Tonight at 8:25 p.m. ET on CBS and NFL Network, the Baltimore Ravens (0-1) will have to somehow shed the distraction of the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal in time to face their vaunted rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0). Live stream the Thursday Night Football action free by clicking this link; Steelers fans can find the game on 102.5 WDVE, while Ravens fans may do likewise on 1090 WBAL.
While the Ravens reel from the Rice scandal, his backup Bernard Pierce is attempting to rebound from an early fumble in Week 1 that got him benched in favor of Justin Forsett. While Pierce should get action tonight, Forsett is expected to open Week 2 as the starter.
"The game is done. It's shaken off. On to next week," Pierce said.
Baltimore nearly squeaked out a win over the Bengals last week after falling behind 15-0, but the Ravens were plagued by a bad case of the drops.
"We dropped all the gimmies, but we caught all the hard ones," newly acquired Steve Smith said. "Things can happen and you've got to take responsibility. This receiver group has a lot of opportunities to be great, and I think we overthought things and ran before we had the ball. We've just got to play better."
Even though Pittsburgh is 1-0 on the year, they too had issues in their opener. They blew a 24-point lead at halftime and allowed the Cleveland Browns to tie them at 27 before escaping with a three-point win.
"People probably didn't like the way we came out with a 'W,' but we came out with a 'W,'" cornerback Ike Taylor said. "So nobody has really nothing to talk about except for the small things, and we'll correct them."
Steelers Injury Report:
Dri Archer
RB
Ankle
Did Not Participate In Practice
Out
Lance Moore
WR
Groin
Did Not Participate In Practice
Out
Vince Williams
LB
Not Injury Related
Did Not Participate In Practice
Probable
Le'Veon Bell
RB
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Antonio Brown
WR
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Martavis Bryant
WR
Shoulder
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Brett Keisel
DE
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Brice McCain
CB
Groin
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Stephen McLendon
DT
Stinger
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Earl Miller
TE
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Troy Polamalu
S
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Ivan Taylor
CB
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Shamarko Thomas
S
Achilles
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Cody Wallace
C
Finger
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Markus Wheaton
WR
Not Injury Related
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Ravens Injury Report:
Marshal Yanda
G
Foot
Full Participation in Practice
Probable
Lardarius Webb
CB
Back
Full Participation in Practice
Questionable
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