Ravens-Steelers: Third Time's a Charm City...

Ready for the men in black and gold?

After just watching the San Diego Chargers completely fumble any chance of another postseason game, I could not stop and think of what awaits Baltimore next Sunday. As it stands now, Baltimore is 0-2 this year against the Steelers; this is where the great debate shall arise, will the third time be the charm or will the Steelers once again inch past Baltimore.

The Steel curtain proved once against why it has the top ranked defense in the league, but the Chargers didn't really offer much of a challenge by turning over the ball X-times, Phillip Rivers proved why he came just short of being league MVP.

Darren Sproles, the man who could run over water, was for the most part deemed useless. And though the Charger defense at times seemed to be keeping the Chargers in the game; costly turnovers in scoring position prevented San Diego from collecting any momentum.

Baltimore is coming off one of the most hard-hitting, helmet-crashing games of their season, with most plays resulting in players limping off the field. The hard hits by Ray Lewis and Friends provided them with two fumbles as well as putting Chris Johnson on the sidelines with a sprained ankle.

His exit from the game put a damper on Tennessee's running game and was a contributing factor in the Titans losing this game.

Baltimore hasn't seen a bye week since the league adjusted their ninth week bye due to the hurricane in Texas Stadium, but they've used that and the one thing that continues to keep them playing in January: momentum.

This team has established a momentum that continues to keep them playing through injuries knowing that their is only two games left to go.

And now Sunday, the familiar stadium, the rivals to the north and what could be the best two teams in NFL fighting for the Superbowl. But did the Ravens really want it any other way?

We have all seen the results of going across coasts, and though it wasn't shown yesterday San Diego could pick apart the Ravens secondary. Now it's all on the line, and it's a chance for Baltimore to go into enemy territory and finally finish what they couldn't in the regular season.

If they are able to secure a win then they will prove that they are a Super Bowl caliber team, they will show that Baltimore deserves to be there.

At the end of 60 minutes, one of these two teams will be standing, somewhat and with a list of injuries will get that finally deserved time off that they have been working for all season.

Prediction: 24-14, Ravens Win.