Unfortunately we can look it up and the Ravens are tied for 4th in the league with 24 offensive holding penalties this season. They were 2nd in overall penalty yardage this season.
I agree that they pretty much let them go today though.
Steelers had no answer for the Ravens RPO.
If I’m a defensive coordinator I’m doing everything in my power to stop the run and keeping Lamar in the pocket. Make him throw 30 attempts even if it means hanging your DBs out to dry a bit.
The end of the half TD drive and long Henry TD were bad from the defense. Could be a one score game, or Steelers could have been going for a FG there otherwise. You can’t give teams freebies like that when your offense is struggling.
The only passes he makes in tight coverage are passes down the field when the DB has his back turned. Otherwise he usually won’t even try to throw it into tight coverage. It’s part of why his turnovers are so low.
The common wisdom is to stop the run vs the Ravens and force Lamar to beat you with his arm. Steelers chose another approach. Don’t stop the run and try to limit Lamar’s pass attempts.
I’m pretty sure the Steelers defense has surrendered. On that 2nd and long play I saw two defenders not even go all the way through their rep. When the ball got far enough away they just started standing around.
Steelers need to answer with some points. If the Ravens get up 2 scores it’s over. Ravens will just run ball control offense the rest of the game and kill the clock.