Ravens coach John Harbaugh tried to downplay the significance of routing the Pittsburgh Steelers with some of his core players on the sidelines.
Baltimore had already clinched the top seed in the AFC playoffs so it had nothing at stake in the regular-season finale. Meanwhile, the Steelers had everything on the line and still lost 28-10.
“We only sat seven guys out, so it’s not like you’re sitting out half your team,” Harbaugh said. “It’s seven guys, and the rest of the guys played. Jimmy [Smith] didn’t take a lot of snaps because he had a little groin issue, so we didn’t want to play him.