Ravens 16, Steelers 14
MIKE TOMLIN: Man, a disappointing outcome, but really nothing mystical about it. We didn't do the things necessary to secure victory, particularly how these two teams come together and the nature of these match-ups, you know points are precious. We turned the ball over when we were in scoring territory a couple of times, taking points off the board. We allowed a known legendary guy to block a kick. He's probably the leading kick blocker, active kick blocker in the NFL, just get in there in the gap and blocked the kick, and then obviously we couldn't get the needed stop at the weightiest moment on defense.
You do those things, you don't win. We understand that.
We're disappointed. Disappointment comes with that.
From an injury standpoint, Kenny is being evaluated for concussion. He's in the protocol. I think Wormley has a knee injury. Don't know the significance of that. Obviously we'll have that next time we come together. The rest are bumps and bruises associated with play.
Q. What happened when Kenny was able to go back in the game and then could not go back in?
MIKE TOMLIN: I think when he became symptomatic he was pulled from the game and evaluated for concussion. I don't know about the sequence or the details regarding the sequence.
Q. Your run defense before the second half in Atlanta had been pretty good. What did you see went wrong today?
MIKE TOMLIN: I just thought we wore down. The pile was falling forward.
Q. Did you feel like especially with Brown in there that they weren't really as much of a threat to pass, that it was mostly going to be the run?
MIKE TOMLIN: Yeah, I think everybody knew that.
Q. What was Mitch able to do when he got in there? He could move the ball all the way to the 25 and then those turnovers killed you?
MIKE TOMLIN: You just can't turn the ball over, particularly in the nature of this match-up. Usually the team that turns the ball over in the red area is the team that loses. They've turned it over some in the red area in recent match-ups and we've done those games. We turned it over in the red area in this one, so we lost this one.
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