Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken hopes that Sunday’s game against their archrivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, will bring some payback for his team.
“We owe them one,” Monken said, in reference to the 17-10 loss to the Steelers in October of 2023.
“We didn’t play very good on the road [game]. Gave that away.”
While the specific reason may be hard to discern, Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson has struggled, at times, against the Steel Curtain defense.
Jackson is only 1-3 against the Steelers, and he’s thrown seven interceptions versus four touchdown passes against the intra-division rivals. Against every other team in the league that he’s faced more than once, Lamar has tossed more TDs than INTs, so it’s hard to understand what’s going on here.
Jackson is a two-time NFL MVP who just tied the record (held by Steelers legend Ben Roethlisberger) for games with a perfect passer rating. He’s feeling it right now, and this could be the time he bucks the trend and helps bring Monken his payback.
If there is one thing that Jackson has done this season, it’s take care of the football. He has only thrown two interceptions this season and none in his last 136 passes, the third-longest active streak in the NFL.