AFC Championship

The AFC will come down to the late season rivalry between the Ravens and Steelers. The Steelers won the last meeting in a close 13-9 game. The Ravens got into the playoffs by way of wildcard because of the loss to the Steelers. They then played the Dolphins in the wildcard game and blew them out in Baltimore fashion and holding them to single digits, 27-9. The Ravens rookie quarterback didnt play the best in his first playoff appearance throwing 9/23 and 135 yards. The running game was head up by Le'Ron McClain with 75 yards and then Willis Mcgahee with 62 yards. Also as usual the Baltimore Ravens defense came up with 4 interceptions and 1 fumble. Veteran safety Ed Reed accounted for two of these interceptions and returning one of them for six. Their next challenge was the number one see Tennessee Titans. They won the game in a nail bitter 13-10. The difference in the game was the Ravens defence again, coming up with an interception and 2 fumble recovery. Joe Flacco also recovered from is terrible first game with a decent second game going 11/22, 161 yards and one touchdown. The Steelers won the AFC East and got a first bye in the playoffs. This turned out to be important because Big Ben suffered a concussion in their last regular season game. He then recovered over the week off and they beat the Chargers in the Divisional Playoff game. Willie Parker was an instruemental piece in this win by rushing for 145 yards on 27 carries. The Steeler defence also forced two turnovers that were very big.