PITTSBURGH — Lots of the Baltimore Ravens gamers, together with quarterback Lamar Jackson, sat in disbelief at their lockers then a 17-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

The Ravens spoke concerning the want to healing their errors, which integrated 3 handovers, 5 dropped passes, a restrained punt for a security and a miscommunication on the finish of the primary part that eradicated a prospect at a grassland purpose.

“It’s almost like a sleeping giant, man,” Ravens tight finish Mark Andrews mentioned. “We need to wake up.”

Rather of a victory that will have allowed the Ravens to comb all in their AFC North highway video games this season, Baltimore (3-2) is now in a first-place secured with the Steelers.

The Ravens confirmed how out of sync they had been on the finish of the primary part, when schoolmaster John Harbaugh mentioned a “miscommunication” took away a chance at a 40-yard grassland purpose. Baltimore sought after to run ailing the clock within the ultimate slight sooner than kicking the grassland purpose, however heart Tyler Linderbaum mistakenly snapped the ball when he idea he noticed a Steelers defender bounce offside. A shocked Jackson threw an incomplete cross on fourth ailing and the Ravens led handiest 10-3 at halftime.

“Really, it’s on me just understanding the situation and making sure that he gets across the ball before I snap it,” Linderbaum mentioned. “That’s my fault not being aware and putting our team in a bad situation.”

Baltimore additionally left issues at the grassland on account of its lack of ability to catch the ball. The Ravens dropped 5 passes, which have been its maximum in a sport since 2021. Vast receiver Rashod Bateman couldn’t retain directly to a third-down cross in any case zone in the second one quarter.

“That stuff can’t be contagious,” Andrews mentioned. “If one [drop] happens, whatever, [we have to] move on and get to the next play. We need to be better. Obviously, Lamar is putting the ball right where it needs to be, and we need to be there for him and make plays. We do that, we win this game.”

Within the fourth quarter, Jackson threw an interception in any case zone and fumbled time getting sacked, his 7th fumble of the season.

“Well, we emphasize it in practice every day, and we’ll just keep working to do that,” Harbaugh mentioned of the handovers. “There’s a lot of things that go into that. Obviously, you have a great pass rush out there, they’re bringing heat in those situations, and [we’re] trying to make plays and do the things we have to do. So, it’s definitely something we’ll be chasing going forward. It’s not something that we want to do. It makes a difference in games, there’s no doubt about it.”

Jackson is now 1-3 towards the Steelers, the one crew towards which he has thrown extra interceptions (seven) than landing passes (4).

Jackson used to be requested if the Ravens gave the sport away to the Steelers.

“I believe so,” Jackson mentioned. “We didn’t want to, but [we had] little mishaps. We’re right there. We had [the Steelers] beat. [On] offense, we had to find our groove; we didn’t find it. The defense played a great game — kept stopping, kept giving us opportunities. We’ve just got to do what we do [and] finish drives.”