In case you haven’t figured it out by now, the Pittsburgh Steelers are now officially eliminated from the divisional race. The Baltimore Ravens’ 11th win of the season last night guaranteed that they cannot finish the season with more than six losses, and the Steelers already have seven, guaranteeing that Baltimore will place better.
The best the Steelers can do is finish in second place, currently at 7-7. But they sit behind the 9-5 Cleveland Browns and the 8-6 Cincinnati Bengals, both of whom have been operating with backup quarterbacks. Cleveland is 2-1 with Joe Flacco and Cincinnati is now 3-1 with Jake Browning.