3 things we learned from Steelers win against the Baltimore Ravens

The Steelers won ‘ugly’ but got the victory against the Ravens to enter the playoffs

As I have stated many times, a win is a win.  The Steelers just seemed to have had several wins this season that could only be labeled as ‘ugly’ wins.  The win against the Ravens certainly fell into that category.

We survived yet another and frustrating slow start on offense, porous run defense, and not so great punting to earn a hard-fought and much-needed win against one of our AFC North Division rivals.  Kudos to Mike Tomlin and his coaching staff for getting the ‘W’.

My questions are these:  How long can we survive slow starts on offense?  How long can we survive giving up over two-hundred yards on the ground?  How long can we survive sub-par punting?

Having lost seven games this season, the answer to all of these questions is not very long; however, we have also won games having endured all of the aforementioned, so what’s the formula for sustained and consistent success?

I honestly don’t know, but I do know this:  We ended the 2021 regular season on a high note.  We ended the 2021 season with a win against a division rival and that’s all that matters.

The Steelers will need to be introspective once the season is officially over because as well as Tomlin and company performed against the Ravens is as poorly as we have performed in our seven losses.