This time, Baltimore was the team to make the game-changing plays needed to earn a massive victory and tie Pittsburgh atop the AFC North.

Fortune finally smiled on the Baltimore Ravens in their heated rivalry with Pittsburgh. The Ravens recovered three of their own fumbles — and one big one by the Steelers.

The wiggle room the Pittsburgh Steelers once enjoyed atop the AFC North is gone. The Steelers have dropped two straight to fall to 10-5 after a 34-17 loss to Baltimore, which is now tied with Pittsburgh for the division lead.

CB Marlon Humphrey on beating the Steelers and more.

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey intercepts the pass from Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson and returns it 44 yards for a touchdown in Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season.

The first touchdown for a former Alabama player in Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season was scored by Baltimore cornerback Marlon Humphrey, when the Hoover High School alumnus picked off Pittsburgh quarterback Russell Wilson and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown as the Ravens took a 31-17 lead with 13:06 to play.

The Steelers and Ravens had a wild couple of minutes with three huge momentum swings. With 14:08 remaining, Derrick Henry ran for 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 11 before Damontae Kazee pulled him down. Henry now has 133 yards on 17 carries.

Here’s what The Baltimore Sun sports staff had to say immediately after the Ravens’ 34-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

With clutch defensive plays and a brutally efficient running game, the Ravens beat the Steelers, 34-17. Here are five things we learned.

The Pittsburgh Steelers head to Baltimore to see if they can clinch the AFC North division and sweep their arch-nemesis, the Ravens, Saturday, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday’s game will be the middle contest in an 11-day stretch during which Baltimore plays three times. The Ravens defeated the New York Giants 35-14 on Sunday and play the Houston Texans on Wednesday as part of the NFL’s Christmas doubleheader.