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A weird trend could help Steelers upset Ravens in Week 14

Story byBilly HeyenSat, December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM UTC·1 min readA weird trend could help Steelers upset Ravens in Week 14 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. When Aaron Rodgers and Lamar Jackson meet on a football field, most eyes will be on them. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut the quarterbacks may not be what decides the crucial Week 14 AFC North clash between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. Instead, the decider might be fumbles. Yes, fumbles. ESPN's Seth Walder wrote this on Saturday:"The Ravens are favored going into the contest, but the Steelers have the edge in one high-leverage area: fumbles. No team has forced fumbles at a higher rate this season than the Steelers (on 2.0% of defensive plays).

A weird trend could help Steelers upset Ravens in Week 14

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  • And the Ravens have been particularly susceptible to fumbling, doing so at the second-highest rate in the league (2.8% of the time on offense).
  • If Pittsburgh can continue that trend in Week 14, that could even the playing field."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE: LeBron James' 10-point streak ends in the most LeBron James way possibleSure, those percentages don't sound that high, but even one fumble could change the whole complexion of the football game. It's also a big game in the playoff picture."The playoff leverage for this game is massive.
  • The Ravens have a 75% chance to reach the playoffs with a win but just a 31% chance with a loss, per ESPN's Football Power Index," Walder writes.
  • "It's a similar story for Pittsburgh -- 64% and 19%, respectively."Jackson and Rodgers will want to take this game into their own hands. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTo do that, they better make sure they hang onto the football. More news:Jahmyr Gibbs joins Barry Sanders in exclusive NFL historyWarriors' Pat Spencer continues improbable journey from lacrosse to NBAToosii somehow committed to college football after a non-descript HS careerLegend Bey's recruitment was a wildly weird oneGeorge Pickens blasted for miserable effortGoogle tells us what we already knew about Shedeur Sanders.
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