the half.

In a great move by the Raven defense, they manage to pick off a pass for the interception. The Ravens do manage to turn the next posssession into 3 points with the field goal and the score is now 13 to Baltimore 7.

The Steelers are doing a little better on this drive and have made it to mid field. A costly penalty for a helmet to helmet hit against the Ravens gives the Steelers additional yards after a first down deep in Raven territory.

Pittsburgh manages the clock poorly and burn 2 timeouts just before the 3rd quarter ends. This may work against them later in the game. They can’t get in the end zone but do get the field goal making the score Pittsburgh 10 to Baltimore 13.

There is only enough time on the clock for the kickoff and maybe one or two plays. Shortly after starting the 4th quarter Pittsburgh is able to get their first sack of the game and forces the Ravens to punt.

I have noticed the the Ravens seem to be locking up the center a little better on a few of the rushing plays that Pittsburgh has attempted in the middle. After they break up a 2nd down run in the middle and a short pass on 3rd the Steelers must punt.

Although there have been a few scores, a lot of this football game has taken place on either side of mid field and has made it into each of the red zones very few times considering the total number of possessions.

Another drive by the Ravens and another drive shut down by the Steelers. Pittsburgh takes over after the punt at the 25.

The Steelers use their last time out with 2:04 left on the clock so the Ravens will run their 3rd down play and then there will be the 2 minute warning. Pittsburgh must stop the Ravens on 3rd and 7.

The Steelers have an offsides call on the play so it brings up a 3rd and 2 plus the 2 minute warning. This means the Ravens will run the 3rd down after the 2 minute warning and have a chance to eat up a good bit more clock time even if the Steelers can stop themn on the next play.

Pittsburgh gets the sack on the next play so the Ravens will need to punt but they will use as much time off the clock as they can. Prescious time ticking away Pittsburgh is trying but is not moving the ball effectively.

With the game on the line you can be sure that they will go for it on 4th even if they don’t convert the 3rd down. Sure enough a low snap but Byron Leftwich extends the play and makes an incomplete pass. The last play of the game was very ugly and after a few latterals time runs out.

The final score of the game is Pittsburgh Steelers 10 to Baltimore Ravens 13.