Last season, heading into their December matchup, the Pittsburgh Steelers had won four straight games against the Baltimore Ravens. It weighed on many players in the locker room, including inside linebacker Patrick Queen.
“You’re not a Raven until you beat the Steelers,” Queen and many others said.
But that mantra was screamed at Queen years ago, before his first game against the Steelers in Week 8 of 2020. The person delivering the message? Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin.
“When I was on their sideline my rookie year [Steelers Head Coach] Mike Tomlin was looking at me, yelling at me, ‘You’re not a Raven.