Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0, 1-0 AFC North) @ Baltimore Ravens (0-1, 0-1 AFC North)
When/Where: 8:25 pm EST – M&T Bank Stadium – Baltimore, MD
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy – storms possible
TV: CBS & NFL Network – Jim Nantz & Phil Simms
The NFL has moved Thursday Night Football coverage to CBS, in addition to the normal broadcast on NFL Network. Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, the top CBS duo, will call their first Thursday game tonight.
Week Two Injury Report/Inactives:
PIT:
OUT – RB Dri Archer, WR Lance Moore
INACTIVE – QB Landry Jones, WR Martavis Bryant, C Wesley Johnson, G Chris Hubbard, NT Daniel McCullers
BAL:
OUT – CB Lardarius Webb, LB Art Brown
INACTIVE – WR Michael Campanaro, WR Deonte Thompson, G John Urschel, OL Jah Reid, DT Christo Bilukidi
Pre-Game Buzz:
Baltimore will sorely miss CB Lardarius Webb, who is out again after having practiced a bit this week. He also missed the Ravens first game of the season, against Cincinnati.
Ed Hochuli is the head referee and he and his crew are notorious for throwing a lot of flags. In a game that expects to be physical, there could be a lot riding on the officiating and the game could run very late.
The discussion regarding Ray Rice, Roger Goodell and the domestic violence scandal may linger throughout the evening, but once kickoff rolls around, football should take over for at least three to four hours. Pittsburgh can take a big two-game lead over a division rival on their home turf, so this one is very important for a game this early in the season.
Finally, it was announced this evening that Steelers WR Antonio Brown was fined in the amount of $8,200 for kicking Browns punter Spencer Lanning in the head last week during a punt return.
