Winners and losers from Pittsburgh Steelers' win over Baltimore Ravens

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers are winners of five straight after a grind-it-out win over the Baltimore Ravens at home. They now have won 8 of their last 9 against the Ravens and have seemingly foiled Lamar Jackson at every step in the way. Now sitting at 8-2, the Steelers are in the spot where they can control their destiny for the AFC's number one seed.

While it was a win for the Steelers, it was far from pretty in all aspects. In others, it was the Steelers making it ugly on the Ravens. So, who are the winners and losers from the game?

Winner: Joey Porter Jr.

To his credit, Joey Porter Jr. may have struggled against the Washington Commanders, but he played a fantastic game against the Ravens. Porter may have been the single biggest reason the entire gameplan worked at all. The Steelers still stuck to plenty of man coverage, and Porter Jr. stayed pasted to Ravens receivers, including Zay Flowers, throughout the entire game.

Jackson did not even look his way at some points, and Porter had two breakups when targeted. On top of that, he made the key stop on the Ravens' ill-fated two-point conversion. All in all, this might have been his best game of the entire season, and it came at a huge point after his lowest point.

Loser: Russell Wilson

This is the first time that Russell Wilson has appeared on the losers side of this list, and he was far from the only problem with the offense on Sunday. Still, he was part of the operation that cratered in the red zone and had just a six percentile success rate on Sunday against the NFL's worst pass defense.

Wilson seemed skittish in the pocket and took bad sacks and pressures throughout the day. The offensive line was not that good, and the receivers (we will get to them) did not separate or make big plays for him. However, Wilson made bad decisions and was a source of negativity for most of the game. His interception while looking for Darnell Washington is the most paramount example of that.

The Ravens took away the moonballs specifically and after previous weeks when the Steelers' pass catchers played well to help Wilson's deep balls pop, they did not get that same performance on Sunday.

Winner: Patrick Queen

In a revenge game, this was the best game that Patrick Queen played all season, and that was coming off an incredibly impressive game against the Washington Commanders last week. It took Queen a few weeks to get comfortable in the defense, but now that he is, Queen is flying around and making splash plays with ease week after week.

Queen has excellent instincts and understands his limitations with his size and block-shedding ability, so he uses his speed and quickness to get around would-be blockers. His downhill plays throughout this game popped more than once. He had the huge forced fumble on Isaiah Likely, too, which gave the Steelers a massive momentum swing right before halftime. All in all, it is a successful revenge game.

Loser: Steelers WRs

What a brutal day for the Steelers' wide receivers. Even though George Pickens made a few plays and was by far the best player in that unit, the rest of the team struggled, and even Pickens made some head-scratching plays, such as not getting two feet down on a drive before the half with plenty of room.

Mike Williams was silent in his 25 snaps. Calvin Austin III had one target and dropped a fade ball that should have been a bigger play. Van Jefferson had a brutal drop. When the All-22 drops, it will be a tough watch because the Ravens were stuck like glue to these Steelers pass catchers for most of the game.

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