For the third season in a row and the sixth out of the final seven, the Baltimore Ravens are sure for the playoffs.
Baltimore earned a protracted overdue rivalry win towards the Pittsburgh Steelers and clinched a postseason spot within the course of on Saturday.
The Ravens’ 34-17 victory was simply their second in 10 conferences towards the Steelers, with the added bonus of Baltimore (10-5) stopping Pittsburgh (10-5) from clinching the AFC North title.
“It means so much, I really feel like we have been busting our behind all season lengthy, had ups and downs all through this entire season, however to clinch the playoffs towards a fantastic crew like that’s nice. It means we’re transferring in the appropriate route,” quarterback Lamar Jackson advised reporters after the sport.
Baltimore is the fifth membership to formally be part of the AFC playoff subject.
It books the 12th playoff journey in Ravens head coach John Harbaugh’s 17-season tenure.
Baltimore has two extra video games earlier than it embarks on its newest postseason, with a fast turnaround — similar to the Steelers — to return on Christmas Wednesday towards the Houston Texans. Thereafter, the Ravens wrap up the common season at residence towards the Cleveland Browns.
Now tied with the Steelers atop the AFC North, the Ravens have these two contests left to doubtlessly earn a repeat as division champs.
“It is large, I rejoice in the truth that we made the playoffs, as a result of it is powerful to do, it is actually arduous to do. Look across the league at how arduous it’s to do. I am so pleased with these guys,” Harbaugh stated. “And we’ve objectives, the primary purpose is to win the following sport, we are saying. So the whole lot we do all yr is to win the following sport. The second purpose is to make the playoffs. The third purpose is to win the division, the AFC North. After which the ultimate purpose is to win the championship, the Tremendous Bowl. We obtained two of them tonight, we gained the following sport and we made the playoffs.”
A season after advancing to the AFC Championship Sport, Baltimore is effectively positioned to chase its Tremendous Bowl purpose.