The Baltimore Ravens lost 27-22 to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, and one controversial call in the fourth quarter played a major role in a game with significant consequences.
Both the Ravens and the Steelers entered Sunday with 6-6 records, though they arrived at them in completely opposite ways. Pittsburgh started the season 4-1 before a 2-5 slide. Baltimore, meanwhile, started 1-5 before winning five straight, then lost to the Cincinnati Bengals last week.
Both sides were desperate in a game that would give the winner the lead in the AFC North.
With less than three minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the Ravens were driving when quarterback Lamar Jackson appeared to find tight end Isaiah Likely for a 13-yard touchdown in the middle of the end zone.
Likely caught the ball in the end zone and took two steps before the ball was knocked out of his hands. Initially, the referees ruled the catch a touchdown. Upon replay review, however, Likely was determined not to have made a “football move” after his two steps, and the play was ruled an incomplete pass.
“They made a call,” Likely told reporters after the game. “Gotta live with what the refs say at the end of the day.”
The decision took the go-ahead touchdown off the board for Baltimore. Three plays later, the Ravens turned the ball over on downs after failing to convert a 4th and 5.
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