The Ravens are locked in a tight battle with the Steelers atop the AFC North standings. Here's a look at Baltimore's path to the 2025 NFL playoffs.

The most pivotal game on the NFL Week 14 schedule was the first-place meeting between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens in the AFC North.

At this point, it doesn't really matter if the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson say that his various ailments on recent injury reports aren't impacting their play. The origin is irrelevant. The reality is that Jackson hasn't been very good lately, and it runs the risk of keeping Baltimore out of the playoffs.

The Steelers have now regained first place of the AFC North with four weeks to go. Of the Steelers' final four opponents, only one (the Lions, whom the Steelers play in Week 16) have a winning record. Conversely, the Ravens' remaining schedule is much tougher: Week 15 at Cincinnati, Week 16 vs. Patriots, Week 17 at Packers and Week 18 at Steelers.