Questionable call takes crucial TD away from Ravens in close loss to divisional rivals

The Baltimore Ravens thought they had a go-ahead touchdown with 2:47 near successful the crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers connected Sunday erstwhile Lamar Jackson recovered Isaiah Likely successful the extremity zone.

Likely jumped up and caught the shot successful the extremity zone. He tried to widen his hands acold capable successful beforehand of him to debar Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. from knocking the shot away. It appeared Likely didn’t bash capable arsenic Porter was capable to jostle the shot loose.

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Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. (24) breaks up a walk intended for Baltimore Ravens choky extremity Isaiah Likely (80) during the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, successful Baltimore.  (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)

NFL officials called the play a touchdown erstwhile it archetypal happened. It would person fixed Baltimore a 28-27 pb astatine the time. Instead, the telephone was overturned and ruled an incomplete walk – overmuch to the dismay of Ravens fans astatine M&T Bank Stadium.

CBS broadcaster Tony Romo thought the play was a touchdown.

"To me, that seemed similar a touchdown," Romo said arsenic helium and Jim Nantz watched the replay. Nantz agreed.

NFL Vice President of Instant Replay Mark Butterworth talked astir the determination to reverse the touchdown call.

"The receiver controlled the shot successful the air, had his close ft down, past his near ft down," Butterworth said, via a excavation report. "The power is the archetypal facet of the catch. The 2nd facet is 2 feet oregon a assemblage portion successful bounds, which helium did have. Then the 3rd measurement is an enactment communal to the crippled and earlier helium could get the 3rd ft down, the shot was ripped out. Therefore, it was an incomplete pass."

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Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers signals a archetypal down during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, successful Baltimore.  (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)

Butterworth said Likely needed to person a 3rd measurement successful the extremity portion to implicit the catch.

CBS’ NFL rules expert Gene Steratore agreed connected the telephone too. He wrote connected X that Likely needed the 3rd measurement arsenic well.

Baltimore turned the shot implicit connected downs aboriginal successful the drive. The Ravens were capable to unit the Steelers to punt and got the shot backmost with 2:08 near successful the game. However, they couldn’t muster different imaginable score.

Pittsburgh won the game, 27-22.

The Steelers were besides connected the receiving extremity of different questionable telephone earlier successful the 4th quarter.

Aaron Rodgers threw a walk that was batted backmost toward him. He jumped up and fought for power of the ball, but initially appeared to suffer the battle. It was ruled that Ravens antiaircraft lineman Teddye Buchanan intercepted the pass. However, officials overturned that telephone arsenic well.

The Steelers got the shot backmost but punted to extremity the drive. An interception would person fixed the Ravens possession successful optimal scope to people a touchdown oregon astatine slightest a tract goal.

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Pittsburgh moved to 7-5 with the triumph and are successful sole possession of archetypal spot successful the AFC North. Baltimore fell to 6-7.

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