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Steelers Ravens To Decide Playoff Berth On Sunday Night Stage

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steelers ravens to decide playoff berth on sunday night stage

December 28, 2025 / 11:45 PM EST / CBS Pittsburgh The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Baltimore Ravens on "Sunday Night Football," the final game of the 2025 regular season, to decide the winner of the AFC North. The Steelers, 9-7, lost to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday afternoon, by a score of 13-6. The Ravens beat the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night, 41-24, improving to 8-8. The winner of the game also earns a home playoff game as a division winner. The Steelers last met the Ravens on Dec.

7, winning 27-22 in Baltimore. Sunday night's Week 18 game isn't the first winner-take-all game between the two heated rivals. Ravens running back Derrick Henry rushed for 216 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday night against the Packers. Michael Reaves / Getty Images The final two playoff spots could come down to a pair of Week 18 elimination games between division rivals. In the AFC North, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night and got the help they needed from the Pittsburgh Steelers, who fell to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, to...

Now, the Ravens (8-8) and Steelers (9-7) will square off in Pittsburgh on “Sunday Night Football” to determine who will advance to the playoffs as the AFC North champions and who will start their... In the NFC South, a somewhat similar showdown has materialized, as the Carolina Panthers couldn’t take advantage of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Carolina fell to the Seattle Seahawks to set up a potential winner-take-all clash in Week 18. The Panthers (8-8) will travel to Tampa Bay to take on the 7-9 Bucs in a Saturday game that may send one team to the postseason as the No. 4 seed and another team home for the winter. The only way this doesn’t become a loser-goes-home game is if the Atlanta Falcons beat the New Orleans Saints on Sunday; in that case, the Panthers would claim the division title regardless of the...

Tampa Bay. Meanwhile, in the quest for the No. 1 seeds, the Denver Broncos are one win away from locking up the first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs, while the NFC’s top seed will come down to a Saturday night... the Seattle Seahawks. Let’s take a look at what else happened around the NFL in Week 17: The National Football League has made an important decision regarding the Week 18 schedule, particularly regarding the AFC North matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens — a must-win game for two...

After the Steelers failed to clinch a playoff spot on Sunday, the NFL has flexed the Week 18 matchup between Pittsburgh and Baltimore to January 4th at 8:20 p.m. EST on NBC's Sunday Night Football — an expected move considering the win-or-go-home scenario hanging in the balance. Heading into Week 17, there were two scenarios in which the Steelers could clinch a playoff berth: a Ravens' loss to the Green Bay Packers or a Pittsburgh victory over the Cleveland Browns. But the Black and Gold faithful sadly know how that turned out. Luckily for Pittsburgh's Week 18 Sunday Night Football odds, the Steelers are expected to welcome back star edge rusher T.J. Watt, who's missed the past several games as he recovered from a partially collapsed lung.

For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X @TheSteelersWire and give our Facebook page a like. The NFL has officially flexed the Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers to Sunday Night Football for Week 18, setting up a winner-take-all showdown that will determine the AFC North champion and the final playoff... This isn’t just any regular season finale – it’s a do-or-die battle between two bitter rivals with everything on the line. The winner claims the division title and secures the No. 4 seed in the playoffs. The loser heads home for the offseason, making this the most consequential game of the regular season.

The drama reached its peak after Sunday’s shocking results. Pittsburgh (9-7) had multiple opportunities to clinch the AFC North but stumbled in a stunning 13-6 upset loss to Cleveland. Meanwhile, Baltimore (8-8) kept their playoff hopes alive with an impressive 41-24 road victory over Green Bay, even without injured quarterback Lamar Jackson. Baltimore entered this week with just a 7% chance of winning the AFC North according to ESPN Analytics. Those odds seemed even bleaker when Jackson was ruled out with a back injury. But backup Tyler Huntley stepped up magnificently against the Packers, and the Browns delivered an unexpected Christmas miracle by toppling Pittsburgh.

The Ravens’ gratitude was immediate and heartfelt. Tight end Charlie Kolar posted on social media: “I’ve never even been that nervous playing a game. Thank you Browns.” Running back Derrick Henry had even prayed for a Browns victory, while Huntley called Cleveland quarterback Shedeur Sanders to “make sure he gets it done.” The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens will face off in a winner-take-all decider for the AFC North division on the final day of the NFL regular season; watch every minute of the NFL playoffs... The NFL playoffs are on the horizon, but there are seedings and division titles still to be decided on the road to Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California. With two playoff spots remaining, here is a look at what's at stake in Week 18 of the regular season...

Coveted No 1 seeds, home-field advantage and first-round playoff byes remain up for grabs in both the AFC and NFC heading into the final week of the season. The Denver Broncos (13-3) currently occupy pole position in the AFC and know they need only beat the Los Angeles Chargers to clinch the top seed and set up a Divisional Round playoff matchup... The New England Patriots (13-3), having just clinched their first AFC East title since 2019 with Tom Brady, can snatch the No 1 seed if they beat the Miami Dolphins and the Broncos lose... The third-seeded Jacksonville Jaguars are also still in the hunt, albeit with a far more unlikely route, as they enter Week 18 needing a win over the Tennessee Titans in addition to loses for... Over in the NFC it is Mike Macdonald's Seattle Seahawks that sit in the No 1 seed position after extending their record to 13-3 with Sunday's win over the Carolina Panthers. The San Francisco 49ers are one game behind at 12-4 thanks to their victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 17, and will face Seattle on the final weekend in a decider to see...

The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Baltimore Ravens in a battle for the AFC North title and a playoff berth next Sunday night, the NFL announced after the finish of play on Dec. 28. The loser of the clash between the Ravens (8-8) and Steelers (9-7) will miss the playoffs. Kickoff is set for 8:20 p.m. ET. A Pittsburgh loss could mean the end of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers’ career.

It isn’t yet known if two-time MVP Lamar Jackson (back) will be available after sitting out Saturday’s 41-24 road victory over the Green Bay Packers. The Steelers knew what was at stake after stunningly losing 13-6 to the host Cleveland Browns on Sunday. “The competitor in me is saying, ‘We lost this game. We lost a chance to clinch today,’ ” Steelers star defensive tackle Cam Heyward told reporters. “But it’s also like, ‘Bring it on. Baltimore is coming in.’

Steelers. We break down how they can clinch a spot in the 2026 NFL Playoffs in Week 17. Update (Saturday night): Baltimore’s 41-24 win over the Packers means that the Ravens are still alive in the race for the AFC North title, and the Steelers have yet to clinch the division. They can take care of that tomorrow with a win or a tie against the Browns. This weekend, Aaron Rodgers can return to the playoffs. Rodgers last appeared in the NFL postseason in the 2021-2022 season with the Green Bay Packers, completing 20-of-29 passes for 225 yards in a 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

But Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers are on the cusp of clinching a playoff spot, and can lock in their spot before they even take the field on Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.

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