The Baltimore Ravens sat atop not just the AFC North standings in 2019, but they ruled the entire conference during the regular season. As the new-look Ravens — under Lamar Jackson — ran through the NFL, they left their long-time rival in the dust.
Sort of.
While the Pittsburgh Steelers were a hard watch and a forgettable team in 2019, from a bottom-line standpoint ... they were in it until the end. The 8-8 Pittsburgh outfit wasn’t eliminated from playoff contention until Week 17. In fact, if the NFL’s new postseason policy was in place last year, the Mason Rudolph/Duck Hodges contingent would have gotten a ticket to the dance.