Given that almost every Ravens-Steelers game in recent memory has been decided by a single score, the two teams are certainly grasping for every last advantage they can squeeze out of their play-calling. Hours before Saturday’s playoff game is set to kick off, though, ESPN’s Bob Holtzman reports that he has learned of the Steelers’ plan to run a brand-new trick play. From Pro Football Talk:
Ravens Vs. Steelers: Pittsburgh Has New ‘Trick Play’, According To (Unfortunate) Report
“Two Steelers have told me, if they catch the Ravens in the right defense, they have a trick play ready to go today that they’ve never run before.”
If true, that certainly isn’t the sort of information that the Steelers would like to have made public before a playoff game. Of course, if a secret is important, it is probably important for players not to divulge it to a reporter.
Conspiracy theorists could perceive this as an attempt at misdirection by the Steelers, making this report a “trick play” in and of itself. Whoa! I know, right? In any case, we’ll be on the lookout for a trick play this afternoon.
Stay tuned to this StoryStream for details. And for more on these teams, check in with SB Nation’s Steelers blog, Behind The Steel Curtain, and our Ravens blog, Baltimore Beatdown.
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